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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
8
A cluttered storefront notice lists Joe Kern horse shoeing and wagon orders, Copeland’s Sanitary Grocery ads for pecans and asparagus, meat market deliveries, Oak wood and coal yard promotions, Christmas items from various merchants, and society notices for a bazaar and a temple ceremony, reflecting a bustling small-town classifieds page.
New Orleans eye ear nose and throat specialist Dr Geo Neves has relocated to Monroe. He has taken offices in the Masur building at the corner of De Siard and Grand streets to practice his professional services.
OCR reads like a random local page listing real estate sales and rights of way from Ouachita National Bank to individuals and firms, with numerous property transactions in Terminal Heights Addition. It notes court fines for reckless driving and disorderly conduct, sanitary ordinance violations, and discharge for drawing a dangerous weapon. It also mentions a bank holiday display and real estate ads, plus Germany's deportation response from Washington.
Advertises a $4,500 two year loan on hardwood timberland near Monroe one mile from railroad with security valued at $12,500 and 8 5 percent interest. Mail to Loan care News Star 14 38 percent.
A Louisiana conference at the Chamber of Commerce features attorney Fernandez of Baton Rouge, hired to oppose Natchez efforts to shift freight rates. Monro e, Shreveport, Alexandria, Baton Rouge and New Orleans oppose the plan. A hearing before an Interstate Commerce Commission agent in Natchez begins tomorrow and could last three weeks with evidence from Monroe and other Louisiana cities.
Front reports show Roumanians retreating northeastward while Ninth German army closes to the Buzen railway junction. In the Carpathians and Moldavia Russian and German forces remain engaged with Russians often aggressors. Heavy artillery fights north of Monastir, with calm elsewhere. A Sofia report claims 6,000 Albanians attacked Italian forces near Pasneana, Epirus Italians retreating. On Western fronts light fighting apart from artillery. Prince Henri II of Prussia, 24, killed on November 29 on the Russian front.
New Orleans market wires show cotton prices advancing about 20 points on stronger cables and higher U S consumption in November. Census data indicate 6%4,060 males used, vs 579,000 last November, amid holiday impact. Four month US mill consumption reached 2,492,000, up from 2,266,000 last year, with active spindles at 22,753,000. European spinners hold stock, but US stocks exceed last year by 508,000. Rest of piece discusses peace overtures and opinions from Sir Gilbert Parker in London.
Berlin reports Teutons pushing toward Buzeu Roumania in northeast fighting. Serbian forces renewed pressure on Macedonia front. London reports Austrian government has resigned per Renter dispatch from Amsterdam.
The text fragment discusses Serbia and Montenegro seeking peace with restoration and compensation, while criticizing neutral powers. It argues against peace talks now, warning that such moves could mislead neutrals like the United States about humanitarian aims and imply Germany’s continued military strength.
El Paso reports Francisco Murguia as commander of operations against Vil arresting all persons suspected of communicating with rebel troops. About 500 detained in Chihuahua alone. Telegraph operators said to be under special suspicion according to private reports.
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