Wanted and For Sale Classified Notes
Wanted many postings for help and services including nemstitching and peeping with guarantee. For sale a brand new modern Thornton place on St John street with upper apartment, hardwood floors, baths, never lived in. For rent a furnished room with bath at 221 Walnut street. Also saleslady needed at Krex Co Department Store and a boarding house manager for a saw mill. Multiple West Monroe lots and a residence listed by McDonald Realty Co near Monroe Hotel building.
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Thornton Place
St John Street
Shreveport
Gates & Watkins
West Monroe
McDonald Realty Co
Monroe Hotel
Fertilization Urged in Morehouse Parish Demonstrations
Misa Verna Lilly leads canning demonstrations at school centers in Morehouse Parish this week. Under her guidance, 120 school girls grow vegetables for home use and for canning. Exhibits at parish fairs and the State fair will display the canned products. Parish Agent B M Jackson urges fertilization and intensive cultivation to offset crops harmed by rains and labor shortages, with fertilizer use tripled from previous purchases.
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Morenouse Parish
Misa Verna Lilly
Misa Lilly
B. M. Jackson
Parker Would Trim Orleans Levee Forces
Governor Parker urged abolition of the Orleans Levee Board engineering department and dismissal of eight of eleven inspectors. He cited high payrolls and outlined proposed reductions as part of moving the state to a business footing. Senate bills on family meetings, fire limits, and legal practice were advanced. Ralph S. Thornton and J. A. Hass named to the State Board of Education. notaries Gilmer and Evans confirmed. CARES FOR SALE and Card of Thanks notices follow.
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Paton Rouge
Orleans Parish
Parker
Senate
Orleans
Louisiana
East Carroll
Madison
Tensas
Concordia
Mississippi River
Smith
Bagwell
Davey
Powell
Syster
Lawrason
Clinton
Wilbert
Ralphs. Thornton
J. A. Hass
State Board of Education
George T. Gilmer
Caddo
Charles A. Evans
Vermillion
Cotton Markets Report for New Orleans and Nearby
The June 2 1920 market notes show New Orleans spots at 40 50 with steady tone and sales near 92. Prices edged from 38 75 to 38 08 the prior day. Other entries include various commodity quotes with high lows closes and tonnage figures across different lots and vendors.
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Chicago
Record cotton figures reflect record Liverpool, small yield drop
The report shows Liverpool prices and yields at record lows with 62.4 average vs 75.6 last year and 82.8 two years ago. Acreage revised to 35,153,000 with 33,560,000 picked yielding 1615 pounds per acre, while world demand and outside conditions hint at improving long term appetite for American cotton. The New Orleans cotton exchange will close tomorrow.
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Europe
L L Smith Reports May 25 Cotton Condition Sharp Drop
New Orleans notes the government crop condition report for May 25 shows cotton averaging lower than recent private crop reports. The decline marks the lowest level in comparison with prior readings, signaling weaker conditions for growers.
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Ll. L. Smith
New Orleans
Rent Profiteering Will Be Curbed in Louisiana Bill
Baton Rouge plans to curb profiteering landlords by raising real estate assessments proportional to revenue. Representative McGrehan would require district assessors to audit extra income and raise taxes accordingly. A Wilkison bill targets rents over ten percent of property value with fines from 100 to 1000 dollars.
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Baton Rouge
Representative McGrehan
General Assembly
Wilkinson
Caddo
Property Tax Act Excludes Apartments Hotels from Coverage
A historical note states that the act does not cover apartments hotels or boarding houses when assessing value by averaging with market value of similar property. The text clarifies which property types fall outside the act’s scope.
Rent profiteering debate in Albany by Morris Hillquit
In Albany Morris Hillquit denounces rent profiteering by New York landlords while noting high demand for housing. He cites tenants receiving bell rings and strangers asking about leaving, and recalls a newspaper ad scene showing incentives for long term house ads.
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Morris Hillquit
Albany
New York
Bowdoin Professors Mock Author’s Publication Cost
President K C M Sills remarks that college professors can be malicious. Two Bowdoin professors discuss the author Erudite of Yaleyard and his novel. They note it cost him 750 dollars to publish, implying skepticism about its quality.
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K. C. M. Sills
Bowdoin
Erudite
Yaleyard
The Cynical Young Discusses Divorce Evil
N C Goodwin, noted actor, condemns the divorce trend saying young people adopt a cynical view of marriage and blame the era for many separations.
Pierside remark stirs gossip about Mia Daventry
A young man and a girl on an Atlantic City pier observe a striking couple. The man claims Mia Daventry is with her husband, while the girl counters that she is not, noting a man’s gesture they misinterpret.
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Atlantic City
Mia
Daventry
Abyssinia Puts Power in Wives Over Husbands
A historical note asserts Abyssinia grants wives greater authority than husbands, allowing wives to divorce at will while husbands must justify a divorce.
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Jack Pickford
Fox Sunshine
Tom MIX
The
Monroe
Kline Powers Lumber Co
Garland
F. B. Hill
Morris Street
Layton
Pitts & Weeks
Hugh Biggar
L Steven
S. W. Vick
Church of Christ
H. Scott
Jackson Street
Tyler Commercial College
Andrea
Keller
Grace E. Allen
Walnut Street
Krex Co. Department Store
Saw Mill
Mon
News-Star
West
Monroe Methodist. Missionary Society
C. E. Faulk
Sid Simmons
the Meteor Theatre
Rhea Mitchell
Jane Cabot
George Walsh
Timoana
SHARK
Sennett
Liverpool
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
H. & B. Beer
Madlaine Traverse
Fox News
Abyssinia
Powers Help Yourself Grocery
Monroe Automobile & Supply CO
Monroe and Vicinity
Atlanta
U.S. A
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