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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1923
Page
3
The passage notes that many renowned leaders such as Napoleon, Sparte, Wellington, Frederick the Great, and Hannibal were superstitious. It cites beliefs in omens a rabbit's foot for protection and a camp bed turned backward to invite luck for the day.
Monroe real estate market shows high activity with multiple transfers. The week’s largest deal moves Lot in Layton’s Second Addition to Mrs Sarah T Fuller for 10 700 to the People’s Homestead and Savings Association. Other notable sales include Keertwa Haastro’s North Third street lot for 6000 and Oscllar Fantroy’s lot 8 in Hendrick- Atkinson Addition for 1300.
A Monroe gas field study shows high naptha costs and transport losses prevent local operators from supplying gasoline to retailers and garages. Only one large company profits marginally by serving convenience needs while carbon black firms grow, over 20 new plants starting in six months, and field pressures threaten conservation of the gas resource.
The Bristol Plant properties including the plant, warehouses, residences, machinery and all equipment will be sold by Sheriff T A Grant on Saturday to the highest bidder. The sale satisfies a judgment in Allen and Bittle versus the Federal Carbon Company, owner of the Bristol Plant. The company was organized about two years ago by Indianapolis businessmen and operated only two weeks. It is believed the failure resulted from over capitalization.
Irene Tesmer identified Fred G. Thompson posing as a woman as the hold up killer who shot her husband on June 6. Thompson, revealed as “Mrs Frances Carrick,” was arrested with Frank Carrick, Marie Clark, and another man after police raided a North Side flat and found womens clothing, wigs, and a loaded revolver.
In Chicago, Ignatz Fuchs was given life imprisonment after his 16 year old daughter Cecilia pleaded for mercy for her mother Anna’s death in a drunken quarrel. Judge George Kersten imposed the sentence in criminal court this morning. Voters in Kalamazoo cast ballots to pick a successor to the late Congressman J M C Smith.
T Roy Barnes as Bill Peck in the Paramount Cosmopolitan feature rode in the cab of a moving express train at forty miles per hour. Director Griffith and the engine driver were present in the cab and watched the stunt with approval during the Saenger theatre performance today.
Katherine MacDonald teams with Jack Dougherty in the First National attraction Money Money Money now playing at the Lyceum theatre. The tall stage star brings Scotch Irish talent to the show and Dougherty, over six feet tall and nearly 190 pounds, is praised for his All-American football like presence. He has broad experience in Broadway musical plays.
A playful notice promotes Charley and his wife making brooms at 521 Grand Street in Monroe, touting their labor alongside a blind broom maker and urging support for fair competition. It features labor, community, and local nostalgia with a rustic voice and mentions of Ford cars, camp meetings, and local figures.
In a chat with J W Smith of the News Star, Bill Dollar recounts his home shopping tour in Monroe. He praises local merchants and urges residents to buy at home, stressing reciprocity, neighborliness, and lasting city prosperity.
Tomorrow Viola Dana stars in the Metro starring vehicle Her Fatal Millions at the Saenger Theatre. A tale of a woman who wooes a rich man, borrows a limousine and finery, and faces complications when the ruse unravels revealing the truth of her supposed marriage.
A historical note cites that the word Jehovah occurs 6885 times in the Bible. The statistic reflects the name used in many Old Testament passages and is often discussed in linguistic and religious studies.
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