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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1909
Page
8
Local ads list Allen's Pharmacy Phoenix Drug Store and Chase Collens Co offering toys dolls perfume and gifts. J R Freeman Jr and other visitors stay at Monroe Hotel while snow walks gather attention and services run through January 1910.
J E Peters advertises a receiving vault for deceased to await final resting place. It lists manufacture and sale of furniture window shades children's carriages wagons velocipedes metallic burial caskets wooden coffins trimmings. Also sells sewing machines pianos organs globe-wernicke book cases. Telephones store 123 residence 82.
The Tallulah La school board met Monday and found the suspension of a student improper and ordered reinstatement. It accepted the resignation of first assistant teacher Prof Magee, praising his service and the progress of his students.
In New York on December 22 chess experts from four leading universities began the eighteenth annual intercollegiate championship at the West Side Republican Club. Princeton is seen as slight favorite with the same team that won last year. Harvard has nine cups, Columbia six, Yale and Princeton one each.
The city allows fireworks on December 24 after 6 p m and December 25 and January 1 subject to restrictions. No fireworks within one block of DeSiard street or Grand street between the courthouse square and the V S and P railroad tracks. Sky rockets and Roman candles forbidden within two blocks of the Gulf and the Planters compresses. other fireworks allowed within one block of both compresses. The dates are juvenile days and the city is open to well behaved children under the restrictions. A A Forsythe mayor December 22 1909 22 to dec 31
For sale in Monroe by Dr. D. H. Key. A preparation touted for indigestion breath sickness headaches torpid liver biliousness and habitual constipation. Described as pleasant to take and suitable for a range of stomach ailments.
The New Orleans market reports cotton on Wednesday December 22 1909 with prices at 15 5-16 steady and sales of 3255 bales. Quoted highs and lows show activity with closes around 15.40 to 16.25 while 16.30 and 16.20 appear in the session data.
New Orleans wires report the cotton market rising to season highs as March sells at 15.94 and July at 16.42. Strong global demand, reduced Indian and Egyptian yields, cold weather, and busy U S mills push New York Chicago and Philadelphia markets higher.
Wednesday trading shows New York spots at 15.75 with quiet activity. Quotes list a wide spread from 15.20 to 15.94 with closing around 15.30 to 15.64 and 15.87 to 15.93.
Liverpool reports eight point zero eight sales figures and six thousand unit tally in a brief financial update spanning February and March.
Crowley Louisiana reports a Price farmers pool to raise rough rice prices. A company will buy half the annual rough rice supply. Prices offered are 3.50 per Japan No 1 and 3.75 for Honduras. Members subscribe ten percent of yearly rice output for five years.
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