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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1923
Page
6
Cotton futures closed steady with gains of 28 to 41 points as New Orleans trading opened firmer. December to July bids moved from about 34.50 to 34.87 for January with midday levels around 34.75, while spot cotton held at unchanged. Receipts reached 10,200 with stock 235,750.
Foreign exchanges fell at the market open on British election results with demand sterling down to about 4.85 dollars and French francs slipping to 5.32 cents. Other continental rates also weakened in sympathy amid the early trading.
Edwin L. Edelen of Ouachita parish Louisiana was adjudged bankrupt on November 14 1924 in the Western District of Louisiana No 2276. The first meeting of creditors before J M Grimmet Referee Monroe Louisiana will be held December 15 1923 at 10 am at which creditors may elect a Trustee examine the bankrupt prove claims and transact business. Creditors may consider questions of immediate sale of property at this meeting Shreveport Louisiana U S Referee in Bankruptcy.
New York cotton closes steady with December at 35.40 and March around 35.25 amid light liquidation and renewed covering. Spot middling at 35.75. private crop estimate puts yield at 9,786,000 bales as Fall River cloth sales reach 100,000 to 120,000 pieces.
Display of Rhode Island Reds at the Monroe Seed Co Pure Bred Poultry Exhibit tomorrow is the last chance to view the birds. The tip mentions Fred Fudickar as the contact.
Chicago buyers heard the daily price change notices for butter eggs and poultry with poultry showing a 40 cent change. An unrelated business ad asks why Studebaker service is the most economical and best offering an explanation by phone.
Speculative buying led by automotive and chemical stocks marked morning trades in New York. Erie shares saw profit taking near four year highs while rail stocks moved little. selling pressure appeared in Famous Players and some Mexican oils. Fisher Body rose five points and Dupont four as gall money opened at 4 1/2 percent.
Chicagos livestock market shows hogs at 25 cents to 55 thousand pounds range and 220 to 710 pounds, cattle with steers and mixed classes priced up to 1025, beef heifers 575 to 725, vealers 1050 to 1100, sheep lambs and ewes listed with prices including choice lambs 1276 to 1325 and fat ewes around 700, reflecting market activity for December 7.
Potatoes steady on receipts of 5 cars. U S shipments total 493. Wisconsin sacked round whites U S No 1 100 to 110, bulk fancy 130 to 140. Idaho sacked Russell U S No 1 185 to 190, No 2 125.
Speculative selling nudges wheat lower while a reported export plan to aid wheat weighs on the scene. December futures dip 1 8 to 1 4 cent. corn and oats rise with favorable weather and light receipts. Provisions advance as selling pressure remains muted.
A meeting of parish agents discussed hog shipments into Monroe Shreveport Baton Rouge and Alexandria with over 600 head weekly from other states and larger New Orleans imports. Attendees included J W Robb T H Milliken G D Cain BR Benton H V Harris E M Sledge L O Sumrall and E R Strahan who called it a collaborative conference to formulate plans.
Residents of Monroe report days of dizziness and back ache with urinary disorders. Mrs. L Baur Jr credits Doan's Pills for relief after purchasing at New South Drug Store, citing improved kidney pain and headaches. Price 60 cents. manufactured by Miura Co., Buffalo.
Insurance mortality records from 47 leading life companies show higher deaths in 1923 driven by automobile accidents influenza and pneumonia. Dr Bary Toulmin reported increases in heart disease cerebral hemorrhage and Bright's disease while typhoid fever tuberculosis cancer and other crisis reports declined. The data cover the first 16 months of 1928 and indicate predicted 1923 auto fatalities will surpass 1922 by about 12 percent.
A dense patch of classifieds lists rooming requests and boarders at 200 North Fourth, plus repairs and services from Monroe Typewriter Exchange. It includes sales of pecans, a piano, a 24x60 store building in Calhoun Louisiana, a dwelling, rentals on Gordon Avenue and North Second Street, and various notices about wanted personnel and products. Also notes a stolen Ford model and a meat cutter position. The section ends with weekly cotton statistics summary for mills, including American stocks, imports, and exports.
A mob attacked the Free Press office in Stuttgart Arkansas injuring editors R A Berry and M A Lawson after publishing articles on the Rice Growers Cooperative rebellion and a damage suit against O Rhodes. The editors were ordered to leave town within 24 hours as police investigate the incident.
Southern Intercollegiate Conference delegates meet in Washington hosted by Maryland to discuss professionalism summer baseball and early football training rules. Five colleges Loyola Centenary Wake Forest Sewanee Centre seek admission among 21 member schools.
A reader asks why Studebaker vehicles are common in Monroe and offers to call phone 79 for an explanation. The note cites a date 7 61 and invites contact for details.
New Jersey bootleggers plan massive Christmas trade with a flotilla of fifteen craft anchored seven to fifteen miles offshore. Two steamers and thirteen sailing vessels, the largest seen in months, sit outside the twelve mile limit while enforcement agents press patrols ashore hindering liquor movements by road.
Macon grocer J Frank Alexander was found guilty by a city court jury of assault and battery for a flogging of Oilie M Perry, a store keeper, the incident occurring on the night of August 4, 1923 in Macon Georgia.
Frank Castro, alleged leader of the Kansas penitentiary break that freed thirteen convicts, was recaptured in Massachusetts with companions James Dugan Thomas Finton and George Dunn. They were escorted back to the prison after being found near Oskaloosa Kansas. The men described harsh conditions and a tunnel under the walls that required removing some clothing to pass through.
The document notes Studebaker adopted a flat rate plan to complete service efficiently and uniformly. It emphasizes streamlined pricing to expedite repairs and improve customer clarity, reducing delays and disputes over charges. The text also references a real estate entity and Louisiana notary formalities for corporate formation.
The charter for Kaliski Realty, Inc. outlines powers to buy sell lease mortgage and manage real estate. It fixes capital stock at 750 shares of 100 each and lists initial directors J L Kaliski Henri Kaliski and Julius Kaliski with officers to be elected by the board. The filing was recorded Oct 24 1928 in Ouachita Parish with notary and clerk endorsements.
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