Local Trades and Notices from Kerns Blacksmith to Dr Evans Move
At Kerns blacksmith shop corner Jackson and Grammont Streets offers carpenter work by day or contract with B F McGill. Ouachita Saddle and Farness Co advertises 208 South Grand Street for auto trimming and related services. C Dunn repairs typewriters and Dr Evans osteopath has moved to 204 Breard near Mrs Foy’s residence. A public notice warns that Black Bayon Lake and Eagles Nest Brake are fenced and posted with trespassers to be prosecuted. J T Austin, Lessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Saddle and Fiarness Co
South Grand Street
Black Bayon Lake
Eagles Nest Brake
Fast Side Meat Market Opens At Washington Corner
Fast Side Meat Market has opened at the corner of Washington and Fourteenth Street offering a full line of choice meats. Phone 1025. Jack Battaglia. 25-1m.
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Washington and
Fourteenth Street
Jack Battaglia
Railroad Clerks Meet Friday December 6 at Sugar's Theatre
Our regular meeting will be held Friday December 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Sugar's Theatre hall. Annual election of officers and other important business. Your attendance is necessary. 29-71.
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Sugar’s
Racket Store Offers Wide Range of Menswear
The Racket Store advertises sweaters and vests in wool and cotton, heavy and medium weight wool and cotton underwear, over shirts, and a variety of dress shirts. Dollars work over time there. 4-2t. ore)
Lovers Lane Meat Market to Open November Twenty Eight
Notice to the public announces the Lovers Lane Meat Market will open November 28 offering beef pork ham bacon eggs butter and sausage at low prices. Delivery available anywhere in the city with free delivery and special attention to orders. Also advertising razor blade sharpening at Collens Pharmacy with phone numbers and location details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lover’s Lane
Sam Rizzo
Notice of W. O. W. Ail Members Meeting
Members of W. O. W. Ail are urged to attend a regular meeting Friday night at the Eagles Hall to elect officers for the ensuing year. By request H. C. Walker, Clerk J. W. McWilliams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. W. Ail
Eagles Hall
H.C. Walker
C. C. J. W. McWilliams
Road projects gain support for Ouachita construction
Chairman Carl H. McHenry reports Washington progress on Ouachita road works with two projects approved by the Office of Public Roads Columbia and Millhaven, and Bastrop facing delays. Communication from Engineer R P Boyd dated December 4 1918 notes steps to secure approval from the department solicitor and Secretary Wilson as Buie Ransdell Wilson and Aswell back efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl H. McHenry
Washington
Ouachita
Boyd
Washington, D. C
R. P. Boyd
Monroe
Columbia
Millhaven
Office of Public Roads
Agricultural Department
Wilson
Flournoy
Buie
Ransdell
Aswell
Cross
H. McHenry
Clerk Carrier Examination Held Here December 14 1918
An open competitive Civil Service examination for Clerk Carrier at Monroe post office will be held December 14 1918 starting at 9 o clock in the morning. Applications on prescribed forms are available from the commission's local secretary at the Monroe post office and should be filed promptly to allow time for corrections and to arrange the examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Monroe Post Office
Monroe Masons Elect Officers for Western Star Lodge No 25
Monroe Masons at Western Star Lodge No 25 elected officers for the next year led by W M Bradley Waelder and W Joe Kern with J M H G Prophit as Junior Master and Sig Haas treasurer. Other posts filled include secretary J D Oakley S D A ihe J D J M, W C Paulk, stewards C A Muffin S Kap lin, chaplain W P Renwick and Tyler J C Liner. Redeem your War Savings Stamp pledge and avoid being called a quitter by December 31. Bowls and patches priced 1.50 to 3.00 available at The Racket Store Smith Bros Ltd. 4-2t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Star Lodge No. 25
W.M
Bradley Waelder
Joe Kern
J. M
H. G. Prophit
Sig Haas
J. D. Oakley
S. D
Smith Bros. Ltd
Hudspeth Severs Ties with Hudspeth Evans Shop
W D Hudspeth announces he has severed ties with the DeLaird Street shop formerly Hudspeth and Evans and leased the Hotel Monroe Barber Shop to meet friends. He promises good barbers and courteous treatment. Monroe Seed Co promotes dairy and poultry supplies and other goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeLaird St
Hudspeth & Evans
Monroe
W. D. Hudspeth
Lynch Advertises Various Domestic Goods and Textiles
Lynch promotes Hope Domestic 24c and yard wide domestic 15c. J. and P. Coats thread by spool. ACA Red Ticking 39c per yard. Cambria yard wide 24c per yard. Towels 19c, Pillow Cases 28c, Large Sheets $1.18. Monroe store claims more shoes than rivals. 4-4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LYNCH
Hope
Monroe
Riverside Club Opening Dance Announcement
Riverside Club hosts opening dance on Friday night December 6 with Mr Hudnall providing music. Full attendance requested. music starts at eight thirty.
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Riverside Club
Hudnall
Racket Store Promotes Salad Powls and Novelty Dishes
Smith Bros Ltd advertises Triumph Seed Potatoes with delivery and bulk options. Buy salad bowls cake plates cut glass and novelty dishes from The Racket Store in bushes or carload lots.
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Smith Bros. Ltd
Griffin Studio Hours And Appointment Policy
The studio announces hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with settings 9 to 12 and 1 to 4. Appointment by phone at number 6.
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Griffin Studio
Berlin set for eight bomber raid on Berlin armistice date
New York December 5 Berlin was to be bombed by a squadron of eight to twelve Handley Page and De Havilland aircraft on November 11 the armistice date American aviators returning on the Lapland say forty planes prepared at Ford Junction Sussex to attack interior German cities eighteen returned today the remainder in England Each crew trained 300 hours as night fliers at Ellington Texas the plan called for dropping tons of TNT fuel on Berlin from 500 miles away
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New York
Berlin
Ford Junction
Sussex
English Channel
England
Ellington Field
Texas
Pro-Germans Sought American Papers in War Propaganda Case
Alexander Konta of New York testified before a senate committee investigating brewer ties to German propaganda that he discussed buying a New York newspaper with German propagandist Dr Bernard Dernberg. Konta admitted he wrote Dernberg to help expose Germany to Americans and deny disloyal claims, denying any offer of $1000 to prove statements.
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Washington
Alexander Konta
New York
Palmer
United States
Senate
Bernard Dernberg
Konta
Dernberg
Germany
Senator Nelson
Minnesota
America
Heinrich F. Albert
Termman General Staff
Oversee Overseas Accountants Demand Nineteen 25 Now
A circular from A K Jones Y M C A secretary urges urgent recruitment of 25 accountants overseas with monthly additions. Cable from Paris advises expanded Y M C A operations in peacetime, including entertainment education and leave facilities, to support troops returning home and aid civilian reintegration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Jones
Paris
Warner
Army
France
America
Sporadic Market Ticker and Brief Prices Report
The fragment lists December 5 1918 trading activity with brief price markers and a few unreadable items. It notes quiet conditions and a sales figure of 1000 with scattered numbers and abbreviations.
Daily Cotton Letter Reports Market Shift Toward Higher Levels
The market shows a morning trend to higher levels driven by improved interior spot advice and a higher basis as demand for prompt shipments rises. Government policy shifts end the War Industries Board, with open markets favored. exports rise across ports and the South expects to absorb remaining supply. Spinners’ next week takings are likely bearish compared with last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Smith
South
Washington
Wilson
War Industries Board
Houston
For Sale and Rent Notices from Local Ad Page
Multiple classified items: a 14 room house for sale near Iron Mountain Depot at 201 S 5th St with modern utilities. wagon and team for hire. Duroc Jersey hogs for sale by Tom Munholland of Monroe Louisiana. a four room furnished or unfurnished rental at 496 Louisville Ave. an 8 wheel log wagon for sale via Fred Mitchell. an auto glove lost with reward at Fivans' Barber Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Mountain Depot
S. 5Th Street
Tom Munholland
Monroe
Navy Estimate Reduced
Washington on December 5 reports over one billion dollars cut from the Navy's expenditure estimate for the coming fiscal year.
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Navy
Washington
Ginnings to December 1 Likely Bullish but Smaller
report indicates ginnings to December 1 probably bullish though below last year at 9,714,000 sacks. Government crop estimate due December 11 referenced alongside H and B Beer details.
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H. & B. Beer
Turkish Fleet Surrenders to Allies at Constantinople
London dispatch reports the entire Turkish fleet surrendered to the Allies and was interned in the Golden Horn at Constantinople. The former German cruiser Goeben is among the surrendered vessels.
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London
Admiralty
Goldern Horn
Constantinople
Goeben
New Orleans Harbor Strikes Tie Up City Ferries
New Orleans harbor was nearly shut down by a strike of ferry boat stewards mates and pilots. At Canal Street ferry, a key Algiers link, operations halted after a captain refused to work without a 25 percent wage increase. By 5 p.m. about 1,000 people waited for service to resume.
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New Orleans
Canal Street
Algiers
Seed and bulb sale notice from Monroe Seed Co
New crop Sween Pea Seed and hyacinth and Narcissus bulbs offered by Monroe Seed Co in a brief seed listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Seed CO
Also Mentioned on This Page
United War Work
Ouachita Parish
Kerns Blacksmith Shop
Jackson and
Grammont Streets
B. F. McGill
West Monroe
J. T. Austin, Lessee
South Seventh and
Grammont
P. & J. Intina
Collens’ Pharmacy
Allen’s Pharmacy
Waldorf Cafe
DeSiard Street
C. B. Atkinson
Prop
Wexler’s
Wexler’s Cigar Store
Will Atkinson
Monroe Masons
Lin
Chaplain
W P. Renwick
Tyler
J. C. Liner
HM Capital
L.l.smith Cotton Broker
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Seewete
Caus
Liverpool
Chicago
J. R. Patterson
Louisville Avenue
Fred Mitchell
Fivans
Coats
Candy Line
Smith Bros., Ltd
Nicholas Norman
Louisiana Optical Company
Optician
DeSiard St. Monroe, la
New Orleans Harbor
Myers & Green
Dixie Bedding Co. Ltd
Model Meat Market
Faser’s Drug Store
Pmesfard
California
Famous
Chocolate Shop Chocolates
Monroe, la
Miller
Zeigin
S. Grand Street
Court House
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