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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1917
Page
6
Various ads list wagons and horse shoing shops, meat markets, furniture stores, framing studios, lamp and water products, and services in the city. Notices include stockholder meetings, building association hours, and a warehouse company calling for election of directors. Name and place details include Kern's horse shop, Model Meat Market, Griffin Studio, Peters Furniture Co., Monroe Building & Loan, and Standard Warehouse.
Civil cases list Lillian Stanford Nichols vs John B Nichols and others. Marriage licenses issued to W D Bowden with Mary A Beck and Edwin L Edelin with Clara McCallum. Timber sale James H George to Louis Werner Saw Mill Co. Land sale interest J B Collins. Tax sale Buster Johnson to Kelso Graham. City Court fines for fighting and public disturbances. Big gas well fire north of Monroe attracts wide media interest with New York Tribune request and Associated Press coverage.
The War Department issued an order to recruiting stations nationwide seeking fifty men qualified as machinists for the balloon school in Omaha Nebraska. Lathe operators are also wanted to staff the school and accompany balloon units when formed. Applicants must be fit for military service. details available at the recruiting station on DeSiard Street.
A caponizing demonstration was given by A Relf of the U S Department of Agriculture and M C Taylor in Louisiana at the Miller place in the Colony yesterday. About fifteen residents attended. Taylor also lectured on poultry breeds and their best uses for general purposes. Mrs Miller and daughters provided refreshments after the event.
The Red Cross executive committee met last night to raise five thousand dollars for the city. A three man business committee will canvass every business and firm in Monroe and West Monroe. Another group will solicit funds from residents of surrounding towns. A strenuous effort will be made to meet the apportioned amount.
A letter asks if Monroe will match Frederick Merylana’s $50,000 Red Cross allotment, instead of $5,000. It urges a local committee to meet bank officers and a report by week’s end on Monroe’s pledged total.
Three thousand bushels of Ful cham Oates for seed. Will buy to cay load lots or less. W. HH. DeGraf fenreid, Monroe, De. 1961.
Herbert Hoover tells senators the food control bill aims to organize resources and curb middlemen profits, citing $256 million in excess profite in five months. He says shortages persist and allies depend on North America for food, warning without adequate supply Europe faces privation and potential collapse.
The Royal Confectionery at 236 De Siard Street will donate its entire gross receipts to the Red Cross from 2 to 8 pm on Friday June 22. It is the most generous offer yet in Monroe, and residents are urged to support the cause. The News-Star notes the Southern Grocer Company Ltd was omitted from Chamber of Commerce member lists printed yesterday. the name appeared on Secretary Croga’s submission.
Rostov June 20 a cablegram from Capt Pierce reports the sinking of the British steamer Eble presumably by a German submarine no details about the crew were provided in the message
In Rome on June 20 the Italian forces resumed the offensive. In Boston on June 19 Fred Fulton defeated Langford by technical knockout at the end of six rounds in a Negro heavyweight bout.
Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder nearing completion of draft regulations for transferring registration and examining registrants who moved. Only Wyoming yet to report brings total registrants to 9 811 810. Crowder warns absent registrants bear full responsibility for proving their whereabouts. Draft will apply to the army, not the navy, and no guarantees on branch selection.
The Mississippi railroad commission deferred action on public utilities to July 2 amid expected legislative changes and shifts in the state tax assessment plan. Gov and tax board back full value assessment, facing opposition. A $200 fine was issued to Henry Williams for fighting and disturbing the peace after an incident at a woman’s home. Williams attacked white men who intervened and was jailed.
London reports the Commons passes the final reading of the electoral reform bill expanding suffrage to women on a strong majority. The measure aims to confer voting rights on women on a basis similar to men, with debates noting support and opposition from various figures and parties.
A National Women's Trade League committee announced progress in preventing exploitation of women workers on government contracts and advancing labor standards. Officials from the War Labor Standards and related agencies were briefed by the group on June 19 in Washington.
Rumors of a Mexican incursion prompt two detachments of Texas infantry to San Pedro Ranch near the Rio Grande. Military authorities say no hostile action has occurred and aim to quiet the fear with scarce information tonight.
A terse, misread notice references a Corporel vet arriving from foreign ice and a prohibition era Red Drama Grounds event. It mentions men only and a 5 cent cami with 20-1 odds.
Classified rental notices list several rooms for rent. One is a five room cottage at 560 Hall Street via Mrs EB. Another advertises two or more turned rooms for light housekeeping through Benton at 1051. A third offers three unfurnished rooms at 514 Oak with modern conveniences and references required, contact by phone 1611.
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