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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1910
Page
4
Public notice lists terms of subscription for Monroe Bulletin Weekly including rates for one year and six months, in advance, and carrier delivery in the city. The text notes second class matter status and post office details in Monroe Louisiana.
The News-Star quotes the New Orleans Daily States praising jail occupancy reductions in several parishes. Ouachita Parish Sheriff Parker assigns prisoner feeding to a widow who receives the Police Jury funds, with her income shrinking as the jail sits largely empty.
The speaker argues impurity, not drunkenness, should be the church’s focus, claiming Anglo Saxons have long drank but that impurity kills nations. He urges churches to attack moral lepers at social events and notes education fails to stop initial steps to vice.
El Paso voters hold a special election on issuing bonds to buy the International Water Company plant amid threats of substantial rate hikes. The El Paso Times urges municipal ownership to enable extensions, improve supply, and stabilize or reduce rates once the system is paid for.
A recent marriage between a white missionary girl and a Youngstown restaurant owner sparks statewide debate over women laboring in Chinese mission work. The Times-Star and Union advise male missionaries or safer approaches, arguing that men may better serve in Chinese dens and that religious instruction should not rely on young women in such settings.
The article argues that municipal ownership is the only safe solution for Paso's water supply. It states most citizens favor the plan, and voters will decide next Tuesday on bonding to acquire the water plant at a fair price without harming the city's finances. It warns that rejection would harm the city's future.
A lighthearted ironic note asserts a beautiful Iowa woman was imprisoned for kissing every man she met and suggests the jury was all married women.
Rehearsals for the Red Men produced fairy spectacle In Dreamland started this morning with a large group of Monroe and West Monroe children. No cost to participants, daily 9 oclock rehearsals at the Armory. invitation extended to local youth.
An editorial argues police overreach endangers public safety not the dignity of law. It cites a East St Louis case where a detective killed a fleeing witness and urges that force be limited to what is reasonably necessary to meet the situation.
Dr T B Odom made a hasty call near Bayou Barbary when a large rattlesnake crossed his path. The snake struck his horse, causing the animal to collapse in the harness and die within twenty minutes. Odom killed the reptile and recovered twelve rattles and six fangs.
In Elliott Mississippi bloodhounds tracked thieves from Heath Brothers store to Ed Cook Will Echols and Preacher Elliott. Elliott confessed and exposed the plot detailing a theft of stamps worth 100 and merchandise. Police believe they captured those behind a string of wholesale robberies.
The trial of Capt Samuel P Lyons of the Twenty-fifth Infantry begins tomorrow at Fort Meyer Vermont. He faces charges over statements about riot ammunition given to the F o rak er committee conflicting with earlier army records. The case may not affect other discharged negro officers, though fourteen are eligible to reenlist.
Several hundred despatchers from major railroads in the United States Canada and Mexico gather in Spokane for the annual Train Despatchers of America convention. Mayor Nelson S. Pratt welcomes the visitors as the group plans to discuss proposed amendments to standard operating rules to guide North American rail traffic and forward recommendations to the American Railway Association.
An advertisement from Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company promotes single line service. It claims reliable, simple service that goes everywhere and discourages installing a second phone.
H T Benoit is identified as a Notary Public with an office located behind the Monroe Building and Loan Association. The notice notes an 18 1m time reference, likely indicating years or a date marker.
We announce T. H. McGregor of Richland parish as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Fifth District. Joseph E. Ransdell of East Carroll seeks reelection to Congress in the same district, both subject to Democratic primary action.
Judge A. D. Land of Shreveport runs for re election as Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, subject to Democratic party action.
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