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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1925
Page
5
Cotton futures started steady then eased as rainfall reports and good rains in north Texas and Oklahoma influence mood. Early trades slipped 80 to 33 points with October at 24.50 and December at 24.66 as markets rallied briefly before retreating toward the opening lows amid reports of rapid crop deterioration in western belts.
Cotton futures opened easier with October at 25.05, December 25.26, January 24.76, March 25.06, and May 25.27 as bids. Trading shows next moves in the week ahead.
Liverpool spotcotton prices hold steady with grades ranging from American strictly good middling at 14.74 to good ordinary at 12.29. Sales reach 4,000 bales with 2,600 American. receipts total 15,000 with 100 American. Futures close steady: July 13.56 October 13.17 December 13.12 January 13.13 March 13.18 May 13.22.
Butter prices slide with receipts at 25,293 tubs and creamery ex tras 43. standards 431-2, extras 411-2 42, firsts 401-2 1 seconds 37 391-2. Eggs stay flat with receipts 20,198 cases.
Hog receipts 26 000 with weight ranges 13.75 to 13.90 for 175 to 225 pound hogs. Bulk buyers 13.25 to 13.70 for 140 to 160 pound hogs. Desirable 240 to 320 pound hogs 13.60 to 13.75. Packing swine 12.00 to 12.35. Slaughter pigs 12.75 to 13.25. Cattle receipts 8 000. most grain fed steers 12.50 to 14.00. Sheep receipts 11 000 with natives 15.50 to 15.75. culls 11.50 to 12.00. bulk fat ewes 5.50 to 5.75.
Report on untimely wet weather in western Europe boosts wheat as crop damage in France estimated at 20 percent. Opening prices showed gains before prices climbed to the day’s highs for September and December futures. Corn gains follow ongoing moisture shortfalls and stronger hog prices weigh on provisions. Oats ease after Iowa yields beat expectations as prices drifted. rye showed mixed moves with slight gains in Sept and Dec.
The Fourth District Court of Ouachita Parish Louisiana orders the sale of Lot 11 and 12 in Block B Jackson Avenue Land Company Addition Monroe. The property seized from Realty Investment Co Ltd and others will be offered at the courthouse front door on August 22 1925 between legal hours of sale. Terms are without appraisement to the highest bidder. Milton Cordowdale Sheriff notices run July 21 28 August 4 11 18 1925.
In a series of remarks, Bryan denounces evolution as an untruthful hypothesis that undermines religion and morals. He argues science is amoral and insists Christianity must guide science to prevent youth corruption and social decay.
The speech argues for judicial wisdom in a trial about state control of public schools. It praises rural honesty, cites Scotland and Demosthenes, and presses that teachers and public servants operate under state authority and not individual religious coercion. It references the Oregon decision on education law.
In a Tennessee case the court upholds a law barring public school instruction that denies the Bible creation story and declares man descended from lower life forms. The ruling defends parental religious rights and denounces evolution as unproven theory while praising science’s practical benefits.
The Monroe Lions Club met at Hotel Monroe to talk over local issues. Plans include guiding tourist traffic with new signs, restricting bleacher access at the ball park to weekdays for boys under 14, and pursuing a state delinquent girls home in Monroe with Rotary and Kiwanis support for a legislature push.
Gem Cafe at Mc Guire Apartments advertises a special Virginia ham steak. The note lists the venue and street alias 28 21, indicating a local dining promotion.
Ernest Cary faces 200 dollars or 200 days for drawing and displaying a dangerous weapon. Frank Huston gets 30 days on the streets for vagrancy. Jessie Cobb fined 25 dollars 25 days. J D Hartley 5 dollars fine stayed. John R Marley 50 dollars 60 days for fighting plus 25 dollars 25 days for drunken disorder. George Lindsay 40 dollars and costs for speeding on a parish highway. F F Bufkin 5 dollars and costs for stopping law violation.
The Wesley Men's Bible Class of the Methodist Sunday school hosted a Friday picnic for State Methodist Orphanage children. The youngsters traveled to Homer by car where local friends served sandwiches and cold drinks making the day memorable.
Rev Frank Tripp came back to Monroe this morning after weeks away for revival work in North Carolina and Tennessee. He will stay in the city for a fortnight. Miss Marie Bulaski reported her Ford coupe stolen from 309 Pine street at about 7 a m. today. The car carries a Louisiana license 162265.
In the Fourth District Court at Monroe Louisiana the Arent Investment Corporation plaintiff and Geo A Mc Quiller are listed for a sheriff sale by legal process between the hours of sale on Saturday August 22 1925. The described property will be sold at public auction under court order.
Proceedings announce a writ of fi fa in Monroe with sale terms cash and with appraisal benefits. The notice specifies costs and a final bid process, indicating a sheriff's sale to satisfy the judgment.
In the Gulf Finance and Securities Co. versus Claud Wyatt case number 13488 the sheriff seized a 1925 Ford Truck Model alleged motor number 10930897 and will offer it for sale at the Monroe courthouse front steps on a Saturday in August 1925 under the writ of seizure and sale for costs and appraisement benefits.
Court action in Monroe Louisiana with Standard Motors Finance Company offering for sale at the front door of the court house the Ford Runabout with motor number 10598844. Sale set during legal hours between August 5 and August 7, 1925.
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