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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1925
Page
11
October 16 Orleans cotton futures opened steady with gains through the day. Prices advanced 18 points at times as traders cited heavy rains delaying harvest and strong cabling links, with December at about 20.95 and March near 20.91 while a crop estimate pegged output around 14.887 million bales.
Cotton futures opened firm with gains of 20 to 24 points as December neared 21.63 and nearby months showed strength. Traders noted firm demand and favorable market signals from Liverpool cables, with hedging in evidence and offerings readily absorbed as prices hovered near the day’s best in early trading.
Liverpool sees moderate cotton spot business with steady rates for American grades from good middling to middling and lower. Sales reach 6,000 bales with receipts at 4,000 bales and futures prices quoted steady for October through July contracts.
Chicago market report lists poultry alive steady with varied receipts and prices for fowls springs and turkeys. Butter prices rise with receipts 7,070 tubs and cream extras at 50 cents, standard 47.4, ex firsts 49. Is higher with receipts 4,498 cases and ordinary firsts around 30 cents.
Chicago grain markets opened briskly as crop reports from Australia and Canada plus delayed threshing boosted sentiment. Oats leads gains with strong late session activity. corn and provisions firm on hog values and broader feeder demand.
Hogs receipts around 4 000 head with bulk desirable weights 100 to 325 pounds trading 11.60 to 11.90. 140 pounders topped at 12.10. Sows 10.25 and slaughter pigs 11.25 to 10. Early bulk natives and trimmed offerings at 15.00. Medium fed steers around 14.00.
Rayville reports a 25 year sentence imposed in the Fifth District court after Bill Jones was convicted of murder and reduced to manslaughter. The docket included community notes on a Baptist Women’s Missionary Society building fund pledge and officers elected for the coming year. The Tensas Basin levee board met for routine business as the Madison parish fair at Tullulah drew visitors, with word of a planned milestone celesta work near Delhi tied to a MoP railway extension.
A free Christian Science lecture is set for tonight at 8 at the city high school auditorium. Gavin W. Allan of Toronto, C S B, of The First Church of Christ Scientist Boston will lecture, and a large attendance is anticipated. The public is invited.
The Monroe District Nurses association held its annual meeting with officers elected: President Miss Willie Filgo, Vice President Mrs. D. Birken, Second Vice President Mrs. J. Herbert, Secretary Miss Katheryn Felton, Treasurer Miss Winnie Hockworth. Councillors named include Miss Iris Brown, Miss Sadie Fagan, Miss Ruth Benson, Miss Ina Goins, I. S. Patrick. Miss Filgo elected delegate to the nurses state convention in Alexandria on Oct. 28 and 29.
Cattle 1,000 with steers 7.00 to 8.50, grass fat cows 4.00 to 15.50, heifers 5.00 to 6.00, canners 8.25 to 8.75. Hogs shipper tops 11.60, packers 11.50, bulk 11.10 to 11.50. Sheep top western lambs 14.80, others 14.50 to 14.75. Lambs 15.25 to 16.75, fat lambs steady 15.60 to 16.75, ewes 6.50 to 7.50, heavies down to 5.50.
Fragmentary timetable shows No 807 No 809 Farmerville new train arriving 12 15 PM and No 842 departing 1 60 PM.
The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers pressed Congress to stop government size estimates of the cotton crop. A. Pawtucket RI officer William B. MacCall was elected president. Morgan Butler of Boston stepped down. The group urged amending law to delay any national crop estimate until a reasonably accurate figure can be produced.
West Monroe carpenter J. L. Cannon was injured at work when he fell from a chair. He suffered a sprained knee and a fractured rib and was taken to St. Francis sanitarium in Monroe for treatment.
Special to the News-Star Ruston Louisiana notes a Prenau club meeting at Mrs. T L James with Kathleen Graham as co host. The Sianocola Band of Baton Rouge will play at City Park October 20 under American Legion auspices. Attendees include W H Allen G W Bond many others. Notables visiting include Mr William Slayton of Atlanta en route to Shreveport and Senators Edwin Broussard and C C Dawkins. Scout conference tonight features J Bolton Smith of Memphis with D K Brown presiding and L L Brown directing singing.
Locarno Switzerland October 16 delegates from western European powers formally initiated the security pact. The treaty embodies a permanent peace framework and promises renewed diplomatic cooperation among signatories.
Velvet returns in hats and gowns with varied shapes from cavalier to Directoire. Cloches remain popular in lavender crinkled velvet. quilted velvet hats appear for street wear. Gowns trend simple lines with crepe georgette and chiffon in light shades. velvet and lace accents, pearls, and godets enhance formal afternoon looks.
Calhoun Methodist Church schedules rally day with special music by Sunday school children and Miss Susie M. Juden of New Orleans as speaker. Address at 10 30 followed by supervision of elementary classes and teaching duties by Juden and assistants from Monroe. Evening program repeats with a postponed pageant due to North Louisiana Fair incident.
Classified ads in the News-Star promise strong returns for advertisers seeking wide reach. Projections highlight higher visibility, steady readership, and potential sales boosts for local businesses investing in ad space.
Louisiana charter filed for Virginia Hotel Company Inc to establish a Monroe based hotel and related enterprises with capital stock of 125000 dollars in 1250 shares. J E Daley R H Moffatt G S Prestridge L A Grevenberg F G Hudson Jr and others named as initial directors and subscribers.
The Southwestern Kansas conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Peabody Kansas voted today to unify with the Episcopal Church after a session that included a formal oath procedure.
The document states a charter under Louisiana law Act 267 of 1914 with parties seeking to exercise rights and fix obligations and liabilities as prescribed by law. It outlines their intent to form a legal association under state statute in Ouachita Parish.
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