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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1918
Page
5
The Monroe Seed Co. promotes Triumph Seed Potatoes with delivery in various lot sizes and offers New Crop Sweet Pea Seed and bulbs. Aaron Parker and Neuwirth advertise pecans and harness products, while Ouachita Baddie and Harness Co. touts auto trimming and top-quality replacements.
Public notice urges redemption of War Savings Stamp pledge with a warning not to be seen as a quitter. Sets a limit date of December 31st. Includes the code 5-17t for the campaign.
Local ad for a market at corner South Seventh and Grammont offering fresh meat vegetables fruits groceries and cold drinks with free delivery. No orders for Sunday delivery after 10 pm Saturday night. Phone 930. P. and J. Insina 26 1m tf.
Bee keepers dairy and poultry needs highlighted by Monroe Seed Co offerings. Read as a compact farmer trade notice.
The document shows an application for parole by Dee Woodward Scott, identified by number 14176, describing a shooting incident in which the intent was to kill. The form lists the applicant and related identifiers with incomplete handwriting and dates.
To Our Customers. We wish to extend to you the season's greeting and wish you a happy and prosperous New Year. We are thankful for the patronage this year and will strive to merit continued favors in 101%. Our store will be closed on New Year's Day. order groceries the day before. The annual New Year's Five dance invites members and their households.
Notice to the Public announces a new shop at the corner of Fourteenth and Washington streets offering first class repairs for talking machines. Phone 1025 for pickup and delivery.
Hematitenmeg Hemastitching and pecot work neatly done by Singer Sewing Machine Co. Phone 172. Almo.
Valerie Hauling offers prompt service and reasonable prices with a good truck. Frank Masling can be reached at 721 or 68 to arrange hauling of any kind.
FERD LEVE STATIONERY CO offers a line of elegant New Year cards and coordinating folders. Compact sets feature classic designs suitable for personal and business correspondence.
Mr J F Thomas has been in poor health for a year and entered the sanitarium Saturday undergoing an operation. Friends hope for a speedy recovery.
The Red Cross Knitting Department seeks 100 women to knit one sweater each and complete them by January 25. The appeal urges capable volunteers to join a city relief effort and support ongoing welfare projects.
P H Saunders state director in Louisiana urges readers not to cash War Savings or Thrift Stamps before maturity. He says unfilled certificates hold value and urges buying more stamps as U S Treasury cautions against rushing to redeem. Government guidance emphasizes continued sale and redemption options for partial and full stamps.
Unfurnished front room for rent in Monroe on Ouachita avenue with gas heat. For sale a four cylinder Buick offered for half cash and balance on time. Job ad seeks a bookkeeper skilled with hypewriter, no drinkers. One horse wagon and harness wanted. Piano and book cases for sale at 120 Jackson street.
Wanted to rent a house with five or more rooms close in and available soon. Interest in quick possession. Contact GS by phone at 30-3.
Burke Construction Company of Wilmot Arkansas seeks laborers and teams for road work in Ashley County. Pay rates list two-fifty per day for laborers, six dollars per day for teams, and three-fifty for a blade grader man. Subcontracting offered for grading and concrete work. Contact R. C. Burke.
Local officials push a regional energy initiative seeking approval for a major grid upgrade. The proposal highlights improved reliability and potential jobs, with key advocates including the city council and the energy commission.
Unclear pasted data shows December to January figures for corn with high low and close values. The snippet lists dates and price points including 1.64 1.62 1.64 and subsequent entries 1.45 1-8 1.42 3- 1.43 7-8.
Copenhagen reports the Central Council of Soldiers and Workmen named Herr Noske as governor of Kiel and appointed Herr Lee editor of the Breslau Volkswacht and Herr Wishel a Reichstag member to join the cabinet replacing Haase and other retiring ministers Saturday night.
Dispositions include multiple drunk and disorderly fines ranging from 3 to 5 dollars for Eugene Walker Roy Curtis Tom Edwards George Ward Frank O’Brien Frank Hogan vagrant fines and sleeping in open fines for S L Fox John W McLaughlin Joe Lane Annie Soloman hebrews indecent language fined 12 50 Everett Coleman dangerous suspicious behavior and Albert Britton carrying a pistol with 100 city and 190 state penalties.
Stockholders of Monroe Grocer Co Ltd will meet at its Monroe Louisiana office on Jan Std 1919 to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year and to transact any other business that may come before the meeting.
A local knitting group announces final sessions conclude no later than January 25. Members encouraged to complete projects and submit final pieces for the show and sale event.
Ilfracombe, a coastal town with a population of about 10 900, reportedly has no pawnbrokers operating inside its municipal boundaries.
Guests of Queen Alexandra tour Marlborough House and view the treasure room bequeathed as her personal property. The vast collection, valued around 10 million dollars, features glass and ebony cases filled with Pilgrim bottles ornate cups silver services and large candlesticks, illustrating immense wealth.
Red Cross calls for knitted garments to be completed by January 25. Volunteers urged to submit items by late January 30 and 31, specifying sizes and quantities for donation.
A compact want ad in the News-Star promises results for readers seeking bargains and quick sale opportunities. It highlights affordable listings and rapid responses, aiming to connect buyers with sellers through a simple classified pitch.
The Big U on shore reports the 14 inch naval guns from the battleship Utah. Utah crew sent ashore to counter the German super gun shelling Paris. Guns fired 20 to 25 miles, over 800 rounds before armistice, with three deaths from disease or shell fragments.
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