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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1914
Page
3
A survey notes Mexican crafts show exquisite skill across pure Indian types. In Michoacan and Tarasco regions churches display well made hangings, scriptures, and pictures. Indians learned from congrevors, later mastering foundry work and bell and trumpet making under Spanish influence.
The piece extols Tarasco artistry including church bells at Uruapan, feather work with pictures and shields, Tarasco wood paintings and varnish techniques, boxes trays bowls and jars, and carved wooden organs. It notes durable wood art, lacquer like finishes, and wide native skill across crafts from lace to printing, urging preservation.
An advertisement states Awanta flour as the best option available and notes sale through One Horse Grocery with cash-only terms. The fragment suggests a small local grocer promotion.
A sheriff sale of a Monroe property from the case Monroe Building and Loan Association vs Estate of J W Baxter No 8311 is set for July 25 1914 at the western front door of the Monroe courthouse. The lot is Lot 1 Square 22 Ouachita Cotton Mills Addition Monroe with improvements. Sale requires cash with appraisement and costs. John P Parker Jr Sheriff Monroe La June 24 1914 News Star.
An advertisement offers car hire with clean cars and competent drivers. Special rates apply for dances parties country and fishing trips. Contact at 108 N Second Street behind Chase and Collens. Phone 320.
Mrs Maurice Wank of Baxter Pa testifies that Saxo Salve cured her eczema after doctors failed. The ad claims rapid relief and offers a buyback on unused tubes if the cure fails, via Allen's Pharmacy Ltd Monroe La.
The Victoria Colonist urges city residents with backyards and unused corners to grow their own food. It asks if they planted more potatoes onions lettuce and pole beans and urges saving money by gardening rather than relying on imported produce. It emphasizes seeds are everyone’s property and growing them reduces living costs.
The item lists civil case names including Oscar L Womack versus Mrs Josephine Allen and other defendants, plus marriage licenses, mortgage releases, sales of land interests, and school district election records. It also references July Woman's Home Companion piece Adventures in Childhood by Mery Heaton Vorse with reflections on parenting and child development.
The report notes a generally favorable week for cotton Belt crops with drought relief, strong growth in early cotton and continued boll weevil spread in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana. Rains aid truck crops though early yields tend to be short. The piece also covers union mediation support church stance corn silos and a German census on women tilers and roofers and Julian Eltinge’s European vacation.
Yesterday results show Cleveland defeating Detroit 5 to 4 with no other games on schedule. The brief notes the match outcome and mentions no additional contests planned.
Result from a sports card showing Kansas City beat Pittsburg 5 to 2. The scoreboard lists teams and final scores across games including Buffalo over Chicago 4 to 2 and Baltimore over St. Louis 8 to 5.
Cincinnati results list: Chattanooga 7 to 5 over Atlanta 3 to 6. Nashville 2 over Memphis T. Birmingham 8 over Mobile 4. New Orleans 15 over Montgomery 6.
Baseball chatter notes Waco beating San Antonio 7 to 1 and Houston defeating Fort Worth 6 to 5. It also lists Austin over Galveston 6 to 5 and Dallas 10 over Bearmont 1. The Chicago White Sox sign Delos Brown, a young infielder, championed by Billy Sullivern who calls him a comer. Calvo, the Cuban outfielder released by Washington to Los Angeles, failed to make the squad.
The piece highlights top players like Jack Barry and Shanks in the hunt for runs on squeeze plays. It notes Red Sox pitching depth with Wood, Leonard, Foster, Collins and Johnson, and praises Wycoff as a rising star for Connie Mack. It mentions Cy Young’s rumored shift to a minor league, Clarence Witker’s league lead, and Browns pursuit of Walker with Compton Brief Allison and $15,000. News-Star Want Ads bring results.
A. McLeod Timber Estimators prepare to estimate standing timber locate lines create topographical plats and perform all work to furnish complete timber data. Visit the office in Peoples Homestead Building Monroe La for accurate estimates.
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