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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1936
Page
9
Fragmentary OCR hints at a local incident involving animals at a residence. The readable text references beasts and feeding or enclosure actions, but lacks clear details on location, people, or outcomes.
New Orleans June 8 The cotton market remained steady with a slight uptick as buying absorbed offerings after an opening pause. Reports of showers in the eastern belt contrasted with dry conditions in Utah and North Carolina, while futures closed steady to modestly higher with July around 11.59. Export movements totaled 13,842 bales as prices held near the day’s gains.
In New Orleans on June 8 the cottonseed oil market held steady with bid prices varying by grade. Bleachable Prime summer yellow quoted around 8.60 to 8.80, with other contracts showing minor fluctuations through June to December. In New York on the same date futures noted mixed bids and commodities including two Bwitches, with July and December contracts cited at about 8.90 and 8.728 respectively.
Chicago June 8 poultry prices for various classes. Leghorn hens 15 1 2 cents, Plymouth Rock and White Rock stock 28 1 2, colored birds mixed, turkeys roosters and ducks listed with limited figures. Heavy and small duck categories echo modest gains amidst limited demand.
Fragmented data lists river stations with city names and numbers showing stages rising or falling. The garbled OCR references Memphis Kansas City Vicksburg Natchez Waton Rouge Ouachita Monroe Pittsburgh Chattanooga Nashville Little Rock Shreveport Alexandria and others with rise or fall indicators and measurements.
NEW YORK June 8 stocks firm as steels and specialties lead a quiet rally. Bonds improved with U S governments firm. cotton steady. sugar higher. coffee quiet. CHICAGO wheat steady with pessimistic crop outlook. corn firm with strong shipping demand. cattle steady to higher. hogs steady with top at 10.25.
Early trading showed moderate downturns in wheat due to continued moisture relief in spring crop regions northwest. July wheat fell to around 83 cents while September hovered near 84 cents, corn opened down then rose, oats eased, and provisions moved with mixed small changes. Wheat closed steady near prior levels. corn gained and oats slipped as traders assessed crop conditions.
Hogs 17 900 head including 6 900 direct fairly active and steady with Friday averages. Top 19 25. 149 169 lb band. Cattle 14 000. calves 2 000 with slow demand yet steady prospects. yearlings and light steers around 7 50 9 00. Sheep 5 000, weights up, early lambs 10 75 11 50, shorn yearlings 10 25, ewes 3 00 4 00.
Irregular foreign exchange quotes listed for Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Rumania Argentina Brazil Tokyo Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City Montreal with nominal rates and cables.
Potatoes in U S shipments rose to 850 Saturday and 73 Sunday with 207 on track and 296 total. Prices varied by variety and region, with Bliss, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, California, Idaho, Michigan, North Dakota showing mixed grades, some decay, and demand slow amid moderate to weak supplies.
Sugar futures in New York drifted little as trade buying and covering supported the market. September moved from 2.80 to 2.81, January around 2.55, with No. 3 futures unchanged to a fraction higher and 1,900 tons sold. July 2.84, September 2.81, November 2.78, January 2.54, March 2.53, May 2.54.
Butter prices firm with 16 442 pounds of creamery specials and extras in Chicago trading. Standings show 93 score firm creamery, 92 extras, 90 91 firsts, 89 standards. Eggs trade at 32 814 pounds with firm extra firsts local, fresh graded firsts local, current receipts, and storage firsts varying by quality and carload terms.
The New York market firmed with U S Steel leading gains over 2 points and J I Case up nearly 6 as steel and specialty stocks rallied. European news soothed sentiment while U S business indicators stayed solid, though profit taking appeared late and France’s fiscal risks lingered.
Call money holds at 1 percent all day while prime commercial paper runs 3 to 4 percent. Time loans steady with 60 days to 5-6 months quoted in the 1 1/4 to 3 16 ranges. Bankers' acceptances unchanged. rediscount rate at the New York Reserve Bank stands at 1.12 percent.
Quitman Miss Pauline McConathy, a teacher at Eros high school, returns to spend the summer with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McConathy. Miss Louise Quick comes home after a brief visit with Miss Kathryn Brown of Arcadia. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Graham and son David depart for Shreveport for the summer. Miss Florine Barnard visits Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bryant of Hodge. Weston high school teacher Miss Agnes Thomas returns home for summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Thomas. Mrs. F. M. Hardaway visits friends in Arkansas.
Notices include a quarterly dividend of 69 cents per share payable July 2, 1936 to holders of record June 15, 1934. Also creditors warned to file claims for the S&S Lockwood Webb estate, a sheriff's sale by Home Owners' Loan Corporation in Ouachita Parish, final accounts in Maryland Brooks and Ceila Golman Thompson estates, and probate notices in Ouachita Parish, Monroe Louisiana dated June 1936.
Notice announces a mortgage note dated March 4 1936 payable to a future holder. the note for 80.06 dollars bears endorser Ne Verieur. the Home Owners Loan Corporation and parties Mrs J N Parrott are involved. sheriff sale scheduled at Monroe courthouse for partition and enforcement under writs of seizure and sale with terms cash and costs.
Local page lists found items including a lemon spotted pointer dog and valuables for return. A memorial notice for A W Patterson from Julia Davis McMillin appears, with family names Ziba Patterson and George Patterson. Jewel Powli is named among mourners.
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