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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1926
Page
6
The O. P. H. S. senior class stages a carnival at the parish school at 7:30 p.m. with a minstrel show as headliner and side shows gypsy fortune tellers and palmists. Proceeds fund parish school library improvements.
Moscow plans midnight fuel curbs citywide except central government zones. Wood prices soar from 12 to 25 dollars per cord with potential shortages by January. Health officials discuss forced Keeley cures for drunkenness and arresting unconformist drinkers. Black "Mans" cars will replace battered prisoners and a state inspection body probes factory mismanagement, costing beer transport millions. Police uniforms go to bid in Monroe by December 16.
A group of University of Hawaii students on a world cruise aboard the Ryndam narrowly escape injury when a Chinese rice planter fires at birds in a field they pass near in Honolulu. John Rosenthal, son of Moritz Rosenthal of the Huppmobile board, is among the travelers. The planter apologizes in pidgin English. Swordfish season brings large catches around Kona and between Oahu and Kauai, with fishermen reporting 250 to 635 pound fish. The Honolulu political talk show Soap-box is ended as Two-Gun Jack Mokumaia quits public commentary to focus on business.
Stonewall Lodge No. 8 Knights of Pythias elected officers for 1927 at a St John Street meeting. Capt HW Williams named Chancellor Commander with A W Trotter as vice-chancellor and Steele Williams as keeper of records. Representatives to the Grand Lodge from Monroe and Natchitoches discussed for 1928.
Lens France reports revival after four years of war damage. Mines in the Lens district run 1100 of 1250? no, 110 mines back to work producing 2,802,505 tons last month matching prewar levels. Miners here now earn over eight hours at wages six times higher than prewar, living well and saving money at a prominent local bank.
The Burlington railroad reports a shift in Wyoming due to the grasshopper plague. Turkeys, once used to combat the pest, now sustain profitable ranching as grasshoppers decline. Ranchers eye grasshopper preserves to favor pest propagation while markets reward Wyoming fowl, with high daily earnings and rising costs of living noted among miners and families.
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