District Attorney Clarifies Vehicle Registration Rules
District Attorney Montgomery summarizes Act 16 of 1918 on license display for motor vehicles. Vehicles must show current year number plates on front and rear. failure to display tags carries a fine of 5 to 25 dollars or up to 30 days in parish jail. Dealers and owners must follow registration procedures, with specific fees based on horsepower and vehicle type, and a 15 day grace period for newly purchased cars.
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Montgomery
News-Star
Secretary of State
Court House
Start of Non Stop Atlantic Flight Heads to Ireland
The Vickers-Vimy Trans Atlantic flight expedition expects to depart this afternoon for Ireland, with clear skies and favorable southwest winds reported. Handley Page also aims to start around 3 p m, while public motor vehicles remain subject to government regulations and dealer plate duplication rules through July 12 1919 in Monroe Louisiana. District Attorney Henry J Montgomery offers further information.
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St. John
Ireland
Handley Paige
Three Fire Alarms From Box 26 on Friday Morning
Fire Chief Freddy reports Box 26 in North Second street triggered three alarms in quick succession due to a burning mattress in a room, a closet blaze, and a closet fire in an adjoining room. Residents aided with a rug as flames spread, while Masur family members moved clothing between closets in a frantic cleanup.
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Frank J. Freddy
Sig Masur
North Second Street
Roddy
Auction Sale of Fine Jerseys Promises Record Prices
West Monroe hosts the Eby and Moore Jersey cattle sale with imports from Oxford You'll Do lineage and cows yielding high milk and butter. Col. D L Perry will auctioneer starting at noon with three minute sales to five o'clock, drawing buyers from across the United States and even Cuba.
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Eby and Moore
Jersey
West Monroe
United States
Louisville
Eby
Moore
Oxford
Jim May
Cuba
City Plans 100000 Budget for Schools This Year
The city commission will spend 100000 from the general fund this fiscal year for school needs including 50000 for new buildings and 50000 for operation of City High School. Plans call for two new grammar schools in northern and southern districts without special taxes and site donations from Col. Frank P. Stubbs and a southern landowner. The overcrowded lower grades and growing number of children spur the expansion and the Parish High School is also being enlarged.
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Commission Council
Frank P. Stubbs
North End
Monroe
Cy High School
Parish
Telegraphers Strike Hits Monroe Little
Telegraph operators began a city wide strike Wednesday with delayed messages and reduced business. Local offices report no outward disruption yet but fear scaled service if line men join and telephone workers strike could cripple phone service.
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Houston
Texas
Monroe
Asphaltic Oil To Be Used On Monroe Streets For Dust Abatement
Monroe officials announce experimental use of asphaltic oil containing 60 to 70 percent asphalt. A 8000 gallon car costs 480 dollars, surface cost estimated at 2 cents per square yard, with coverage 1-4 to 1-3 square yard per gallon. Tests start on Walnut streets from VS&P to Pine and nearby blocks. success could lead to wider surfacing citywide.
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Streets and Parl
A. V. Miller
City of
Monroe
Sonra
Monroa
Bids for Dormitory Exceed Available Funds
The Louisiana Training Institute trustees rejected two bids for a brick dormitory after finds the bids of Frank Masling Monroe 54 871 and C E Andrews Ruston 56 780 exceed the 40 006 cost limit. Architects say the dormitory can be built cheaper and plan June steps to proceed under private contract to improve institute facilities and support. The Monroe Rotary Club has studied needs and seeks state aid from the next administration.
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Louisiana Training Institute
Frank Masling
Monroe
C. E. Andrews
Ruston
Masling
Mr. Andrews
Monroe Rotary Club
Smith and Hill Build Big Compress at West Monroe
Fauntleroy and Ellis hold the contract for the potato curing plant row in West Monroe, not Smith and Hill as previously stated. Smith and Hill actually erect the large compress for the Ouachita Warehouse and Compress Company on the West Side, slated to be ready by the cotton season and among the most modern presses in the region.
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Fauntleroy and Ellis
West Monroe
Smith and Hill
NewsStar
Quachita
Daughters Seeks Father J B Robertson Location
Memphis hospital seeks J B Robertson for a seriously ill daughter. Dr W Moffet, V S & P freight agent, has a letter from V IL Roby of Memphis dated June 10 asking help locating Robertson. Roberson was in Monroe June 6 with roofing goods. Anyone with current address should contact Moffet to reach Robertson.
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The
News-Star
J. B. Robertson
Memphis
Robertson
Monroe
Moffet
New Draft Peace Treaty For Germans Seen In Paris Dispatches
Paris dispatches indicate Germany will receive a virtually new draft of the peace treaty with added explanations and clarifications. Publication is expected the day after delivery. Allied drafting continues as to whether German delegates or government will sign. Edgar Masur returns home from Camp Pike after 16 months with the 24th Engineers.
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Associated Press
Germany
Paris
Kolchak
Omsk
Alies
Edgar Masur
Dave Masur
Charleston
S. C
Camp Pike
Ark
Mr. Masur
24Th Engineers
Two Thousand Soldiers Arrive in New York
The transport Henderson arrived from St. Nature today with 2,000 troops including detachments units and casuals arriving in New York on June 13.
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New York
Henderson
St. Nature
Agreement On Railroad Schedule Saturday
A meeting will be held at the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow at 3 o clock to finalize the agreement on the change of schedule for the W S S P railroad. Business men of the city and traveling men from Monroe are urged to attend.
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Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
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