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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1925
Page
8
Cotton futures in New Orleans ended largely unchanged after an intraday swing from gains on rain forecasts to losses on liquidation. October and December dipped from early highs but recovered, closing about steady. spot prices remained dull with varying grades quoted.
New York cotton futures ended steady to higher by four to ten points after a volatile session. July, October, and December contracts opened firm on dry southwest weather and firmer Liverpool and Manchester reports, with October lifting to 24.12 briefly before slipping and finishing modestly up.
Liverpool notes a quiet cotton spot market with prices steady across grades. American futures closed steady with July at 13.31 and October at 12.77, while other months range 12.65 to 12.72. Sales totaled 3,000 bales, including 1,800 American. receipts 1,000 bales.
Cash grain markets in Chicago show an early downturn as commissions push selling for profit. Liverpool quotes slip, while crop damage reports in spring wheat regions and Canada temper sentiment. Corn and oats follow wheat lower despite late rallies. hog-valued provisions weaken. Local Kansas City and St Louis cash quotes cited with mixed grain prices and futures activity.
Rayville La July 18 parish superintendents school board members teachers and others met at Rayville High School to explore funding public education without a direct ad valorem tax. Speakers warned of widespread budget strain and urged consideration of an indirect luxury tax while stressing preference for Louisiana teachers.
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on July 18 the county health officer extended the unmuzzled dog quarantine to September 1 after a mad dog attack on a 15 year old boy. Jack Hammack was bitten by a family dog that had itself been bitten by a rabid canine and the youth receives Pasteur treatment. Over 15 residents are undergoing the treatment. Also listed are prices for rye none barley seed and other farm goods.
Sutter eggs and poultry report in Chicago shows butter unchanged with 17 072 receipts and eggs steady with 13 102 cases. Poultry alive stock also unchanged as of July 18.
Hog receipts total about 4000 with selections 13.25 to 18.50 and packing hogs 11.75 to 12.60. Cattle receipts 1000 with yearlings to 14.25 and veal calves 10.75 to 11.50. Sheep 2000 with fat lambs 15.75 and ewes 9.00 range. Kansas City lists cattle 300 and calves 50 with yearlings 13.85 and hogs 13.25 to 13.50. sheep 200 with natives to 15.50 and feeder weights 14.25 to 14.75.
Aids daughter Alice Worthington in Ensenada Mexico as authorities close in. Worthington’s yacht reportedly left the harbor just before his arrest, thwarting capture by state and federal agents.
With Company G now at 76 men, officers will discharge men not living in the city or not physically fit. Two enlistment campaigns have boosted strength by about fifty percent. 17 vacancies remain to reach peace-time numbers. Only first class men will be enlisted to fill these spots, while others will be discharged. Guy P. Stubbs Jr. is the latest recruit.
Urania July 18 The Cleve Love test Tremont No 1 remains a strange producer. The well was spouting salt water from a 4 1/2 inch casing with oil overflowing between casings. Water appears to come from bottom, oil from a higher level. The 4 1/2 inch casing is pulled and the well will be packed with a screen back pressure valve and lead seal packer. Rowe Wallace drilled plug last night and new pay sand was reached this morning. prospects look good.
A 22 year old correspondence school detective J Dale Speck languishes in Memphis jail awaiting New Albany Mississippi authorities. He claimed to have located a stolen car and produced a detective diploma. He waited four hours beside the car but the robbers did not return. The sheriff in New Albany says the theft involved a Pp crime and Speck is wanted there.
District attorney files illegal possession of intoxicating liquor charge against Percy Sandman, a local druggist. Supreme Court previously dropped a sale of jake without permit charge, ruling no permit needed for Jamaica ginger but that selling jake violated dry law. Sandman’s Ouachita avenue store raid in January yielded 74 cases of jake seized. he was jailed 30 days and fined before appeal led to discharge.
Galveston Texas July 18 The Mid Summer Carnival and Historical Pageant set for August 8 9 10 promises color and spectacle. New attractions include a Junior Bathing Girl Revue with inter city entries and prizes from 200 to 25 for the Junior Bathing Beauty of the Southwest. The event also showcases a Junior American Beauty Pageant at Garden of Tokio and a grand night parade of electrically illuminated floats depicting Fifteen Episodes in Texas history under J E Stratford with data from Dr J O Dyer.
George M. Foote of Gulfport Mississippi was injured in an automobile accident near Hammond Louisiana yesterday. His wife and daughter Elizabeth Foote escaped injury when the car turned over. Foote suffered a broken collar bone and the family planned to return to Gulfport while en route to Alexandria.
American Vice Consul Harold G. Bretherton was shot in the back and slightly wounded at Aguascalientes Mexico on the night of July 16. The incident was reported from Washington the next day by AP. The injury is described as non life threatening. Bretherton serves in the Mexican city as part of the U S diplomatic mission.
A large rattlesnake was donated to the parish health unit and city by an Oak Ridge citizen for Wasserman blood tests at the health unit. A free dental clinic for children ages 5 to 12 will run the last week of July at Calhoun, starting July 27, all services free.
The note claims printing and gunpowder were invented in China and states the first newspaper appeared in Pekin. It cites historical innovation origins and dates without detailing sources or corroborating evidence.
The Morehouse Parish School Board invites sealed bids for remodeling and repairing the Collinston School Building at Collinston Louisiana. Bids due by 2 pm Monday August 3 1925. Plans available from Architect J W Smith Monroe Louisiana. A five percent certified check accompanies each bid. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. E D Shaw superintendent T E Barham president. July 18 20 25 27
Chicago dated dispatch notes that 780,000 workers are employed to produce refine and market petroleum in the United States. The American Research Foundation reports that over 3,500,000 oil workers and their families depend on oil for livelihoods and cites Tulsa Oklahoma and Port Arthur Texas as cities built on oil.
Dayto n Tenn July 18 Attorney General A T Stewart may attend the Walter Stewart clan reunion in South Carolina while jurors in the Scopes trial enjoy a holiday. The court scene includes letters to jurors, legal pamphlets and the Dayton high school band performing in the courthouse yard as the trial progresses with witnesses and defense and prosecution counsel in focused debate.
Few auditors stayed to recognize the anthem as court attendants touring mountain roads and tree-covered slopes around Dayton neglected nature for the trial. Many reporters went to Chattanooga for the weekend or to other events.
A report mentions trips to mountain resorts in this or neighboring counties with some travelers planning an extended Smoky Mountains sight-seeing pass and expecting to return tomorrow afternoon. The text adds a remark claiming the Chinese as a race are regarded as very honest.
The source states China covers 4,225,000 square miles and has a population of 450,000,000. This concise demographic snapshot highlights large geographic size and massive population, indicating scale and potential implications for resources and governance.
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