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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1921
Page
3
Vitagraph presents an all star special of Black Beauty based on Anna Sewell Autobiography of a Horse. Jean Paige stars as the lead with period costumes reflecting the early seventies as the story plays out without modern devices.
With an even dozen players hitting for .300 or better the Cleveland champions took to the field to repeat this season. Those who have tried news Star classified ads continue to use them.
Monroe earned a 4 to 3 victory on a wet diamond Saturday with an eighth inning rally that turned a one run deficit into a win as Balshaw and Monteville led a Farmerville miscue heavy defense. Sunday’s rematch capped a high scoring back and forth with Daughtry’s six hits and Andrews pitching strong in relief for Monroe.
Farmerville appears in a fragmented box score with line by line play details. Key names include Gladney Higginbotham Daughtry J Miller Wainwright Sheffield and Basil Stewart. Umpires listed Bruce and Averette. Time recorded 2 15 with multiple innings and pitching notes.
Duncan Buie of the state highway department and W H Rhodes of the federal highway department join Richland parish police jury and local leaders in Rayville to consider Richland's highway plans. Several highway contracts totaling over 100000 have been awarded but work is delayed awaiting federal government arrangements.
London dispatch reports Leon Trotsky predicting a 1924 naval war between the United States and Great Britain after a maritime rivalry. Trotsky stated the United States is a swollen gourmand and Britain is losing world stature as the pound sterling declines to the dollar.
Capital Critic laments high freight and brokerage costs on a Florida spinach shipment to New York and notes a farmer's Alberta idle land tax prompted a strategic pivot to farming. The writer argues that a Ralston-Nolan style tax plan could spur prosperity by encouraging productive activity.
A collection of miscellaneous notes spans science, health, and trivia. Topics include heat deaths, anatomy, geography, transportation, linguistics, taste, auto ownership, hair loss myths, cuisine, animal sizes, remedies, and a Baltimore origin for the installment plan of house furnishing.
The Markets section notes spots at 10.50 with steady activity and total sales of 601. Prices shown include Vest'y near 11.06 10.83 11.96 10.76 and Dee at 11.98 12.06 11.97. Oesh Bessa and other entries appear with closing figures around 11.51 to 11.97.
The report shows spot values around 11.50 with steady activity across brief intervals. Price levels for July and October futures move within narrow ranges, while managerial and clerical sectors read modest gains and closes near the prior levels.
Spot prices and futures for wheat corn and oats listed for Chicago on Monday June 27 1991 with figures for July and September contracts including high low and close values. The page shows contract codes and daily price ranges for wheat corn and oats across multiple maturities.
New York reports no heavy tender materializing and a cautiously improving demand amid unsettled British coal strike. Domestic mills operate half time, cotton export rising to roughly 100000 bales year to date while relief in moisture aids eastern crop prospects and Manchester eyes wage cuts as Lancashire trade stabilizes.
A sale notice lists Mrs. Johnnie Smith as handling closeout of brassieres priced at 49 cents, requested date code 27-11.
Monroe fans and the baseball team meet at City Hall Wednesday night to discuss player strengths and weaknesses. Manager Harry Prophit expects skull practice to boost team play. A July series with Pine Bluff is set in Monroe on July 22 23 and 24 with other July games planned.
Yonkers June 27 The divorce trial of James A. Stillman banker vs Mrs Anne Stillman saw Dr Hugh Russell osteopath testify his patient claimed Mr Stillman was not Gay Stillman’s father and that Mrs Stillman discussed negotiations with her husband and wrote to his wife.
Northeastern Louisiana watches Haynes No. 1 near West Monroe as Ouachita parish hill country yields promise. Haynes, backed by James Henderson and Earl Hartshorne, with Hansen Oil and Anderson Drilling, aims to drill multiple wells to 2700 feet or less, progressing from 1500 feet as night and day work continues.
The article notes the U S gold stock on June 1 at 3 175 037 198 dollars with daily growth, a record rise of 53 149 755 since May 1 1917. Since January world nations sent over 300 million in gold, Europe leading, prompting forecasts of shifting prices and a path to global economic recovery.
A collection of quoted thoughts on grief envy friendship and ideal vs reality features lines from Lamartine Chapman Mallock and J Rovx noting how sorrow strengthens bonds and how envy clings to flaws while friendship remains a distant ideal in everyday life.
A voice highlights the heart as a marvelous nonstop pump, pumping about 750 cubic inches per minute and over 225000 cubic feet annually. It notes historical display of colored globes by Moors in Arabia and Spain.
At a London burial service the deceased was accompanied by six dogs dressed in black, trotting beside the cortège as mourners gathered.
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