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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1916
Page
6
The Bureau of Markets thanks the press and outlines weekly offerings and wants including cattle such as Holstein Jersey Hereford and Shorthorn bulls and cows, brood mares, mules, pigs, poultry among many livestock, grain crops, fruits, nuts, honey and farm tools, with requests for several Holstein cows, Shorthorn heifers, Holstein cows and poultry.
A memorably long list shows quantities of peas corn sorghum velvet beans and seed crops for planting including velvet beans 90 day velvet beans blackeye peas New Era peas Klondyke strawberries lespedeza hay and soybeans with other seed and plant materials. An advertisement ends urging use of Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation relief and digestion.
In good and bad seasons the store promotes low prices on staples. Highlights include 25 pound sacks of flour for 1.25 and barrels for 9.90, Early June peas at 12 for 0.60, plus O Z O syrup and fresh roasted coffee offered for home use.
All taxes become due on Dec. List and may be paid without penalty up to Dec. 31. JAS. R. TIDWELL, City Tax Collector. 7-imo.
The pink boll worm, a major cotton pest, has been found in the Laguna district of Coahuila, Mexico, close to Texas. The U S Department of Agriculture amended quarantine rules to ban movement of cotton seed and hulls from affected Mexican states and to route lint via northern ports for disinfection, aiming to protect U S cotton producers from potential widespread damage.
Lots and suburban acreage tracts in Terminal Heights Addition are selling quickly. Call phone 77 for an appointment to inspect the property.
Mrs Hugh Cook of Scottsville New York testifies that five years ago in Garbutt New York she treated two children with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. She says it stopped coughing promptly and cured their colds faster than anything she had used. Obtainable everywhere. Advt.
McDuff Virginia resident Mrs. J. B. Whittaker says her family avoided serious sickness for years after using Thedford's Black-Draught. She praises its vegetable formula, claiming it helps weak stomachs, aids digestion, relieves indigestion, colic, wind, nausea, and headaches. The remedy has been in use for over 70 years and supposedly benefited over a million people.
George Moore faces Alfred De Oro in a three cushion billiards title bout in New York. Joe Connolly meets Eddie Murphy in a 12 round bout in Boston. Mel Coogan fights Larry Hansen and Frankie Burns clashes with Joe Lynch in 19 rounds in New York. Intercollegiate chess tournament opens in New York City. Massachusetts Golf Association holds a special meeting in Boston. Jack Britton meets Ted Lewis.
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