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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1909
Page
8
Local advertisements list best flour, Christmas bells, wagons, and gifts from Phoenix Drug Store Simmons Smoke House Monroe Drug Co and Parker Co. Mentions seed oats pine wood fruit cakes and holiday trees plus a Royal Masons meeting and a railway fare notice. A jail scaffold line notes Bud Davis hanging.
Piano tuning service announced by H. Lederman of L. Grunewald Co. from New Orleans. He will be in Monroe for a few days and accepts orders at Monroe Paint & Wall Paper Company for residents needing tuning.
A speaker contrasts a filthily swine filled sty with a blooming field of white roses. The narrator flees, then notes a Southern breeze whispering that the source of Cottolene lies in the fragrant roses, linking fat and food branding.
Sheriff Jack Parker read the death warrant to the condemned prisoner this morning while the board of pardons in New Orleans took no action. The group including Superintendent Abel and Miss Mc Gahey plans a night trip to New Orleans in Mr Abel's private car. H H Gardner resigns from Waters-Pierce Oil Monroe and partners with T H McMillan in real estate. McMillan expands and adds Gardner as partner.
A six private car train with Southern Railway officers and associates passed Monroe at 10 am en route to Shreveport for an important noon conference. Superintendent Hearn of the V. S. & P. led the trip and ensured comfort. The stop, lasting about ten minutes, allowed officials to view Monroe's old passenger depot barn, signaling a possible new station for the city.
Evening gathering of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School in the Sunday School room at 7 30. All members urged to attend due to important business. E B Ward President.
For sale a 102 acre property half a mile from West Monroe on Model Road includes two acres of fruit trees a six room house a barn and ten poultry houses all in first class condition. Inquiries to H M Williams R F D No 2 Monroe La. 14-line.
Markets in New Orleans on Tuesday December 14 1909 show 15 cent spot prices with quiet trading. Sales reported at 1045 bales while futures or daily quotes record highs and lows around 15.20 to 16.08 with a closing near 15.95.
The report lists New York spot rates with figures such as 15.10 and 15.74 across different maturity points. It includes mentions of FRR values at 15.08 14.90 14.95 15.03 and May figures 15.56 15.58 15.70 while noting general trends of higher and lower values in brief.
RSLORO Atatee ietS 7.93 7.86 SEMey Wels 7.96 7.89 report a sale of 7000 bales in Liverpool with quoted prices for several lots.
Grain and provisions prices listed for wheat corn oats and pork along with futures figures. Prices show bid and offer quotes across contracts for May and December deliveries with notes on nearby months and closing values.
Wires report New Orleans prices lack outside support as New York and Liverpool markets diverge. Liverpool remains steady and bids higher amid English and continental buying, while U S demand stays weak. European supply expectations, government crop estimates, and dwindling receipts push prospects for a larger global supply. Spots in the South hold steady near current quotations.
The 85 acres in Section 8 Township 17 NR 4 East, Bk. 53-49, is seized as the defendant's property and will be sold to satisfy the writ of Fi Fa and costs. Cash with appraisement. John P. Parker Jr., Sheriff, Monroe, La. December 14, 1909. News-Star.
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