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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1913

Page

6

Christmas visitors in Monroe and local ads

Luther Brown of Longleaf Louisiana visits Monroe for holidays. C Bridger Jr of Columbia and J A Perry of notables spend Christmas in Monroe and at the Monroe hotel. Local ads urge brick work, dolls, FEMINENA remedy, and drug store bargains. Fire department answers three calls yesterday from false flues and a bottle explosion causes minor damage.

Luther Brown Longleaf, la Monroe Mr. C. ©. Bridger, Jr Columbia Monroe Hotel J. C. Theus

Notice to the Public on Pay Bills

Pay no Bell and Denny bills or J. G. Bell bills to any one excepting T. J. Naughton our collector or myself.

Bell and Denny J. G. Bell T. J. Naughton

Defense testimony in Hobbs trial shifts focus

Mayor Taylor testifies Hobbs aimed to trap Stephen Castleman in a bribery plot, not to marry. He says Hobbs admitted targeting Castleman and suggested not taking it to the district attorney. Senator Bond also testifies Holt claimed money was offered to pass the county bill in a prior, defeated legislature.

Associated Press Vickstairg Hobbs Stephen Castleman Mayor Taylor Jackson Taylor Castleman Mississippi A. W. Bond Holt

Wreck of Eastbound Train Near Monroe Delays Through Traffic

An east bound passenger train No 6 on the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railroad derailed eleven miles west of Monroe near Powell station. The tender jumped the track and the entire train overturned. engineers Watts and fireman Milton survived injuries. About five hundred feet of track damaged. through traffic delayed until Christmas morning.

Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad Monroe Powell Station Frank Watts Tom Milton Watts

Enice and I-66 Racing Report

A compact note reports traffic and pace on routes near Enice with two by two lanes noted. The brief mentions interchanges and travel timing considerations for drivers.

The Blindness of Virtue at Sugar's Theatre Tonight

English company from the Little Theatre London presents Cosmo Hamilton drama The Blindness of Virtue at Sugar's Theatre. The play stars Gerald Henson Henry Douglass John May Helena Parsons Marie Ault Marguerite Celler Loie Emery and Beryl Henson with elaborate stage settings. It examines a vice posing as virtue and the impact of parental silence on children's lives in a vicarage near London.

Sugar’s William Morris Little Theatre London Cosmo Hamilton England Chicago Boston Hamilton New York Times Gerald Henson Henry Douglass John May Helena Parsons Marie Ault Marguerite Cellier Loie Emery Beryl Henson

The Quaker Girl at Sugars Theatre Nov Dec at Sugars

John P. Slocum brings The Quaker Girl to Sugars Theatre New York for New Year week featuring Victor Morley as Tony Chute with a large cast. The English musical comedy follows two love stories involving an American envoy in Paris and a Bona partist princess with a mix of song and dance.

Park Theatre New York Adelphi Theatre London John P. Slocum Sugar’s Theatre Victor Morley Tony Chute Harry Shor Dixie Gerald Bernice McCabe William Blaisdell Miles Corday Phil J. Moore Connie Mack Murray Stephen Carol Parson James Tanner Adram Ross Percy Greenbank Lionel Monckton Paris King’s Messenger Paria

Uwanta Flour Sold At One Horse Cash Grocery

One sack of Uwanta Flour offered by One Horse Cash Grocery for gale exclusively. Phones 1053 and 1054 listed for contact.

Cumberland Phone 332 J E Morgan Bro Dealers In Wood Coal

Cumberland phone 332 lists J E Morgan and Company as dealers in wood coal blacksmith and domestic services concrete lime cement sand and gravel all kinds of building material agents for Gulf Refining Co located in West Monroe Louisiana.

Gulf Refining Co West Monroe Louisiana

Markets Friday December 26 1913 New Orleans Spots Prices

Market notes from New Orleans show spot prices around 12.11 to 12.93 with several listings for quiety sales and close quotes. Entries include figures like 12.48 12.60 12.57 and 12.61 among varied bids and quotes for the day.

New Orleans Hightow Close

New York Market Quiet on Boxing Day Trade

Daily market note from New York on Friday December 26 1913 reports quiet conditions with Spot prices around 12.60 and no notable changes in trading. No clear headlines or major events are recorded beyond standard price postings and routine market commentary.

Liverpool Market Detail Delayed Until Monday

The Liverpool market has no trading on Friday and will reopen on Monday, with no sales occurring over the weekend. Nothing else is scheduled for today.

Cotton notices depress prices in New Orleans market

In a December 26, 1915 report from Monroe Louisiana notices for about 200 bales of December cotton and 1500 of January delivery pressed values as circulation of notices spurred further liquidation. Week's total marketed 514000, with global spinner demand steady despite Europe trade concerns.

New York Europe Bombay

Cotton market names and firm listings across exchanges

Trade floor notices list Cotton N Y firms such as Harman & Co and Hayward Clark with New Orleans and New York agents. The document cites exchanges including New Orleans Cotton Exchange New York Cotton Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade along with brokerages Carpenter Bagget Co Bartlett Frazier Co and others.

New Orleans Hayward & Clark New York Carpenter, Bagget & Co Chicago Bartlett, Frazier & Co New Orleans Cotton Exchange New York Cotton Exchange Chicago Board of Trade

President Wilson Acts as Fire Chief at Neville Home

President Wilson rushed to Neville home after spotting roof smoke while returning from golf. He led the operation with White House chauffeurs and Secret Service, extinguishing the fire upstairs while calming Mrs. Neville. Judge Neville arrived as fire crews came and thanked the President.

Gulfport Wilson J. H. Neville Neville Annd Mrs. Neville White House Secret Service Judge Neville

Lovelady Stabbing Ends Fight In Ward Nine

In a Christmas row in ward nine yesterday HH D Lovelady stabbed and seriously wounded Miles Tolbird. Tolbird and Gilbert Lovelady fought when the elder Lovelady intervened and cut Tolbird. Deputy Sheriff Arthur Grant left for the scene to investigate and make arrests.

HH. D. Lovelady Miles Tolbird Tolbird Gilbert Lovelady Lovelady Arthur Grant

Masons Plan St John's Day Banquet at Monroe Hotel

The Masons will celebrate St John's Day with a banquet at the Monroe hotel tonight.

The Masons St. John's Day Monroe Hotel

Christmas Dinner For Parish Prisoners By King's Daughters

Twenty four prisoners in the parish jail received an elegant Christmas dinner served on two long tables on the jail’s second floor. Mrs. B A Trousdale, Mrs. Jonas Selig, Miss Ruth Trousdale and Mrs. Smile Kaliski supervised the meal. Rev H H Wells, jailed on forgery charges, spoke to both prisoners and to the Ladies of the King's Daughters about the event.

B. A. Trousdale Jonas Selig Ruth Trousdale Smile Kaliski H. H. Wells Wells

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Kern Joe Kern Grayson Guthrie DeSiard P. O. Boy P. G. University Bell & Denny J. A. Perry Phoenx Drug Store John Hardgrove Palestine Texas Pine Street Phoenix Drug Store Dr. Key Drug Store Ouachita River Harrisonburg Roller River K Pat L. H. Swayze, Jr Enice Libby California Postel Dr. Price Rumford Durkee L. A. Powers DeSiard Street Ford Levi Stationery Company, Limited Chase & Collens Cumberland J. E.morgan & Bro Jans Lee Liverpool Windes’ Daily Cotton Letter Monroe, la E. D. Windes Cotton N.Y Harman & CO North Louisiana Shreveport Fairbanks City Chas. W. Phillips Easterling & Gordon J. HM. Trousdale J. B. Parsons Central Savings Bank B. T. Dawkins D. C. Dawkins Dawkins & Dawkins Moe National Bank Bigg Monroe Robt. H. Blackman Allen's Pac. R Monroe Veteris F. Collins North Sixth Street Infir D. C Louisiane Thos. EB. Wright Offie New South Drug Store Residence St. Francis Sanitarium W. E. Sullivan DRS. Newton & Cosby Physicians and Surgeons Grammont St
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