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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
10
New Orleans market opens higher as better cables and covering demand push January contracts up to 18.95 and March to 18.17. Traders note January notices in New York for 75,000 bases, indicating tendered stock on contracts.
New York cotton futures closed steady with a net advance of 9 to 24 points. Prices for January March May and future contracts showed modest increases from the previous session, with ongoing feature values indicating firmer market tone for the session.
Liverpool cotton market shows limited demand and steady prices. American grades remain high with good middling at 10.62 and strictly good middling 10.87, total sales 4 000 bales including 3 300 American, receipts 13 000 including 1 500 American. Futures closed steady with months listed between 9.52 and 9.74.
Chicago dispatch reports opening wheat prices up amid Argentine yields worries and rust talk in Pampas. Corn and oats show mixed moves with official hog crop data guiding shifts and provision market firming alongside pork values.
The death of E Auld at his home in Ferri Jay occurred Sunday after an illness. He is survived by his wife three sisters and five brothers including D Auld Arachia T Auld Homer and George Auld. Burial was in a local cemetery with Reverend Ledbetter officiating.
Baton Rouge Louisiana December 16 early Triumph Irish potatoes show strong price prospects for spring as large operators predict higher levels than today horticulturist George L Tiebout says seed potato shortages loom with demand outstripping supply and farmers urged to plant certified seed, use liberal fertilization, and treat seed with formaldehyde to prevent scab.
In the Winter Palace the Bolshevik era found a handwritten set of Catherine the Greats ten commands for behavior. The rules urged guests to leave rank and pride outside, be merry but not destructive, sit and move freely, speak softly, argue calmly, avoid sighs, join in all games, savor treats in moderation, and guard secrets spoken in the room.
The superintendent of the Home of the Good Samaritan in Monroe Louisiana expresses gratitude for gifts received. The letter lists donations from Mayor Bernstein fifty dollars J M Atkins twenty three dollars Fam Kaplan Son fifteen dollars Will Atkinson eighty three dollars D A Breard five dollars and monthly supporters including Ouachita Parish Police Jury forty two dollars and fifty cents.
Fire department responded to a blaze at Eleventh Street and Layton Avenue yesterday afternoon. Damage was estimated at about 320 dollars. The fire, traced to a chimney spark, left a residence owned by A. Cincilla and occupied by Saran Washington.
Swayze Bros on DeSiard Street will distribute free meat to the poor on Christmas morning from 5 to 9 AM. The store opens only for this sale and aims to aid those without means to buy food. Last year many pounds were given away.
Jacksonville Mississippi December 23 The superintendent of the State mental hospital Dr C D Mitchell reports music plays a key role in patient care. He notes emotional relief soothing influence and engagement through piano victrolas a music class led by Drs Strick and Slater.
Garland McCoy, a Black man, previously pardoned by the city jail, is ordered moved tonight to Dermott Arkansas to begin serving a sentence for carrying concealed public safety items. City Marshall Haley travels to Monroe to facilitate the transfer.
Johns Hopkins University trustees approve a plan to abolish the undergraduate school. The plan awaits state legislature approval. Curriculum would focus on advanced courses with two years of college work elsewhere required for entrance.
Washington University of Washington Huskies postpone leaving for California to allow extra practice on softer fields before the Pasadena game with Alabama. Ten oclock sessions scheduled, scrimmage resumes Saturday, Bill Upright nursing boils may miss kickoff, team to stay in Pasadena postgame for sight seeing and a banquet with alumni.
Monroe Roberts, 23, a seamill worker at Wisner Louisiana, suffered a fractured leg when a mill boiler exploded. He was taken to St Francis Sanitarium after being scalded. the accident was blamed on a water supply failure in the boiler.
Police reported a Ford touring car stolen from Atkins quarters last night. The vehicle bore Dodge curtains and the wording Feazel Motor company on the extra tire cover. Munholland Danwitz Furniture company also reported the theft of a Fed casing rim and inner tube last night.
Ruston notes announce the ordination of Walter Moore to Baptist ministry at the First Baptist Church in Ruston next Sunday afternoon. Prominent north Louisiana ministers will attend. Moore, a Ruston native and Louisiana Tech graduate, studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth and will preach his first sermon Sunday evening before returning to Fort Worth for further study.
An advertisement touts Bronchotone as a new scientific emulsion claimed to treat coughs, colds, bronchitis, asthma, hay fever and related lung ailments. It emphasizes purity, FDA compliance, physician prescription, and availability at $1 per bottle or $1.25 by mail from the Bronchotone Company in Shreveport Louisiana.
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