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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1925
Page
11
New Orleans May 29 Cotton closes steady with a net decline of 12 points as futures shed modest gains. Early trades show quiet activity and a cautious tone due to expectations of harvest increases in the Southwest. July and October futures hover near 22.00 while prices ease after bearish private reports.
Cotton futures closed steady to mixed with small moves up and down across July October December and January contracts. Opening figures show July around 23.06 while October sits near 22.46 and December near 22.61 with March about 22.46.
Liverpool reports moderate spot business with prices steady. Good middling 13.89, strictly good middling 13.50, middling 13.04, low middling 12.24, and lower grades listed. Sales 5,000 bales including 3,400 American. receipts 10,000 including 4,400 American. Futures closed quiet with values for June to March shown. official closing May 12.49.
Large deliveries on May contracts led to an early down turn in wheat prices as a double holiday ahead spurred profit taking. May futures fell to 1 8 to 3 4 cents lower, with July at 16 1 4 cents. Corn and oats weakened, hogs pressured provisions as prices eased.
Poultry alive lower with fowls 22 to 40, broilers 28 to 40, roosters 13, turkeys 20, ducks 22 to 30, geese 13 to 24. Butter higher at 42 price ranges with receipts 17 025 tubs and creamery exports 42 1 2 to 39 1 2. Eggs steady with receipts 30 7382 cases.
Confirmation service at Temple B Nai Israel marks Shabouth Feast of Weeks with eight children confirmed. Special music and decor enhance the observance. Public welcome to attend the 7 30 p m service.
M H LaCroix and E G Davis from LSU Extension aided Grant Parish agents in Colfax for the annual parish lab rally on May 16 with 75 girls and boys attending. The specialists called it one of the outstanding rallies of the year. A G Graham reported 52 club members planning to attend the June encampment.
At the Calhoun parish farm association meeting, Henry Clay Smith of the Missouri Pacific rail line urged careful truck crop cultivation to use all twelve months. He noted improved refrigerator-car shipments and market timing, while stressing coordinated planting and marketing for best prices. Jewel McQuiller spoke on youth camp prospects, and E R Strahan discussed cauliflower trials on Ouachita parish lands.
The cape dress rises in clubs and restaurants after its Riviera debut. Shown in crepe satin in gray, with an open neck rolled to arm revers and scalloped lower edge. Neck finished with a collar and tie strings. Medium size needs 7 yards 36 inch material. Victoria Review Cape Dress No 2890, sizes 16–20 years and 34–48 inch bust. Price 45 cents.
Final plans are made for the ninth annual Louisiana Travelers association convention in Monroe on June 5 and 6. Four hundred delegates are expected with a 40 page souvenir issued. committees include Wm and Tony as state chairs, David C. Silverstein local chair, and others across entertainment, automobile, dance, and banquet duties. Activities begin Friday with registration and 2 pm city hall program, culminating in a 9 pm banquet at Hotel Monroe.
Grayson Louisiana hosts a May 29 to June 7 Methodist conference and Ministerial Institute under the Louisiana Conference. Lectures, study classes, sermons, and vocational guidance form the program with notable speakers from Baltimore Cambridge and Chicago. Evangelistic services and staff include Rev Stephen B Williams Dr E Sexsmith and Mrs H Maier with free local hospitality for out of town clergy.
A Dodge coach carrying tourists from Nacogdoches Texas rolled over west of Rayville near the V S and P depot injuring one woman who was taken to Sartor Sanitarium. Owner McKinney drove the vehicle and his mother suffered the serious injuries. others were shaken but unhurt.
Louisville light heavyweight Jim Maloney is suspended indefinitely by the Kentucky Board of Athletic Control for failure to appear for the Kentucky Derby Eve fight with Sully Montgomery, a former Center football star, in Louisville.
A fire of unknown origin destroyed a negro Bancisy church and a small negro school near West Monroe on the old Natchitoches road. Damage is about 1000 dollars. Alarm at 1 am as the church roof collapsed and flames spread to the school. No clear insurance status reported and careless smoking is suspected.
K S and S Dixon a 53 year old Missouri Pacific engineer sustained a back wrench while the train lurched near Collinston. He was moved to St Francis Sanitarium after reaching Collinston then Vidalia resident Dixon was ill earlier and rode in the passenger car. Robinson a negro gas heater explosion at Ferriday injured hand and sent to St Francis Sanitarium where he works in the Missouri Pacific shops.
Ruston Louisiana May 29 Annual Alumni Day will be observed at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute June 8. The Alumni Association will hold its business meeting at 8 pm in the main auditorium, addressing incorporation under Louisiana law. Dr Richard Summerville will speak at the 7 30 pm public meeting with a musical program. The 9 30 pm banquet will include class roll calls songs toasts and speeches. Life membership certificates will be awarded to Thatcher Memorial sponsors.
Bus waiting room noted with reference to Grand Telephone 772 and a date 4 25t. Details are fragmentary but indicate a transit or telecommunication notice. Contains names, numbers, and a mistyped date fragment.
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