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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1929
Page
14
A garbled phonetic fragment shows Wheat Monk asserting that business will be tough and that others should not complain about living off them. It hints at unfairness and a demand for self reliance.
Real estate and shorthand buyers urged to enroll in summer classes at reduced rates. Mrs. Smith reachable after 6 p m. The Southern School of Printing in Nashville Tennessee promises six to twelve months to graduate as a trained apprentice eligible for printing industry work. Monotype, typesetting, presswork, proofreading, and stone work taught with no night classes. Students may enter any time.
Advertisements call for a healthy young man about 21 to 25 to learn the merchandise business at S H Kress & Co Alexandria La with confidence on qualifications. Also a white office boy about 15 to clean and learn salesmanship with chances for advancement at Hox 19 News-Star. Furnishings offered and Riverview Service Station Garage for rent starting July first with phone 181.
Two fenced lots and yard space offer modern dwelling options. Listings show a six room house at Corner South Second and Plum and a five room house at 408 Stone Avenue with monthly rents of 50.00 and 56.50. Contact Gregg and McKenzie Inc for details.
Real estate ads show multiple properties for sale including five room homes at 602 Louisville Avenue for 4000 dollars and a 13 room bungalow near Georgia Tucker School. Luther Reed & Company lists apartment houses and business lots with terms, phone numbers, and quick-sale pitches.
The fragment describes insertion rules for classified ads including word rate, timing, return copy rules, and billing by telephone from Monday. It references morning and post editions, deadlines, and a standardization of copy handling for proper classifi cation.
Southern Orator Lee R. Mercer of Norfolk Virginia and a student at North Carolina State College will represent the south at the national college oratorical contest in Los Angeles California.
Odia Nix a 22 year old farmer faces a slow jury selection in Boston Texas as only one juror was accepted before noon and a panel of fifty of the original three hundred veniremen remains. Nix confessed to leaving a poison capsule for his wife before she died while a statement from his ill mother cites paralysis since 1925 and mental imbalance.
Associated Prose reports Dr Ehwood Mead federal commissioner outlines a 10 year plan to relocate rural communities to southern farms and towns. The proposal calls for 12 million dollars from Congress to acquire land and establish ten colonies across southern states for cooperative farming and marketing led by top party minds.
A freak windstorm struck Uniontown Pennsylvania causing the collapse of a building a service station and a bell telephone office along with two residences. Trees were uprooted and utility poles downed interrupting communications in the region.
The Sheriff announces a sale of seized property on Saturday July 6 1928 at the Ouachita Parish Courthouse Monroe Louisiana. A Chevrolet Coach AC22582 motor 17 is listed as property of a named defendant to satisfy a writ with cash payment and no appraisal.
By writ of seizure issued by the Fourth District Court in Ouachita Parish Louisiana Swift & Company versus No 17048. A fourteen foot Frederick Freezer play Counter is to be sold at public auction at the Monroe Court House on Saturday July 6 1929 to satisfy the seizure. Terms are cash and sale is under Milton Coverdale list dated June 24 1920.
Local and express train arrivals and numbers listed for the Illinois Central System. West bound and main line data from Missouri and Natchez regions include multiple No. trains with arrival times and service types such as Fast Local and Local.
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