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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1920

Page

3

Constantine Gas Discoveries Spark Townwide Excitement

Reports describe a new gas gasser at Constantine with well depths around 2,165 feet and casing at 1,400 feet. Drilling continues as oil firms like Nome Oil & Gas and White Oil Cooperation rally crowds, with anticipated influx of visitors and potential lower rates for factory use.

Niles Constantine Gasser Deiller Constantine Love Nome Oil & Ges White Oil Cooperation Ike Felsenthal Meme Felsenthal Constantine No. 2 Mitchell Bonham Sloan

War debt costs shape postwar budget near new limits

The draft budgets show a four billion dollar basis for years ahead, with total public debt roughly at eighty eight million and a war debt sinking fund of about 266 million. Army and Navy requests lead, postal service dominates expenditures, and Republicans promise sharp cuts as they shape the bill.

Army Savy Bousto Congress White House Postal Service Senate House House Committee Navy

Bomb shatters Italian's home in Mountkisco

A bomb exploded early today in Mountkisco New York damaging the front arch of contractor Michael Pitrello’s home. Pitrello fired five shots at a fleeing car after being awakened by the blast. several nearby windows were shattered but no injuries were reported. The head of the local labor union was taken to police headquarters for questioning.

Mountkisco N. Y Michael Pitrello Pitrello Ater

Notice from Chas A Stevens at Austin's Shoe Shop

A notice states Chas A Stevens is now with Austin's Shoe Shop located at 523 DeSiard Street and requests the continuation of all former business with his usual careful attention.

Austin DeSiard Street Chas. A. Stevens

New Classified Advertisements Row

FOR RENT Furnished apartment living room and bedroom apply 17 John Street 6 3 WR EXCHANGE A Ford roadster for a Ford worm drive truck Address ux 205 West Monroe 5 31 FOR RENT Furnished or unfurnished rooms 409 Catalpa Street 661 FOR SALE TODAY AND TO MORROW LAST DAY Handsome furs New Orleans stock of fox neck pieces Kolinsky coatees and capes all at half price 221 St John Street Phone 542 6 21 WANTED Ten experienced salesladies Apply The Model Store 396 DeSiard Street 6 12 FOR RR RENT Furnished light house rooms Needie also a collageental Weed atreet Davies

John Street Ux 205 West Monroe New Orleans Kolinsky St. John Street DeSiard Atreet

Prohibition Cases Dominate Two-Day District Court Term

National prohibition violations headline the docket with Yonak Brothers and the V. S. P. cases followed by U S v Killingsworth and others. Officials from Shreveport list U S Attorney Joseph Moore and other aides assisting as trials proceed in Ouachita Franklin Caldwell Union Jackson and Lincoln parishes.

Qmtale Tich F. B. Bemphill Gilbert Boxley Caldwel Mearee W. M. Colvin Austen C. L. Smith Cheedrant T. J. Callhan Simabere J. T. Shanks Lake Providence Seee Langston Siroe J. F. Sanderson R. B. Dean Hamburg C. B. Tucker J. H. Helfin Catham Max Breadnax Gallion G. Hellis Clarks A. Murray Vidalia L. €. Webb Tallulah Julius Wolff Bastrop J. B. Wade Tremont Herbert Dalton Ouachita Franklin Caldwell Union Jackson Lincoln Yonak Brothers U.S W. L. Killingsworth United States Charles Wheeler J. A. Meredith Les Lamb Bill Bryan D. Burch P. Williams W. W. Pace J. E. Heckford George Walker Charles Ross U. S. Court Shreveport Jack Joseph Moore Yandel Boatner Charles W. Page Hugh Kirkpatrick J. D. McClure U. S J. B. Matthews

Garrett Takes Oath of Office as District Attorney

David Garrett, elected to succeed Henry Montgomery, has qualified as district attorney after being sworn in by Clerk of Court Pat Hamilton.

David Garrett Henry Montgomery Pat” Hamilton

Police raid at Erin City Hall ends with six arrests

Dublin dispatch reports auxiliary police raided Erin City Hall capturing six municipal members. In Wise Virginia and nearby, quiet returns as threats from Appalachia to dynamite the jail failed. A black man accused of assault and robbery of a white man did not materialize.

Erin Dublin Wise Apalachia

Paris Sights and Parisian Women Amid Fog and Fashion

The author relishes Paris as a beauty-filled city with grand boulevards and luminous vistas. He notes Parisian women as exquisitely dressed, or rather how they wear clothes, with many brunettes and an elusive grace. The piece contrasts Paris with London and praises the city’s allure and style.

London Paris

Daily Cotton Letter Notes Looming Acreage Cuts and Markets

New Orleans dispatch reports many developments favoring price advances as farmers weigh next spring acreage reductions. Talks at Memphis aim to cut cotton acreage with congressional action considered. German cotton purchase plans and optimistic sentiment in Berlin influence world markets amid harvest estimates and trade signals.

L. L. Smith New Orleans

Wool cloth slogan proposal by George M Wilber at livestock show

Chicago dispatch reports George M Wilber a candidate for secretary of agriculture proposes a slogan and program for US farmers at the International Livestock Exposition in Union Stockyards He blasts shoddy wool and urges consumers to demand virgin wool cloth to aid wool growers amid Western market woes.

Chicago United States George M. Wilber Harding Union Wilber Marysville Ohio Hardingtown Marion Department of Endeavor America National Sheep and Wool Bureau of America Condi Sions

Hog Cholera Report in Ouachita Parish

Agricultural agent R M Jackson says hog cholera has appeared in rural Ouachita districts with five or six parishes affected. He notes the number of hogs attacked is not large but estimates about fifty cases in Ouachita parish.

Ouachita R.M. Jackson Mar. Jackson

Elks Hold Memorial Service at Monroe Lodge

Beautiful and solemn memorial services were held by the Monroe Elks at the lodge rooms on Sunday. The event honored departed brethren with exercises fitting the day’s beauty and reverence in Elk circles.

Monroe Elks

Realty Deals in City Today

The Monroe Investment Company Ltd sold lots four five six and eight of block 106 in Filbies Second of Games addition to Sugar Brothers Ltd for 9000. C M Goodwin sold to H M Neard and others Lot five of the 9 sl.

Monroe Investment Company, Ltd Sugar Brothers, Ltd C. M. Goodwin 8. M. Neard

Fragmentary cry about wool and virgin wheel garments

The text appears as a garbled plea urging farmers to protect themselves when buying equipment from sheep or wool sources. It bizarrely mentions Virgins, Virgin wool, and Southern debt rhetoric, with unclear references to clothing or suppliers.

Desire for Reems with Board or Beard Ring 1064

A short notice invites inquiries for reems with board or beard ring 1064. Interested parties should call at 408 Washington Street.

Washington Street

Bills proposed on wheat imports and grain market regulation

Representative Steenerden of Minnesota frames bills taxing wheat and flour imports and regulating grain exchanges. He intends to introduce both measures today along with a resolution authorizing the federal trade commission to study foreign government activity in U S grain markets.

Weslinngton Steenerden Minnesota Menemres Federal Trade Commission

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