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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1927
Page
5
The Monroe fire department adds three turret nozzles on truck No 4 to extend reach and elevate safety. The new nozzles rotate 360 degrees and switch from horizontal to vertical angles, enabling a single firefighter to operate while others focus on interior rescue and suppression.
R Downes Jr and Luther Reed sell a 55 foot by North Fifth street lot for 6962 dollars to Fred P Naff. Joseph Peyton Parker transfers Lot 1 Block 1 Edgewater Garden subdivision totaling 2.97 acres for 1900 dollars to George E Goodwin.
The article extols youthful vigor as the key trait of womanhood and promotes St Josephs G F P as a builder of health. It cites Miss Fondiella Early of Little Rock Arkansas saying after seven bottles she feels wonderful, attends school daily, and enjoys life, urging others to try the medicine.
The docket lists defendants including J. B. Dilday fined 12.50 or 121-2 days for no license, Jessie Reed 12.50 or 121-2 days for no chauffeur badge, Hugh Lee Highland 7.50 or 71-2 days for permitting a minor to drive, and Olla Jones 7.50 or 71-2 days for reckless driving. Other entries include P. Le Wallace 5 or 5 days for a traffic violation, William Rodriguez 5 or 5 days for a traffic violation, Green Boyd 7.50 or 71-2 days for reckless driving with speeding 12.50 or 121-2 days, H. A. Ford 5 or 5 days for driving without license, Lindy Smith 5 or 5 days for no license plate, Will Emerson 7.50 or 7-1/2 days for drunk and disorderly conduct, L. D. Jones and Albert Singleton 10 or 10 days each for trespassing, and R. E. Devington 12.50 or 121-2 days.
Mayor Bernstein orders police and fire chiefs to report neglect in securing building permits before work begins and to file charges. Cassidy reports three new permits totaling 4100, including six one story frame houses on Nineteenth Street. Earlier weeks showed permits of 20000 and 50000 combined, underscoring a shift of responsibility to builders.
Building permits have reached about $125000 over four weeks. Building Inspector Cassidy operates in the office of P A Pong at city hall daily except Saturday and Sunday from 11 a m to noon. permits should be secured from him during this hour.
The William Crooks Engineering firm reports two thirds of the Monroe industrial survey is finished with data due by July 15. A potential million dollar plant visit spurs renewed chamber efforts, aiming to attract a large industry and possibly a ceramic plant to the Twin Cities.
Weather observer J C H McKinney reports Ruston area received 0.87 inches of rain from Sunday through Sunday night. Farmers complain of excessive rain and grassy crops affecting harvests.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as strengthening and invigorating, claiming it restores color to cheeks and boosts appetite, with a price of 60 cents.
The J B Foster Jewelry and Music company as the last tenant will begin vacating by week’s end with demolition planned to clear the northwest corner site at DeSiard and North Second streets for the Bernhardt building. Bids for razing old stores were opened yesterday. a bid acceptance is likely, with construction to start in July and completion after early next year. Bids for a six or eight story office building will be opened tomorrow as part of the Monroe project.
A legionnaire suffered burns after a boat detail on the gulf led to gasoline leaking from a corroded tank. Water pumped from the craft preceded suspicions of fuel ignition as saltwater corrosion caused leaks.
Loise Williams of Shreveport turned onto Eleventh Street from De Siard Street yesterday at about 5 pm, causing Dennis Cann of Monroe to collide with a telegraphic structure or vehicle. No further details available.
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