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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1918
Page
6
The bulletin promotes planting peas this winter and lists extensive cattle horse sheep goat hog and poultry inventories. It includes hundreds of specific breeds, quantities and seed crops for sale or trade, plus personal notices and thanks from a family.
The United States Food Administration states milk is a vital food for all ages, crucial for child nourishment and recovery in hospitals. It emphasizes butter fat and dairy products as substitutes for growth, notes winter price rises, and urges families to keep milk in the diet despite shortages, prioritizing children.
New Orleans report shows army and navy doctors advising weight gain. Hotels and boarding houses offered crude regimens with salt water swims and nourishing food to help youths beef up for wartime needs, promising rapid pounds and timely reporting.
Premier Count Terauchi told empire governors that Japan should not adopt all Western ideas spreading to the East. He said the government plans to cultivate among the people religious faith national morals and thrift.
Advertises Zemo as a cure for eczema pimples black heads blotches ringworm and skin clarity. Describes Zemo as a clean antiseptic liquid that is non greasy easy to apply and inexpensive. Credits The E. W. Rose Co. of Cleveland Ohio as the provider.
Large farm employer gathering at the Ouachita parish city hall formed a vigilance committee to oppose labor agents. The group pledged to act against agents enticing workers, noting high wages as a cause of inefficiency and idle time. The resolution calls for legal action and enforcement of the vagrancy law where needed.
Arkansas Constitutional Convention in Little Rock plans to consider radical reform including reducing legislature size from 135 to 53, creating an intermediate appeals court, expanding supreme court to seven, and shifting to an Oregon style initiative and referendum. Proposals cover unified taxation, four-year terms with no re election, nine key public utility boards, and broad state administration reforms ahead of a November ratification.
City court records show T.8. cee using profane language fined $25. H. Day fined $10 for exposing his person. Andrew Jones noted for trespassing with a $10 penalty.
W A O Kelly notes the Police Jury appropriation to the Red Cross is $100 a month, after a misprint yesterday listed it as $50. The correction sets the monthly support at one hundred dollars.
At the clerk's office it was noted that signers on the petition seeking a commission form election under the Powell bill do not reach 25 percent of city voters. Therefore the measure likely will not be presented at the upcoming Monday night City Council meeting.
General contractor C A Boyd offers building screening and repair services with short notice estimates. Contact phone 1313 for inquiries.
New Orleans on Saturday June 29 1918 reports spot prices for July and October grain futures. Vesty shows 8.50 high 28.52 close 28.25 low 28.31. October at 24.48 high 24.42 close 24.26 with dates 24.01 23.68 29.94.
New York markets show 34 in note, with Quiet PUIF at 28.10 27.50 28. and 27.85 SP. Wiley records 25.45 25.10 25.26 25.30. WOO Wenux trades at 24.94 24.61 24.75 24.80.
L. L. Smith's Daily Cotton Letter notes market gains driven by hot Texas weather, war news, and lower government specs for wartime goods. Highlights the July crop report due July 2 and predicts a larger yield, with figures from private reports and last year's benchmarks.
London reports two village churchyards near London hold burials for three German aviators killed during a night air raid on May 19. The ceremonies included a gun carriage casket wrapped in a German flag, RAF officers, and Allied aviators flying over the churchyard. Inquests into victims’ bodies were underway in London.
James D. Rhodes of Pittsburgh claims to extract potash from cement dust and plans a 120 day test plant beside a Castellia cement mill. The Castellia plant is under receiver and U.S. District Court approval was obtained. Government interest noted in the experiment.
With the American Army in France on June 29 English report that German youths of the 1919 class serving in about thirty divisions have been captured within the month. The youths are placed in regiments in file ten to each company and used as reinforcements as losses occur. They were sent to the front after only five months of training amid the German offensive on the western front.
Lima reports Peru faces a rising influx of Chinese and Japanese workers. Media note increasing Japanese ownership of barber shops and trades, with many natives displaced. President Pardo reportedly employs thirty Japanese servants, provoking debate on worker protection and wage competition.
The Highway Transport Committee of the Council of National Defense outlines a Rural Motor Express plan to move food and dairy from distant counties to Washington DC areas. The program, piloted May 4, boosts farm production, saves labor, and speeds delivery, with return loads carrying farming supplies and a system to order materials via county merchants. Clarence Wilson coordinates with district food administration to connect producers and consumers and encourage targeted fresh varieties.
A 10 pound girl was born to Mr F C Harp and Mrs F C Harp on June 29 1918.
Mrs. A. C. Cloyd of Grayson Louisiana is the weekend guest of her daughter and son in law, Mr and Mrs F. C. Harp.
Mrs. Fannie Cowden receives notice that her son Robert Cowden has arrived overseas safely following military deployment.
Captain Smith urged listeners to back the war effort at home, warning that revolution in Germany could shift outcomes only after military victory is secured. He stressed sacrifices for the greater cause while noting German actions and wartime unity. Music for both gatherings came from the Picture Garden orchestra.
The United States Food Administration acts to curb sisal price increases used for binding twine. A contract with binder twine manufacturers ensures sale and distribution of required sisal at 23 cents per pound f o b factory. Farmers urged to order early to guarantee harvest season supply.
A short notice in the News-Star shows a cheap want ad successfully connecting buyers and sellers. It highlights how small classified placements attract attention and yield results for local readers seeking bargains or job opportunities.
Tea WANTED young lady seeks general office work and can operate a typewriter references. Address C P O General Delivery 29 41 FOR SALE Resident lot 50x143 on Bres avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets 875 L A Breard Phone 640 or 300 29 61 FOR RENT Residence 301 Pine St with modern conveniences garage servant house See Mrs C Masur or Sidney Kahn 29 11 FOR RENT Cottages with gas on Orange and South Grand streets Phone 871 J L Kaliski 29 1m
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