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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1919
Page
6
Disjointed OCR fragment describes a photography event at a studio, with references to a photographer and resumption of work. It mentions an East Indian resident and an undefined production phase with a union agreement dispute noted before completion.
A bustling courtroom drew numerous participants and onlookers as the case proceeded, with multiple attorneys presenting arguments and witnesses offering testimony amid a packed gallery.
The Lyceum theatre opens Monday with Back to God’s Country starring James Oliver Curwood’s adaptation Wapi the Walrus. Kell Shipman Dolores Wheeler Oakman Wellington Playter Charles Arling lead a cast with nearly two dozen trained forest animals to provide animal comedy and relief on screen.
Seata Now selling seats for the musical comedy Leave It to Jane at the Opera House. The show features a book by Bolton and Woodhouse with Jerome Kern music, praised as melodious and catchy. Also mentions Lucy Cotton in The Miracle of Love at the Everum Theatre and her rise to stardom.
After a directors meeting at Ouachita Bank a delusory mood lingered as bank employees escorted the board from the room. The event followed tense remarks about a national policy and future bank plans.
A large fire ripped through the Ouachita Sweet Potato Curing plant in Monroe destroying the building and most stored potatoes. Fire crews from West Monroe and Monroe fought the blaze through the early hours, with losses estimated around fifty thousand dollars as prices rise. The company, organized by local farmers and business leaders, planned to store and sell potatoes in spring with crates supplied to farmers.
Attorney General's opinion holds men discharged from the army before the first day of January may be exempt from poll taxes if they have paid taxes due and hold valid discharge papers. The ruling clarifies voting eligibility for veterans enlisting after January 1 and states poll taxes accrue on January 1 each year.
At a Fl Karubah temple meeting J O H Rowland was re elected potentate and high honors were given to Will Carlton of this city and Dr Cappell of Alexandria along with a few out of town Shriners Carl ton, manager of Red Ball Transfer Co, serves as president of the local Shrine Club and is a prominent Shrine figure. The honor came as a surprise since Carlton was not in attendance.
Anted in a good home in Monroe La an educated refined white woman for nurse to assist in care of children. Address J H Mann Box 696 Monroe La 18-61. For rent two furnished light house are rooms nec Mrs A TM ch.
The page reports cotton quotes from New Orleans with Dec 13 and Dec 18 readings, including spot 39.50 and nearby months around 56.50 to 32.85, and mentions Liverpool not quoted. It also shows Chicago corn and Dec 14 1919 prices and a brief wire note about the steamship Mantle Leaf traveling at three knots.
The Grayling Lumber Co sells 7 Hendricks Lou acres of land to Pascal in a northern area near Onarhita parish. The sale price is noted as 31. eM.
John Pittpatrick, chairman, announced the steel workers strike committee met today to discuss the strike but did not reveal the discussion line or outcome. The strike continued as no end was declared.
John dlenry Patterson, the man who put the cash register on the market, is 1S years old today. Dartmouth College holds exercises today marking the 150th anniversary of its charter. Labor and postwar issues loom over the Australian Commonwealth elections. Pershing and staff planned to inspect the Muscle Shoals Nitric Acid plants near Sheffield Alabama. AFL affiliated unions in Washington summon leaders to chart action to defend wage-earners rights and interests.
The Day notes that Victor Emanuel Orlando's election as president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies could aid Italy's distressed situation. Orlando, born in Palermo and educated at its university, has a noted career as a professor of jurisprudence in Modena and Palermo.
In a sworn rebuttal James Wilkinson contends The Item misrepresented the Shakespeare Parker Police Board history. He cites Act 63 of 1288 and defense of board appointments and tenure, alleging misstatements about Mayor Fitzpatrick Behrman and Parker era policing.
Monroe police last sight report lists Tony Rose for parking on DeSiard Street James Johnson for parking a wagon on DeSiard Street and Will Wright for driving a car by the streetcar as it unloaded and received passengers.
Greek soldiers and Turkish irregulars have engaged in scattered skirmishes in western Asia Minor, according to official statements issued from army headquarters in Saloniki dated December 13.
The seventy second annual convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science will be held in St. Louis from December 29 to January 3. About 10 000 members are expected with one third attending. Washington University and local institutions host as thousands share lectures and 500 addresses. Dr Simon Flexner will preside, and Dr John M Coulter will give the opening address.
Fru Batey Kjelsberg has been named Norway’s delegate to the League of Nations assembly. She previously served on multiple commissions and was the first woman appointed as a factory inspector in Norway many years ago.
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