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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1925
Page
8
Cotton futures closed steady with a net loss of 2 to 5 points after a day of uneven moves. Early gains faded into versus yesterday’s close while March May and July traded near day highs. private 15,725,000 bale estimate cited as largest yet. Spot market held steady with middling around 19.46 and receipts near 7,966.
New York cotton futures ended with a net decline of 10 to 12 points amid selling pressure from southern and local hedging. Prices opened steady but slipped as weather in the southwest and political news weighed on sentiment, with some rallies from covering trades around mid‑day.
In Chicago trading, wheat prices eased after reports of better Argentine weather and a 5 480 000 bushel increase in ocean shipments. Corn and oats held firmer amid adverse belt weather. oats rose modestly later. Provisions declined with hog values.
Cotton market in Liverpool shows quiet activity with steady prices for American grades. Prices range from strictly good middling 11.25 to strictly good ordinary 9.10, with 4,090 bales on the market including 1,990 American, and 15,000 bales received all American. Futures closed steady with December 10.03 and October 9.77.
Chicago December 5 poultry market reports steady trading with receipts of six carloads. Fowls bring 17 to 23 a half, springs 24 and a half, turkeys 30, roosters 16, ducks 18 to 30, geese 18.
Walter Masling, 55, is seriously ill after drinking a large amount of gasoline mistook for water in glass bottles at the orphanage work site. He collapsed with a stomach hemorrhage after returning home and is in Riverside Unitarium in critical condition. Masling, a brother of contractor Frank Masling, lives at 2711 Lee Avenue with a wife and ten children.
Ouachita Parish Agricultural Development committee of the Chamber of Commerce schedules a Wednesday 2 p m meeting in the old rooms. Truck growers and prospective entrants for northern markets urged to attend. Dr. H C Cole chairs. FE R Strahan cites aims to pledge 200 acres for tomatoes peppers and eggplant plus 200 acres hill lands for watermelon. Missouri Pacific railroad will aid in marketing.
The infant child of Mr and Mrs L J Larsen of Gordon avenue died at a local sanitarium Thursday and was buried in City cemetery yesterday. Abner G Well of Cleveland Ohio director of the Breece Lumber Company arrived in Monroe on a short business trip this morning. Mrs Jesse Lolley received from her fathers grave in the Rio Grande valley a bushel basket of fine oranges and lemons seen in Monroe. Two boys at the Louisiana Training Institute escaped yesterday Willie Lebron 16 and Tom McGinnis 17 were wearing blue unionalls and barefooted.
Kansas City cattle numbers show 300 head with yearlings at 11.85 and steers around 10.85. Hog totals reach 7 000 with packer tops near 11.15 and bulk sales around 10.90 to 11.25, while sheep receipts are absent and lambs top at 16.59.
A group of eighteen Crusaders from Ouachita Parish Tuberculosis Association linked with Central Savings Bank to place a one cent deposit for the tuberculosis fund. Led by G B Cooley and Mrs F L Watts, pupils from Barkduil Faulk and West Monroe schools contributed a Lincoln penny with a dated deposit slip and Christmas seal. The act aims to inspire broader seal sales and future funds for a tubercular camp in the parish.
The Pictorial Review Printed Pattern No. 2740 offers a soft vibrant dinner frock in ocean blue crepe Georgette with an oval neck, draped pep lum points, and front opening overblouse with picoted edges. Sash can be ribbon or satin. Medium size uses 4% yards of 36 inch fabric. sizes 14 to 18 years and 34 to 44 inches bust. price 45 cents.
J. E. Grantham, 26, fell twenty feet from the second floor of the new telephone building at Grammont and Catalpa streets. He suffered a fracture of the right leg and other injuries, then was taken by ambulance to Riverside sanitarium where he is resting well. The accident happened while he balanced on a step ladder during masonry work at the rear of the second story.
Hollywood Calif December 5 A report from motion picture circles says a second visit by the stork is planned to the home of Charlie Chaplin comedian partly confirmed at the Chaplin studio. Chaplin said We live in hopes and I would be very happy if it were true Mrs Chaplin is the one to see however.
A district meeting of Methodist Episcopal church ministers and laymen in Rayville discussed plans for a public appeal to raise 750000 for missions. The session drew strong attendance from across the district and featured enthusiastic fellowship.
In Stillwater Oklahoma on December 5 burglars knocked off the dials of three vaults at the post office and escaped with about $20,000 in stamps and cash.
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday notes East Gulf States expect fair conditions Monday with rain on Tuesday or Wednesday and again at the end, cooler Monday and Thursday, otherwise near normal. West Gulf States start fair, then rain on Tuesday and again near week end, warmer Monday and colder mid to late week.
Shreveport Louisiana crowned queen of the links at the Shreveport Country Club this afternoon after 36 hole finals of the Louisiana State Women's Golf Association tourney. Mrs Dalton Reymond of Baton Rouge defending princess faces Mrs D A Lee of Shreveport in the title match. Reymond was medalist in qualifying and beat Mrs Harry S Morgan 6 and 4 in the semi final.
Rayville now resembles an oil field town with streets crowded by new workers seeking rooms and meals. The Louisiana Power lines and two pipelines cut through the parish bringing thousands of workers and jobs, while hotels and restaurants run at capacity.
Ruston La December 5 At the Ruston Court of Honor meeting eight badges were awarded and two boys reached the rank of Star Scout D F McLaurin Eagle Scout and a district record holder received the 42nd merit badge Other scouts earned badges in automobiling cycling firemanship first aid animals camping carpentry electricity life saving signaling and more The Civic Service committee outlined plans for public service projects and a missionary bank meeting is set for December 8 with several district pastors scheduled to speak The Lincoln Parish Farm Bureau will hold a session December 11 to discuss farming matters
Mrs. Stella Monroe was summoned to Choudrant yesterday to care for the Sandersons’ ill infant with pneumonia.
The Bureau of Census calls for biennial manufacturing plant reports under a 1919 act. Washington sends out blanks for questions. firms with annual output over 5000 dollars must file. Data aids federal and local planning and monitors business activity and regional welfare.
Reverend S N Adams of Magnolia Ark who occupied the pulpit last Sunday will again supply the pulpit both morning and night tomorrow at the Methodist Protestant church. A special meeting was held Monday to consider a call of Adams to the pastorate and it is likely the conference will sanction the selection in the next days.
Miami heads into its season opener with Oglethorpe Petrels and Rollins College at Coral Gables viewed as a decisive S I A A championship contest drawing statewide interest.
Beirut dispatch reports France launches large scale morning operation in southern Lebanon to clear Mount Hermon plateau of the Druse. Two French columns joined after advancing from north and west, completing a junction in the region Thursday.
Moscow dispatch explains the December 15 Russian Communist Party congress will decide Trotzky's status in the Polit bureau amid Stalin and Bukharin's rising influence. It notes the Polit bureau controls policy for 140 million Soviets and lists current members and their roles. The article highlights Stalin as the central power, with Bukharin and Kamenev, Zinoviev, Tomsky, and Rykov in key positions.
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