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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1930
Page
11
Government excavators uncover a room believed to belong to a Pompeii mansion where a wealthy lady kept jewels and gold items. The intact rings bracelets earrings necklaces and coins display superb workmanship and would fetch hundreds of dollars in metal values.
Louisiana 4-H boys and girls earned 15 placings at the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Clyde Moreland of Concordia placed second in national cotton. several Louisianans won prizes in Triumph, potato, sweet potato, clothing, baking, canning and home improvement contests. W. C. Abbott led the state delegation.
In Asheville North Carolina tobacco fields on vacant lots shed new light on local hardship. The revival of a tobacco market this year spurs citizens to grow burley tobacco in the city heart as a remedy to economic strain. City crops appear as air hung varieties near Asheville, expanding local farming activity.
The text outlines a daily crossword puzzle and a classified ads section with rates, telephone submission rules, and list of classified categories such as real estate, employment, services, and vehicles. It references sections like Notices, Business Services, and specific ad handling policies.
Paid classified style items include pecans for sale by Robert Fennell, furs repaired, 2717 South Grand in Monroe, stock shares for sale, baby bassinet, permanent wave machine, cigar offer from Orlando, mattress renovations, plumbing repairs, safe openings, stove repairs, apartment rentals, and painting services with contact numbers listed.
Classified ad copy includes offers to earn five dollars daily by soliciting prospects for used cars at Monroe Auto Supply Co. and contact details for C. J. Phelps. stray animal notices, rewards for lost dogs and livestock, and multiple room and board rental listings from West Monroe area.
Four and one half miles east of Monroe off Dixie Overland Highway the property offers 40 acres and 10 to 75 acres parcels. Suitable for trucking dairying poultry raising and general farming with good soil and access.
Professional cards display Dr F C Shelton a chiropodist at Wise Shoe Co Monroe La limited to foot ailments. Dr W K Cunningham optometrist at Eagle Store 520 DeBerard Street. James M Russell medical illustrator Palmer. Dr Murray Graves osteopath Monroe La with 31 years practice at 409 Calypso.
Railroad timetable data lists Illinois Central and Missouri Pacific trains with local and fast services, arrival and departure times for numerous routes. The page notes a vacancy due to the death of Alfred Gwin and sets an election date of February 3, 1931 with possible primary dates to be determined by the parish Democratic committee.
CANBERRA. W. M. Hughes, a dominant figure in Australian politics for a generation, again leads without a party. Once a dockside agitator, he steered the Labor Party to power then founded the National Party and led it to office. He was prime minister during the war years until the parties merged under S. M. Bruce and some said his era had ended.
Gov Huey P. Long issues proclamation setting a special election date to fill the assessor vacancy in West Baton Rouge parish. The move aims to secure local tax and property assessment leadership amid ongoing administrative shifts.
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