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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1916
Page
1
The article centers on a Democratic primary in district attorney race. Key figures and factions are named as contenders, with attention on the contest’s implications for the local legal landscape and party influence in the district. The piece emphasizes the candidates, their platforms, and the political stakes ahead of the vote.
Democratic voters go to polls across Louisiana for congressional races in the sixth, seventh, and other districts. Nominees include J Wilgon in the fifth, Judgia Ren CC Dawkins for district judge, Fred M. Odom versus Harry B. Russell for district attorney, with parish school boards and local election officers listed for Monroe and West Monroe wards and precincts.
New Orleans report notes Louisiana Democrats vote Tuesday in the Sixth and Seventh districts to select party nominees for Congress. In the Sixth district former candidates Ger. J. Sanders and Amos L. Ponder vie to succeed Representative Morgan, who and details follow.
The article notes no renomination bid in most districts while Seventh district candidate opposition forms around Lazare by T A Edwards and A M Barbe. Sixth district draws interest amid Sanders Munday Lorimer La Salle Bank links denied by Sanders. Dr Oscar Dowling reportedly opposes Merrick W Swords for State Board of Health, threatening a state reform split.
Baton Rouge reports growing interest as voters prepare for Tuesday's Democratic primary statewide. Attention centers on the Twentytwond judicial district race where John Fred Odom and Justin C Daspit vie for the position. Judge Hrusot seeks re election in the district unopposed.
Associated Press reports the central span of the Quebec bridge collapsed into the St Lawrence River. Estimates place dead between sixteen and twenty with ninety workers swept into the water and twenty injured. The $17 million cantilever span had seen a deadly nine years earlier at the same site with seventy lives lost.
West Side citizens protest a house boat used for gambling below the trade bridge. A prominent local man reportedly lost 191 dollars at dice on the West Side and sought 100 dollars to return and disrupt the game. The house boat was moved further downriver Sunday night amid complaints.
Fourteen hundred pupils attend first day as Monroe and West Monroe public schools report record turnout. All 15 teachers in West Monroe present and new building filled beyond capacity prompting plan to hire more staff. City High School enrolls over 800 with 26 teachers. Parish High School over 450 with full grades. Parish faculty of 17 present. auditorium to relieve crowded classes.
A forger faces potential charges as authorities pursue a case involving the name of the association's president. The incident centers on a twelve cent cotton token and a counterfeit claim tied to an organizational leader.
New Orleans dispatch reports Texas Farmers Union leaders flight to Texas to trace a fake telegram bearing H N Pope signature. They urge prosecutions for forgery and call for bankers merchants and business interests to back a twenty cent per pound cotton price, highlighting prior losses from 1914 exchanges closures and a 1915 Commerce Department statement.
The Arkansas Gazette reports Maj. H C Fiske of the U S Army Corps of Engineers will visit Little Rock on Monday and Hot Springs on Tuesday to inspect proposed sites for a $20 million nitrate plan. McKnight gathered data on the plant and dam near Hot Springs, with a proposed 750 foot high structure creating a large lake and water costs around $20 per 1000 gallons.
Robert Ewing urges Smith for a federal judgeship in the Western District of Louisiana. TheMoves highlight potential vacancies and the two men’ s professional ties in the legal community.
Washington dispatch reports Colonel Robert Ewing Democratic national committeeman for Louisiana pressed Leon Smith for federal judge in the Western district. Senator Ransdell remains confident, Broussard’s stance unclear but reportedly aligned with administration, while he waits guidance from the attorney general.
Archibishop Ireland Celebrates 78th Birthday Quietly in St Paul Greetings from across the country poured in as the venerable prelate marked his 78th birthday. Born in Ireland in 1835 he came to America at age 11 studied in Chicago and St Paul and was ordained in 1861 becoming archbishop in 1888.
Long Branch New Jersey September 11 President Wilson departed for New London Connecticut where his sister Mrs A F Howe lies critically ill at her home The president accompanied by physicians and family members as news of the distressing illness spreads.
Maine voters go to the polls to choose a governor two U S senators and four representatives in congress. National issues top the campaign with speakers including former Justice Hughes former Vice President Fairbanks and cabinet members urging support or opposition to the national administration and party majority.
Gulfport Mississippi with Associated Press reports that construction on the Mississippi centennial exposition started this morning. More than a million dollars will be spent on grounds and buildings as the event opens October 17, 1917 and runs through May 1, 1918 on a hundred acre enclosure.
In New York on Sept 11 union leaders threaten a general sympathy strike, potentially tying up subway and elevated traffic as 756,000 workers are urged to support the carmen. Gompers comments. unions vow to organize and seek arbitration, with a mass walkout possible within six hours.
A brief report notes a failed night as forces repulsed with heavy losses. Details of location or participants are not provided in the fragment.
British forces crossed the Struma river at night and attacked Bulgarian positions, officials say. German assaults south of Somme failed, with heavy losses reported. Athens notes martial law and guards around legations as unrest wanes. Meanwhile German Bulgarian units seize Silestria in western Dobrudja as Romanians and Russians incur losses. Banat sees Romanian advances against Austrians.
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