New Orleans Cotton Futures Steady After Rain Affects Trade
Cotton futures closed with a net decline of 43 to 53 points as rains hit the central eastern belt. Early gains faded with heavy selling in Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia and the Carolinas while Oklahoma and north Texas saw repeated heavy rains.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
eGorgia
Carolinas
Oklahoma
Cotton futures close barely steady with small declines
New York cotton futures finish with slight losses 46 to 49 points after opening steady. Contracts show weak unsettled trading as favorable southern weather and easy Liverpool cables push prices to new lows for the movement with July near 22.70 and October 22.36 by mid-session.
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New York
Ninh Low
Liverpool
Liverpool Cotton Prices Steady Amid Moderate Demand
Liverpool May 11 reports cotton spot demand steady with moderate business. Grade values vary from strictly good middling 18.93 to good ordinary 10.78, with 58,000 bales traded including 7,000 American. Receipts total 8,000 bales, no American. Futures closed barely steady with May 12.05 and forward months around 11.88 to 12.15.
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Iaverpool
Market Report Hog and Cattle Prices Across Chicago Auction
Stock receipts for hogs total 41 000 with 140 to 325 pound pigs at 12.05. Slaughter hogs 12.25 to 12.60, heavy weights up to 13.00. Cattle receipts 22 000 with steers 9.25 to 10.65 and vealers 8.50 to 9.50. Sheep receipts 21 000 with choice handy weight around 14.00 and clipped ewes 2.09 to 2.52.
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Chicago
California
Chicago market report on butter eggs and poultry prices
Butter costs rise with creamery extra at 41 cents and firsts from 87 to 92 cents. Eggs advance to 41 dollars per 100 pounds plus receipts reported at 41 323 cases and production grades including firsts at 28 1/2 to 31 1/2 cents.
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Chicago
Wheat and grain futures rise as ocean stock slips
Market reports from Chicago show wheat turning higher on July as ocean freight losses and weak domestic crop news support buying. Corn and oats also gain on cooler weather and expected re planting, while lard ribs and bellies price moves echo hog gains.
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Chicago
Owen High
Court quickly fines and sentences in parish liquor cases
In district court Henry Wimberly was sentenced to sixty days in jail and a 300 dollar fine with four additional months imprisonment for selling whiskey after his Saturday arrest near Sterlington. Obie Tyler and Harry Webb received sixty days and a 200 dollar fine or four more months for manufacturing whiskey after an April 29 discovery at a woods still seven miles southeast of Monroe. Cal Jackson was fined 10 dollars for gambling with cards and J. M. Ryals 25 dollars for violating the fish conservation act.
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Henry Wimberly
Wimberly
Sterlington
Sheriff's Department
Obie Tyler
Harry Webb
Tyler and Webb
Monroe
Cal Jackson
J. M. Ryals
Dixie Carbon sale to Harold W Enstrom for 6900 dollars
Saturday's main real estate transfer was the sale of the Dixie Carbon company and all its property to Harold W Enstrom for 6900 dollars. Additional transfers include N G Tippitt et al to Mack Hammons for a Brownaville lot at 500 dollars and Beidenham Realty to John K Bell for a Beidenham addition lot at 349 dollars.
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Dixie Carbon Company
Monroe
Harold W. Enstrom
Carbon Company
Saaturday
N. G. Tippitt
Plans for New Bastrop High School and Remodel
Bastrop plans a new two story brick high school of 200 by 90 feet with basement and 18 classrooms plus library assembly room laboratory and home economics rooms at an estimated cost of 150000. The old building will be remodeled into a grammar school and seven acres on Traylor property may become the site. Local visitors noted include Robert Riecker and Dr Jas Sandidge.
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News-Star
Bastrop
Traylor
Olive Marlatt Visits Alexandria With Miss Essie McWright
Miss Olive Marlatt of Alexandria spent last weekend with her parents. She was accompanied home by Miss Essie McWright, also of Alexandria.
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Olive Marlatt of
Alexandria
Essie McWright
Pair Held Charged With Passing Bogus Checks in Monroe
A man and a woman wanted for passing bad checks were returned to Monroe by Deputy Sheriff Fred Childers. The pair, Joe Monsour alias Alex Stoma and J. B. Stone, face charges for writing checks from $2 to $10. Mrs. R. E. King allegedly bought substantial merchandise with worthless checks. Police and detectives had been pursuing them.
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Monroe
Fred Childers
Natchitoches
Dubach
Joe Monsour
Alex Stoma
J. B. Stone
R. E. King
Sheriff's Department
Tarver
Lutherans Hold First Monroe Service in Temple Annex
The Lutheran church conducted its inaugural service in Monroe in the annex to the Jewish temple with Rev. C. Gernaint of Alexandria presiding. Attendance was large, drawing members from Monroe and nearby areas. The next service is set for May 24 at the same location.
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Monroe
Urania No 6 to re test as others drill in Urania
Urania Petroleum Company plans the Urania No 6 re test tomorrow to evaluate the discovery well after over a month of litigation tied to land. Zeigin lines up further drilling as Gould et al Harper No 1 and Rowe-Wallace No 1 see adjustments and postponements amid local activity.
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J. B. King
Urania
Urania Petroleum Company
Urania No. 6
Zeigin
Cleve Love
Love Brothers Drilling Company
Gould Et al Harper
Cecovery
Rowe-Wallace Company
Love Brothers
Harper Lease
ROWE
Rowe-Wallace
Rowe- Wallace Company
Infant Haney Rites and Public Notices From West Monroe
Obituaries report the death of Robert Lee Haney at three months and Joe Capps at the family home with burial at local cemeteries. Public notices include Mrs. Jewell McQuiller’s appointment as matron of Forsythe park natatorium and marriage licenses issued to several couples in the area. Rev Stephen B Williams departs for Indianapolis for church meetings and returns soon.
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Robert Lee Haney
L. H. Haney
Cypress Street
West Monroe
Hasley Cemetery
Joe Capps
Thomas Capps
Jewell McQuiller
Home Demonstration
Ouachita Parish
West Carroll Parish
John Schreiber
Forsythe Park
Schreiber
O. K. Buckley
Ruth Holt
Swartz
Puska Dixon
Birdie New
Lyman Gladney
Alice Reid
Monroe
Ollie Grayson, Jr
Bertha Lenard
T. C. Johnson
Calhoun
Ruby Armstrong
Mt. Pleasant
Doctor H W Sweeny Found Dead at Home
Dr Hugh William Sweeny a 42 year old Roentgenologist and pathologist at St Francis sanitarium was found dead at 1105 North Seventh Street from heart failure. He had attended duties recently and died five or six hours before discovery. He leaves a widow Marie Leclerc and a nine month old son and his mother Mrs A Price Sweeny. A private funeral will be held at the residence with burial en route to St Louis via Jackson.
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Hugh William Sweeny
St. Francis Sanitarium
North Seventh Street
Sweeny
Baltimore
University of Maryland
Balmore
Onmo America
U. Veterans’ Bureau
Foxhill
New York
Veterans’ Bureau
Houston
Texas
Kerrville
U.S
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
Muskogee
Kma
Jackson
St. Louis
W. E. Lawson
Hold Youth Charged With Attack Attempt Near West Side Mill
Thompson a 10 year old who frequented the Brownsville home is held in the city jail on a charge of attempted assault against a five year old girl. Sheriff’s deputies found him in a building near his home and brought him in after a warrant was sworn out by the girl's stepfather. Bond not yet fixed.
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Man Thompson
Coverdale
Thompson
Brownsville
Charles Whitlock
Whitlock
Sheriff's Department
Police Court Fines For Speeding Burglaries Disorderly Conduct
In city court this morning Roy Carns received a fine and costs plus 25 days imprisonment for speeding. Robert Burke, a Black man, was fined for breaking and entering a house. Bess Clarke paid 12.50 or 12 days for being drunk and disorderly. M Suthey was fined five dollars and costs for operating an automobile without a proper license.
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Roy Carns
Co A
Robert Burke
Bess Clarke
M. Suthey
Classified Ads Sell Thousands of Dollars in Property
A small investment in classified listings can yield large returns by converting modest ads into substantial property sales. The message underscores the value of placing ads to reach buyers and maximize price.
Tragic Gas Work Accident Claims Claude Mullins
Claude A. Mullins age 20 died from internal injuries after a gas blowout at Fairbanks while working for Southern Carbon. Victor Sackett, his fellow worker, was injured but less severely. Both were rushed to St. Francis sanitarium then Mullins died Saturday night. Funeral held at Peters chapel with Rev. F M Freeman. Burial Riverside Park. Mullins leaves parents Mr and Mrs Boston Mullins and several sisters.
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Claude A. Mullins
Fairbanks
Southern Carbon Company
Mullins
Victor Sackett
St. Francis Sanitarium
Sackett
Peters Undertaking Chapel
F. M. Freeman
Monroe
Riverside Burial Park
Young Mullins
Boston Mullins
Advertising aids farmer says Houston speaker
R W Dunlap assistant secretary of agriculture told the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World in Houston that advertising can promote public health introduce palatable foods and help adjust consumption and supply It may be an educational agency applying to agriculture as it has to other fields He said advertisers should help develop farming and industry while maintaining living standards and farm prosperity to ensure a market for advertised products He noted farmers increasingly focus on expanding markets aligning production with demand and reducing price spread between farm and consumer prices.
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Houston
Texas
R. W. Dunlap
Associated Advertising Clubs
THREE MONROE PRISONERS SAW OUT AT CADDO JAIL
Three of the five inmates who escaped the Caddo parish jail early Sunday morning had been sent to Monroe. Jake Buckle, previously convicted in federal court for forgery, sought mercy to avoid Atlanta. H E Bridges faced Mann Act and Motor Vehicle Theft charges, arrested in Columbia. W M Thorn had a long-term sentence for dry law violations.
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Liberty
Caddo Parish
Monroe
Jake Buckle
Shreveport
Atlanta
Buckle
Dawkins
Prisner
H. E. Bridges
Columbia
United States
W. M. Thorn
Fine crop raised by irrigation at Doughtie Lipscomb farm
The Doughtie Lipscomb farm nine miles south of Monroe reports a six thousand head cabbage crop this season. Some heads weigh as much as six and a half pounds, grown from water drawn from a four inch artesian well.
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Doughtie- Lipscomb
Monroe
Oldest V. S. & P. retiree Robert P. Cox dies at 78
Robert P. Cox longtime V. S. & P. engineer and first westbound Monroe to Shreveport passenger train driver in 1884 died at his home 613 Grammont street at age 78. He survived a 1884 wreck that ended his locomotive career and later served as water plant superintendent before pension. Funeral planned at home with burial in city cemetery. widow and children Myrtle Thelma Hazel Hattie Cox listed.
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V. S. & P Railroad
Grammont Street
Robert P. Cox
Cox
Monroe
Shreveport
Sibley
Enine
Mr. Cox
Henry Herring
First Presbyterian Church
Stonewall Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Robert P. Cox, Jr
Myrtle Cox
Thelma Cox
Hazel Cox
Hattie Cox
Dance at Natatorium Tonight
Dance event announced for the Natatorium with an admission of one dollar per couple set for tonight.
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Robert Riecker
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Mulberry, Kansas
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Mrs. Body
Georgie Chism
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J. L. White
Evelyn McBride
Evelyn Bacon
Sarah Claire Courtney
Urania Company
Columbia Oil and Gas Co
Roper
Mitchell
Ernest Eldridge
Collinston
Stephen B. Williams
Indianapolis
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Methodist Protestant Demonsnation
Williams
W. A. Williams
H .W. Sweeny
St. Francis
West Side Mill
Claude Mullins
News
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Joseph Chillaux
France
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Chamber of Deputies
Paris
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Caddo
Buckle Bridges
Thorn
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