05 Oct 1915
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1915
Page
1
Public notices list various local business offerings and fines. Walker Bros Gro Co advertises bulk sugar prices. city tax and fee notices warn of delinquency. court entries show discharged weapons charges and fines for fights and indecent language. Industry ads include portraiture and veterinary services.
Herrmann offers permanent wave services for straight or stringy hair and switches made from combings dyed and renovated. Services include shampooing and guaranteed work. Miss Myrtle Young at 808 Ouachita Avenue lists contact via phone 647. Includes sale of hair goods and a note about 24 pound sacks of cream meal.
J E Morgan and Brothers advertise wood coal blacksmith and domestic services and supply concrete lime cement sand and gravel. All kinds of building materials available from Bonadoe Louibing location.
Mr. F. S. Boughton of Mangham visited Dr. Ferne Eckert with a quick auto trip across the Lafourche setting a tone about painting and wages. He notes if an improved road reaches the Quachita parish line Mangham could gain an auto truck line delivering freight from Monroe and cotton worth about 1000 to 1500 bales yearly.
Readable line lists cream meal sold in 24 pound sacks at a price of ii cents per bag. No further details available.
The arrow rock Dam, 351 feet high, is the world’s highest and a crowning U S Reclamation Service achievement. It enables irrigation of 243000 acres near Boise, built in four years at a five million cost. The dam creates a 200 foot deep lake extending eighteen miles back.
Long delays in restoring normal telegraph service between Monroe and New Orleans cause widespread inconvenience. News-Star press reports remain in Dallas while New Orleans correspondents cannot receive reports. Commercial messages face delays. a week has passed since the storm cut communications.
The Free Lyceum attendance tomorrow will determine if free entertainments continue this term. Over four hundred dollars is owed on courses from the past two years and a large turnout is needed to reduce the debt. The schedule lists seven acts for the coming season from October to March, including Power Brans Co and Gamble Concert Co.
In Shreveport a vast funeral service honored Alfred W. Cheesman, late worshipful grand master of the Louisiana Masons. His body lay in state at the Masonic temple before a service at First Baptist Church and interment at Greenwood Cemetery. An escort and large crowd attended from Masonic chapters and friends.
New Orleans October 4 committee leaders expect a large turnout for the State Central Committee meeting called by Chairman Wilkinson on Tuesday. They plan to set the primary date likely January 25 and may pursue a fusion ticket with Parker supporters while retaining Democratic balance. Members named from Fifth Louisiana Levee District include H R Speed and A H Gillespie. at large from the Fourth District include John S Boatner Jr and J P Parker.
The Monroe Painting Wall Paper Co is now at 110 Jackson Street behind the Greek American Confectionery. They offer a full line of paints and wallpaper with new address details.
Beginning Wednesday the city will test two or three small streetcar route changes to cut delays on the Lee Avenue line. Jackson Street will carry regular traffic to avoid wait at Second and DeSiard for connections. Lee Avenue cars will travel down Jackson from DeSiard while Riverside cars stay around Grand Street and the belt line will reverse. About sixty Masons from Monroe and west attended the funeral of Grand Master Alf W. Cheesman in Shreveport. estimates say a thousand Masons present in uniform from Shrine and Knights Templar. New York reports Plumes. See $4.00 Plumes at Johnston & Cann. Up-to-date hat show. 4-3t.
A telegram from Henry W. Peters of St Louis congratulates Mr. A L Harrington on a record September for Peters Branch of the International Shoe Company. It states the company did the largest monthly business ever in September, surpassing August by 207000 dollars, signaling overall economic improvement.
Miriam Marka of Atlanta will be the principal witness against her husband Maurice Marks when he faces trial in Nashville Tennessee Federal Court on white slave charges. Marka had filed for divorce in Georgia and Marks was indicted by a federal grand jury.
President Wilson and Secretary Daniels and Chairman Padgett announced at the White House that Congress will consider a naval program adding fast battleship cruisers to the American fleet, a type not yet in service.
The article urges recognizing Fire Prevention Day with prayers and actions to reduce fire hazards. It notes London’s 1666 blaze and Chicago’s past conflagration dates, calling on cities to issue prompts on cleaning premises, inspecting heaters, disposing of ashes safely, and following fire prevention rules. It also asks governors to proclaim Oct 9 and promote home fire safety education.
Copeland's Cash Grocery lists daily items including self rising buck wheat flour old fashion buckwheat flour pan cake flour and pastry flour. Dried fruits including citron raisins dried peaches pears and cranberries. Two kinds of mackerel pickled beef celery oysters crabs and shrimp offered with Thursday and Friday seafood days and phone orders available.
City engineers warn Manhattan subway ruins threaten collapse amid rotten rock and collapsing tunnels. Militia cited as main civilian defense force while officials push a costly Catskill water project facing delays and political friction. Dance masters ban certain steps, bankers frequent a new club gym, and Wall Street figures face altered imagery of fitness and wealth.
The city will receive bids for police winter uniforms at the mayor's office up to Oct 10. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. H. D. Apgar, Mayor.
Fragmentary data shows monthly references October and December with mixed figures and inconsistent values. No clear event or outcome is discernible from the OCR text.
A compact price excerpt lists decimal figures for several months and entries: 12.64 12.16 12.81 12.30 18.08 12.56 across October December January readings, reflecting numeric market values in a historical ledger.
A mistrial was declared after hours of deliberation in the Armstrong case at Winnsboro. The jury signaled acquittal or conviction but the matter will not be resumed until next March. The proceedings drew wide attention this week and set a new date for retrial.
New York Oct 4. J P Morgan & Co announced today that no further subscriptions will be accepted after 10 a m for the Anglo French loan. The statement indicates the underwriting remains open only to early subscribers and notes the market reaction to the news.
Cartoonist Stewart of Chicago fell to his death from a downtown window today. His mother lives in Ville, Arkansas.
A service commission reports the New York dual subway project has cost hundreds of millions. Total expenditure is estimated at around 130 million dollars with additional costs pending.
In Winnsboro Louisiana on October 2 the case State versus A B E went to the jury at 6 20 p m after the defense argued self defense. By 11 o clock no verdict had been reached and the jurors remained in deliberations.
State of Louisiana sixth Judicial District coroner sale under writ of sale seized six black horse mules black mare mule two ro mules one bay mare four to five years old to be sold at the western front door of the car in Monroe for cash with appraisement terms and costs.
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