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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1909
Page
1
Representatives Ransdell and Alexander push a bill through, enabling river work to proceed. The action confirms legislative support and outlines upcoming project steps and funding considerations.
Congressman Ransdell reports federal appropriation saved enabling engineers to accelerate construction on the locks and dam project. Other sections also receive benefits from the secured funding.
In Washington on June 21 E W Anderson Monroe reports Congress passed a bill ensuring that 177000 dollars for the Ouachita river do not revert to the treasury as outlined in the sundry civil act. The engineer department pledges to speed work as much as possible. Jos E Ransdell.
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Representative Alexander assisted by Ransdell win approval to allocate the $1,154,000 balance of rivers and harbors funds remaining unspent under the sundry civil act of 1904. The money would revert to the treasury if not obligated by March 1, 1909.
A Senate joint resolution directs funds for Ouachita river work in Louisiana and Arkansas and for Red River and Bayou Lafourche projects. Delays and contractor bankruptcies halted Ouachita locks since 1904 but new allocations may allow completion without further embarrassment.
About seventy five delegates from many cotton states attend the third annual National Cotton Association meeting at Monte Ne Arkansas with Arkansas and Oklahoma well represented. Jno W Waller of Georgia serves as chairman as the convention plans several days of sessions on marketing cotton to best advantage.
In Navisha on June 22 Theodore Roosevelt reports another lion shot and a massive tawny lion killed by Kermit. The expedition also secured three giraffes two eland and six tops. Harriman's condition remains good and the party avoids media contact. A local ad promotes assorted cheeses from Fox Grocer Co. with delivery service.
A letter style tale recounts a chase through the city as the Mysterious Mr. Raffles evades a pursuer on Harrison Street and plans a nocturnal meeting at the Airdome while noting mosquitos and Paracamp as a remedy. The crowd grows as the pursuit continues.
The Monroe News Star Airdome and Parlor City Tailoring House offer rewards for capture. To claim the Airdome reward you must possess the latest ticket from that venue. To claim the Parlor City Tailoring House reward you must have a card issued by that firm.
A dramatic first person reminiscence describes the writer’s latest attempt to outpace pursuers, join the Inventors Club, and appoint a secretary. He recalls meeting Miss Rosalie Tisdale and a plan to slip away from a watchful crowd while evoking a Tennessee dream. The narrative blends hoax like bravado with a weary chase through city streets.
A daughter was born today in La Grandia to Queen Victoria Berry. The birth was reported as early news with details limited to the newborn and parental line.
Guests from out of town gathered in Columbia Tennessee for the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Padgett daughter of Congressman and Mrs Lemuel P Padgett to Mr Nolan Gartner of the city The ceremony was set for this evening at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Governor Has Kell and twenty two Oklahoma officers including the Supreme Court justices join a petition to Congress via Representative Creager asking that coastwise traffic come under the Interstate Commerce Commission authority.
A fragment notes shoppers travel to S. J. Meek Co for bargains in groceries and fancy candies on East Side, with a car passing the door.
Police reveal the Digel murder remains unsolved as several suspects are arrested in different cities, but all are released. Investigators continue to follow leads and await further breakthroughs in the case.
Investigators hold one Chinaman in New York and another in Schenectady with a third suspected in Revelstoke as they pursue the murder of Miss Elsie Sigle. Authorities say the Schenectady detainee is not Leon Ling, found in the victim's room.
The Oriental Club of New York announces a $500 reward for the arrest of the murderer of Miss Elsie Sigel. The offer was made in New York on June 22 as investigators pursue the case.
The China man named Leon Ling arrested in Pittsburg on June 22 for the murder of Miss Elsie Sigel of New York was released after authorities concluded he matched but did not equal the suspect.
In Schoenectady on June 22 Reginald Sigel brother of Miss Elsie Sigel failed to identify a Chinaman held as Leon Ling, the alleged murderer in the trunk mystery case in New York.
Two bandits entered the United States Express Company night office in Green Bay Wisconsin and at gunpoint forced the safe keeper to open the safe. They escaped with five thousand dollars.
St Petersburg reports sixty one new cholera cases in the twenty four hour period ending at noon today.
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