Cotton futures close steady with modest gains in New Orleans
New Orleans cotton futures end with a net advance of 2 to 12 points amid steady early trades. January touched 19.31 before easing, March hovered near 18.97, and May around 18.72. late session rebound supported by trade buying while expectations of large ginnings and high exports influenced activity. Galveston reported 117,670 bales cleared.
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Liverpool
Atlantic
Moon
Galveston
New York Cotton Futures Open Steady on Dec Market
New York cotton futures opened steady with December at 20.19 and January near 19.46 as gains of 5 to 8 points appeared before selling pressure trimmed early advances. Traders noted Southern selling and rumors of easier spot conditions, with January slipping to 19.45 and May to 19.10 by mid day.
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New York
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Liverpool Cotton Prices Hold Steady Amid Moderate Demand
Cotton sales reached 7 000 bales with 5 300 American in Liverpool as spot demand stayed good but activity remained moderate. Prices for American types ranged from strictly good middling 11.36 to good ordinary 8.66, with receipts at 20 000 bales and futures quiet in nearby months.
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Liverpool
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Chicago market report batter eggs steady and higher prices
Batter was unchanged with receipts of 13 684 tubs while eggs rose with 1 430 cases received. Firsts traded at 54 658 and ordinary firsts at 46 52, reflecting a mixed day in Chicago markets.
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Chicago
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Illinois hog and sheep market report from Chicago
Hogs receipts total 48 000 with 140 to 170 pound hogs at 11.85 to 11.60 top 11.50 and 190 to 300 pound averages at 11.20 to 11.30. Packing sows mostly 10.00 to 10.35 and good killing pigs 11.50 to 11.90. Heavy weight hogs 11.05 to 11.30. medium 11.15 to 11.85. slaughter pigs 11.25 to 12.00. Sheep receipts 15 000 with fat lambs early 16.50 to 16.75, choice handy weight 17.00, feeding lambs 16.25, early fat ewes 8.00 to 8.76, choice handy weight 9.25, yearling wethers 14.00.
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Chicago
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Aged Negro Woman Dies Near Century Mark
Aphonse Palmer, a negro woman approaching one hundred, died in the city jet this morning of natural causes. She had been in jail about three months after police found she was without means of livelihood.
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Aphonse Palmer
Wall Collapse Traps Three Firefighters in City Disaster
Three workers perished and a fourth was seriously injured as a storefront fire spread to the Moss building on Ryan street. Eyewitnesses say Hollis Vincent and Ben Collins were trying to halt the blaze from the awning of People's dry goods when the front wall buckled, burying Vincent and injuring Collins. Mayor Geary reported warning Collins as the wall fell. Hollis Guillotte may have been underneath. City services were halted, leaving darkness in the business district while crews cleared debris and prepared to resume power and transit operations.
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Bill Guilette
Ben Collins
Moss
Vincent
Collings
People’s Dry Goods
Collins
Geary
Fyers Variety Store
Ryan Street
Commercial
Texas highway debt surge after resignations and court judgment
Texas faces a cash crisis as the highway department cannot pay pressing bills awaiting the governor's appointment of a new highway commissioner. Two commissioners resign amid Attorney General action against the American Road Co, leaving only one member and halting department operations. Labor pay and pre Christmas benefits are disrupted amid Capitol turmoil.
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Austin
Texas
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Capitol
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Frank V. Lanham
Joe Burkett
John H. Birkett
San Antonio
Reckless driving charged after Jackson Street crash
H D Zappe allegedly drove into a parked car on Jackson Street 600 block last night. He was arrested for drunken driving and drunken and disorderly conduct and jailed. Occupant J L Gilbert from Zappe’s car was taken into custody this morning.
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H. D. Zappe
H. D. Busby
Zappe
F. K. Vaughn
Fnt
J. L. Gilbert
Keller
Local Permits Issued For Two Houses And Store
Richard Cassidy approved construction permits for two houses and a frame store totaling about 1000 dollars. The houses, near DeSiard street end, cost 400 dollars each by Robert Patterson, and the 250 dollar frame store on Seventeenth street by Sol Wilson. A garage on Mississippi street outside city limits burned from a trash fire yesterday. loss about 40 dollars.
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Richard Cassidy
Robert Patterson
DeSiard Street
Seventeenth Street
Sol Wilson
Mississippi Street
Bannister Case Heard In Court Over City Damages
In district court this morning the Bannister suit seeking 15000 damages from the City of Monroe was heard after the death of their son electrocuted February when he touched a charged chain at Jackson street and Layton avenue. The case was completed by noon and a decision awaited.
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W. H. Bannister
Bannister
Monroe
Jackson Street
Layton Avenue
Percy Sandcafe
Storm Leaves Florida City in Ruin with Death Toll in Flux
Five said dead and four missing as a Florida storm rips through Tampa with about 18 seriously injured and roughly 1 million dollars in damage. Utilities fail and telegraph service breaks down southward. reports hint at a wider coastal impact.
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Bridge Foreman Falls From Lofty Arkansas Railroad Bridge
Ralph Newman a 35 year old bridge foreman on the Arkansas Louisiana and Midland line fell about 25 feet from a bayou crossing, fracturing a leg and lacerating his face when a rope struck him. He slid feet first to break the fall and was carried by motor to St Francis sanitarium after transfer at the freight depot.
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Arkansas, Louisiana and Midland Railroad
Monroe
Ralph Newman
Newman
St. Francis Sanitarium
Lions Club Plans Christmas Funds and New Members
At the noon Lions Club luncheon in Hotel Virginia plans were made to raise a Christmas fund for the city’s needy. Weekly collections will be given to the Good Fellows organization for distribution. Four new members joined as the club competes with the Rotary for Monroe’s largest membership, with Rotarians currently ahead but Lions hopes rising.
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Hotel Virginia
Good Fellows Organization
Rotary Club
Monroe
Loyations
Optimism Marks Opening of Chamber Meet in Oklahoma City
Optimistic business facts will fuel the United States Chamber of Commerce divisional meeting in Oklahoma City. More than 500 business men from ten states are registered for the southern central division session. National VP Robert R. Ellis will open with a keynote address as welcoming speeches and organizational matters fill the morning.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Robert R. Ellis
George Prince Makes Good Trip Through High Waters
The steamer George Prince with two heavy cargoes arrived in Monroe from New Orleans under Captains L. V. Cooley and Harry Cotton. Navigation was easier due to high water, and the vessel will return today with a solid southbound cargo as Monroe’s riverfront work is paused by flooding. Construction of a large barge for Stovall Navigation is resuming, promising to boost future activity.
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Monroe
New Orleans
L. V. Cooley
Harry Cotton
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Stovall Company
Louisville Bath Tub Robbery Shocks City
Louisville police received a remarkable report of theft when John Vogel said a robber stole his bathtub, a crime described as one of the cleanest jobs yet seen in the city’s crime wave high point.
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Obituary of Clay Carter 31 Son of Monroe Family
Clay Carter age 31 died in Beaumont Texas after a month illness. His mother Mrs John Carter of Monroe and several siblings left for Beaumont. He had lived in Beaumont years and worked in the drug business. He leaves a wife and three sons with a large Monroe family surviving including brothers Forsythe Carter Harrisonburg La Mosses Carter New Orleans and Andrew Carter Monroe and sisters Narcissa Walters Monroe Walter Whatley Jena Minnie Carter Ruth Carter Monroe.
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Beaumont
Texas
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Monroe
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Harrisonburg
Fay Carter
el Dorado
Mosses Carter
New Orleans
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Walter Whatley
Jena
Minnie
Ruth Carter
City
Man Burns Sleeping Beside Fire Near Tullos Louisiana
Maxwel Howell, 42, fell asleep by cross tied fire near Tullos and rolled into flames. His clothing burned away and he suffered serious burns to neck chest and back. He was found by J L Evans and others and taken to St Frames sanitarium in critical condition. He had recently faced unemployment and marital trouble after his wife left Camden Arkansas.
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Maxwel Howell
Tullos
Howell
J. L. Evans
Evans
St. Frames Sanitarium
Camden Ark
Louisiana
Virginia Lavitia Wins December Baby Prize
The first baby born in Monroe and West Monroe occurred at 12:20 a.m. at the Lavitia home on Adams Street. An eight-pound girl named Virginia received gifts from nine local businesses as December's monthly prize. A second baby, a boy born at Riverside Sanitarium at 2:45 a.m., was reported as the month’s second birth.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Joe Lavitia
Adams Street
Lavitia
Stork
Virginia
H. C. Holton
Riverside Sanitarium
News-Star Today
Stone Ave Church Likely to Call Rev S N Adams
Reverend S N Adams of Magnolia Arkansas is expected to be elected pastor of the Stone Avenue Methodist Protestant Church at a 7 pm special meeting tonight. The assembly will seek bishop and conference approval with a 7 30 pm preaching service to follow. Rev S B Williams was the previous pastor.
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S. N. Adams
Magnolia
Ark
Methodist Protestant
Stone Avenue
Adams
Monroe
S. B. Williams
World of Pleasure Opens to Monroe Social Life
A new era of Monroe society arrives as Hotel Virginia manager Morey opens a public social scene this winter. Two dinner dances weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays feature Sax Gibson's orchestra after a California tour, with music central to the dinner hour. The city embraces the poised social future sought by Morey and local enthusiasts.
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Morey
Virginia
Hotel
Sax Gibson
California
Mr. Morey
Real Estate Directory of Local Dealers
A real estate directory advertises buying selling or renting commercial residential or suburban property. It promises to save time and money by connecting readers with experienced real estate dealers ready to provide efficient service.
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