Devastating Fire Rends Lake Charles Destroying Court House
A massive blaze in Lake Charles swept through the business district and residential areas, destroying the Calcasieu parish court house and hundreds of structures including hotels churches and homes. The fire started near Rival street and spread rapidly aided by wind, leaving thousands homeless while Catholic and community buildings suffered heavy losses and rescue efforts continued. Local authorities requested state troops for guard duty and telegraph links to the outside world were briefly disrupted as insurance coverage proved unlikely to cover total losses.
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Laks ‘Charlee
Southern Pacifc
Calcasien Parish
Rival Street
Pujo
Lousiana
Sterec
Msday
Behrmann
New Orleans
Ft Im
Court House
Holy Cross
Clair
Walker
Walden
Catholic Knights’ Hall
Lake House
Drew
City, Hall
Lake Charles Christian
Lasnessor
Second Week Closes of the Swope Case
Kansas City describes the Hyde murder trial entering its second week with both sides predicting victory. The county is expected to spend around two hundred thousand dollars before completion. Focus shifts to Mrs. Logan Swope and Mrs. Hyde as key witnesses while the state seeks light on Dr. Hyde’s private life. The defense plans to offer Mrs. Hyde as a witness to counter testimony.
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Kansas City
Hyde
Tefay
Logan Swope
Swope
Tennessee Supreme Court Rules on Beeretta Tax Case
In Nashville on April 23 the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in the S C Austin v P A Shelton case involving Davidson County court clerk duties and the tax on non intoxicating alcoholic beverages. The decision states that the beverage paid to make the dealer liable for the tax is not intoxicating and accordingly favors beerrette dealers.
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Nashville
Tenn
Supreme Court of Tennessee Today
S.C. Austin Verana
P. A. Shelton
Davidson County
Ballinger Pinchot Controversy Sparks New Accusations
Washington April 2 Special The Ballinger Pinchot dispute heats as Brandeis claims the Wick ersham report to the president was doctored to seem prior fact. Brandeis hints at doctored documents while Pinchot aides forecast further revelations. Georges Otis Smith describes Ballinger as yellow dog and recounts Spokane irrigation battles amid conservation clashes.
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Joby Corrigan
Washington
Ballinger- Pinchot
Hrandete
Wickersham
Ang
Ballinger
White House
Department of Justice
Tha
United States
Thatia
Henry A Hoyt
Porto Rico
Hoyt
L. R. Grayss
Ita
Peroona
San Francisco
Alaska
Seattle
Gravis
Finehot
Ballinger-Pinchot
Gifford Pinch
Brandela
Nim
Georges Otis Smith
Geological Survey
Pinchottes
Yellow Dog
Sgalhot
Garfield
Spokane Irrigation Congress
Overton W. Price
Price
Pinchot
Smith
Hs Went
Garfeld
Spokane
Ebors
Pardes
Pardee
Hallinger
Finchot
Nelson
Blizzard Rages Through Midwestern Lake Region
Chicago reports a North American storm delivering heavy snow and high winds across northern Indiana, western Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Temperature drops of 3 to 23 degrees chill Buffalo, Chicago, Milwaukee, Dubuque, and others as Lake Michigan lashes shorelines. Shipping losses include the Goddrich Line steamer Iowa and the City of Benton Harbor unable to sight harbor. Weather offices warn of continued unsettled conditions and a severe freeze over the upper Mississippi valley and western lake district threatening vegetation.
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Chicago
Lake Region
Wisalseippi
Indiana
Michigan
Ilinois
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Dubuque
Lake Michigan
Goddrich
Kenosha
Racine
Wis
Benton Harbor
Mich
Puritan
Cara
Weather Duresu
Great Lake
Mississippi Valley
Lake District
D A R Congress Elects Regents at National Meeting
In Washington on April 23 the nineteenth Continental Congress of the Daughters of American Revolution confirmed state and vice regents for the coming year after a dispute over states rights. California candidates sparked a split, but the congress ruled the later elected slate valid. Named regents include Mrs. Aurora McClellan of Alabama and Mrs. Katherine Barrow of Arkansas, among others, with additional actions urging a Yorktown to Jamestown road study and a Mount Vernon memorial road appropriation.
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Washington
Continental Congress
National Society of the Daughters of American Revolution
California
Iea
Simte
Alabama
Aurora P. McClellan
Mabel Hutton Gande
Arkansas
Katherine Braddock Barrow
Julia Montmont Noel
Florida
Lids M. Mahoney
Carte Packard Schuyler
Georgia
Mary Robertson Day
Lucy H. Morton
Texas
Luke Hughey Lane
Bettle T. Stevens
Virginia
Bmre
Alice Peyton Jamison
Jennie McCue Marshall
West Virginia
Harriette ¥. Codwise Halmonson
Mary M. Debolt
Washington Memorial
House Committee On
Yorktown
Jamestown
Williamsburg
House Committee On Appropriations
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Catherine Livingstone
Jacksonville
Fla
Donald McLean
United States Steel Corporation
Fieg
Negro Highwaysar Shoot Up Trolley Conductor and Motorman
A gunlifted hold up on the DeKalb county side of a trolley line leaves Motorman Brown dead and Conductor Bryson gravely wounded. Three suspects, all Black, are held at the police station as bloodhounds and officers scour nearby woods for the assailants. Coroner to empanel jury. pay envelopes and missing watch noted.
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Tinsley
Tno
Orien
Helb
Anit
Bryson
Bryann
Okrup
Brygon
Brown
Wan Pipord
GH “Thomson
North
Jackson Street
Peschtred and
Ivy Streets
Manda
Brysoh
Atlanta Hospital
Bryan
Dekalb County
E. L. Jett
Dhapel
Undertakers
Greenberg, Bond & Bloomfeld
DeKalb
Draft Hills
Suez
Decatur
Jerry Cheney
Elias Holland
Charles Hearn
Cffice
Kip
Laurens County
South Carolina
Jhas x Brother
Rockmert
Druid Hills
Fulton County
T. J. Donaldson
Springs
Excent
al H. Martin
Winship Nonnilly
Martin
Nunnally
Pat Campbell
Avictus
Hoa
Tve
May Johnson
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purification
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as removing humors and impurities from blood, restoring health and vigor. It cites Mrs. Bertram Gray from New Bedford praising its effects after facial illness and loss of an eyebrow, claiming thousands credit it with cures and urging readers to buy the product in liquid or Sarsatabs form.
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Hood
Bertram Gray
Arnold Street
New Bedford
Mass
C. L Hoot Co
Lowall
Atkins Celebrates Sixteenth Anniversary in Shield Brand Stores
Mike Atkins, popular traveling salesman and Georgia representative for Shield Brand Stores, has expanded the spread of Shield Brand household goods across south Georgia as he marks his sixteenth anniversary with the chain.
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Atkins
House of the Shield
Georgia
Mike Atkins
South
Sixtieth Anniversary Salutes C Kiser and Brand Shoes
Congratulations ring out for the sixtieth anniversary of ties with Mr C Kiser of The House of The Brand Shoes. Mike, a jovial strong personality, stands among Bris SFdup men as a key figure in the growth of the Shield Brand shoe line. A sixteen year tenure has guided the firm through ups and downs, contributing to a business expansion worth two hundred thousand dollars in Paris.
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Paris
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Calcasieu Parish Court House
Taft
Gifford Pinchot
Brandeis
Finney
Interior
Ittz
Muse
Muse'’S
Knox
Middle West
Mississippi
D.A. R. Congress
Negro Highwaysaar
Fezema
Mike Aticins
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