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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1925
Page
7
Cotton futures closed steady with minimal gains after opening softer on Liverpool cables and cabinet uncertainty in Washington. Traders noted no rain in Texas, spot sales of 237 bales, and varied daily bids with December and March contracts showing modest shifts. Wheat and corn prices in St. Louis mixed with No. 2 red wheat around 206 to 204.
New York Cotton futures show small gains as January through October contracts advance modestly amid liquidation and Southern selling. Prices rallied briefly on cov ering before easing. weather reports suggested rainfall in major belts while drought lingered in the southwest. Liverpool cables and sterling movement influenced sentiment as bids held steady at 11:45 a.m.
Liverpool cotton market shows steady prices amid fair demand with total sales of 7 000 bales including 6 700 American. Receipts reach 9 000 bales including 400 American as futures close quiet with values across months from January to December.
Eggs higher with receipts 1 573 cases. Firsts 56 to 57 cents per dozen, ordinary firsts 45 to 50, refrigerator firsts 44 to 441 2. Poultry alive values steady fowls 16 to 22, springs 23, roosters 15, turkeys 23, ducks 27, geese 22.
Chicago grain prices opened steady to higher on export speculation and rumors of tight wheat stocks in Hungary Poland Czechoslovakia and Vienna. May wheat climbed to 1.82 as corn oats and hogs followed the broader advance with typical price ranges and seed and fatback quotations listed.
Chicago and Kansas City markets report cattle hog and sheep receipts with price ranges. Hogs top 1105 weight groups 200 to 290 pounds 1075 to 1100. cattle weighty steers 1065 with loads 1000 to 1025. vealers 950 to 1050. Sheep fat lambs 1775 to 1800, ewes 1000 to 1025. Kansas calves 850 to 1000, hogs 660 to 1060, lambs 1785 top to shippers.
Ruston notes cover a Jan 12 social roundup with a LPI and Ruston High School football banquet at the White House Cafe. Other items report Pierian Club officers elected for 1925 26, papers on Jerusalem and Armenia, and local marriages and visits including Robert Hendrix and Mary Sheppard wedding and Margaret Kidd and Adrian Clinton nuptials.
Mrs. C. E. Hall resigns as city health nurse with Ouachita parish Health Unit Director Inc. Schrieber noting the February 1 effective date and no successor named. Hall has served about a year and plans to remain in Monroe, with possible business plans ahead.
Five persons faced city court for drunkenness with liquor in possession and Hood Act violations. Shelby Adams, J E Richmond, W A Atchison, J M Humphries, and Joe Knot fined for drunken and disorderly conduct. Others guilty of trespassing on railroad property and traffic violations received fines. Roy Reed Harry Reid Thos McPherson fined for railroad trespass. G S Walters speeded. J R Adams violated Stop law.
A delegation from the Church of God led by Mrs D A Schumaker conducted Sunday afternoon services for inmates at the city jail. Hymns were sung and a talk given, with prisoners joining in prayer. Services now occur every Sunday at 2 o'clock by request of city and parish officials.
Firefighters responded to a grass fire at L Street and Riverfront around 1 05 PM. They were back at 1 20 PM after extinguishing clothes and charcoal burning in a closet. Damage estimated at about 15 dollars by Fire Chief Roddy.
Milton Coverdale sheriff announces sale of a lot in D A Breard Jr s Home Addition Monroe Ouachita Parish Louisiana by order of Fourth Judicial District Court to satisfy a writ of fieri facias. The sale at Monroe courthouse front steps on January 24 1925 between legal hours. Cash payment only with no appraisement.
A Monroe meeting outlines the State Convention of the Maccabees on the 23rd 24th and 28th at Monroe. The class initiation will be shown by Clarks Louisiana degree team. The slogan Get a Member aims to recruit new members and support Past Commander Chas Hartley’s caravan to Washington in July. The order emphasizes non sectarian non political aims and broad insurance protections with new 20 Pay Endowment 20 Pay Life and Ordinary Life plans. Supreme Commander A W Frye of Detroit will attend. Maccabee headquarters will be at the Monroe Hotel with the lobby decorated for the event.
Dr. Leo Vandegear of this city and Dr. W. Geddes of Shreveport were named trustees by osteopaths of Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama at the Jackson convention. The gathering was one of the best yet with broad attendance. Next convention set for Shreveport. Officers elected include President Dr. J. H. Price Jackson and Vice President Secretary-Treasurer Dr. J. H. Kidwell Jackson.
Legal sale of 175 acres described as portions of sections 29 32 and 5 township 17 north range 1 east and related parcels in Ouachita Parish Louisiana by writ of fife from Fourth District Court Monroe to be held February 14 1925 at cash terms. Listing includes specific quarter sections and exclusions.
Senator J. A. Metcalf newly elected from Rhode Island appears in Washington for the first session of Congress as he prepares to take his seat in the United States Senate.
Occupation taxes are due at city hall and were due January 1. The public has until March 1 to pay, though many delay to late February. City clerks report 1,928 licenses in the last year and urge prompt payment to ease collections amid growth.
Will A Boughton aged 68 died Monday at his Mangham home after a prolonged illness. He was widely known in the state as owner of large plantation interests. He was twice married and is survived by his second wife and eight children.
In Ouachita Parish Fourth District Court the Ouachita National Bank of Monroe seeks sale of 400 acres in township 17 north range 3 east at the courthouse front steps in Monroe on February 14 1925. Property includes described sections with mineral rights except undivided one half mineral interest. deed recorded December 31 1912. Jan 12 1925 notice.
A writ of seizure from the Fourth Judicial District Court Ouachita Parish Louisiana authorizes a sheriff sale at the court house front door in Monroe. The item is a Ford Touring Car Motor No 8799532 seized in case No 13082 L H Fuller against Standard Motors Finance Co Inc. Sale to occur between legal hours with costs to the highest bidder. Milton Coverdale notes January 12 25 1/25.
Andrew Johnson spoke at First Methodist, Stone Avenue Methodist Protestant, and First Presbyterian churches in Monroe on Sunday. He addressed the Men’s Bible Class, led a midwinter revival, and delivered sermons on Fraternalism, Equality and Christianity and on Shouting. Two converts joined the church and ten sought prayer at the altar.
In the matter Victory F. Massony Inc. against No 13080, the sheriff states he has seized and will offer for sale at the front door of the Ouachita Parish courthouse in Monroe Louisiana between legal hours of sale a Ford vehicle Motor No 9238712. Sale date January 12 1925.
Fourth District Court in Monroe directs sale of a Maxwell sports touring car Serial No 472001 and motor No 505974. Car to be sold at the court house front door between legal sale hours with cash terms to the highest bidder. Notice dated January 12 1928 in Monroe Louisiana.
A 1925 Louisiana notarial record details the amendment of The News-Star Publishing Company Ltd charter. It fixes capital stock at 200 000 dollars, allows future increase to 500 000 by three fourths stock vote, and records notarized approval by C E Faulk and J W Worthington with officials and dates in Ouachita Parish. The document includes filing, certification, and public-record notice.
Legal notice describing parcels west of the Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railroad totaling 243.30 acres. Includes two tracts: 57.55 acres north of a division line along Bayou DeSiard and 7.94 acres plus 1.61 acres north and west of the railroad. Sheriff’s office dated January 12 1995 with publication dates January 12, 19, 26 and February 2, 9.
Monroe Louisiana plans a special election to fill a City Council seat and the Finance and Utilities Commissioner post for the unexpired term of Hillyer Speed. Polls open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. at six wards with appointed commissioners and clerks receiving five dollars for service.
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