Liverpool L L Smiths Daily Cotton Letter Summary
New Orleans market opened slightly down due to census ginning totals but found support from strong southern spots and improved export prospects. European and Japan imports rising, with 20 large cargo ships expected by January. January exports from all US ports may be much larger than last year. Prices gain on lower grade discounts. crop size likely similar to last year, a fourth consecutive small yield, lint included. Liverpool reports better tone and stronger cloth demand from India. New England spinners wary of future raw material needs.
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L. L. Smith
Daily Cotton Letter
New Orleans
Europe
Japan
Gelveston
United States
Liverpools
New England
Liverpool
Manchester
India
Britain seeks eight billion pounds in postwar damages
The report says Great Britain will demand about forty billion dollars as its share of German damages. Other victors would push totals toward 150 billion dollars. The bill must reflect German ability to pay, but any estimate above twenty cents per dollar would undermine trust in German solvency.
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Great Britain
Germany
Wing Defends Suffrage With Flippant Answers
Representative Wing voices a suffrage argument noting opponents’ habit of flippant replies. The exchange compares political rhetoric to a cafe scene where a waiter deflects a patron asking for oysters, humorously misaligning the menu with yesterday’s cabinet pudding.
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Representative Wing
Food profiteers to be eliminated by wartime controls
John M. Parker and J. M. Wilzin warn wholesalers and retailers that Food Control rates will be strictly enforced until peace with Germany. Licensing may be revoked or suppliers barred if penalties are imposed. the Food Administration will wind down machinery but continue control until final discharges from Hoover and Wilson. A women’s milk-price reform committee may soon publish a plan balancing prices, safety, and production.
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John M. Parker
Louisiana
J. M. Wilzin
United States Food Administration
Washington
Parker
Germany
Food Administration
Naional
Herbert Hoover
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Mr. Hoover
Europe
America
National Food Administration
Shriners Request Donned Red Bonnets Tonight
Monroe Shrine Club asks members to wear their little red bonnets tonight and look as cute as possible. President Ww. C. Carlton and Secretary Will Gordon sign the notice dated 26-11.
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Shriners
Monroe Shrine Club
Ww. C. Carlton
Will Gordon
Wisconsin Spruce Christmas Trees for Sale
Monroe Seed Co offers Wisconsin spruce Christmas trees. If you want something nice look them over. Phone 887. 20-41.
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Wisconsin
Monroe Seed Co
For Sale and Rent Notices From 1919 Chronicle
For sale six pure bred white Orpington hens at 1801 Jackson contact HH A McAfee phone 221. For rent one large store room and one office in Hotel Monroe building available January 1, 1919. Apply Hotel Monroe. For sale a practically new six room house close in modern in every respect selling due to leaving town. News Star 20 61.
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Orpington
HH. A. McAfee
Jackson
Hotel Monroe
News- Star
Missing keys offered reward by News Star owner
Lost keys reported with a reward offered for return to News Star. Contact H. Rosenblum at 2031 ice for recovery.
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News-Star
H. Rosenblum
For Rent Two Furnished Rooms at 408 Calypso Street
Two furnished rooms available for light housekeeping at 408 Calypso Street. Phone number 647. Reliable option for short term housing with utilities likely included. 20 3t.
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Calypso Street
Lost Sunburst Brooch with Diamond Center
A Plain sunburst brooch containing a diamond at its center is missing. A liberal reward is offered for its return to Miss Dora Lan drum at Foster Jewelry Co. 2031.
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Dora Landrum
Foster Jewelry Co
Alleged bootlegger king arrested in Shreveport
Shore report from December notes police arrested J. R. Hinson billed as the king of bootleggers of Texas. He was caught transporting over 300 quarts of whisky through Shreveport to Dallas in two cars. Police report over 400 gallons seized by midnight. Hinson identified by Sheriff Hughes as the Texas crookmore. two drivers already jailed.
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Shore
the Times
Louisiana
J. R. Hinson
Texas
Dallas
Hinson
Shreveport
Monroe
D. D. Bazer
Thos. Hughes
Casualty Totals Reduced for American Expeditionary Force
Washington reports official Pershing totals as of December 16 showing 66 892 unprinted casualties for the AEF. Major casualties number 1 680, wounded 64 862, missing and prisoners 50. Many wounded are minor cases already treated and back to duty. Marine deaths and wounded are excluded from the published total.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
General Pershing
Marine Corps
Tax Conference Between Louisiana Board and Tax Assessors
The Board of State Affairs and Louisiana assessors will hold a tax conference in Baton Rouge on January 6 and 7. Chairman L E Thomas announced the meeting will focus on taxation issues and the new amendments. S T Howe of Kansas tax commission will address the session.
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Baton Rouge
Board of State Affairs
Assessors of
Louisiana
L. E. Thomas
S. T. Howe
Tax Commission
Kansas
Believe Thomas Will Not Resign Duties
In Baton Rouge on December 20, L. E. Thomas head of the Board of State Affairs refused to resign amid reports he would quit January 1. Gov. Pleasant asked him to stay another year to help steady the new assessment system. Thomas plans to decide next week in Shreveport and may stay. McFarland was rumored as a successor if he left.
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Baton Rouge
L. E. Thomas
Board of State Affairs
Pleasant
Thomas
Affairs Board
Shreveport
W. N. McFarland
Jersey Cattle Picture Shown to Stimulate Local Interest
A film on Jersey cattle was shown at the Lyceum theater on Thursday. Brought by Citizens National Bank of Monroe, it aimed to boost the cattle industry in North Louisiana and encourage better dairy stock locally. Attendees praised the presentation and called for more agricultural films to follow.
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Lyceum Theater
Monroe
Citizens National Bank of
Louisiana
Shriners urged to attend Masonic Temple reception
All Shriners are requested to come to the Masonic Temple at 7 50 this evening to act as reception committee. Wear your Fez.
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Masonic Temple
Shriners Dance Tonight at New Masonic Temple
Masons and their families are invited to the Shriners dance at the new Masonic Temple this evening. Community members are welcome to attend and join the celebration under the event’s local auspices.
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New Masonic Temple
North Dakota Legislature In Republican Control
Non-Partisans in Control. Bismarck N D Dec 20 The North Dakota legislature that con-
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Near-Death Warning Converts To Cure In Hobo Medicine Claim
Marshall Texas locomotive engineer Hardy testifies during sworn proceedings that doctors diagnosed Wright's Disease as incurable with blood pressure 225 and three months to live. He says 13 bottles of Hobo Kidney and Bladder remedy cured him and allowed a return to work. The booklet from Hobo Medicine Mfg Co claims many testimonials and offers full treatment.
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BE S$. Hardy
Marshall
Texas
Wright
Non Partisan League poised to steer state policy next session
Governor Lynn J. Frazier aligned with the Non Partisan League outlines agenda priorities. lawmakers with strong party hegemony will push workers compensation state hall insurance state owned packing plants flour mills elevators and farmer market improvements next session.
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State Hall Insurance Department
England's Most Incorrigible Bachelor
London December 20 General regret is expressed over Viscount Milner's rumored retirement as secretary of state for war. He is reaffirmed as English and loyal, despite accusations of German sympathies. Milner, born in England to English ancestors, has never been married and remains the most incorrigible bachelor in English society.
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England
London
Viscount Milner
Lord Milner
Germany
Dr. Milner
Thirty-Fifth Anniversary of Niagara Cantilever Bridge
Today marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Niagra Falls cantilever bridge opening. President Wilson ends a strenuous first week abroad. The Washington State Wool Growers Association meets in Yakima to discuss postwar wool industry issues. An Engineering Congress gathers in Paris with American engineers to study France rehabilitation problems. The Great Lakes Naval Training Station football team leaves Chicago for the Pacific Coast for a series of games with regional teams.
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Niagra Falls
Wilson
Washington State
Wool Growers’ Association
Yakima
Paris
French Society of Civil Engineers
France
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Diamonds rise as postwar demand tightens supply
In New York on December 20 a surge in diamond demand for engagement rings and gifts pushes prices higher. Dealers say a $150 million shortage amid postwar growth, wartime mine closures, and global demand has triggered a 49 to 50 percent price advance with no relief in sight.
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New York
Maiden Lane
Cealers
Horace Naff in Plattsburg Hospital After Gas Attack
A World War I letter from Horace F. Naff in General Hospital No. 30 at Plattsburg New York describes his slow recovery from gas exposure in France. He thanks his mother, notes potential discharge or duty return, mentions a desire for leave and a home visit, and comments on Christmas wishes and a nearby snowfall.
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Horace F. Naff
J. P. Naff
Monroe
Plattsburg, N. Y
France
Horace
U. S. General Hospital No. 30
Plattsburg
Monroe Louisiana City Council Proceedings December 16 1918
Monroe Louisiana regular city council session reports adoption of December 2 minutes. Finance Committee recommends paying multiple claims including McMillan 8.55 and News Star Pub Co 3838.00 with other charges from gas, water, telegraph, and vendors totaling the list for approval.
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City Hall
Monroe
Louisiana
Atkinson
H. McMillan
Ouachita Nat. Gas & Oil Co
Monroe Mch. Bl & I. Works
Cumberland Tel-Tel. Co
Western Union Tel. Co
Walker Bros. Gro. Co
News-Star Pub. Co
Geo. C. Everett
Louis Lock Nat. Gas Co
Selig & Russell
Buckeye Plumb.Co
K. Ham
Cesserweees
Monroe City Council approves 5750 for claims and 200 to Lock Memorial Fund
In Monroe Louisiana December 16 1918 the City Council adopted Ordinance No 2174 authorizing a 5750 appropriation to pay city claims with warrants issued from the Finance Committee report. A second motion allocates 200 to the Louis Lock Memorial Fund for Civic League via Mrs J C Sadler. The meeting adjourned after routine business.
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W. S. Culpepper
W. A. Walker
J. T. Austin
Culpepper
Monare
Louisiana
H. D. Apgar
Ap Poag
Austin
Monroe
Louis Lock
J. C. Sadler
Civic League
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Newty Baker
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King
Jersey
Hobo Medicine Mfg. CO
Horace Naff
Plattsburg Hospital
Jerry
O. K
City Council
Baldwin, Hamilton, Kroeger, Modello
Elnon
Kaliski Music Co
Monroe, la
Drs. J. R. & W. M. Henry Pauly Jail Company
Geo. Branssen Co
Collens Pharmacy
Ient Smith
Eve Cy
M. Morrison
Standard Oil Company
Ford Levi State Co
Kirkpatrick
Southern Gro. Company
Pierce of Corps
Acces Sanders Iron Works
Bradley Gun Hdn Co
Milner Motor Co
Srif Electric Supply Co
Westinghouse Elec & Mfg Co
Wolverine Brass Works
Worthington Pump & Mdh
Quachita Saddle & Harness BO
le Coux Wea
Peters Furniture Co
Monroe Brk. & Bldrs
Proton
Postal Tel-Cable Co
Mangham-Mobley Co
Tate
Cliver & Co. Is
Bree
Pavda
H. R. Speed Ins
pCndary Packing Co
Feeeas Feist, OC
Brickels Shop
Acsee
PEG “Trombegr
Hartley & Herring
Woodward, Wight & Co
Neals Filling Station
Geripek Peg
CA. J
Udolpho Wolfe, Treas. V
TS Pte
Chase-Collens Co
Southern. Hdw
Monroe Hdw
P. A. Poag
Fair Grounds
Mounds
B. M. Jackson
Ouachita Parish
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