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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
8
A collage of small notices reports sales offers travel deals and local occurrences. Items mention Kern wagon shop Faulk Bros grocery seed oats Homer visits and beer agency changes plus traffic delays fires and moving families in the area.
Bastrop Louisiana December 29 the first marriage at the local Jewish Temple linked Bernard Kiersky to Cecile Levy daughter of Bastrop mayor J B Levy. The ceremony led by Rabbi E Frisch featured family attendees from Mississippi Arkansas and Louisiana with a reception at Campbell House and a brief bridal tour afterward.
In New Orleans on Friday December 31 1909 spot cotton traded at 15 3 4 cents with 3760 bales sold The market showed a steady tone with high 16 80 and close near 16 40 After New York spots opened at 18 10 quiet with settling near 16 40 for the season end.
The record notes Liverpool at 8.50 with sales of 10 000 bales and FOU POD. It lists a 8.29 to 8.29 margin for À vo against Fede and Marol against S27 at 8.32 to 8.32.
Windes reports the South leads global cotton markets after a year of steady rise from 8 11 16 to 15 11 16 cents per pound. World supply projections show 10 5 million bales available next August with demand for 12 5 million. crop size and weather, boll weevil, and moisture in Texas influence 1910 acreage. Exchange awaits new crop in 1910 with optimism for higher prices and gradual market strength.
An old Monroe advertisement touts FOLEYS ORINO LAXATIVE for stomach troubles indegestion dyspepsia heartburn gas bad breath sick headache torpid liver biliousness and constipation. Described as pleasant to take and sold in Monroe by Dr D H Key.
Ice formed over Bay St. Louis area sand bars and Bayou Plaquemine in the Gulf of Mexico as temperatures fell to 26 degrees. Several boys skated on the ice with three to four hundred feet of thickness reported, but no fatalities were documented.
William Rabb, arrested for violating the Lockery, is released on $1,500 bond signed by Louis Chaplain. John F. Carey and Frank Powers are held as material witnesses. Rabb admits a Jacksonville race bet with Carey but claims it was personal. authorities dispute this. Inspector O'Connor orders heightened police vigilance against lotteries and pool rooms.
The inspector cites rumors of lotteries in Magazine and Camp streets business districts. District Attorney Adams heard many witnesses today on the pool room inquiry, but no definite findings emerged.
Parish High School hoops opens season on its grounds against Oka loosa tomorrow at 3 o clock. Future games with Shreveport Bastrop and Crossett follow. Lineup includes guards Bardy Mitchell Harvey Gregg center John Averett forwards Fred Mitchell Vanrowning substitutes Luther Brown Sterling Newton. No admission.
Bombay on December 30 reports strong American demand for Indian cotton driving unprecedented district prosperity since the Civil War. The surge highlights a concurrent shortage of labor in the same regions.
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