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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1925
Page
9
New Orleans cotton futures ended with a net decline of 17 to 20 points while early trading showed a steady start. Prices opened weak on showers in Texas and moved lower through the day with October 23.37 and January 23.58 to 23.50 area as spot markets remained quiet and unaltered.
Cotton futures closed steady to lower with declines of 11 to 19 points as showers in Texas and the approaching government crop report sparked profit taking. July and October prices moved down amid mixed opening, while cotton seed oil finished easy. Sales totaled 21,800 contracts.
Cotton market in Liverpool shows limited demand with prices steady. American grades quoted with specific levels for strictly good ordinary to strictly higher middling, sales totaling 4,000 bales including 1,800 American, receipts 13,000 bales, no American receipts, futures barely steady with July at 12.19 and contracts through May 12.69.
Chicago July 1 Unfavorable spring wheat progress in the northwest and bullish crop expectations sparked an early advance in wheat prices. Corn fell while oats and provisions moved higher with the hog market.
Stock receipts 13 000 hogs slaughter pigs heavy and medium weights priced from 12.25 to 14.00 per hundred weight. Cattle receipts 11 000 with best matured steers at 13 25 and vealers 10.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 16 000 with western lambs 16 00 and fat native ewes 6 50 to 7 50.
A court session in the afternoon delivered verdicts on forgery cases including sentences for defendants Suen and Chamberlain. The record mentions a twelve year term for an unnamed co defendant Sandel and notes a related charged offense.
E S Morey, resident manager of the hotel, returned to Beaumont Texas after a trip here and said construction progress is strong. The building is nearly enclosed with windows and plastering nearly finished. Plumbing advances and a roof garden with steel girders in place are near completion as opening plans firm for September 16 though marble shipments caused a delay.
The local Boy Scout Council receives praise from national officials after a successful D Arbonne camp. Attendance hit 335 scouts with many more adult leaders, costs per boy were low, and all bills were paid with a small camp fund balance. Receipts totaled 907.13 with a 13.07 balance.
The Agriculture Department summarizes week end crop weather in the Southern states. Conditions vary: Mississippi reports fair to good progress with early corn improving. Louisiana notes very good cotton progress and excellent cane growth. Texas reports fair to very good cotton in west and northeast but poor elsewhere. Arkansas reports very good to excellent cotton except dry soils in parts.
Wheat prices dropped sharply in Chicago today by as much as 5 1 4 cents a bushel from yesterday’s close. Heavy selling appeared after an early rise, showing scant support from buyers.
A fragment notes a few cents added to classified ads could generate thousands of dollars in yearly property sales.
The Missouri Pacific yard report shows 60 300 cars moved in the month ending last night, a city record. The daily June average is about 2010 cars with an average of thirty per train, plus 360 passenger trains. If laid end to end, the cars would stretch 456 miles. Officials expect July to possibly beat the record.
A defense day program for Alexandria and Monroe on the Fourth of July includes a booster parade from Union Depot to City Hall Square with mounted police and units from both cities. Speakers include Mayor Foisy and Mayor Arnold, plus Alexandria City Attorney Richey and George J. Ginsburg. Luncheon for guardsmen follows at the armory, with a Reds-Drillers game and a Missouri boosters dance later.
New York July 1 Supreme Court Justice Ford dismissed Thomas H Symingtons divorce action against Ida May Symington for infidelity. The record showed no evidence supporting a divorce besides testimony from Talbot with Chambers, whom the judge refused to credit under oath.
Cupid issued 38 marriage licenses in Ouachita Parish during June. Records show 24 licenses for brides and sweethearts at the clerk’s office and 14 additional licenses for negro couples. In May 31 licenses were issued, 16 to whites and 15 to negroes.
Walter Hammond, a negro, was arrested by Patrolmen Webb and Hammonds in Winnsboro for alleged burglary. He is held in the city jail awaiting deputies from Franklin parish. He is said to be brother of D. K. Hammond, wanted for murder at Lake Providence.
Police seek Thomas H. Nelson on affidavits charging embezzlement of 2950 dollars linked to accepting money for a home for tailor Sam Bosofsky. Nelson, about five years old, faces total claims up to 25000 dollars.
City Attorney T Semmes Walmsley drafts an ordinance requiring motorists to carry a card recording each traffic violation and time and nature of offenses. Drunken driving would bar repeat offenders from operating a vehicle in the city. Mayor Behrman backs the plan amid broad public support.
In New York 25 veteran waiters of the Millionaire Waiters Club staged their second annual outing. They began with a chauffeured departure through Long Island to upscale clubs, followed by a noon feast ending with $1 cigars after an eight course dinner of caviar and other courses.
Life saving certificates were awarded yesterday to Dr. John Schrieber Capt. H. E. Roberts Hessel Cahn and Parker McComb of Fairbanks following recent tests. A free dental clinic for white children aged 6 to 12 held at the city high school auditorium opened with twenty examined and expects more. The clinic runs daily 9 to 5 with free inspection for parents. L P Landry has been named desk sergeant at police headquarters filling the vacancy from Sgt Mose Flewellen who served 23 years. Peter Mulhearn of Peters Co is in New Orleans attending the Louisiana Undertakers association state convention. Fred Peters is spending two weeks vacation at Alexandria.
Small classified placements offer a low-cost way to liquidate substantial assets. Advertisers can reach buyers who pay thousands for items advertised, turning tiny upfront spend into large returns through targeted exposure.
A few hours after admitting indiscretions with Mrs. Thomas H. Symington, wife of a New York millionaire, Talbot W. Chambers was arrested on a statutory charge. He denied guilt and faced possible perjury prosecution.
A series of yesterday crashes led to Fred Jackson, milk truck driver, jailed for reckless driving speeding and operating without brakes after a three car collision at Jackson and Bright streets. He was released on own recognizance. Lockhart also charged with reckless driving.
Three African American men broke into the Louisiana Central Lumber Company commissary in Clarks and planned a Detroit vacation, packing expensive clothing into suitcases. The night watchman fired, wounding one armed suspect who would have shot him. other suspects remained at large. Filling-station operator J W Swift fainted but recovered with medical care.
Chicago July 1 Dr Ernest F Title pastor of First Methodist Evanston Ill says evolution is positive support for religious faith in Epworth Herald the Epworth League paper. The league boasts 750000 members mainly youth of the church.
The Stone Mountain Memorial drive in Monroe will begin at 9 a.m. from the First Baptist church with district crews collecting coins for the memorial. Captains and teams canvass listed streets north to DeSiard and south including Grand, St. John and West Monroe areas. Citizens urged to donate $1 per person, goal 3000 coins totaling $1500 to honor Civil War heroes and heroines. Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith at the suggestion of Dr. L H Guilck.
Young men seeking flight are urged to join the aviation unit of the Twentyseventh Division New York National Guard. Kanawha, the state's original designation, is favored as residents tire of being labeled Virginians by outsiders.
Notary public records on June 1, 1925 show G B Watkins president of Ouachita Baking Company Inc declaring an amendment to Article 6 of the charter. Capital stock fixed at 100000 dollars divided into 1000 shares of 100 dollars each. It may begin business after 50000 subscribed and 25000 paid in. Payments in money or property.
Stephan Panare off an envoy and Bulgarian minister to the United States resigns after ten years to pursue United States citizenship and teach Near East studies at George Washington University in Washington DC. The document bears notary and secretary seals dated June 1, 1925, with endorsements showing Ouachita Baking Company amendment filings and Ouachita parish charter records.
A notarized agreement records the proposed assignment of property with a stated value up to 150 000 dollars under Louisiana law. The document names witnesses Lera E. Boys and R. M. Carr and places the signing in Monroe Ouachita Parish before the Notary with official seal.
A legal notice announces a sheriff sale in Monroe Louisiana on July 18 1925 under a writ of execution from the Ouachita District Court. Property offered is Lot 1 Block 28 of W R Gordons Subdivision Stubbs Your Bayou Addition to Monroe with DeS Street frontage. Seized as defendant’s property, cash with appraisal aid, terms per writ.
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