Parker Resists Docket as Hall Steam Roller Passes
John P. Parker Sr. stepped aside to let the Hall steam roller pass, resisting the dictation in the scene.
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Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1912
Page
1
Backdrop of Strife Over State Normal School Presidency
Natchitoches board meeting on September 2 amid clashes with Good Government League members. Governor Hall referenced in a controversial letter about the president’s selection, while John Parker and J. W. Cockerham resign. Roy, Blanchard, Harris, Mayer, and Lee maintained a regular session after the turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natchitoches
State Normal School
Hall
Rov
State Normal School Board
Blanchard
Swords Lee
Caldwell
Governor Hall
Dr. Kgood
Bleasehard
Thomas Harris
Ben Meyer
John Parker
J. W. Cockerham
Roy
Natchitoches, _La
Élens
Akes
Benor
Mayer
Lee
John P. Parker
Monroe
J. W. Cokerham
Harris
Mayer and Lee
Weather Report Forecast Tonight and Sunday
Tonight and Sunday forecast for fair skies with no precipitation. Light winds. Overnight low and daytime highs not specified in the read text. No severe weather expected.
Board Adjourns Over Quorum Question at Normal School Meeting
The board found no quorum after discussions on re election and the member seeking to resign due to ineligibility. The session adjourned with plans to reconvene the following Saturday September 7 to elect a president and resume debate as the Normal School topic stirs the community.
Independent Quits Monroe Newspaper Field
Without ceremony the Monroe Independent ceased publication with its August 31 issue. The paper, started earlier in the year, aimed to capitalize on political campaigns but failed to attract enough readers or profitable business, leading to its shutdown as expected by locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Independent
Monroe
Independent
Judge Hall
News-Star
Two Legged Pants Debate At Carnegie Hall
Former North Carolina governor R B Glenn told about 2000 women teachers in Pittsburgh that if they insist on wearing pants they should have both legs in them. He condemned divorce as undermining the home and likened swapping spouses to trading horses and mules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
R. B. Glenn
North Carolina
Carnegie Music Hall
Allegheny County
Teachers’ Institute
Sawmill Owner 13 Held For Peonage
In Helena on Saturday afternoon in federal court Commissioner Connery held the preliminary hearing for James L. Hale of Osceola and FE C. Martin, two eastern Arkansas white men accused of peonage by holding two Black men Linus Lee and John Cunningham under peonage at Hale’s Yancopin plantation in Desha county. Both waived examination and posted $1,000 bond to appear before the federal grand jury in Little Rock in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Connery
James L. Hale
Osceola
FE. C. Martin
Arkansas
Yancopin
Desha County
Hale
Mississippi
Desha Counties
Monroe
Mr. Martin
Little Rock
Ward and Parish Election Urges Support for Local Candidates
Mayor Forsythe warns against false hearts in Monroe politics and urges voters to back I Baer Ed Strong in Ward 3 and J S Handy Joe Renwick in Ward 10. The message, dated August 31 1912, calls citizens to action next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Messrs. I. Baer
Ed Strong
Messrs
J.S. Handy
Joe Renwick
Storm Toll Rises as West Virginia and Pennsylvania Floods
Widespread floods from storms across West Virginia and western Pennsylvania drown at least twenty people and leave many missing. Railroads and factories suffer heavy damage, with search parties active along Collliers valley. Victims include George Gillespie and family in Cherry Valley and several others across Cannonsburg and Burgerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Pittsburg
Vice Trust Plot Aims to Discredit Whitman Aide
Heads of the so called vice trust may be indicted as the prosecutor says he has evidence of a plot to smear District Attorney Whitman's assistant by false affidavits. The alleged scheme prompted conspirators to flee and aims to obstruct the Rosenthal murder trial. A fifty thousand dollar fund reportedly backed by a former state assemblyman a police captain and vice trust leaders financed affidavits to protect disorderly houses and blackmailing officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Vice Trust
Whitman
Rosenthal
Underworld
Killed Protecting Daughters in Mexican District
In El Paso on September 2, American citizen Joshua Stevens died defending his two daughters from Rebel intruders at Colona Pacheco. He confronted the assailants with a shotgun. a bayonet pierced his body as he fired, dying beside the Mexican he had killed. It marks the fifth American settler murder by Rebels in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Il Paso
Joshua Stevens
Colona Pacheco
Stevens
Vermont election tests party strength in Roosevelt era
Montpelier Vermont witnesses the first state election under new conditions with national issues and Roosevelt’s statewide tour shaping votes. Republicans hold long dominance but a smaller plurality could signal national shifts as the Progressive party complicates the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont
Col. Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Wilson Attacks Third Party Platform on Labor Rights
Buffalo September 2. In a Labor Day speech Woodrow Wilson analyzed the third party platform. He said it proclaimed sympathy for the laboring man while its legal program dealt with tariffs and trusts. He opposed a federal monopoly regulating commission as it would legalize monopoly and criticized the minimum wage idea as a tool to lower wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Woodrow Wilson
Federal Commission
Four Clark Daughters Married in One Ceremony
Fort Smith Ark Sept 2 All four daughters of Mr and Mrs Lewis Clark farmers were married Sunday in one ceremony conducted by a single clergyman. Mary Selma Jerusha and Gladys Clark ages 15 to 22 wed Taylor McCain Thomas Welch George Powell and A Williams all farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Fress
Fort Smith, Ark
Lewis Clark
Lciating
Mary
Selma
Jerusha
Gladys Clark
Taylor McCain
Thomas Welch
George Powell
A. Ti Williams
Widow on murder charge readies for trial
Tulsa Oklahoma September 2 Preparations are about completed for the trial of the Reuter murder case. The case involves a widow facing a murder charge as the proceedings near start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Reuter
May Settle Suit Before the Altar
Pittsburg Pa September 2 The suit of Miss Rose Rubin for 25000 for alleged breach of promise against Mendel Lieber of Louisiana is to be settled out of court according to her attorney A C Stein Lieber who is in a hospital with a broken leg jumped from a second story window to escape her and says he has no intention of marrying her Rubin has visited him several times and will drop the claim if he changes his mind She has sent word to her brother in Natchitoches La to take care of his business until the Pittsburg affair is settled Lieber arrived in Pittsburg August 1 and proposed marriage August 6 Rubin accepted but Lieber later grew cold after a New York trip Rubin describes herself as a tall slender brunette and is staying with an uncle in a suburb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Lieber
Brother
Natchitoches
Ang
New York
Miss Rubin
Increased Rural Carrier Salaries Take Effect Soon
Postmaster General Hitchcock raises standard route pay from 1060 to 1160 dollars, affecting 3000 carriers with proportional raises for shorter routes. Effective September 30, the move adds about 4 million dollars annually and follows a prior increase within four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office
Hitchcock
Colo
Hitchcoc
Johnny Dundee
New York City
Allen
Joe Bayley
Calgary
Alta
New Church Opens Its Doors to Baptist Congregation
A new church building was opened as a Baptist congregation began meeting inside. Workers completed initial preparations and residents welcomed the arrival of a place for worship and community gatherings.
Power of God sermon opens new First Baptist church
Dr M E Dodd of Shreveport preached on Power of God before a large interdenominational audience at the new First Baptist church edifice in Shreveport. Pastor J A H Wharton spoke of completing the building, then Dodd outlined Christ as the central object of faith and the cross as the source of salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dminent
Shreveport
God
First Baptist Church
M. E. Dodd
South
Also Mentioned on This Page
John PL. Parker, SR
Tion
LeCompte
Acer
Independent Quits Newspaper Field
A. A. Forsythe
Laura M. Reuter
Bud Bellew
Guy D. Mackenzie
Joe Baker
Charles T. Reuter
Mackenzie
Bellew
Baker
Baltimore and Ohio
George Gillepsie
Cherry Valley
Amelia
Grace
John Crow
Vella
Baptist
SOME
Edifiof
DR. Dodd
J. A. H. Wharton
Dodd
Christ
Men
Plato
Jesus
Vis
Eddie Cicotte
Knuckles
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Bond
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