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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
4
In a coastal outing, Judge Dawkins greets visiting chiefs before touring carbon plants and gas wells. The group will swim at the municipal natatorium, lunch on the Country Club lawn, and travel by auto under a coordinated committee led by Lynton Ethridge and P. Chauvin, with many local officials assisting.
Local ad announces a sale offering twenty percent off all purchases at D Masur and Son with a 16 2t street location. Likely a department store or general merchant promoting discounts to attract customers. The notice emphasizes substantial savings rather than specific items.
A small classified note advertises rice chickens country eggs and fresh country butter with contact phone 178 for West Monroe Produce Co.
The Ouachita Parish Anti-Tuberculosis League met in Monroe City Hall Council Chamber with large attendance. The meeting discussed a trained worker and local league participation in a medical clinic but took no action. An educational campaign across the parish is planned with broad cooperation expected.
Meaux France fire gutted the great flour mills on the Marne built over a century ago. The mills stored wheat and flour valued at several million marks and salvage was abandoned. Paris officials said military service may not be reduced below two years for now. Mexico City authorities demanded the Mexican railway be turned over to its owner, a London company, tomorrow.
Health officials campaign to curb bubonic plague begins with arrival of U S Public Health Service rat catchers and fumigators. Pensacola allocates 5000 dollars to start the program.
New Orleans carpenters resume work on the industrial canal and other public projects today following Governor Parker’s sliding scale proposal. They refuse to work for private contractors, maintaining a public works stance.
A classified line offers dirt hauled to premises by H. M. McGuire with contact phone 635.17-31. It promises fine quality dirt and competitive delivered price.
Report from St Paul Minnesota dated June 12 describes men visiting beauty shops after women leave. The piece notes playful pride and vanity themes as men imitate grooming rituals, with dialogue about powder and brows highlighting a lighthearted social curiosity.
Details of court actions over the Monroe to Pine Bluff line include bids from Frost and Stovall et al Southern Scrap for the railroad’s sale and operation options The Arkansas Railroad Commission objections and local chamber of commerce input are noted along with mass-meeting resolutions urging a going-concern sale
The Markets section notes spot prices around 40.75 with quiet trading in New Orleans. It shows futures for July and October with values near mid 80s to mid 30s, including December contracts and Yeasty July. Data lists highs, lows and closes for several months.
A Moscow dispatch reports further Bolshevik advances on the northern Polish front as solid gains are claimed by Russian forces. Other sections of the wire indicate limited reces ses in various sectors amid the continuing conflict.
Senator Harding plans a series of informal conferences with leaders of various party groups. The move follows a meeting with Walter Brown, Harding's floor manager at the convention, and signals a broader effort to unify party factions ahead of the presidential race.
In Japan farmers increasingly use lily bulbs as a staple substitute for potatoes. The shift reflects rising potato costs and culinary experimentation among households adapting local agriculture to changing markets.
June 7 report describes a Rapid City hotel famed for its old fashioned dinner feel. Guests serve themselves from large dishes with several vegetables and meats on the table. Smoking is not allowed in the dining room.
Petaluma Cal Post Office swamped with livestock as parcel post shifts chicks to the forefront. A large force of clerks and workers handles flights and shipments, with daily chick totals averaging 45000 to 60000 and a single day reaching 60000.
A wax model of a proposed coin shown to Queen Wentek left a nail imprint when she touched it. The nail impression became a distinctive feature of Chinese coinage for centuries, a result of that accidental mark.
A bright meteor lasting nearly a minute was observed by hundreds above Okmulgee Oklahoma before it fell in a field about one mile west of town last night. Cars crowded roads to view the blazing object as Joe H Craig and his wife driving west reported seeing the sky light up.
Professor C. D. Smith of Muskogee says a fragment from a destroyed planet between Jupiter and Mars struck near a couple’s car, describing meteors burning to ashes after atmospheric entry. Residents in Tulsa Shawnee Bartlesville and Fort Smith report sighting the meteor.
New York police inspector Dominick Henry of the tenderloin district was found guilty of perjury in connection with New York's vice war and sentenced to two to five years of hard labor in the state prison.
Classified notices list items for sale and rent including a Buick Six for sale at Rayner's Garage and several rooms for rent. Job and personal notices include a laborer position with J W Borland Con Li Co and a cook for a small camp. Requests seek a stenographer and furnished rooms for a couple or a single man in Monroe La and nearby.
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