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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1916

Page

8

Copeland's Sanitary Grocery and Local Notices

Copeland's Sanitary Grocery advertises meats, sausages, oysters and mixed goods with prices and contact. New Star Meat Market offers beef pork sausage and oysters with quick city delivery, phone 973. Also notes hair specialist services by Mrs A S Moore and O 7 O syrup agents. A big turkey dinner is planned at Episcopal ladies bazaar on Friday and Saturday for 10 cents in the building on Grand Street next to New South Drug Store.

New Star Highth Lieard Streets Lino Episcopal Ladies Bazaar Grand Street New South Drug Store Episcopal Ladies

West Monroe Manufacturing Co Ltd Versus Town of West Monroe

A dispute between West Monroe Manufacturing Co Ltd and the Town of West Monroe surfaces in records, outlining a legal clash over municipal action or regulatory decision affecting the company. Details remain sparse in the language available.

West Monroe

Marriage Licenses and Local Transactions Listed

Marriage licenses issued for Joseph Harris and Alberta John son J A Sturdivant and Mary Fisher Ben S Moore to Louis Lock oil and gas lease B K Fluker et al to Mary Upshaw sale of lots Jas L Markey to Lamar F Myatt sale of lot Herve M Wheeler Lumber Co amendment to charter Ouachita Oil and Gas Co to O B Morton release of mineral rights George Ballard drunken and disorderly fined $7.50 Len drunken and disorderly fined $52.50 BD pig drunk and disorderly fined $12.50 Lon Parris drunk and down fined $3.50 L A Griffin fighting fined $7.50 John Doe discharging firearms city limits fined $20 Carrying concealed weapons fined $150 city $250 state W C Singley vagrancy fined $60 H Tew vagrancy fined $60 Ed Smith drawing and displaying dangerous weapon discharged Fighting discharged Episcopal ladies bazaar Friday Saturday South Grand street next to New South Drug Store Turkey dinner 50 cents Lots of pretty things to help holiday list 6-2t.

Ben S. Moore Louis Lock B. K. Fluker Et al Mary Upshaw Jas. L. Markey Lamar F. Myatt Herve M Wheeler Lumber Company Ouachita Oil & Gas Co O. B. Morton George Ballard L En Lon Parris L. A. Griffin John Doe W. C. Singley H. Tew Ed Smith Episcopal Ladies South Grand Street New South Drug Store

Woodmen Elect Officers for 1917 at Ouachita Valley Camp

Ouachita Valley Camp No. 10 Woodmen of the World elected officers for 1917 led by C. Blackmon as consul commander and B. D. Robinson as adviser lieutenant. Delegates to head camp named with W. T. Baker and B. D. Robinson as alternates. Camp plans to build a new building next year. Also notes visitors, local ads, and a shooting incident near Monroe where Shake Turner wounded Allen. Turner believed insane and escaped after the act.

Ouachita Valley Camp No. 10 Woodmen of the World Ss. C. Blackmon B. D. Robinson Chas, Garvey W. T. Baker H. C. Walker H. C. Gamble D. L. Newman L. R. Powers Drs. J. L. Adams Wm. Schulz F. C. Bennett Chas. Garvey S. C. Blackmon F. C. McMullen Shake Turner Allen Monroe Herman McGuire Turner

T. Smith Grocer Advertises Fresh Meats Eggs and Syrup

Turkeys chickens and fresh country eggs offered by T Smith grocer. Country butter and fresh meats available with prompt delivery. Agents for 0-7-0 syrup from McHenry plantation. Store and market phones given as 16 and 447.

T. Smith McHenry Plantation Fr. T. Smith

Christmas Phonograph Club and Local Notices

A jumble of items including a man arrested in East End for attempting to shoot lights at a negro resort, fined for carrying concealed weapons and discharging firearms. Also classified ads for newspaper routes, Christmas pictures, subscriptions, a bazaar, a tailoring business change, pecans, wood for sale, and an Odd Fellows meeting notice. People named include John Doe. places Monroe Louisiana and 111 Stone avenue.

East End John Doe

Neville heads Western Star Lodge officers in year

Western Star Lodge No 24 F and A M elected E L Neville as worshipful master and Wm Schulze senior warden with L A Ellis junior warden J D Oakley secretary Sig Haas treasurer Other appointive posts include Joe Whern Jr senior deacon M Brothers junior deacon Chas Way Tyler Sam Smith master of ceremonies W Renwick chaplain C E Bynum Jr W Gordon stewards The banquet is set for Dec 27 St John s day at an undecided location The lodge, with over 100 members, reports a flourishing condition and notes the new 65000 Masonic temple under construction with local residents visiting.

Western Star Lodge No E. L. Neville Wm. Schulze L. A. Ellis J. D. Oakley Sig Haas Joe Whern, Jr J. M. Brothers Chas. Way Tyler Sam Smith W. P. Renwick C. E. Bynum, Jr St. John's Day Western Star Lodge

Auto Delivery Truck Crash Damages Fire Plug

A Ouachita Cola Cola Bottling Company delivery truck struck a fire plug at Grand and Grammont after the driver attempted to start the car without a crank. The vehicle ran nearly a block before hitting the plug. the driver was knocked down but uninjured aside from fright.

Ouachita Cola Cola Bottling Company Grand and Grammont

Sheriff Returns with Fugitve from Kansas City

Sheriff A Ethar Grant came back last night with Percy Cox a sought man on a charge of embesalement in this jurisdiction.

J. M. Hatch Will McIntosh Robert Myers Buckner Charles and Ernest Noble Charlieville City Ethar Grant Kansas City Percy Cox Netry

Central powers near Bucharest as drive threatens capital

Central Powers push toward Bucharest with encirclement from the west and northwest. Romanian and Russian resistance weak, Ploiești threatened, rail lines limited. In the Carpathians and Moldavia, Russians report little progress. Austro Italian fronts see few major actions.

Poumania Bucharest Tergovistea Petrosia Ploechti Teutons Carpathians Petrograd Russian War Office Voroneshka Berlin Cerna River Grunishte Budimirtsa France Belgium

Navy recruiting party opens station in Federal Building

United States Navy traveling recruiting party for the New Orleans district opens a recruiting station in the Federal Building. Chief Yeoman W. B. Hancock leads the party, with several applicants already presenting themselves. The group will spend several days in Monroe.

United States Navy New Orleans Federal Building W. B. Hancock Monroe

Trespass warnings posted on Stubbs estates after cow slaying

notices warn hunters to stay off Stubbs and King place properties following the fatal wounding of a valuable cow by unknown trespassers. The alert cites recent abuse of privileges by hunters and appeals to law penalties. London reports from the Athens outbreak describe attacks on Mayor Benakis and royalist figures, with Princess Ypsilanti observed amid the violence.

Stubbs Our King Place Avy Stubba Guy P. Stubbs King Place London Foreign Office Associated Press Athens M. Benakis Ypsilanti Constantine M. Dolomazogiou

Keramic Engineering Building Dedication At Illinois

Urbana Illinois prom inent visitors attend dedication of the quarter million dollar Keramic Engineering Building at University of Illinois. Ceremonies to continue two days as the campus aims to elevate its technical school status in the midwest. Building houses labs for stoneware china brick tile sewer pipe terra cotta cements glassware and insulating materials. I W W members face murder charge in Virginia Minn for deputy sheriff Mayron’s death during last summer’s strike riots.

Urbana Ill Dee University of Ilinois Technical School of the University Middle West Virginia Minn Industrial Workers of the World James Mayron

Cotton Prices in New Orleans Futures Hold Steady

The New Orleans market for cotton on Wednesday December 6 1916 shows spots at 19.63 with quiet trading. Sales reach 241 as the day closes with nearby May futures around 20.19 to 20.21 and other months trading near 19.60 to 19.88.

New York Stock Figures for December 6 1916

Markets show mixed activity with spot prices at 20.15 and 20.40 for highs and lows. Trading details include 20.14 20.25 and 20.38 20.60 alongside late quotations 19.84 20.08 20.30 reflecting today’s close and volatility in the stock segment.

Ates High Low Close Yesty

Liverpool Market Update December 6 1916 Spot Prices

Liverpool listings show 11.95 spots steady with 7000 sales. January February futures at 12.01 11,57 and March April at 12.13 11,72. Implied market activity and price structure for upcoming deliveries.

Jane Ee

Tiny Cotton Letter Reports Mixed London Market Movement

In Monroe on December 6 1916 H HR Speed notes Britain’s cabinet crisis appearing to ease with cables stronger and Liverpool futures up about 24 to 25 points for old and new crop, mixed demand for spot sales only 7000 units, middling prices around 11.954, and a generally firmer tone abroad. Submarine activity rumors and a report of an American vessel sunk without warning contributed to heavy market action at times.

New Orleans Liverpool

Bell An Remo Indigestion Ad 25c Across Drugs

Market notes discuss war risks, cotton shipments, spinners' takings, and Census data. Estimates on cotton harvested in South Carolina, government forecast for December 11, and comparisons to prior years appear. Trade remains firm though slightly quieter with high season levels.

Newse Backed Want Ad Seeks Local Help

A brief want ad appears in the Newe Starts section seeking local help. The notice invites applicants for unspecified roles, with contact details to apply.

For Sale Ads Roll In From Many Louisiana Area

NEW ADVERTISEMENT FOR SALE At a bargain mule horse cow harness and logging outfit advertised in Many Louisiana See Kay Hinehart phone 160 6 1t complete logging outfit includes wagons harness graining cant hooks stretchers and mule tent two young large horses and two good drivers to accompany. See at Many La C B for six days Emm Taylor Many La Those who were tried New classifia ads continue to use th

Kay Hinehart Emm Taylor

Also Mentioned on This Page

Waltham S. J. Rivoire & Son S. Grand St Monroe, la Harkrawkanakrararaaal Kern Joe Kern A. 5. Moore Calypso St Carl McHenry Copeland's Sanitary Grocery Joseph Harris Alberta John J. A. Sturdivant Mary Fisher Jake Irewe San Antonio Texas Cosmopolitan Good Housekeeping W. Ramsey R. R. Reddett Columbia Monroe Hotel King R. C. Brown Insane Negro Grocer Wexlers Cigar Store J. J. Hendrick & CO Brokers North Grand St Jno. F. Clark & Co Hk. F. Hutton & Co New York Thomson & McKinnon Chicago H.R. Speed Monroe, Louisiana New Orleans Cotton Exchange Christmas Phonograph Club Kaliski Stone Avenue S. Grand Street H. W. Young DeSiard Street Terrell & Goodgame Co News- Star H. Rosenblium California L. KR. Powers Dec. Ltd F. L. Reeks S. Waldman St. Louis, Mo The New Star Hotel Prof Neville Head Masonic Lodge Navy Recruiting Station Iers Benakis Hlinois H. HR. Speed Expor South Carolina Central Savings Bank & Trust CompAny Club
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