Local Classifieds and Small Business Notes
A collage of small ads and notices includes auto trim services at Ouachita Saddie and Harness Co on South Grand, meat market offers at Tth and Grammont, Groceries and free city delivery, building brick and hollow tile prices rising with June 26 freight, Frank R Adams Monroe building shipments, C A Boyd contractor estimates, Knickers Blacksmith Shop car wash, Whippoorwill peas for sale from Bernice Louisiana at 2.00 per bushel f o b.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grammont
Inzina
Frank R, Adams
Monroe 2. & L. Assn
German Alien Females 10 Register North Western District
Registration of German alien females 14 and older in the Western Judicial District begins June 17 1918 and runs daily until June 26. City registrars include Shreveport Alexandria Lake Charles Monroe Crowley Lafayette with postmasters serving as registrars elsewhere. four photographs per person required. Noncompliance carries penalties including detention for the war duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heap
Bryant
United States
Hots
Western Judicial District
SIS
Shreveport
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Monroe
Crowley
Lafayette
Whice
Tank Corps Recruiting Visit Promises Action for Monroe Youth
Captain E D Gunning arrives at the local Army Recruiting Station on Wednesday June 5 to interview and enlist men for the Tank Corps. Eligible men 18 to 40 may register and be inducted ahead of draft calls, with initial processing at Jackson Barracks New Orleans before training at Camp Colt and deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Blood
America
Tank Corps
Monroe
E. D. Gunning
Army
65Th Engineers
Captain Gunnine
Gunning
Jackson Barracks
New Orleans
Camp Colt
Notice to creditors in estate of R L Prophit
Notice to all claimants against the estate of R L Prophit deceased to present claims within ten days from May 23 1918. Hudson Potts Bernstein Sholars Attorneys. Also an advertisement for mattress renovation by J W Gresham 116 Hall Street and a general goods ad offering fertilizers and feed with prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L
Hudson, Potts, Bernstein & Sholars
J. W. Gresham
Hall Street
Wallace Place Acreage Near West Monroe on Natchitoches
One mile west of West Monroe on Natchitoches road a 10 acre tract with a new green house and other solid structures. Improvements valued at $2,500.00. Asking price $2,590.00 with good terms. May consider a Ford car in trade. Gates & Watkins. 141 Tires and Tunes Vulcanized Ouachita Tire and Rubber Co. Inc. 7 tf.
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Wallace Place
West Monroe
Natchitoches Road
Ford
Deal
Gates & Watkins
Marines Conquer Lula Fada Without a Shot
Paris Island reports U. S. Marines faced Lula Fada and secured victory with no loss of life and only minor injuries. The dance, a complex maze of spins and dips, was taught by a former New York dancing instructor serving as a Marine physical trainer helping develop leg muscles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Island
U. S
Marine Corps
New York
Most Important Bills Debating Opens in 1918 Assembly
Baton Rouge June 3 The fourth week of the 1918 general assembly opens with a crowded agenda. Horse racing women s suffrage primary election Cooper dry zone bill fiscal administration tag legislation supreme court extension insurance game and fish law revisions Dowling health bills and salary readjustments for sheriffs clerks of courts assessors and other officials vie for center stage as practically all major measures are in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
General Assembly
Cooper
Supreme Court
Hobson's Daring Exploit Recalled on Navy Anniversary
Washington notes the twentieth anniversary of the Merrimac voyage in Santiago de Cuba. Admiral Sampson delayed action for a landing force while Hobson and volunteers tried to bottle up the Spanish fleet, sinking the collier but failing to seal the harbor. The Reina Mercedes was sunk shortly after by the American fleet.
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Hobson
Washington
United States Navy
Zeebrugge
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago
Richmond P. Hobson
Alabama
Navy
Cervera
Merrimac
Reina Mercedes
Sunday School Meeting at Cheniere District Conference
Van Carter of New Orleans and Miss Robinson of Ruston led a Ouachita parish Sunday school conference at the Cheniere school house for Wards 5 and 6. About 100 attended from Cheniere and West Monroe as the group discussed improving Sunday school methods.
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van Carter
New Orleans
Louisiana Sunday School Association
Miss Robinson
Ruston
Ouachita Parish
Cheniere
West Monroe
Monroe seeks 5000 cords of wood for water works lot
The City of Monroe invites bids for five thousand cords of wood to be delivered to a lot near the water works. Bids are to be submitted under the authority of Mayor H. D. Apgar. 29-10t.
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Monroe
Ladies Fashion Ad Promises Cool Dresses at Low Prices
The notice promotes thin voices fabrics and lawns in 40 inch width for dresses plus yard-wide comfort wear. It highlights new silks Georgettes Crepes Poplins and Zephyrs with affordable wholesale prices and bright patterns designed to attract buyers.
Hygiene Home Care of Sick Class Planned
Owing to the present crisis the American Red Cross offers a course in elementary hygiene and home care of the sick. The local chapter will run the class under Mrs. B. R. Ansley of St. Francis Sanitarium as instructor. Twenty pupils, small fee to cover costs. exact charge and opening date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American Red Cross
Red Cross
B. R. Ansley
St. Francis Sanitarium
Seven Anti-Vice Charges Booked in Last Month
May police report lists 158 cases tried. Classifications include fighting 27 trespassing 12 drunk and disorderly 28 larceny 7 and other offenses. Total fines collected for May were 1105.50 with 3557.50 in last month fines and 423.50 from prior months.
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Heap
Emperor William and Von Hindenburg Inspect Front-Line Positions
Field Marshal von Hindenburg was reported dead or gravely ill but a Lokal Anzeiger article says he and Emperor William walked together on the Craonne front last Tuesday. They inspected trenches craters wire entanglements and shell holes along the Chemin-des-Dames defensive positions.
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London
von Hindenburg
Pau Rosner
Chent
Emperor William
Lokal Anzeiger
Craonne
Chemin-des-Dames
Aqua Vitae Mineral Water Delivery Offer
Classified notice advertises Aqua Vitae Mineral Water at 7 cents per gallon with home delivery service. Offers phone contact for orders and notes delivery option.
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Thos. H. McMillan
Ad Short on a Budget Delivers Real Results
A compact want ad in the News-Star proves cost effective for readers seeking quick outcomes. The affordable notice draws inquiries and connects buyers with sellers, reinforcing the paper as a practical local marketplace.
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News-Star
For Rent Two Unfurnished Rooms in Duplex Pair
Two unfurnished rooms offered to a childless couple for light housekeeping. References required. Apply at 318 Breard. 6-6t.
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Ann Murdock
Jerry and the Vampires
Frederick Warde
Jeanne Engels
Picardy
New Star
Kern's
Jackson and
Grammont Streets
H. D. Apgar
Dixie Bedding Co. Ltd
Sinset Sewing Machine Co
Imo
Ouachita Saddie and Harness Co
South Grand Street
Ima
C. A. Boyd
Knickers
Court House
F.o.b. Cars
Bernice
G. EF. Lindsey
Germany
Kf, H. Gosman
U. S. Marshal
Associated Press
Great Britain
George Martineau
University of London
France
Martineau
Camp Colt, PA
Berlin
Gettysburg
Ouachita Tire and Rubber Co
Model Meat Market
Desjard Street
Wexler’s
Wexler’s Cigar Store
Nunnally Candy
Will Atkinson
Prop
U. S. Marines
Ula
Tan
Gun-metal
B. H. Wolf
DeSiard St
Jackson
Smith Bros., Ltd
Louisiana Optical Co
DeSiard Street
BASE
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Waco
San Antonio
National League
Philadelphia
Cincinnnati
Chicago
Cleveland
St. Louis
Detroit
Boston
Memphis
Atlanta
Nashville
Mobile
Chattanooga
Little Rock
Birmingham
Hindenburg
Arkansas
Louisiana
careRoses
Farmerville
L. A
Vicksburg
Shre Cast
IC Railroad
Sasiwvunt
Woodhanard
Wootmus
AEW
South Third Street
Peters Furniture Co
Richards
South Fifth Street
J. H. Trousdale
Underwood Typewriter
K. News-Star
Pri Wel
Stre
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