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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1925
Page
9
Cotton futures closed with a net advance of 49 to 56 points as May through January contracts showed gains. Opening trades were steady but bought above yesterday's close, with July and October rising earlier in the session aided by Liverpool cables and France's political situation. Mortgage notice appears in legal items.
New York cotton futures edged higher with a 45 to 57 point net advance as May and July contracts opened firm. Early gains reached 17 to 20 points with July at 24.74 and October at 24.57, aided by a firmer tone and lack of rain in the Southwest.
Notice in Fourth District Court Ouachita Parish Louisiana for Succession of T Hamp Moore deceased No 2306. Creditors and interested persons must show cause within ten days why final account by J M Myatt administrator should not be approved and funds distributed. Judge Percy Sandel dated April 7 1925. (Seal) Deputy Clerk Leon H Pooler George Gunby Atty Apr 8 13 17. Judgement.
H. J. Fernandez, returning from several days in Alexandria, says the city is dull commercially while Monroe dominates the oil trade. He notes Hardinger company offices in Hotel Bentley and predicts Monroe as the oil supply base with strong control and ready for new business.
Robert L. Meredith of Caldwell parish sues Brown Paper Mill of West Monroe in Fourth Judicial Court for 11.55 weekly for 400 weeks alleging a May 22 1924 accident when a steel tank slipped from a clutch and broke his left leg. He says he has been unable to work since and seeks damages.
Special to the News-Star from Ruston La April 17 reports Pershing Highway Association chair A H Henderson and Ruston chamber secretary Luther Ellison visiting Lafayette Opelousas and New Iberia to renew interest in the highway. A directors meeting will be set soon. Also notes Ruston Mosquito abatement campaign Redpath Chautaqua May 1 12 attractions and local officials return from Lake Lafourche. Dorothy Kidd arrives from Lafayette to visit her father Capt E L Kidd. Fred Davidson shot in Coffeyville Kansas unlikely to recover. brother Haught Davidson travels to be with him.
Mrs. H. J. Fernandez and husband returned from Alexandria after the death of her mother Mrs. Mary Frances Wilson. Wilson, 75, had been in ill health. Surviving children include Mrs. H. J. Crs of Monroe, W. B. Wilson of Brownwood, Earl Wilson of Alexandria, and Mrs. Charles MacNeill of Alexandria.
The New York East Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church voted 109 to 2 for unification of the northern and southern branches, marking a decisive step toward church unity in New York.
The Fifth Judicial District criminal court session opened in Winnsboro with Judge John R. McIntosh discharging the petit jury for lack of work. Minor cases such as disturbing the peace gambling and profanity were quickly disposed of. Willis Back with and Richard Anderson were sentenced to thirty days in parish jail and $300 fines for manufacturing illegal liquor. George Myers received a similar sentence and appealed.
Three more recruits joined Company G last night bringing strength to fifteen since enlistment began. Randolph Percy, captain earlier, enlisted as private along with Robert Cowden, a former second lieutenant, who joined at campaign start. New names include Bert Burgoyne Samuel Scott L Hayden Jr and John Lambert.
Charles Jones, a 1525 Pargo Black man, injured when a 400 pound coupler dropped on his foot at Missouri Pacific yards during stacking work. Izaac Taylor, another Black man, severely shot near Gallion. bullet pierced lungs and pneumonia develops.
New York April 17 confirmation of the engagement between Miss Muriel Vanderbilt and Frederic Cameron Church of Boston was made by her mother Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Sr. The couple, both from prominent families, plan a July wedding at the Vanderbilt Newport home.
Mrs. Mary Lasuzzo aged 50 died last night after an operation at a local sanitarium. She was the wife of Sam Lasuzzo of 1503 DeSiard Street and a native of Italy. Survived by her husband and twelve children. Funeral at St Matthews Church tomorrow at 3 PM with Rev. N F Vandergear. Burial in Catholic Cemetery.
Bastrop Mayor and Aldermen visited Winnsboro for an inspection tour of paving work. The Bastrop delegation plans extensive street improvements and is examining processes before contracting. The group, hosted by the Winnsboro town council, expressed satisfaction with the methods and returned home by motor the same afternoon.
In Raleigh on April 17 Charles W. Stewart aged 61 and his son Elmer Stewart aged 28 were executed in the electric chair for a Brunswick county murder committed the previous year. The father died after three shocks and the son after two.
A thief broke into Dr. J T Miller's office at 617 DeSiard Street through a window, pried open the safe with a crowbar, and stole 800 morphine tablets and 835 in cash. Jewelry remained, papers were scattered, and investigators suspect a dope addict or drug peddler. The burglar entered by dropping from a neighboring building onto the window.
Police court records show J M Johnson fined 25 dollars and 25 cents for having jake and 12 1 2 days in jail or 12 1 2 days for being drunk and disorderly. Four negro defendants named Mopkins Summerell Washington and Mercer fined 12 1 2 days or 12 1 2 dollars for fighting without lawful cause. Joe Kelley and Dewey Pitzer fined 5 dollars or 5 days for trespassing by riding a freight train.
The Zeigin No 6 crew reports depth 1450 feet and plans six inch casing to 1495 feet with a three day cement wait. If no hard formation blocks, drilling should resume by late April, while nearby Urania No 1A remains stalled at 2550 feet awaiting a new drill stem removal.
The population of St Peters burg now named Leningrad has fallen to one third of its level a decade earlier, indicating a drastic demographic decline and urban change.
Monroe expects to host the Louisiana Credit Men’s Association fall meeting with a July 5 date set for Mansfield. Secretary O A Easterling said the recent Shreveport session was highly useful and noted new members from Minden Cedar Grove Mansfield Ruston and Alexandria. The group discussed a uniform report on members resources and background and welcomed several associations into state affiliation bringing the tally to about twelve.
Thieves broke into the homes of F. C. Cruse and Dr. J. W. Adams in Kelly on Wednesday night. From Cruse's house they took two gold watches valued at seventy five dollars each and some food items. At Adams' residence thieves carried off flour sugar coffee and other family supplies. Sheriff contact was made early Thursday with no trace found by late Thursday.
Lieutenant Robert Knapp arrived at Maxwell Field at 8:30 with mail from New Orleans and Mobile on the first leg of a trial flight to test a Chicago to New Orleans air route. The mail was handed to a machine piloted by Captain A N Duncan, who departed at 8:45 for Birmingham and Nashville.
Public auction of all company property excluding real estate and notes or open accounts to be held at the Wintersboro warehouse on May 2 1925 within legal hours. sale subject to court confirmation and bidder acceptance deemed more advantageous to the Receiver F A Pott Receiver Louisiana Wholesale Grocer Co Inc dates Apr 17 24 May 1
Dorothy Ellingson known as the jazz murderer fainted in court after judges ruled she was insane and ended her murder trial. The case concerns her killing her mother following a reprimand for late hours. The report notes her mental state at verdict.
Co. B. Haddon of Baton Rouge, agent for the extension department of the state university, is in Monroe to organize the North Louisiana summer camp for agricultural parish clubs. The camp will host 250 campers on ten acres donated by Rayville businessmen on Boeuf river, with tents used this year and permanent log buildings planned for next season. Camp opens the week of June 22 with Ouachita parish and neighboring clubs in attendance.
Captain Asa N. Duncan arrives at Roberts Field Birmingham at 9 30 p m on the second leg from Montgomery to Nashville as part of a Chicago to New Orleans air route test flight.
The Fourth District Court issues monition in the case Antonio Danna Sr versus All the World No 13302. Danna, on February 12 1924, acted before J R Dawkins Notary Public Ouachita Parish Louisiana.
Mrs Artie V Bennett of Union County Arkansas purchases property from her husband D O Bennett in a formal agreement. The notice cites them as involved parties with marriage and residence details and references the same Mrs. Artie V Bennett in the declaration.
In Ouachita Parish Louisiana the Fourth District Court issues a monition inviting all interested parties to show cause within 30 days why the sale of the south half of lots five and six in Square B of G B Haynes Subdivision West Monroe should not be confirmed. The description covers 75 by 150 feet with improvements on Second Street and Drew Avenue north boundary, dated April 2 1925 and recorded April 3 10 77 24 May 1 for the probate matter No 1942.
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