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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1917
Page
6
A collage of small business blurbs for Kern’s horse shoeing shop and wagon orders, meat markets, furniture and piano services, awnings and memorial framing, plus flag sale and notices of debts and deliveries. It reads as a bustling classified page with many names and phone numbers.
Records show filings and judgments in civil matters including sales of plantations and city lots, estates settled, and successions. County defendants face fines for breaches such as disturbing the peace and alcohol offenses with amounts listed for each case.
New Orleans June 12 The First Louisiana regiment seeks volunteers to fill its ranks with only the best men after conscription, recalling its Civil War fame. Col Frank P Stubbs urges reinforcements as the unit, part of Stonewall Jacksons brigade, has a storied record and strong esprit de corps amid ongoing war needs. Corporal Buckley of Company B, who lost an arm, remains proud and hopeful for France. An unrelated line about Monroe Furniture notes a Liberty Bond payment policy.
British troops seized about a mile of German trench near La Poterie farm southeast of Messines. The advance also yielded seven field guns and several prisoners as operations continued Monday.
State and war problems affecting cities to be discussed by mayors and municipal officials of New York at their eighth annual conference in Buffalo. Governor Whitman and several prominent figures are set to address the three day sessions.
Washington to McKinley likenesses adorn Liberty Bonds with portraits in color by denomination. Jefferson appears on the 350 bond and Jackson on the $100 bond, per the Treasury plan announced in Washington.
In Springfield Missouri on June 2 baby Lloyd Keet was found dead after an alleged abduction. Thousands attended the funeral at St Pauls Church as investigators named Dick Carter 26 as a suspect in a widening case. Federal agents and police from over 100 towns join the hunt while two suspects remain jailed in Kansas City and Stockton awaiting further questioning. The death sparks a broad search tied to an alleged plot involving other abductors and a possible German wartime linkage.
A Richmond Kentucky customer F EF Treasey praises Chamberlain's Tablets as a wonder for indigestion and constipation. He claims they have never failed to help and recommends giving them a trial.
The War Department announced new Army cantonment sites including Little Rock Louisville Battle Creek San Antonio and others with national guard camps at Fort Worth Waco Houston Fort Sill Deming and Linda Vista Petersburg Cantonment site approval revoked. Contracts for building at Ayr Wrightstown Atlanta and Columbia have been let.
Four small cottages owned by John P. Parker burned at 11 this morning near the V and P shops, occupied by Black residents. Loss about 1500 dollars, partly insured. Fire began from a roof spark and spread in high wind. hose bursts hindered firefighters.
Swartz neighborhood residents plan a Saturday curb market booth to sell garden truck chickens espa butter s and other items to raise funds for Company LD. All receipts from the Swarts booth go to the company. Dr Frank Collins state veterinary board examiner will travel to Baton Rouge for a board meeting and return Thursday.
For sale a residence on Pine Street associated with Bee Leon Hendorffer. Lost pocketbook with seven dollars and receipts between Lalley's store and Breed Street. reward offered to Mrs. W. FP. Bobo at 409 Breard. For rent two furnished rooms suitable for light housekeeping at 317 North Seventh. Also a newly furnished bungalow for six or eight weeks on the south side near the car line. Address X Z care News-Star.
OCR excerpt lists prices and figures for Spot 24.00 Steady Sales 1510 and various high low close values with no clear company or index names. Reads like a scattered financial page fragment with inconsistent formatting and missing context.
The record shows stock activity with a 25.00 spot, steady highs and lows around 24.42 to 24.95, and a closing near 24.44 for the month. Additional data includes October figures, daily ranges, and overall price movements across listed instruments.
The report notes a 16.65 time for Liverpool amid a brisk sales figure of 10 000 and a closing sequence labeled Yesty Cl Seesee. OG and Cate: Citi tact 14 11 14.07 are cited in the portion of the text.
A surge in cotton futures follows a sharp rise in Liverpool middling prices with July and October futures advancing amid scarce U.S. stock and rising receipts. Early European demand shows cautious buying as experts note limited export capacity and ongoing supply tightness.
The report notes domestic mills for raw cotton and government orders, with progress at the government port. Beneficial rains last week eased drought in some areas, but southern and western cotton regions remain dry and may affect anticipated yields next season.
Commissioners met this morning to approve changes in the end of the Columbia road in the parish and to align road plans with the Missouri Pacific line. The overhaul comes as censorship and espionage actions are discussed at the national level.
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