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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1916

Page

8

Local grocer ads and sales in Monroe Louisiana

Choice meat pound 15 cents, bacon 1b 30c, wienies 1b 17 1-2c, pan sausage 12 1-2c, oysters 6c. New pecans and asparagus specials. Special prices on ladies coats and suits at 6-20. Get one at once. Candy skirts and crepe de chine waists at the Racket Store. Try produce. groceries delivered. F. T. Smith, grocer, phone 447. Christmas portraits offer at Art Studio 8.50. Zeigin and Renaud auto repair. El Miro Temple meeting. New Star Meat Market advertises meats, oysters, quick delivery.

Smith Bros

Local fines listed for drunkenness and fighting incidents

James Jackson fined 150 for concealed weapon and 1590 to the state. John Northrup discharged for drunk and disorderly. H L Long fined 12.50 for driving by streetcar discharging passengers. James Garvey and J T Coffee fined for drunkenness. J C McKee and George Clark fined for fighting. W O Miller and J C Davis discharged for drunk and disorderly. Jack Terry fined 7.50. Wood for sale and services advertised by Carlton Auto Service and Iron Mountain Bakery with Christmas goods and baked items.

James Jackson John Northrup H. L. Long J. T. Coffee J. C. McKee George Clark

Seeking Her Husband in Monroe Mississippis City

Mrs Cleave Jarvis of Hattiesburg Mississippi seeks her husband carpenter Mr Jarvis. She appeals to the Associated Charities to locate him in Monroe after he left for work on the Masonic temple project and may have gone on to Shreveport. Return him to his wife for a reward.

Monroe New Masonic Temple Shreveport Mr. Jarvis Associated Charities

Troop Trains Pass Through Monroe En Route to Mexican Border

Three long special trains carrying Virginia troops moved through Monroe last night heading to the Mexican border to relieve troops being sent home. The trains did not stop but cheers from soldiers announced their passage. Also notices include an alcohol license application for Hotel Monroe bar on South Grand Street and a caponizing demonstration in West Monroe tomorrow at 2 PM. Local ads promote shoes at the Racket Store and condolences to Mrs. Francis Faulk on her mother Mrs. List's death in Shreveport.

Virginia Monroe Louisiana Lcense South Grand Street Hotel Monroe Bar Doughtie Hotel Co., Ltd J. BE. Doughtie Francis Faulk

Cyclone Damages Charlieville Area in Richland Parish

A cyclone last week damaged Charlieville in Richland parish with five cabins blown from Mr. C. M. Noble’s property. The union church and schoolhouse were demolished and a negro church was blown down. No fatalities were reported in the area.

Richland Parish Charlieville C. M. Noble

Classified Ad Offers Room Rentals in News-Star

A brief classified note announces that the News-Star ad section will help find renters for available rooms. It notes contact or inquiry methods and highlights quick placement for property owners seeking tenants.

News-Star

Daily Cotton Letter Date Dec 13 1916 Market Update

Hi Lows, Dec prices for Wheat Corn Oats listed. Cotton market pivots on government crop forecast of 13,517,000 bales versus 11,193,006 last year. Market breaks, then recovers about 50 points. Government estimate supports smaller crop. signs point to higher season prices and demand pressure. Justice Dept. dismisses appeal in New Haven case related to immunity for Billard Skinner Elton in commerce commission probe.

Hi. R. Speed Monroe New Orleans Inez United States America Europe Washington Department of Justice Supreme Court New York Federal Court John L. Billard William Skinner James S. Elton New Haven Commerce Commission

New Tubes Patch Formula Sold By Monroe Company

A Monroe based firm, Ovahella Tire & Rubber, markets a new inner-tube patch compound called Styx. Owned by H. B. Dickard, the fabric patch eliminates vulcanizing and works instantly. Endorsed by several large Southern auto makers, Styx is selling in Monroe through auto supply houses with orders booked despite limited capital. Petrograd dispatch notes Romanian forces counterattack east of Tisechti on the Flisechti to Huzeu road and continued Russian river valley advances on the Moldavian frontier.

Sade Monroe Ovahella Tire & Rubber Company Btys H. EB. Dickard South Petrograd London Wallachia Tisechti War Office Flsechti Huzeu

Wanted ads and gun market notes in brief from News-Star

Classified fragments show a list of items including a Remington shotgun a Winchester rifle and a sixteenth shot listing a buyer for a horse and Christmas rental, a 108T red hog dog with white marks tied by a chain and a reward. Notices mention Gunn and Nick Ramsey contact points and remind readers to use News-Star classifieds.

Nick Ramsey

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