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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1913
Page
6
Joe Kern proprietor announces custom wagon orders while noting shop hours. The notice mentions Mr. Fred Barksdale of Alexandria passing through for the funeral of Mrs. Joe Barksdale in Houston. Our store will be closed all day for stock taking.
Monroe La December 27 191X notices show registration books opening at City Hall for thirty days and voters urged to govern themselves. Local crowd gathers at sheriff’s office to settle dues before year end as fire department responds to two damages and a church incident.
The day's record lists marriages in Monroe and nearby, including David Culpepper with Elmira Flynn and Edward Boulden with Eva Givin. It also records land transactions, mortgage releases, fines for street violations, a sheriff sale of bank stocks, and a 1914 sale notice. Also notes telegraphers strike news and national committee discussions on government action.
Martin Harvey sails from London aboard the Empress of Ireland for a sixteen week tour of Canada and the United States. He will perform The Only Way in Montreal then tour to Vancouver, presenting The Breed of Tresham and A Cigarette Maker's Romance.
The dispatch reports unsettled weather from Louisiana to New England with rain snow and cold fronts affecting travel. It also notes the death of Hon. J Reachman Lee in Mansfield Louisiana from stomach trouble. Other items cover the Southern Kappa Alpha Society convention in Memphis and New Jersey teachers meeting in Atlantic City with notable speakers.
Princeton graduates from Iowa Wisconsin North Dakota South Dakota and Minnesota gather in Minneapolis for the Northwest Princeton clubs reunion. Dr John Grier Hibben president of Princeton University attends as guest of honor at the convention.
Secretary Lane proposes withdrawing from entry all land in the public domain that contains radium to keep the metal from speculation. He urges passage of a joint resolution granting the president withdrawal power, noting the U S holds about two grams worth $240000 and touting radium's medical value.
Readable fragments indicate a Monday entry about New Orleans spots with figures like 12 13 16 and sales 2596. Mentions Hightow Close Yst y SGN and Levee with unclear dates around May and numbers 12 06p 2,84 12.74.
Fragmentary stock ticker notes from New York on a Monday show trading figures and price movements with several unreadable entries. The snippet includes numbers like 12.60 and 22.05 plus vague date references and market terms, offering a partial glimpse of the day’s activity.
Liverpool on Monday December 29 reports sales of 12 000 and 7 07 as cars and apartments traded amid currency listings. The fragment notes POMC and Mets activity with unclear figures and local pricing in francs.
Fire in Montreal devastates twenty stores and houses after water pipes burst causing a famine in the city. flames raged at 2:30 PM and firemen failed to check the blaze as preparations were made to use dynamite.
The page lists wholesale commodity quotes for various items. Entries include WHEAT, CORN, OATS, PORK, LARD, TEBO, RIBS with prices and May/June futures marks and daily figures. The data appear as tabulated price points for years around 2013 and 2014, reflecting market levels.
Mayor Taylor of Jackson and Senator Hobbs testified briefly in the Hobbs bribery trial at Vicksburg. Witnesses were concluded within fifteen minutes and lawyers prepared jury instructions for possible Tuesday night verdict. Lieutenant Governor Bilbo expected to close for Hobbs in a case with linked co defendant.
Fragmented OCR text reports prices and items at the St Louis grain market with figures around 85 to 90 for various Wheat and corn contracts. Details are garbled but indicate market activity and bid prices across different grades and dates.
Liverpool business resumes after Christmas with prices up 2 to 9 points, sales 12 6000, American markets opening higher on better cables but easing on Charleston South Carolina failure and January tender pressure. Calls for census ginning data and potential New Year demand keep outlook favorable. Southern markets firm on futures gains. trade balance to November 20 shows US surplus of 642 million dollars.
College socialists from many parts of the country gathered in New York for the fifth annual Intercollegiate Socialist Society convention. J G Phelps Stokes welcomed delegates at the opening session as a banquet with noted speakers is planned for tomorrow night.
Lexington Kentucky December nineteenth opening session drew a large attendance. President Crossfield of Transylvania University delivered the invocation. Speakers included Dr A S Mackenzie of Lexington A J G Wells of the Kentucky State Reformatory and Harry Giovannoli of the Lexington Leader. Meeting concludes tomorrow.
The Oklahoma Bar Association opened its annual two day meeting in Oklahoma City with many prominent bench and bar representatives in attendance. Rome G. Brown of Minneapolis delivered the leading address on The Recall of Constitutional Safeguards.
A long list of Monroe fraternal and benevolent groups meets at various halls on Walnut and St John streets. Entries include Royal Arch Masonry Monroe Chapter 11, Monroe Council Knights Templar, Snowall Lodge Knights of Pythias, Red Men and Eagles chapters, Knights of Honor, Independence Lodge, Newsboys Club, Knights of Columbus, Woodmen of the World, St Matthew's Society, and more with meeting nights and officer names such as R Downs G Surghnor E G Courtney A Benoit and J B Gordon.
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