Constitutional Convention Bill Advances On Third Reading
Baton Rouge June 7 The constitutional convention bill by Leon T Smith and Boyer moves to third reading amid debates with prohibitionists and other measures. Cooper dry zone bill dies in vote while Powell suffrage amendment advances. Alexander salary raise, Campbell board of appeals, and other bills pass or face opposition as lawmakers report a day of reversals and lively floor action.
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Baton Rouge
Leon T. Smith
Boyer
Cooper
Powell
Alexander
House
Campbell
Board of Appeals
State House
Howover
Upton
Senate
Alexandria
Leon Smith
L. A. Agricultural Institute
Dowlint
Educational Department
For Sale brick and tile. freight rates rise June 26
For sale is building brick and hollow tile with prompt shipments available. Freight rates will advance on June 26. Contact Frank R. Adams, Monroe and L Association Pde, via phone for pricing.
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Frank R. Adams
Monroe
L. Assn. Pde
New Ouachita Parish Registrants Named by Draft Board
The Ouachita parish draft board released a list of 187 men who have turned 21 since June and registered this week. The roster includes 78 white and 108 Black registrants, with two additional names noted from yesterday.
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Ouachita Parish
Louis Casper Whitefield
William Harvey Hilburn
Bryan Anderson French
Allen Prentice Leonard
James Schultt
Drew
Harry Meek Williams
Sty Houston Oliver
Thomas Averett
Robert Telano
Marcus Berthram Kahn
Howard Ingram
John Morris Kent
Charles Riser Lynch
Victor Spillers
Eddie Mesiller
Eugene Warren Lucky
Ervin Vallery
Orville Alvin Porter
Q. A. Pipes
Aubrey Bolton Brooks
Herbert Sandford
Douglas McClendon
Wim
Marvin Johnson
Elbert Cornell Cooper
Longino Bryant
Arthur Mitchel Haley
van. Buren Thompson
Perry
Luther Lamar Aswell
Robert L. Teorgie
Sampson Newton Camp
David Wesley Walters
Robin Henry Green
William Edmund Leigh
Walter Hubert Kendry
Sam Abddellah Elias
Geo.Jacon
Fair Exchange Kidney Pain Testimony Ends in Cure
Monroe resident D Riley of 212 Texas Ave credits Doan's Kidney Pills with lasting relief from back and kidney trouble after nightly urination and persistent pain. He bought a box at Allen's Pharmacy and reports no further issues since. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY endorses the remedy at 60 cents a box.
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Monroe
D. Riley
Texas Ave
Allen’s
Dean
Mr. Riley
Foster-Milburn Co.nfers
Buffalo, N. Y
Stock market blips and prices in brief June 7 1918
Market notes show fluctuating quotes with items such as Vesty PUG and Ces. SS at various prices. Trading activity appears limited with minor shifts across listed securities and commodities.
Corn Prices Advance in Chicago Market Report
June 7 1918 Chicago market notes show high 1.35 satin hale 1 977 low close 1 343 8 1 373 8 72 3 8 727 8 663 4 67 with slight gains and activity across futures and spot items. Prices and figures listed reflect day’s trading in corn and related commodities.
Lost keys and room for rent ad items in Monroe
Lost one batch of keys either at the post office Walker Bros or Monroe Hardware. Reward for return to News Star. For rent one furnished room or two rooms for light housekeeping call 1069. WANTED to rent a six room house West Monroe preferred W P Lawrence at Ouachita National Bank.
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Walker Bros
Monroe Hardware
News-Star
West Monroe
W P. Lawrence
Ouachita Nat’l Bank
U.S. Employment Service Free Aid Offered
C W Easterling, examiner in charge, says the U S Employment Service in the old Ouachita National Bank building has several applications on file from skilled workers seeking jobs. All industries and farmers short of help should contact the office to secure employment as the service is free.
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C. W. Easterling
U.S. Employment Service
United States Employment Service
U. S. Employment Service
Ouachita National Bank
Cottage Cheese Demonstration Time Corrected
Mrs Virginia Eaton will demonstrate cottage cheese today at 4 30 PM replacing yesterday's Thursday notice. An error in the previous report is regretted.
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Virginia Eaton
Who is E. P. Norman
Fourteen registered letters from the Department of the Interior have arrived at the local post office for E. P. Norman over the last few days, none of which had been called for this morning.
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E. P. Norman
Department of the Interior
Classified Ad Recaps Renter Wanted and Miscio
Phone 117 for Aqua-Vitae Mineral Water price 7c per gallon delivered. THOS. H. McMILLAN. 16-11. Hemstitching and pecot work neat ly done. Singer Sewing Machine Co Phone 172. A classified ad in the News-Star will find a renter for your rooms.
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Thos. H. McMillan
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Lmo
News-Star
Trouble at an end after 15 long years
A Miami Florida painter M R Chapman says Tanlac relieved fifteen years of misery and gained twelve pounds. He details sleepless nerves stomach pains and attacks of Painter's Coke before seven bottles of Tanlac left him well. Monroe Allen's Pharmacy sells Tanlac with local agency outlets.
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Tanlac
Painter
M. R. Chapman
Third Street
Miami
Florida
To Train Convalescents for Tuberculosis Rehab
Colonel Harrs I Mock explains rehabilitation plans at the National Tuberculosis Association meeting. Tuberculosis patients in care will receive mental and physical training to become useful society members. During recovery they will learn trades and, upon discharge, may enter special vocational schools for new or advanced skills. Surgeon General will supervise each case until fully reclaimed.
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Harrs I. Mock
Surgeon General
National Tuberculosis Association
Surgeon
Ouachita
Louisiana
Board of Directors
R. M. Chastain
G. B. Vaughan
Western Union to Close Local Office Early During War
Due to government taking many operators the local office will close at 9 p m instead of midnight until after the war. Night messages and night letters accepted any time. Please file early. J F J Elliott manager Western Union Telegraph Co. 6 3t.
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J. F. J. Elliott
Western Union Telegraph Co
Contractor C A Boyd Offers Quick Building Services
C A Boyd, general contractor and building, screening and repairing, advertises estimates on short notice and provides contact by phone 1313 for quick project quotes.
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C. A. Boyd
Black and White Ointment promising skin whitening
Public notice-style advertisement promotes Black and White Ointment claiming it lightens dark skin and treats pimples, with mail order price 25 cents each and a four-box deal with soap included. Memphis Tennessee mail order address given for Plough Chemical Co. Dept. 35.
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Plough Chemical Co
Dept. 35
Memphis
Tenn
Barbers Seek Higher Wages and Commissions in City
Announcement outlines barbers price increases effective Monday June 10 with a 65 percent commission demanded by employers, 25 cent haircuts and shampoos rising to 40 cents, and a shift toward open shop policy at one Monroe shop. Widespread support from S N Reed committee. M G Spaugh plans to maintain current rates.
Open shop declaration ends price increases at June start
The proprietor announces no price increases despite others rising costs and declares the shop an open shop from Monday June 10. The move is framed as patriotic and aimed at avoiding public burden.
Barber shop union card ban and price schedule hike
To the Public. Effective Monday, June 10, no union cards shall be displayed in any barber shop in Monroe unless a new schedule of prices, adopted Thursday night, is charged. The new schedule raises prices on hair cuts massages and shampoos to 40 cents from 35. Barbers' share rises to 65 percent from 60 percent. S. N. Reed, Chairman. Gehrie Cassidy wedding announces Miss Mary Cassidy. ceremony by Rev N. F. Vandegaer at St Matthew's Church.
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Monroe
S. N. Reed
M. G. Spaugh
Reed
Ecase
Louisiana
John P. Parker
Gehrie-Cassidy
F. X. Gehrie
Mary Cassidy
N. F. Vandegaer
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Eclipse Tomorrow Sparks Sunviewing Interest
A total solar eclipse will be visible tomorrow with totality under one minute in the afternoon. Also filed are the Articles of Incorporation for Monroe Building Corporation Inc, dated April 30 1918 before notary G H Lowery in Ouachita Parish Louisiana.
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W. C. Youngblood
W. L. Ethridge
P.M. Atkins
F. F. Millsaps
T. FE. Flournoy
H. A. Millsaps
Mona M. Weaks
G. G. Weaks
T. B. Millsaps
P. M. Atkina
C. F
Parish of Ouachita
Pat
Hamilton
District Court
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Monroe Building Corporation, Inc
State of Louisiana
Parish of
Ouachita
A. D
United States
G. H. Lowery
State of
General Assembly of
Board of Directors
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Leroy Jackson
James Wiliams
Leonard Warren
Amrow Kyles
Raymond Henderson
Wade Glover
Ford Lewis
Anamon Dewey Hanspard
Sam Wade
Ernest Bolton
Leon Nettles
Edward Cheffin
Arthur Caldwell
Lee Andrew Rogers
Johnnie Willie Jones
Ira Wright
Leon Burrell
Elmore Hardy
Herman Spotswood
Ben Phillips
Harvey Short
Jetson Goins
Willie Hardy
Titus Sidney Hill
Leon Boykin
Napoleon Ruff
Rufus Zeigler
Handy Zeigler
Jem Mitchell
Frank Burks
Bertus Davis
William Myles Cooper
Zennie Tottenham
Rufus Elmore
Follyester
Henry Jackson
Willie Johnson
Johnnie B. Cyrus
Oliver Brown
Willie Clyde Dunn
St. Julius Claiborn
Fred Cann
Henry Mack
Toni “Scott
Frank Williams
Fred Jackson
Herman Homer Carter
Richard Moore
Alfred Moorehead
Arthur Johnson
William Johnson
William Sampson Tyler
Gaston Brown
Louis Stergus
Samuel
Alvin Stoves
Will Compton
Chester Harris
Joe Modis
Eriest Wheeler
Sam Davenport
Robert -Argoud
Hezekiah Wade
John Smith
Tim Reeves
Edd
Nelson
James Andrew Brice
Louis Napoleon
Charley Grant
Clarence Hill
Ben Moore
Ike Hughes
Willie Tenry
John Polk
Ben Webster
Tren ‘Talton
Floyd Carter
Ross Kimore
Luther McKinley Toster
James
H Henry Hutchinson Herry
Herbert Maddox
John Jacobs
Fair Exchange
L.l.smith Cotton Broker
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
Hightow Close Vesty
New York
Liverpool
Chicago
P. O
Monroe, Lr
J. W. Apperson
Mgr
THE
Rivera
Biloxi, Miss
Snowy
Major Bros
Monroe, la
U.S
Mixtra
Hanan and
Howard
Foster
Oxfords
B. H. Wolf
DeSiard St
Jackson
Allen’s Pharmacy
Advt
Spaugh
P. M. Atkins
Fred Millsaps
H. U. Millsaps
E.O. Brantley
P. M Atkins
R. R. Griggs
C. W. Spindle
H. A. Jasper
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