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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1925
Page
8
New Orleans reports cotton futures closing with a net advance of 12 to 14 points after opening steady. January, March and May contracts rise while December and October post gains. overall activity reflects cautious demand and steady trading across key months.
New YorkCotton futures closed steady with a net advance of 10 to 15 points. October settled around 22.75 to 22.91, December 22.75 to 22.92, January 22.01 to 22.16, March 22.30 to 22.46, and May 22.52 to 22.66 while opens showed October 22.80, December 22.27, January 22.01, March 22.30, and May 22.53.
Cotton spot activity shows steady prices with American grades leading. Sales reached 8,000 bales, including 5,500 American, while receipts stood at 8,500 all American. Futures closed steady with October 12.07 and forward months trading around 11.9.
Wheat prices rise after Canadian storms delay threshing and European demand strengthens. Liverpool reports strong continental demand while Russian crop fear fades. Minneapolis mills show long orders. Corn and oats follow wheat higher as hog futures slip on weaker provisions.
A labor federation report from El Paso advocates nonpartisan action in the 1926 elections. It calls central bodies and unions to rally behind a campaign outline, maintaining federation control while accepting broad support from allied groups.
The legion chief pressed for military law as a key issue at the convention. An announcement that his message would be read softened attendance doubts, but friends viewed the failure to invite him as an effort to bar him from speaking on the floor.
A mixed group of eight Americans and three Englishmen held a Christmas dinner in London at the Savoy Hotel to commemorate last year’s missed holiday. The dinner arose after Mrs Kennedy McCombs of San Antonio reorganized a world tour aboard the Esmeralda and arranged a December feast once a plump turkey could be sourced from France due to a prior illness. American hostesses in London this season total over 1,000 events, with Mrs Vanderbilt and Lady Cunard among the leading entertainers. The anecdote accompanies social chatter about ships, regattas, and royal presence in Cowes during regatta week.
The Sioux send a cedar gavel from Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn ranch to Omaha for the Legion ceremony. A. B. Welsh of Mandan, the White Chief of the Sioux and Chief John Grass's adopted son, presents it and invokes Roosevelt's spirit of righteous policy. General Hines outlines veterans bureau decentralization and hospital expansion at the convention.
New Orleans moves as relief hub for Florida logjam with chartered ships delivering cement gypsum and building materials. Gulf and Southern and Moore and McCormack boost Tampa service while railroads face delays and longshore crews seek better wages.
Friday and Saturday crowds at the Saenger Theatre applauded a fine program arranged by Manager Greenblatt alongside the film Pretty Ladies. Dancer Lillian Caldwell debuted a Hawaiian number with the Gloom Chaser, Esther Snell drew enthusiastic applause, and Don Brietenmoser and Phillip Bernhardt formed a skilled piano-violin trio. Five girls presented Charleston themed Charleston scene featuring Ann Pennington, aligning with the night’s film.
While cleaning an automatic pistol yesterday morning S. C. Kenley about 60 years old shot himself in the calf of the left leg when the gun accidentally discharged. A physician was summoned and the wound dressed. Kenley lives near the city limits in the southern end of Monroe.
Glenna Collett of Providence wins the 36 hole final 9 up and 8 to play to retain the women’s national championship at St Louis Country Club. Alexa Stirling Frazer of Ottawa showed flashes of brilliance but could not overcome Collett’s superb play after delays due to a flood. The 22 year old defending champion previously won her first title in 1922 and is noted for grace and consistency on the demanding course.
The document records the formation of Collens and Thompson Company, a Louisiana corporation based in Monroe Ouachita Parish, with perpetual succession for 99 years. It names officers to receive service and declares the purpose to engage in the sale of drugs and druggists supplies, including stationery and soda.
Document details the incorporation of a Monroe Louisiana company with Joh W. Collens as president, R F Thompson as vice president and gen manager, and Paul Collens as secretary and treasurer. It outlines director vacancies, dissolution provisions, stockholder notices, and amendments, dated September 12, 1925, in Ouachita parish.
The document describes corporate powers for owning real estate, financing, and operating a drug store business including sale of drugs and related supplies. It sets capital stock at 10 000 dollars, 100 shares of 100 dollars each, with potential increase to 20 900 dollars, and a three-person board of directors to be elected annually on the first Tuesday of January.
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