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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1925
Page
8
Orleans Louisiana September 10 Cotton futures closed steady with gains after a firm showing in early trading. Prices for October and December rose while January and March contracts also moved higher amid active buying and outside interest. Late first half hours saw prices ease on talk of easier acre spot basis in the southern market.
New York cotton futures finished with net advances of 22 to 24 points. Prices ranged with October at 23.38, December 23.80, January 23.20, March 23.55, and May 23.90, while nearby months opened firm.
Liverpool on September 10 reports steady cotton prices with American grades in demand. Quotations list strictly good middling 13.49 and other categories from 11.34 to 13.49, sales 49,000 bales, receipts 10,000 bales, no American arrivals, futures steady with near months around 12.4 to 12.5.
Chicago stockyards report shows hog receipts around 2,000 with prices for various weights from 12.35 to 13.25, sows and light hogs listed, and feeder pig values near 11.50 to 12.75. Sheep receipts total 24,000 with natives bulk at 15.50 to 15.75 and Washington lambs around 16.75, plus light yearlings and other feeders at noted ranges.
Chicago trading opens with wheat down 3 to 4 cents as government estimates of a larger spring crop trigger selling by speculative holders. Corn and oats move with mixed signals as hogs rise and provisions firm.
Butter market reports higher prices with receipts totaling 8,258 tubs and creamery shipments at various bid levels. In overseas news, French forces renew large scale attacks along the Rifian front in Morocco after prior bombardment.
Mrs. Floria Clark of Vicksburg appeals to police for help locating her daughter Lucille Dillon who has been missing from home for three months. Lucille, 18, light hair brown eyes medium build, has reportedly been in Monroe and has sometimes worked as a telephone operator or store clerk.
David C. Silverstein reports brisk fall business for St. Louis jobbers across the southwest. He cites August as a peak for placing full orders and notes retail dealers flocking to wholesale centers to secure goods amid unusually hopeful commerce.
The death of Patria Elna McVicker aged one at a Monroe sanitarium ends a summer trip by Mr. and Mrs. M. L. McVicker of Anadarko Oklahoma to Farmerville Louisiana. The child fell ill after arrival, deteriorated, and died. funeral plans list a burial in Farmerville cemetery this afternoon.
Report from Wenroe Compress and Warehouse manager E. J. Nichols shows a record season with 5356 bales received and 2560 compressed, 2162 shipped, and a daily rate near 200 bales. Other gins including Monroe Compress and Standard Gin add to rising totals as farmers boosted production.
The Louisiana Baptist Orphanage in Monroe will have a formal dedication this autumn, likely in October, after delays since June 9 due to highway and building completion. A large program is planned with invitations to Baptist churches statewide and prominent Louisiana preachers, while children entertain towns at night with music and elocution in Baptist churches.
Deputies Roper and Mitchell raided a house at 217 Peach Street yesterday afternoon discovering 35 pints of moonshine whiskey. Empty bottles and gallon jars were found around the residence and Johnnie Overton, arrested on DeSiard Street, was charged with liquor possession in a district attorney information filing.
Rotarians at Sterling ton postponed the noon luncheon to night at Hotel Monroe with H. C. Couch interests as hosts. A Sterlington luncheon is now planned for September 15 in the Hotel Monroe, paired with the Chamber of Commerce and other civic clubs. Charles Kramer spoke on My First Year in College and Charles Reed discussed the Seventeenth district convention. Mrs Rasbury sang two selections and Miss Cromwell offered readings.
Governors of Tennessee and Georgia plan proclamations urging churchgoers to pray for rain amid severe drought threatening crops and drinking water. Georgia's governor notes petitions at services while skeptical about prayer's efficacy. Alabama Baptists schedule a day of prayer for rain.
Two trucks collided at North Fifth and Pine Strets this morning injuring five year old Charles Mitchell of 10 Louise Anne Avenue with a fractured shoulder. Hale Hyland and Sam Mitchell drove the trucks. police report Hyland struck from the side and that Sam Mitchell is the boy’s father.
Sybal C. Hemen aged six months died at the family home in Choudrant Louisiana last night. The funeral was held this afternoon at the home of the child's parents Mr and Mrs Frank Hemety. Burial was in Douglas.
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An official survey from Washington outlines how the Army trains thousands of recruits as specialists in many fields. Lists service schools across Fort Humphrey, Fort Sill, Camp Holabird, Fort Riley, Edgewood Arsenal, Fortress Monros, Kelly and Brooks Fields, and Washington D C offering courses from lithography to moving picture photography and medical techs to finance and radio engineering.
Parish of Ouachita Louisiana documents authorize the Louisiana Stores Company Inc with Monroe as domicile to operate grocery and mercantile business for 99 years. Initial capital stock set at 20 900 dollars offering 200 shares. first directors include T D Case T K Currie and E M Steen all Mississippi residents.
Edward Mary Francis and Bart O Sull ivan Jr sit on steps of their Lakehurst New Jersey home mourning their father a chief petty officer who died when the Shenandoah broke in two.
Local officials and chamber leaders discuss a joint program for Fire Prevention Week in October. Aimed at inspecting Monroe and West Monroe properties and launching an education campaign to reduce preventable fire losses, with a September 8 meeting to finalize plans.
Lessor E. S. Morey said interior finishing remains substantial and the opening date cannot yet be forecast. Next Tuesday Chicago furniture shipments will arrive. may be stored briefly before placement. A Chamber of Commerce banquet for hotel staff and newcomers is planned for September 15 at Hotel Monroe with reservations due by Monday.
The City Council of Monroe Louisiana invites sealed bids by 11 a m on September 17 1925 to demolish and remove a frame building at 318 North Sixth Street once used as a veterinary hospital owned by Dr Frank Collins certified checks amounting to 5 percent of bid are required Bids addressed to the undersigned P A Poag Secretary Treasurer Monroe Louisiana may reject any or all bids.
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