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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1925
Page
5
Cotton futures closed steady then slipped about 15 to 17 points amid a soft March consumption report from the census bureau showing domestic mills used 582 674 bales of lint. Prices eased late before recovering about half the earlier decline.
The New York cotton market opened steady with advances of 2 to 5 points as overnight buying followed concerns over insufficient rainfall in the southwest and potential heavy boll weevil emergence in the southeast. Prices for July and October moved lower after census bureau reports, with declines of about 7 to 9 points net.
Poultry alive to wear shows 26 fowls 32 springs 32 roos ers 15 turkeys 28 geese 18 at Chicago sale on April 14.
Liverpool market review shows quiet cotton with steady prices across grades. Sales reached 5 000 bales, including 4 200 American, receipts 11 000 bales with 4 400 American, and futures closed quiet and steady with nearby and deferred months listed.
Wheat prices fell early on April 14 due to rains in Illinois and Indiana and larger exports to Europe. Corn and oats declined as holders sold off, while provisions eased in tandem with the overall grain market. Liverpool reports there is no national millers strike, and a Welsh mill employees’ strike was settled.
In city court Hunter Lamb faced a fine of 25 dollars or 25 days for speeding. Sallie Poe received 12.50 or 12 days for fighting and disturbing the peace. H M Goins paid 10 dollars or 25 days for no proper license tags. R McInnis faced 50 dollars or 50 days in jail in yesterday’s session. J E Cowan was fined 5 dollars or 5 days. Major Williams was discharged.
A fragment notes a common sight of Filipino mothers puffing cigarettes or cigars as they nurse their babies, highlighting a public health concern from a historical perspective.
Two and a half hours after a pocket book containing 158 dollars was stolen from Celie Nelson a at the Missouri Pacific depot in Monroe, Sam Warren A Gardner and Abe Parris arrested in Dermott Arkansas and Buck Sevier Mallett captured Buck Sevier in Monroe. One dollar remained with the robbers and 130 dollars from Gardner 15 from Fretimer and 12 from Warren were recovered.
C. H. Mayo a Missouri Pacific section laborer in Sims sustained an eye injury from a flying rock Saturday morning near Sims Louisiana. He was carried to Alexandria for treatment and then moved to the St. Francis sanitarium. Mayo is a Sims resident. R. Scalia Bastrop baker injured in an automobile accident near Monroe last Sunday morning has recovered enough to return home.
At a Tuesday luncheon in Hotel Monroe the Lions Club voted to erect large attractive welcome signs at major highway entrances into Monroe. The plan aims to invite travelers to visit and enjoy the city’s hospitality. Philip Bernhardt was honored with honorary club membership after solos.
A typographical error misstated Easter Sunday school attendance at Terminal Heights Baptist Church as 11 instead of 111 under Rev. J W Thompson and superintendent I M Corban. Calhoun high girls quartet performed at Rotary luncheon replacing Ruston quartet. attendance pleased. Marriage license issued to Clyde Briggs Johnson and Neva May Johnson, McGhee Ark. Licenses also granted to several Monroe and Millhaven residents and others from Travelers Rest.
Tax Assessor Joe Hanna said the 1925 assessments are practically complete and within a week or ten days all real and personal property in the parish will be assessed. From May 1 to May 20 the assessment books will be open for public inspection.
Anthony Gibbon, manager of Urania Petroleum Co., is in New Orleans on business.
Mrs C Williams assistant superintendent of Ouachita parish schools is convalescing from a serious illness at her home 1305 South Grand Street. Secretary H J Fernandez of the Monroe Traffic bureau is in Alexandria with Mrs Fernandez due to her father.s serious illness.
In Urania district QC Robicheux led drilling of Urania No. 6, the first commercial producer after fourteen dry holes. He traced pay sands from 1500 to 3200 feet, recalling early Simms No. 1 tests. He secured a 40 acre lease and sold part for 10000 dollars while others push new leases and rigs move in.
Paris April 14 Ex Premier Briand after six pm said he would not form a cabinet to succeed the Herriot ministry. He cited the refusal of the socialist republican group to collaborate and the unacceptable conditions demanded for support, making the role of premier incompatible with his view.
O Robicheux known as Frenchy in Urania nets a 40 acre lease sold for 10000 cash after completing Urania Petroleum Co No 6, first commercial producer in La Salle parish. He may drill another wildcat near Urania or stay with the Urania Petroleum Co to expand the field.
Elwood Haynes aged 68, credited with 1894s horseless carriage invention, died at his Kokomo home after a brief influenza illness. He had suffered heart disease and was not fully recovered from a prior attack. Funeral plans not announced. widow, son, and daughter were at his bedside.
Eight people in two cars escaped serious injury due to quick action by a Inter urban Transit Co driver. A. D. Cox of Monroe swerved left to pass a standing car while E. F. Smith of Interurban Transportation avoided the crash by driving into a ditch. Both vehicles sustained damage but all eight occupants were shaken but unharmed. The collision happened near Olla between Urania around 5 pm Monday.
The R and A Credit Jewelry Co. opens today east of the Lyceum theatre on DeSiard street. The rebuilt store features a vault and decorative interiors for selling high grade diamonds, pearls, watches on credit by W. Albranson and R. Rubin, veteran jewelers.
The operations are expected to begin late this week or once a fuel connection is secured. The well lies about two and a half miles northeast of the discovery well toward Olla. Mrs. John Ferguson of New York is named the first woman to the administrative council of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America.
A large audience heard Peter V. Ross of The Mother Church discuss Christian Science and Divine Law in human affairs. He explained God as Mind Life and Love and urged readers to dismiss illness as mortal mind error, stressing healing through spiritual understanding and right thinking.
MEMPHIS fighter Martinez from New Orleans defeated Frank Dugan by decision after eight rounds. This sports brief notes the result and location, highlighting the winner and opponent.
Geor M Wessells a Los Angeles merchandising author addressed about 150 salesmen and salesladies in city hall on Sales and Service Standards. He urged memory training observation courteous quick approach and thinking with the customer to help customers draw conclusions and buy. He stressed avoiding hackneyed phrases and focusing on service and value.
Two brief obituaries note the deaths of Myrtle Zola aged 19 and Annie Pow. Zola, a native of Louis, lived in the city with husband J A Phill and is buried at Brook Cemetery. Pow, resident of Dre, is survived by her husband and several children. Burial will be at Rick's Cemetery.
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