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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1918
Page
15
Triumph Seed Potatoes promise delivery in bushes or carload lots. Contact Monroe Seed Co for corn, pecans, sweet pea seed, and bulbs from E Neuwirth and Aaron Parker. Phone numbers 447 and 464 provided.
Citizens urged to redeem their War Savings Stamp pledge by December 31 to avoid being labeled a quitter. The notice emphasizes timely payment and discourages deferment or avoidance of the obligation.
Your Meat Manner advertises fresh meat vegetables and fruits at corner South Seventh and Grammont with no Sunday delivery orders after 10 pm Saturday and free delivery. Phone 980. PP. J. gina and Monroe Seed Co. also listed with dairy and poultry supplies in a compact classified notice.
Riverside Club invites members and house guests to the annual New Year’s dance on Tuesday night in January. The event extends a special invitation to all men in uniform, highlighting a members only gathering with guest access.
Dr. T L McCoy returns from Fort Mt Phearson Georgia and will resume his medical practice at Red Cross Pharmacy with hours 9 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 5 pm.
The undersigned convicted December 2 1916 of shooting at in tent to kill applies for parole. Name WOOPWARD SCOTT. Hearing or action set for December 30 and January 6.
To Our Customers. We wish you a happy prosperous New Year and thank you for your patronage during the year. We will strive to merit continued favors in 1919. Our store will be closed New Year's day. please order groceries the day before.
The annual dance for members and their households is scheduled for Tuesday night January 21. The event details indicate a members only gathering with invited attendees.
A shop announces repair service for talking machines with pickup and return. Includes phone numbers 1025 and 1045 for Typerwriters repaired and Dunn. Indicates first class repair service and pickup option.
Hemstitching and pecot work neatly done by Singer Sewing Machine Co. Phone 17.
Wanted precanceled postage stamps from Monroe New Orleans Metairie Rouge and Shreveport Louisiana and Helena Arkansas. Will pay face value for stamps in good condition. Contact W Murray 213 N 4th St Monroe LA 422 Porter St Monroe LA Helena AR 28 21.
Frank Masling offers prompt hauling with a good truck and reasonable prices. He lists contact numbers 721 or 68 and advertises New Year Cards and Folders from Ferdepave Stationery Co. at 28-21.
Mr J Thomas, who has been ill for a year, entered the sanitarium Saturday and underwent an operation. His many friends hope for a speedy recovery.
Red Cross Knitting Department seeks 100 women to knit one sweater each ready by a date after January 25. Volunteers urged to join this sewing effort and support wartime relief.
A local want ad states a couple seeks two rooms for light housekeeping duties. Contact number provided as 628 with a 230-6t extension.
Lost motion lock with finder reward exists near Weiss at 310 North Third Street. For sale residence corner Breard and Fourth with two adjoining cottages. Modern conveniences and easy terms for investment. Contact Mrs. Emile Kaliski at 197 or 423. 20-6t.
Help wanted a colored man for farm work and a colored woman for housework. Wages offered to suitable applicants. Apply W. G. Haynes at Walker Bros. Also listings for sale of antique walnut bedroom set oak sideboard and dining chairs. Ring 285. Wages offered for rent of furnished house part of a modern home. Five room cottage near DeSiard street with gas. Heninger care Lieber & Co. Others seek small cottage near car line with water and lights. Star Hotel contact T. L. Cox. Large furnished room for rent in City School area. Four hogs taken up with descriptive marks. owner to claim by proving property and paying costs. H. H. and H. F. Jowers 7 miles north of West Monroe La. B0-101.
Burke Construction Company of Wilmot Arkansas seeks laborers and teams for road work in Ashley County. Wages include two dollars fifty cents per day for men, six dollars per day for teams, and one blade grajer man three dollars fifty cents per day. Subcontracting for grading and concrete work offered. R C Burke contacts. 30-81.
P H Saunders state director for Louisiana urges readers to hold War Savings and Thrift Stamps. He warns against cashing unfilled certificates and cards before January 1, stressing stamps rise in value and redeem for five dollars per stamp. US Treasury notice issued to counteract cashing rush and encourage ongoing purchases.
Trading figures for Monday Dec 30 1918 show brief price ranges and closing figures across several securities. The data includes highs lows and closes with fractional notations and date references, reflecting early 20th century market reporting.
Copenhagen reports the Central Council of Soldiers and Workers appoints Herr Noske as governor of Kiel and selects Herr Lee editor of Breslau Volkswacht and Herr Wishel Reichstag member for the cabinet. They replace Minister Haase Social Party leader Barts and Minister Dittman who retired Saturday night.
In morning sessions Judge Chas Schulze disposed of cases for drunken and disorderly conduct including Eugene Walker Roy Curtis Tom Edwards George Ward Frank OBrien and others with fines ranging from five to twelve fifty dollars. Sleeping in open and vagrant labels appear for S L Fox John W McLaughlin Joe Lane Annie Soloman with additional penalties for profanity and indecent language Everett Coleman and Albert Britton carrying a pistol with fines totaling two hundred dollars.
Stockholders of Monroe Grocer Co Ltd will hold a meeting at its Monroe Louisiana office on Jan Std 1919 to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business that may come before the meeting.
Last Call For Kuitting is due by January 25. The event records show a score of 80 to 31.
Ilfracombe, a coastal town of about 19 000 residents, holds the distinction of having no pawnbrokers operating inside its boundaries.
Guests visiting Marlborough House are shown a treasure room bequeathed by King Edward VII. The collection, valued around 10 million dollars, features glass and ebony cabinets packed with gold and silver ware. A single case holds twenty four silver tea services and twenty dinner services along with massive candlesticks.
A brief want ad in the News-Star leads to a fast resolution as the seller and buyer settle their small listing. The compact notice highlights a simple transaction and its prompt outcome.
New York dispatch reports on board the battleship Utah the 14 inch naval gun battery that shelled German lines near Paris. The Big U crew claim their shells were massive twice the size of the German super gun rounds and capable of hurling freight cars. Only three of 500 men died, later from disease or shell fragments.
Local readers continue to rely on the News Star classified section for ads and notices. The repeated use signals steady demand for local sales, services, and announcements amid ongoing community activities and events.
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