The Hawk Faces Trouble In Powder River County
In the Powder River district known as Bull Hook, The Hawk, a night herder for NA jeatle, clashes with rival Dull Knife Arrants and range boss Connolly. Cato Clark arrives with Anita Morgaridge, sparking rivalries that deepen as The Hawk contemplates Anita's presence and a looming spring roundup amid growing tensions between cattlemen and rustlers.
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Dove’ Crabtree
Hawk
NA Jeatle
Powder River
Dull Knife
Arrants
Connolly
Cato Clark
Mts
Anita Morgaridge
Clark
Anita
Outfit
Bull Hook
Dull Knife Arrants
Red
Cheyenne
Denver
Hiss Dangerou
Crabtree
Gullston
Fort Russell
Herbert
Tiees
Texas
Dave Crabtree
Noisy Connolly
Bull Hook Junction
Jand
Boots
Mistah Crabtree
Dane Coolidge
Cotton futures end with slight declines in New Orleans
Cotton futures closed steady with a net decline of 11 to 17 points led by May at 24.22 and July 24.49 after opening around 24.09 to 24.87. The market also shows mixed intraday moves with October near 23.84 and January around 23.84, as investors assess demand and supply dynamics.
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New Orleans
New York
Cotton futures close steady after small declines
New York Cotton reports April 4 trading with 7 to 15 point declines across front months. May settles around 24.25 to 24.54, July near 24.40, October 24.07, December 24.08 and January 23.88, with front contracts lingering near the prior closes.
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Receipts Report
Liverpool markets show dull cotton spot with steady prices across grades. Sales hit 3,000 bales with 2,300 American, receipts 22,000. futures closed easy with April to March contracts ranging from 12.82 to 18.23.
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Liverpool
Grain Prices Rise Across Wheat Leads Market
CHICAGO April 4 All grain advanced after a wavering start with wheat guiding the rise as commission houses bought and distressed sellers paused. May corn and oats followed wheat higher with gains broadening through the day. provisions firmed in step with grain despite a weak hog market.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Report for Batter Eggs and Poultry Prices
Chicago Apr 4 report shows batter prices for creamery extras at 40 1 2 to 40 1 2 per unit and extra firsts at 89 1 2 to 40, standard levels around 40 1 2, firsts 38 1 2 to 39, and seconds 33 87 1 2. Eggs receipts listed at 32 015 cases with firsts 27 8 4 to 28, ordinary firsts 27 3 4 to 28, and storage pack extras 29 1 2 firsts 29.
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Chicago
Wheeler's Small Town Produces Notable Basketball Team
Wheeler Mississippi, a village of about 100 people located thirty miles south of the Tennessee line, has drawn attention for a homegrown basketball team that competes with the best in the country. The town, with three stores and a blacksmith shop, sees trains stopping only on a flag in its three miles from the nearby points.
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Jackson
Miss
Wheeler
Mississippi
Tennessee Line
Urania oil deals top half million as leases close
Urania La April 4. New Orleans capitalists bought 600 acres for 300000 and New York interests acquired 400 acres for 200000 in the Urania field. Development will start immediately as the Urania No 6 producer spurs activity. Local oilmen push op erations and Grant parish drills continue near Pollock. The Olla chamber expands with Monroe branch head W W Beach on duty. A hail and rain shower wets fields aiding farmers planting crops in the oil boom town.
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Bill Rowe
Grant Parish
J. T. Finn
Pollock
St. Maurice
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Olla
W. W. Beach
Monroe
Donald F. Walker
Urania
New Urania
Henry E. Hardtner
Urania Lumber Company
New Orleans
New York
Urania Petroleum Company
Urania No. 6
North End
Louisiana
Metzger Case Set for Trial on April 23
Mrs. W F Metzger, indicted for manslaughter, was arraigned in district court and her trial set for Thursday April 23. The death of L E Douthit occurred last October when Metzger's car struck the group near Calhoun, killing Douthit as he worked on a stalled vehicle. The forgery case against Bessie Wilson, a Negro, is scheduled for Friday April 24.
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W. F. Metzger
District Court
Bessie Wilson
Meeks Receives Four Month Jail Term For Whiskey Charge
Charles Meeks was sentenced by Judge Percy Sandel to four months in jail and a $1000 fine for a second offense of possessing whiskey. He faced an extra six months in jail if the fine was not paid after sheriff’s deputies found six quarts of whiskey near Swartz. Sims Garner received sixty days in jail and a $500 fine for whiskey possession, with four additional months if the fine was unpaid, after traffic officer Bert Thurmond found whiskey in Garner’s car about a month earlier.
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Charles Meeks
Percy Sandel
Meeks
Sheriff's Department
Swartz
Sims Garner
Garner
Bert Thurmond
Rev Neill in Texas Revival Returns to Native Town
Pastor W E Neill of West Monroe Baptist preaches revival in Vanalstyre Texas his native town for first time in 22 years. His wife will join him next week and Rev C Smith of Pineville La will lead services tomorrow in Neill's absence at both morning and evening sessions.
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W. E. Neill
West Monroe, Baptist Church
Vanalstyre
Texas
Rev. Smith
Bueche Hurt at Work at Pritchard Wheeler Mill
C A Bueche 39 an employee at Wisner lumber mill was struck on the hand by a saw while adjusting a sticking machine. He suffered a serious laceration and was taken by interurban bus to St Francis sanitarium where he is resting well. He is a Wisner resident with a wife and four children.
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C. A. Bueche
Pritchard-Wheeler
Wisner
St. Francis Sanitarium
Bueche
Olla Hotel Reaches Full Capacity Amid Rush
Mrs. M. Zeigler operates the town’s oldest and largest hotel in Olla as occupancy stays at capacity for over two weeks. Leases for small acreage are closing in Olle while Bur-Ban Oil locates a second well two miles northwest of town, moving there after derrick erection. The new site sits in section 28-11-2 and lies about a quarter mile south of the current well, currently down to 2500 feet.
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Olla
M. Zeigler
Olle
Bur-Ban Oil Company
Caldwell Parish Radish Shipments Highlight Early Season
The Truck Growers Association of Caldwell Parish reports rapid radish shipments from Grayson to Kansas City and Chicago, with a Chicago firm seeking a three car per week contract through Easter. Members pivot to tomatoes, aiming for top acre yields while Caldwell Watchman offers prizes for tomato production.
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News-Star
Columbia
Truck Growers Association of
Caldwell Parish
Grayson
Kansas City
Chicago
Truck Growers Association
Caldwell Watchman
Walton League Organizes in Rayville to Conserve Wildlife
The Trank Walton League of Rayville, La seeks to protect streams and lakes and promote angling as a sport. Members aim to educate the public on wild life, preserve Clear Lake in Richland Parish, and ensure careful conservation to increase fish and game for future generations.
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News-Star
Rayville
Trank Walton League
League
Clear Lake
Richland Parish
Revival Converts 225 at Olla Meeting Ends
Rev. B. B. Crimm of Marshall Texas concluded a March 18 revival at Olla with 225 converts joining the church. Local residents credit the rally with major religious uplift and Crimm began a three week revival at Good Pine in La Salle parish with an opening service before a crowd of over a thousand.
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News-Star
Columbia
B. B. Crimm
Marshall
Texas
Olla
Crimm
Good Pine
la Salle Parish
Charley Butler
Negroes Charged After Raid Seizes Whiskey Traces
Florence Williams and C Parker are held in the city jail on possession charges after a raid on a west side lodging house yielded two bottles of whiskey. They attempted to pour out the liquor but spilled it on clay where officers Scooped up the evidence. Police officers Marshaw and Malletta with Special Officers Seviers and Deputy Sheriff Whilders conducted the raid.
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Florence Williams
Ouachita Avenue
C. Parker
Wegress House
Marshaw and
Malletta
Seviers
Whilders
April's First Baby Is Record for Tardiness
Julia Kern Liebreich the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Isddor Liebreich 719 Walnut street is the winner of the News Star baby contest for April The stork delivered at 12 45 Stadium The delay caused concern but birth statistics may return to normal unless a baby born earlier in April is reported gifts from local merchants will be awarded to her
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Julia Kern Liebreich
Isddor Liebreich
Walnut Street
News-Star
Stork
Julia
Control Plan Outlined for Railroads in War Time
The article details plans by General Hines and Assistant Secretary of War Davis on government control of U S railroads in wartime not seizure unless necessary. It envisions a single national system under one administration with compensation, revenue collection and minimal staffing changes.
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United States
Hines
Sir William Robertson
Imperial General Staff
Dwight F. Davis
Davis
Association of Railroad Executives
Marriage License Issued to Newson and White in Monroe
A marriage license was issued at the Clerk's office yesterday to G. H. Newson and Miss Loretta White of Monroe.
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G. H. Newson
Loretta White
Monroe
Summer Resort at Clear Lake Put Under Way
Rayville Louisiana April 4 G A Patterson Lucknow post office plans to develop Clear Lake as a summer resort He has completed the beverage emporium and bath houses are under construction with completion before bathing season He aims to ban rowdyism and provide a quiet orderly venue for gentlemen and ladies Four miles off the Dixie Overland highway between Rayville and Monroe promising fishing boating and healthy surroundings.
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News-Star
Rayville
G. A. Patterson
Lucknow
Monroe
Rayville Notes April 4 Buck Family Visits and Local News
Mre and Mrs Nevill Buck and their son visit Rayville en route to California. Ralph White of Anniston arrives to stay with his parents. Dr John Luther Kelly of Oak Grove visits and follows Urania oil field interests. Local visitors include McKwain Davenport and Walton family. Missionary Society hosts bazaar planning. Hon M W Atkinson of Shreveport visits. McNaughton Swetman and Morgan go to Memphis to testify before U S grand jury.
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News-Star
Rayville
Mre
Nevill Buck and Son
St. Louis
Mra
C. C. Buck
California
Ralph White
Anniston
Ala
W. W. White
John Luther Kelly
Oak Grove
Urania
Jack McKwain
Leon Davenport
Mer Rouge
Harry L. Walton
Methodist Missionary Society
W. A. Mee Cay
M. W. Atkinson
Shreveport
C. B. Griffis
Harry McNaughton
Pete Swetman
E. C. Morgan
Memphis
U. S
Mail Bandit Chapman Recaptured and Escapes Again
Confessed mail thief Chapman was recaptured in Georgia after being wounded and hospitalized. He escaped again within a month and eluded a nationwide search as investigators linked various crimes to him, though many were later proven by others. Patrolman Skelly was killed by a safe blower in New Britain in October 1924. Chapman was later tracked to Muncie and brought to Connecticut for trial.
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Athis
Chapman
James Skelly
New Britain
Conn
Walter FE. Shean
Springfield
Mass
Shean
Muncie
Ind
Atlanta
Connecticut
Skelly
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