Local and Personal Notes From Palm Beach and Waterways
Local item listing Kern horse shoeing shop services and wagon orders. Campaigns for Palm Beach cleaning prices for suits. Clark Selig services with phone 217 for pressed clothes and quick delivery. Carter Packet Company reports S. L Elem steamer arriving Monroe La. first trip successful. second trip planned. Lawn mower grinder advert promises sharp cuts. Combings to curls service with prices. Rub-My-Tism antiseptic and Charlie Barr taxi services promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy D. Mitchell
Carter Packet Company
S. L Elem
Monroe
Nemoval Notice and business move details
H L Gregg and Co relocate upstairs in Ouachita National Bank Building as of July 31. Fishermen receive real baked ham and potato salad on trips. Holsum Bake Shop at Second and DeSiard offers service. If you live on Lee Avenue or Avside Heights, laundry pickup is available. Jack Selip, phone 217. Gtin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Gregg & Co
Ouachita National Bank
Holsum
Lee Avenue
Aivside Heights
Jack Selip
G-tin
No Clemency For These Concealed Weapon Trial
In city court Judge Charles Schulze declared that he would not suspend sentence for any guilty verdict in a concealed weapon case. The plea for a $150 suspension to aid Henry Gates’ appeal, citing a wife and several children to support, was rejected. The court noted most homicides arise from indiscriminate pistol carrying and aims to stop the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Schulze
Parish and City Courts Daily Record Update
A compact digest of filings and decisions from parish and city courts, highlighting notable cases, actions, and outcomes across jurisdictions. Includes docket movements, summons, dispositions, and timely legal notices affecting local residents and organizations.
Civil Rights and Local Court Actions Highlight Records
Civil cases include Max Kaplan versus D. Silverman with docket notes. Land sale proceedings involve J R Humble to R G Pleasant and J D McGee to H L Barnes. City Court hands fines for carrying concealed weapons to Henry Gates and profane language to Billie Bates and Josephine Brown. Drunk and disorderly cases discharged. Lloyd Wilson charged with petty larceny discharged. Governor noted as notary public. other names appear in miscellaneous entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Humble
R. G. Pleasant
Pond
J. D. McGee
H. L. Barnes
Henry Gates
W. J. Rearden
Ewin Gates
Billie Bates
Will Wheatley
Josephine Brown
Lloyd Wilson
Land ads and probate notice mark 1916 town page
Music offerings and a Land for sale appear with a telephony note for Joe Marsala and a Chills and Fever remedy. A formal probate notice warns creditors of William Warris estate in Ouachita Parish Louisiana to show cause within ten days why final accounts should not be approved. Capt Myatt, 80, visited NewsStar after confinement and recent mobility return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Warris
State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita
Sixth District Court
Frank F Robbing
Pension Funds Democrats 10 Won’t Meet Demands
Baton Rouge report shows 5,842 pensioners including 2,048 veterans and 3,794 widows, each receiving $8 monthly. Of 365 approved applicants not yet on payroll, funds show no deficit. 1915 revenues to June 1, 1916 total $556,845.12. Historical fund diversion repaid with 1916 receipts. salaries and maintenance totaled $7,576.61. Increasing allowances would cause a deficit per the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
State Pension Department
General Fund
Treasury
Democratic platform to stress keeping U.S. out of war
Washington reports the Democratic national platform will center on maintaining national honor while keeping the United States out of war. President Wilson, already assured of renomination, drafts a plank praising resistance to belligerents and protec tion of neutral rights on the high seas. It lauds actions on Mexico and border troops, Monroe Doctrine, and ties to other western republics to boost trade, with an “America first” stance for international and domestic questions.
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Washington
United States
St. Louis
Wilson
Marshall
Chicago
Missouri
America
Mexico
Columbus
Boxing results and upcoming races from regional events
Results yesterday include Little Rock seven to five and New Orleans seven to three. Ever Hammer and Johnny Dundee are set for a July 4 bout in East Chicago under Elka auspices. A modified marathon of the Milrose A A will run through New York streets Saturday. Harvard Yale boat race is set for New London on June 23 with intercollegiate races at Poughkeepsie on the 17th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ever Hammer
Johnny Dundee
Chicago
Elka
Milrose A. A
New York
New London
Poughkeepsie
African Missionary Prince Condelee at Methodist Church
A good audience heard African missionary Prince Condelee at the Methodist church last night. The talk was brief but enjoyed, with especially the singing in the African tongue. Condelee has a rich voice, and the singing and African customs were well received. his deportment was praised as good and unobjectionable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Condelee
Methodist
Condelee
Health slogans about public hygiene and birth rights
A fragmented call for public health measures discusses dirty hands spreading disease, birth registration rights, port health guards, and the link between cleanliness and well being. It emphasizes sanitation, garbage care, disease prevention, and the social value of healthy posture and living.
Ouachita Parish Sheriff Sale of vast land holdings 1916
The Sixth Judicial District Court of Ouachita Parish Louisiana orders a sheriff sale of extensive lands seized from L M Fairbanks in favor of Union National Bank of Monroe. The property spans townships 18 and 19 north, ranges 4 and 5 east, with numerous sections totaling hundreds of acres including parcels in sections 1 through 36 and beyond. Sale set for Saturday June 24 1916 at the Monroe courthouse front door during legal hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita
Sixth Judicial District Court
Union National Bank of
Township
Northwest
Northeast
Property Auction Listing of 18 146 Acres in Ouachita Parish
Seized as the defendant’s property for unpaid seizure costs, the Central Emigration Real Estate and Loan Company holdings totaling about 18 146.8 acres across multiple sections in townships 18 and 19 north, range 4 and 5 east in Ouachita parish Louisiana will be sold at sheriff’s sale in cash with appraisement. The parcel mix includes numerous fractional lots and halves, with total acreage and boundaries described, excepting specified parts in sections 7 12 25 and 29 and 42, 43, 31 and 33. the sale date is published by Sheriff D A Johnston Monroe May 20 1916 per News Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers
J. Johnson
Northwest
Northeast
Titge
Central Emigration, Real Estate and Loan Company
E. G. Swartz Company
Ouachita
State of Louisiana
Morehouse
Township 18
Range 5
Township 19
Range 4
Grain futures page fragment from Chicago market table
Market table shows wheat corn and oats quotes with multiple periods and numbers, including September futures and scattered figures. Fragmentary OCR yields unclear prices and dates, but indicates Chicago grain activity with standard futures notation and daily highs and lows.
Transfer of baggage and room rental ad notes
A short classified note lists Phone 136 for baggage transfer by Marrison and advertises a VT A classified in the News-Star to find a renter for rooms.
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Marrison
Sta
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Kern
Joe Kern
McMillan Aqua Vitae
Morrisons
Apgar
Palm Beach
Jack Selig
G-Im
Sam Inzina
Chase & Collens Co
Knuckle’s
North Third Street
Morrison's
Wexler
Charlie Barr
Nemoval
Max Kaplan
D. Silverman
Angel Pood
Wrs
W. M. Hunt
West Monroe
Chase & Colleng Co
Joe Marsala
North Eighth Street
S. W. Ramsey
A. D
Pat
Hamilton
A. Myatt
NewsStar
Myatt
H. L. McCormick
Julia Street
New Orleans
Chase & (Ollens
Pension Board
MR. Wilson
Beaumont
Shreveport
Galveston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Waco-San Antonio
Wexler’s
Shoe Shine
Messenger Service
West Monroe Ice Cream Factory
Reston
Southern League
Little Rock
Mobile
Chattanoora
Birmingham
Nashville
Atlanta
Memphis
Jack Dillon
Sailor Grande
Bridgeport
Department of Agriculture
VA. 8 Public Health Service
Bank of
Saile
Texas Avenue
Fr. Gibbs
T. E. Atherton
O. PP
Slack
R-St
Olive Reil Pratt
News- ‘Star
D. A. Johnston
News-Star
Dee
Dan
Ui Verpool
Mos
H.R. Speed
Carter Packet Co
Camp St
S. L. Elam
Ping Street
Fred R. Mitchell
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