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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
6
International Vice President Law visits to discuss a dispute over the operation of the one man car system with local men and city authorities. The report also lists various local business notices, licenses, and routine city matters, including market ads and public bids.
Ed Wirth, cabinet maker at 110 North Third Street offers furniture repair with guaranteed work. Contact phone 12301 for services and estimates.
An advertisement offers a liberal reward for a gentleman's ruby lost at Natetorium. The message requests return with contact by phone 653. 21 St.
New York June 206 Brig Gen W H Bixby retired was nominated by President Wilson to join the Mississippi River Commission.
The Dee market data shows spots at 24.56 with a steady tone and 784 sales. Vesty July reaches 24.85 high and 24.20 low, closing 24.85. October futures trade around 24.90 to 24.73 with near 24.88 high and 24.40 low.
A brief OCR fragment shows stock figures with highs and lows around 25.60 to 25.70 and a closing value near 26.52. Readable items include percent 34.9 and labels such as Yesty, but key details are incomplete.
The LOUISiana Annual Conference M. E. Church South met in Oak Grove with Rev. I. T. Reams delivering the opening sermon. Presiding Elder A. S. Lutz led business sessions, with pastors and lay delegates present along with Rev. R. H. Wynn, Rev. C. V. Breithoot, and others.
Response to an invitation featured a patriotic talk followed by local attorney HL OConnie and Prof Wunh Kanis. The Louisiana Jersey Breeders Association announces a 26 line sale of 35 high class pure bred Jersey cattle at the Louisiana Industrial Institute campus in Ruston at 1 p.m. June 25 1917. O G Henkins Ruston offers catalogue and particulars.
Information from Belgian authorities confirms Germans resume forcible deportations of Belgian civilians and mandatory labor. Classifications by Germans divide Belgians into five age and gender categories with demands for identity, profession, and workplace data. An American official in Ghent reported April German demands for new lists of unemployed and middle class workers.
In official records, authorities describe sharp disputes over enemy designs, noting heightened tensions and urgent concerns about security. Analysts warn the stakes involve national defense strategy and potential responses to emerging threats.
Federal agents say two German nationals H Jahn and Emil Verholen were arrested in Madisonville near New Orleans on a suspected bomb plot. grenades found in a room with the men, who claimed to be machinists, arrived in 1918 and 1914 respectively. District Attorney F M Odo to present charges as cases proceed before Judge C Dawtins.
A Louisiana State University circular by Dr. W. H. Dalrymple discusses adaptability of sheep breeds, flock management, and grading up five stock types. It urges expanded sheep numbers in Louisiana and notes potential feeding grounds on cutover lands while calling for broader farm participation. Copies are available free from the Extension Division, LSU, Baton Rouge.
Exports of Philippine leaf to abroad in 1916 rose beyond prior records by several million pesos reaching a total of nearly 40 000 pounds for the year.
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