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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1925
Page
10
In New Orleans on June 5, cotton futures rose, posting gains up to 38 points. Prices for January to December futures moved higher across the board, with notable close levels and an opening session showing steady starts for January March July October December contracts.
New York cotton futures closed higher, with gains from 28 to 40 points. Front month July opened at 5.70, while October and December traded around 23.16 and 23.35 respectively, with January March near 22.95 and 23.25.
Liverpool cotton market to close today and resume after holidays tomorrow as traders pause activity amid local observance.
Butter receipts unchanged at 19 053 pounds. Eggs show higher receipts at 22 257 cases with firsts quoted 29 1 2 to 30 3 4 and storage pack extras at 32 1 4.
Stock market notes from Chicago show hog receipts at 22 000 with sl ow to strong weights and various price ranges for slaughter pigs and packing hogs. Cattle receipts reach 3 000 with fed steers yearlings and bulls priced 500 to 1050. Sheep receipts 9 000 list Idaho and native lambs at 1500 to 1550 and ewes 600 to 650.
Jules La Dieu aged 2 12 the son of J A La Dieu chemist and Ouachita health unit laboratory head vanished from 603 Jackson street prompting a family search. The boy reappeared five blocks away declaring he was taking a morning walk.
In city court yesterday Judge Chase Schulze fined L. G. Vermillion 100 dollars or 100 days for resisting an officer and 25 dollars or 25 days for drunken disorderliness. Augusta Jero, ne gro, drew 48 hours for stealing perfume from Woolworth's. Three men named Joe Williams Ernest Poe and Cordelia Harris were fined 12.50 dollars or 12 days in jail for fighting. Lonzo Williams had the fighting charge dismissed. L. G. Gipson faced a 5 dollar traffic fine. Willie Johnson received 5 dollars or 5 days for sleeping on the streets.
Two young men entered the Monroe Ice Cream and Candy Company on DeSiard Street around midnight, failed to crack the safe, stole two dollars and candy, then escaped. A sleeping boy nearby was threatened with a gun but reported the robbery. A suspect named O. G. Parker was arrested at daylight. Entry was through a rear window. The thieves wore unionalls and appeared about 18 years old.
The body of Mary Lee Koesff, 10 months old, will be shipped from Norphlet, Arkansas to El Dorado for burial. C. B. Bass and Steve Koesff, injured in the same crash, have left the hospital. Mrs. Koesff remains at Francis Sanitarium with a fractured shoulder. Bass and his wife went to Columbus, Mississippi to attend their mother’s funeral found there.
A detachment of marines will assist Secret Service agents in guarding President Coolidge during his vacation stay at Swampscott Massachusetts. The arrangement aims to ensure his security while he rests at the seaside town.
Missouri Pacific boosters from St Louis met at city hall to discuss preventing freight claims and to plan a June 12 banquet for President L W Baldwin. They urged employee cooperation to cut claims by 200000, with plans for a June 20 boosters dance and a July 4 picnic.
A Saturday only offer for 10 pounds of Pure Hog Lard priced at $1.35 at Green's Market. Trade audience is shoppers seeking bulk lard at a bargain. Limited time promotion likely to attract hoarders and home cooks in the local area.
Rachel Brister and Malva Lockett fled their home in Eros last night and were arrested at the Alexandria hotel this morning. Police will hold them until Rachel Brister's father arrives this afternoon after receiving a report from the girl's father.
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