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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
8
Local ad promotes New Star Meat Market with lower cash prices on beef pork sausage and poultry plus delivery service. Also mentions Aqua Vitae water at 7 cents per gallon and 35 cent haircuts. Addresses and phone numbers provided for ordering and delivery in the city.
Free exhibition at Riverside Net Atorium on Saturday June 22 at 4 p m features riding a bucking mule and expert roping. Mr C P Perine lives two miles east of Monroe. Ladies and children invited with hat collection. W W Dillingham Texas cowboy signs off.
Noticr reports that Third Liberty Loan bonds are now prepared for delivery to investors with Central Savings Bank and Trust Co handling the transactions.
Sinset Sewing Machine Co reports neat stitching and pecot work completed. Phone 172 listed by Ilmo in a concise local note.
C A Boyd general contractor offers screening and repairing services with estimates on short notice. He will exchange on clear land for clear leases and seeks land. One inquiry lists Kansas City Missouri income and a land description in first letter. Kirby 215 Ridge Building Kansas City Mo. 19 5t.
A jumble of small ads shows vendors offering Aqua-Vitae water 7c per gallon delivered, auto services like tires and blacksmith shops for car washing, creasing and trim work. Listings include Knickels Blacksmith, Kerns Blacksmith, Ouachita Saddle and Harness Co. and Ouachita auto trimming.
New Orleans and surrounding parishes face penalties this week as the Louisiana Food Administration enforces wartime rules. Rudolph Navarree of Baldwin, St. Mary, ordered bread with insufficient substitutes and may bake only war bread or close his bakery. Sugar, flour, and meat rules tighten, with resale profits surrendered to the Red Cross and major rice firms paying thousands in penalties. Special recommendations urge beefless days, sugar controls for hotels, and expanded home canning.
Atlantic City hosts civil war veterans their families and friends for the state Grand Army encampment with a two day program of business and entertainment.
The Japanese Government will set up a legation in the Argentine Republic. Gi Nakamura, previously New York consul-general and head of the Bureau of Political Affairs, is named first minister. Departure signals rising interest in South America.
Louisiana wheat prospects show strong seed demand for next season. Farmers urged to retain seed for planting while marketing milling grain. Louisiana seed wheat could command higher prices. Bureau of Marketing offers free listing of seed for sale.
National Altrusa Clubs meet in Indianapolis for the first annual convention. The group gathers June 21 and 22 with women from across the country, aiming to awaken businesswomen to responsibility and inspire high ideals of service to society.
A terse note states that readers who relied on News-Star classified ads still use them. No further context or details are provided about the ads or their outcomes.
A brief, unclear OCR fragment notes a partial string with scattered letters and punctuation. The readable content offers no clear people places dates or events to identify a news item or summary.
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