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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1929
Page
3
The Tallulah frog industry grows as the Tallulah Ice Cream factory ships up to 50,000 pounds of frog meat to St. Louis this season. Frogs are dressed on capture, chilled, sorted by size, and packed in ice for shipment, with ample local supply and rising demand.
The Midland Construction Company has begun open drainage ditch work in West Monroe. A dragline moved in this week to clear dirt, starting at the lower end to prevent standing water during heavy rainfall. The ditch runs to Jonesboro highway, through Black Bayou brake, to an alley between Haynes and Crosley streets, 180 feet east of North Fourth street. A reinforced concrete storm sewer will follow after the ditch. Hyman holds the contract for the sewer from Mill street to 150 feet north of Crosley street.
The American cruiser Raleigh docked at Cherbourg to carry home Vice Admiral Albert Parker Niblack who died this week in Monaco. Niblack, former commander in chief of American naval forces in European waters, was also president of Monaco’s International Hydrographic bureau.
The four cotton gins in Monroe and West Monroe gear up for a busy season. West Monroe Standard Gin begins operations, and Monroe Sixth and Olive plant starts publicized openings. C W Parnell gin runs in West Monroe while J H Jordan’s gin nears completion at Island and Loop roads. Total daily capacity for all four is about 75 bales as growers warn last year’s output may be surpassed, but crop conditions have deteriorated recently due to heat drought army leaf worms and boll weevils threatening Ouachita parish.
City Judge W. M. Harper outlined a comprehensive plan to ease congestion. He urged rerouting throughways, widening business streets, relocating a new bridge away from the district, elevating I C tracks, and eliminating street car traffic in the business area.
Article explains the tongue reflects digestive system health and is used by doctors to gauge illness. It notes doctors claim about nine tenths of sickness arising from stomach and bone trouble and emphasizes tongue examination as a quick diagnostic tool.
Greenville Kiwanis club arrives in Monroe for the district convention September 9 and 10. Ernest Waldauer and Ernest Smith lead talks on a model luncheon and Greenville talent. The group aims to woo the 1930 convention to Greenville and to showcase a city that overcame the 1927 flood.
An old advertisement touts Gordon's internal antiseptic to stop fermentation in the stomach. It claims rapid relief from indigestion dyspepsia excess acid gas bloating and heartburn and says the remedy strengthens weak stomachs. A bottle costs less than three cents a dose from the druggist.
E H Cason and President Ernest Waldauer spoke as the district prepares for a visit from Greenville. Cason said the delegation will represent Greenville, while Waldauer expressed hope to win the attendance prize for the district.
Five teen navy pursuit planes and two amphibians were en route to Cleveland, Illinois, on a patrol mission announced from Scott Field. The report notes military activity over the region with no injuries or incidents reported.
Air races reached the scene at 0 20 this morning from Kansas City and were joined by three other planes from nearby fields, marking an early arrival of aviation activity.
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