03 Feb 1926
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1926
Page
1
A fragmentary item notes Nick the Nihilist waiting to meet Carlos at a hangout. The piece implies a tense scene with pressure for money, suggesting risky behavior and a scramble to get funds. The text reflects a clandestine, noir style without clear dates or locations.
An unnamed narrator describes moving into a winter apartment in a quiet house. A wary housekeeper hints at several tenants, including five men on the top floor and four women across floors. The narrator imagines surveillance and recalls the tension of peering into neighbors lives while considering the apartment’s conveniences and privacy.
About fifty five parking signs are to be erected on city streets by order of Superintendent H PD Apgar of the police department. The signs will be placed at key locations including St. Joan and Fourth.
The pastor at First Baptist Church will lead a 7 20 pm service discussing the Second Coming of Christ. The message promises explanation of prophecy and a view that Jerusalem will be the religious and mercantile capital during Christ's earthly reign.
Memphis Tenn Feb 3 J S Wannamaker president of the American Cotton Association urged a 25 percent cut in cotton acreage for the coming year and an equal increase in food feed and forage crops. He outlined a campaign plan with state agriculture officials bankers and association reps to push the reduction and boost diversified farming for southern prosperity.
New York February 2 The daily average gross crude oil production in the United States fell by 86 450 barrels for the week ended January 30 to 1 892 000 barrels. Smackover Arkansas heavy oil field down 21 950 barrels with broader declines across regions.
The Prince of Wales narrowly avoided serious injury when his horse dropped dead during fox hunting but he rode another mount and continued. It marks his third fall this season as the royal heir presses on with sport despite risk.
Two memorial tablets on the old LSU campus preserve the site’s Civil War and antebellum history. The text notes French Spanish American and Confederate occupations, Galvez’s 1779 attack, Philemon Thomas's 1810 expulsion, U S garrison use through 1877, and Zachary Taylor’s antebellum home once stood nearby.
A garbled OCR snippet references church, crisis, and world events with unclear names. Readable terms suggest a focus on a church, its community, and potential upheaval, but specifics remain missing.
A distressed, cut fragment cites Superintendent Apgar warning citizens and firemen are endangered daily. It urges letting fire vehicles pass and not obstructing during fires to avoid danger and gain information for safety.
Ontario reports January totals of 280 arrests and 3872 cases tried in city court. Two convictions, 293 fines imposed, 70 discharged, 150 fines stayed, 4 appealed. Daily average arrests 9 with offenses including drunk and disorderly, traffic, fighting, larceny, vagrancy, and gambling among others.
The clipper ship Indi ana carrying a 25 member moving picture company was towed safely into San Pedro after hours in a rough Catalina channel. Actor Joseph Schildkraut was aboard. The California League of Women Voters plans a state health survey of working women.
A marble tablet dedicated by the Historical Society of East and West Baton Rouge on September 22 memorializes the site of a Spanish fort captured by General Philemon Thomas on September 23, 1810, now an object of campus interest and linked to the United Confederate Veterans.
W L Blankenship aged 46, proprietor of a Cedar Grove Louisiana restaurant, was found dead in his room at home. A .45 calibre pistol lay in his hand and a bullet hole in his head led the coroner to rule death a self-inflicted act. His wife cited illness as the possible reason.
Fire chief Apgar urges drivers to keep streets clear as Monroe shifts from country town to urban. He cites ordinance 2036 requiring curb parking for approaching fire trucks and a 15 foot hydrant clearance, with new striped paving to mark hydrants and curb zones.
A shortage of at least 150,000 dollars in the Goodyears and Rubber Company of California accounts was uncovered by auditors. The audit was halted temporarily due to a nervous breakdown of William Vers, an officer, with the company said to be fully protected against loss by insurance.
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