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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1929
Page
7
Rescue crews continue patrolling Horseshoe Lake with dragging hooks for the drowned carpenter Jim Flynn. Miss Pearl Evans revised the likely location of the accident to about an eighth mile south of the earlier spot. Dinamiting not planned. barney Oakland estimates about 250 pounds of fish killed.
Oysters in Mobile Bay Alabama are decimated by floodwaters leaving less than six percent of stock on 2500 acres. Scientists urge 250000 barrels of shells and oysters to reseed reefs, with a $50000 emergency appropriation awaiting Congress action.
Camp Fire leaders Mrs L R Millar Mrs C B Atkinson and Mrs J G Cobb returned from a week long outing at Sherman Texas where national instructors led craft work music sewing swimming and related subjects. The experience will influence Camp Fire activities in the city.
Five o clock closing for the summer months with Saturdays excluded was approved by the Business and Professional Women's Club at a supper hosted by president Miss Virginia Morgan in Swartz. The plan had prior approval from the Retail Merchants' division of the Chamber of Commerce and takes effect Monday continuing until Labor Day.
The Department of Agriculture reports for the week ended yesterday that cool weather prevailed in the central and eastern cotton belt with light to moderate rainfall. General field work slowed east of the Mississippi but overall crop progress remained fair to fairly good with weekend weather improving conditions. In Georgia squares and blooms are increasing, and local bloom appears in South Carolina, while warm, favorable conditions may boost weevil activity in the southern area.
Frank A. Campos reports ten years of stomach and nerve trouble relieved by Sargon Soft Mass Pills. He credits improved digestion, sleep, energy, and appetite. Availability listed at Collens' and related pharmacies in Mentor, Five Points, Virginia Hotel Building, and West Monroe.
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