Monroe locals and merchants fill pages of News-Star
Local brief items list shopping deals at Walker's Progressive Grocery Fox Grocer Co. Ltd and Ring phone orders. A marriage license was issued to George M. Colder and India Stevens, married in West Monroe. Rob in brand fruits and fresh tomatoes advertised. Court Square Concert Band ends weekly shows due to lack of funds.
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Fox Grocer Co., Ltd
Myatt
George M. Colder
Delhi
Miss India Stevens
West Monroe
Walker's Progressive Grocery
M.S. McGuire
Choice Home
Walker
Jersey
Court Square
Monroe
Road Work Survey Nears Completion and Convict Labor
Governor Sanders approves permanent convict gang in Ouachita Parish to finish principal roads. Assistant State Engineer Hoffman completed Monroe to Calhoun survey following Claiborne route. Mr Cooley to supervise Pineville to encampment road, and DeSoto parish model work. Convicts expected July 1 as portable prison houses near readiness. Letter dated June 19, 1909 confirms approval to keep convicts until all work is done.
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Sanders
Ouachita Parish
Hoffman
Monroe
Calhoun
Claiborne
State Penitentiary
Mr. Cooley
Pineville
Cooley
DeSoto Parish
D. A. Breard
J. Y. Sanders
Ouachita
Mr. Breard
Governor Sanders
Executive Office
Baton Rouge
Involuntary Bankruptcy Filed Against Manistee Mills Co
Mobile Ala June 22 The Manistee Mills Company of Manistee Ala was placed into involuntary bankruptcy with proceedings filed in U S Court. Assets are about 400000 with liabilities around 200000.
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Mobile
Ala
Manistee Mills Company
Manistee
Old Heidelberg at the Grand Amusement
The first film follows a Saxon crown prince sent to Heidelberg to study democracy and court life. An old professor and the prince form a bond, while the king frets over modern influences as Hopper and Hopper appear in the cast.
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Old Heidelberg
Saxon
Coleburg
Heidelberg
Saxon Coleburg
Wising
Junier
University of Heidelberg
Katie
University
Hopper
Comely German Sketch Tonight Promises Light entertainment
Miss Hopper features as the silly kid in a German style sketch while Miss Davis performs the song Just as the Brook Flows. The pageant showcases light verse and music in a local program.
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Miss Hopper
Miss Davis
Lyric matinee and Airdome vaudeville thrills Monroe crowds
A large afternoon crowd enjoyed the Lyric matinee yesterday with strong applause for Messrs. Pike and Potter. At the Airdome last night a full house praised a high quality vaudeville lineup featuring The Oraves The Raymonds Tom Thornton and the Durant Trio plus new moving pictures and raffles tonight.
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Lyric
Messrs
Pike & Potter
Airdome
Monroe
Oraves
Raymonds
Tom Thornton
Durant
New Moving Pictures
Raffles
New Orleans Cotton Market Ledger June 28 1909
Market report from New Orleans shows steady prices for cotton with 900 bales traded. Figures list highs and lows around 11.40 to 11.24 with a closing around 11.36, reflecting modest activity and bids across grades.
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New Orleans
Market Quotations and Averages for June 23 1909 New York
The report lists stock figures with High Low and Close values for multiple items as of June 23 1909 in New York. It shows various listings such as 11.75 11.25 11.16 22-22 and related figures including MOssies and Ysty with corresponding bid and ask numbers. The data appears as a compact quotation sheet reflecting daily trading activity and closing ranges.
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New York
Close
Ysty
Mossies
Liverpool Racing Result Sparks Curious Sales Figure
On Wednesday June 23, 1909 Liverpool posted a race card with 6.11 results and 7 000 sales noted. The text mentions unclear figures such as 9 94 5 85 and a price sequence tied to Pry Ac ees. The fragment hints at a stock or betting context with unnamed entities and irregular numbers.
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Liverpool
Pry Ac Ees
Cotton Market Moves on New Buying and Rainy Belt
Speed's Daily Cotton Letter reports continued buying pressure despite profit taking as rain boosts bullish sentiment across the belt. Prices rose to 11.34 for new crops before easing, with offshore demand and a steady yet nervous tone amid showers and variable weather across Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama.
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Speed
New Orleans
Livepool
Stures
Moscow
Impro
Texas
Melville
Waynesboroa
Greensboro
Ala
Greenwood
Miss
Warre Ark
Dallas
Mississippi
Albania
Georgia
South Carolina
Kern's Worshshop Ad Lists Wagons and Candies
Local shop advertises custom wagons and a full line of candy priced by the pound at Meek Company. The snippet mentions Joe Kern, a prep, and references a catalog of goods available.
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Kern
Meek Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tailor’s Price
Monroe and Vicinity
News-Star
Louisiana
Walker’s Progressive Grocery
Murray Craves
Breard Street
Home Telephone Coo., Ltd
Robinson Springs
Bright
Walker's
Progressive Growery
Home Telephone Coo. Ltd
Walkers Progressive Grocery
R. E. Wollank
Delhi State Bank
J. F. Hart
Welsh-Lesh Manufacturing Company
Memphis
Calder-Stevens
West
W. A. Walker
Progressive
S. J. Meek Co
Richelieu
C. W. Phillips
Mrs. Phillips
S. L. Scola
Luzianne Coffee
Ae Reily-Tanwlor CO
A. “Re
Lyric Airdome
Close, Ysty
Grain and Provisions
Chicago
Bae
Hayward & Clark
Joe Kern
Easy Payments Kaliski Music Co
Monroe, Louisiana
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