Application to Board Seeks Rate Increase Suspension
The traffic department reports supplement 30 to Southern Lines tariff 58 L proposing further freight rate hikes from defined territories to Monroe. It has applied to the ICC suspension board for a hearing, likely to be granted, with the aim to block the new charges if implemented January 16, 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Lines
Monroe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Suspension Board
Traffic Department
Richland Parish to Award Spring Road Contract
Richland parish will award a $975,000 road construction contract under the state highway department’s supervision. Bonds were approved earlier, with construction hoped to start soon as the Richland parish jury met Wednesday to begin preliminary plans, drawing engineers and officials from state and federal highway departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Parish
New Orleans
State Highway Department
Eiffel Tower Builder and World’s Highest Structure
Gustave Eiffel of Dijon is celebrated on his 88th birthday as the engineer behind the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The piece notes the tower’s status as a landmark of modern engineering, contrasting Babel’s biblical tale with Eiffel’s practical purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safley
M. Eiffel
Eiffel Company
Eiffel
Birs
Babel
Paris
Gustave Eiffel
Christmas Fund Shortage Prompts Urgent Donations
The Monroe Goodfellows Club appeals for donations to cover Christmas gifts for needy children as funds fall short. Reports list multiple contributors, with a total raised around 429.82 plus miscellaneous gifts. The collection continues through the week at the Racket Store, closing each day at 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfellows Club
Monroe
Francis Renaud
Irene Quinn Renaud
Denblaide Solan Henniger Sisters
Mary Elizabeth Smith
Jeane O'Neal Ford
Renulla Ae
BM. Movere
Crem «di Coene
Stonewall Lodge No
K. of P
Culpepper Iiss Kas
R. W. Germaty
James Tisdale
Edward Tisdale
Quotations on effort and fate from classic authors
A fragmentary collection of quotations on self reliance effort and ambition. Franklin Marden Bulwer and Sophocles are invoked describing the value of hard work the pull of desire and the instinct to strive against fate. The last line references Hymettus and bees in labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Hymettus
Classified Advertisements and Market Notes
A collage of classifieds lists jobs and rentals including a clerk position at News-Star, furnished apartments on Wood Street, and rooms for rent. Also advertised are two store buildings for rent, a house for sale in Alexandria, and an assortment of personal items. The page includes market notes on tariffs, production, and weekly commodity figures with price advisories and a Santa Claus pony sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Monroe
Bart Street
Ben Leiber
Mene Allt
Markets Close With Mixed Futures Signals
The market report shows steady activity across futures with Jan and May contracts trading near 14.75 to 15.66 for spots and 14.80 to 15.87 in nearby months. Prices fluctuate with tests of resistance and modest gains in the Mech sector across the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steady Low
Travelers push hotel rate cuts across states
A movement among commercial travelers seeks reduced hotel rates in Arkansas and spreading to northern Louisiana Mississippi and possibly other states. Petitions are circulating for signing and will be presented to hotel owners. Officials claim 90 percent of traveling men will sign. The effort aims to lower prices by moral suasion rather than boycott led by B F Edwards of Conway Arkansas and local traveling men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Louisiana
Rowhide Fair
Mississippi
B. F. Edwards
Conway, Ark
Ex-service men enter postwar traf schools record
Washington reports a surge in ex service men enrolling in trade schools during the postwar period rising from 96,000 to 46,000. The figure is described as a record of conscientious effort to fulfill the nation’s duty to disabled soldiers sailors and marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Audy
Yave Hall
Ican
Richland
Joe Messina
DeSiard Street
Bae
Honenid
Associated Press
Warsaw
Dec
Anthony Camnetti
America
Prague
Jugo-Slavia
Eiffel Tower
Goodfellows Fund
Raphael
L. L. Smith
Daily Cotton Letter
Whit-Hadley
Tion
Cate News-Star
Wood Street
Alexandria
River Front
West Monroe
May Faulk
Louise Watson
Breard Street
Isadore Sugar
South Third Street
Te-st
Liverpool
Chicago
War Finance Corporation
Trade Review
Fall River
H. & B. Beer
Santa Claus
Guy P. Stubbs
Coupe
Milner Motor Company
Walnut and
Washington Streets
Mer Rouge
Santa
New York
Walker Brothers Grocery Company, Ltd
Dessard Street
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