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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
8
Local shops advertise shoeing, wagon builds, meat markets, groceries, fresh meats and oysters with home delivery. Tailors, clothing, footwear, lawn mower sharpening, auto repair, and painting services are listed. Notices include Monroe Building & Loan hours and payment options with Liberty Bonds accepted for Chevrolets and Buicks.
The record item lists cases including Emancipation of Clifford A Johnston, D Masur and Son versus H P Boykin, Like Winn Fowell versus Robert Powell, Milton Coverdale versus C Downes, Henry Bloomingfield Jr and Carrie Russell, R C Russell and Miss Lovie Bunn.
Heirs of A F Parker to Savannah Parker and others correct donation. Mrs A V Standley to Bon Air Planting Co sale of land. W D Fairbanks to Great Southern Oil Co oil and gas lease. George Carpenter fined $60 for drinking and disorder. Gertrude McDuffie discharged for allowing a minor in prostitution and Earnest Ford discharged as a minor entering prostitution. The Rack Store advertises boys pants and fabrics with prices. About 200 to 300 African Americans attend a Liberty Loan mass meeting at Knights of Pythian hall DeSiard St presided by Dr A H Johnson. Mayors and lawyers address the crowd. twenty 500 and a were sold. Weather change postpones tonight hike. Tax rates at court house and city hall. many properties not redeemed. expect heavy interest at sales. Hawthorne Haines of Farmerville in Monroe. Grayson Guthrie and C W Phillips of the Great Ward in court as witnesses. News Star items end.
Dr. Thomas E. Wright has received commission from Governor Pleasant as a member of the State Board of Medical Examiners. The five member board oversees licensure, conducts twice yearly New Orleans exams, and upholds high professional standards for doctors entering the state. Wright’s appointment is expected to meet local and district approval.
An advertisement touts a wide range of shoes for men and women at low to mid prices. It lists leather and up to date styles, including Florsheim and Brown Star brands, with prices from 2.00 to 10.00, and mentions Maxine ladies pumps, baby doll patterns, and two strap oxfords, promoting comfort and savings with the slogan Your dollars have more cents.
Washington June 14. Military information dangerous to soldiers is being printed by about one percent of newspapers despite nine percent observing voluntary censorship says the Committee on Public Information. It urges omitting troop movements vessel assemblies and armed merchant ships to avoid aiding enemies.
Victims include children returning from school killed or wounded by flying debris from gas tank fragments. The blast sets ablaze a nearby cotton mill and destroys another across the river in Dunkinfield. The surrounding area, rich in mills, suffers widespread windows blown out and extensive fire damage.
An explosion occurred at the Actna Powder Co. plant near Birmingham in the morning. Telephones to the plant are out of commission and details are lacking.
A large number of persons were killed or wounded in the explosion of a munitions factory at Rushton Under Tyne on Wednesday. Widespread damage followed in the surrounding district and the disaster was noted as a regrettable feature of the blast.
Furnished summer residence available at 2183 Wood Street. Phone number 467, 15-Gt. Also rental notices include Jedk son street residence and Yonree Hotel contact for W M Lanach. Hoard and room offered at 112% Texas avenue for $20 monthly. Found open face silver watch at Natatorium. owner to claim at the office.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a package or cans deal. Names, dates, and places are unclear, yielding a vague notice with several repeated filler words and unreadable segments. The readable parts suggest a sale or packaging context without concrete facts.
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