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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
18
Businesses advertise horse shoeing and wagon building by Kern and Knuckle. Includes meat market, automobile service, lawn mower sharpening, furniture repair, and cabinet work. A curb market demo by Miss Miller and a music teacher address are noted. Bids for Salt Water Natatorium checking privilege invited with deadline June 11.
The mayor H D Apgar appeals to water consumers to waste less water and fix leaks promptly due to limited pumping capacity and delayed pump deliveries. Irrigation and hydrant use are restricted to avoid a water famine this summer as city officials urge action. Ed Johnson offers awnings tents and auto tops. Mr and Mrs L B Morris returned from Clerks after attending Mrs Claude Jackson's funeral.
Parish and city court records list civil cases including Hartwell Co. versus Mas ling and filings such as Swann to Realty Investment Co. land sale and Ouachita Natural Gas amendment. City Court entries note fines for fighting and drunkenness and incidents of vagrancy, with several individuals named. The New Star Meat Market advertises fresh beef pork sausage and oysters with quick city delivery. Canning club meeting planned in Monroe with sessions June 11 to 13, instructions for members to attend, bring tools, and report to Miss Miller and Miss Alice Hichman assistants.
WANTED Twenty five young ladies to study shorthand. Call at once for particulars. Office over Postal Telegraph Co. Monroe shorthand initiate Monroe La. FOR RENT Nicely furnished room one or two gentlemen Apply 310 Crammont street or phone 481.
German aerial attack Tuesday over eastern England ends with two German planes shot down near the coast and 12 killed, 36 wounded among civilians. British naval planes and ships claim success, sinking two more enemy aircraft and forcing four to crash into the sea. Meanwhile, engagements across the front include Allied air battles, and Italian-Austrian fighting yields hundreds of prisoners as trenches and artillery dominate the scene.
W H Hi and LW Richhart lease the former Faust Cafe site and plan Richhart Cafe with a big opening dinner. Regular meals priced at 35 cents. interior renovations underway and Kielort in charge ensuring attentive service. Chamber members invited to a dinner at the Monroe hotel in honor of Dr. Robert Perry Shepherd of Chicago.
Prof Cadwallader of LSU creamery directed a tutter and cheese making demonstration at Filhiol dairy in Logtown. I M Jackson attended and helped. A sumptuous noon dinner was served in Filhiol Park. Plans for Logtown annual fair and a second display in October were discussed.
The Monroe chamber campaign to promote vacant lot planting has listed nearly one hundred home gardens. Inspection starts next week. gardeners who have not yet listed should contact the chamber with name and location. A committee will inspect, with $70 in gold prizes awarded upon completion.
An American destroyer patrolling off Ireland encountered a German submarine that shelled lifeboats from a ship sunk earlier. The sub vanished before fire could be returned, and twenty survivors from two sunken vessels were rescued and brought to a British port. The ships were the Russian bark Lynton from Pensacola and the Norwegian bark Madura from Mobile. no life loss aboard the Lynton.
U S Department of Agriculture urges city authorities to have a municipal chemist or capable local expert analyze weekly garbage to track fats proteins starch and organic matter losses. Emphasizes stricter garbage collection rules to recover oils and feedstock for cattle hogs and poultry and notes Germany's practice of briquettes from collected waste. Also explains home drying of vegetables and fruits as war time canning alternatives and gives DIY drying tray instructions. Prospective Hig Brothers and Sisters meet Saturday at 4 20 PM at city hall with refreshments and notices to attendees.
In Durant Oklahoma on June 7 the four Wilkerson children aged 10 to 13 testified in county court about murdering their father R L Wilkerson as he slept at the farm near Bennington. Two older siblings reenacted the act while the other two said they killed at their bidding. All four are sent to the state school for delinquents.
The advertisement promotes laces and embroideries with thousands of yards available. It highlights low prices on wide embroidery for skirts, lawns, dimities, mousselines, and voile fabrics, and urges customers to visit TT Racket Store to see the stock and line.
The market report notes spots at 22.18 with steady tone and sales totaling 1408. Futures show Vesty July and Oct contracts with values around 38.47 32.03 93.11 and 22.42 respectively, plus Die figures and other close levels.
New York market tickers show June 7 1917 quotations for spots and futures with multiple price points across categories. Notable entries include July 28 01 22.68 22.70 and December 22.51 83.04 22.00 22.43 among various contracts and settlements.
Liverpool reports a 15.59 spot with sales reaching 6 000 units. The close is marked as Vesty for July August with figures 0.0.0.34 and 69 14 65 DEN. SLAC shows 13.86 and 15.94.
The Chicago market shows a cautious rebound after opening lower, aided by improving crop reports and rain in northern cotton regions. Liverpool and Southern spots rise, while drought worsens in the Gulf states. Weather forecasts call for thundershowers in east Gulf and south Atlantic states, with fair in the west Gulf. June stock in licensed warehouses remains thin with substantial July short interest. Russia reports more favorable economic signals as Petrograd notes progress by the ideal committee.
Louisiana corporate records document a stockholders meeting held June 6 1917 in Monroe Louisiana to amend Article 3 of the Ouachita Natural Gas & Oil Company charter. The amendment increases capital stock from 100 000 to 200 000 dollars and 1600 shares of 100 each, with officials Hamilton and Florheim present as witnesses and secretary. The amendment was certified for record by secretary Florsheim and deputy clerk Hamilton.
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