Northeastern Louisiana Safe From Major Flood Says Wilson
Congressman Riley J. Wilson arrived in Monroe to oversee Ouachita Valley flood efforts and stated Northeastern Louisiana should be safe if the Arkansas river levees hold. He warned the Ouachita region could face trouble if breaks occur and will stay until the situation improves.
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Quachita Valley
Arkansas City
Wilson
Louisiana
Arkansas River
Riley J. Wilson
Monroe
Ouachita Valley
Fifth Congressional District
Washington
Louis
Pest Expert Here 10 Finish Health Survey for M P Lines
Missouri Pacific Railroad conducts malaria survey across Louisiana Arkansas and Missouri to gauge prevalence in parishes counties and communities. Captain A W Fuchs with Dr Oscar Dowling reports 40 percent of employees had malaria or history of it and notes higher malaria in North Louisiana than South. The railroad plans sanitary measures across divisions after completion.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
A. W. Fuchs
Memphis
North
South
Fuchs
Helena
Ark
Missouri Pacific
Missouri Pacific Railway
Mer Rouge gas plan sparks disarmament clash and bonds vote
Surve y results show Mer Rouge could be supplied with gas from a nearby well for 25000 dollars for a three inch line seven to eight miles away. A special election on bonds for the project is planned as carbon interests push development in the Ouachita field with plans for a carbon plant near Swartz.
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MER Rouge
Met Rouge
Ouachita
Swartz
Monroe- Bastrop Road
Hancock Spur
Hancock Spur-Swartz
Southern Carbon Company
Chicago
Department of Conservation
Warm political battle for West Monroe mayor and council
West Monroe residents face a heated contest for mayor with W. A. Burt and C. C. Bell as mayoral candidates. Ten candidates vie for five council seats including J. D. Madden Fred M. Grant J. E. Lockwood William Dantzler J. G. Cobb J. B. Dozier Fred R. Mitchell E. O. Smith S. H. Weard and R. L. Kilgore. Election set for June 13 with two year terms for winners.
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West Monroe
W. A. Burt
C. C. Bell
J. D. Madden
Fred M. Grant
J. E. Lockwood
William Dantzler
J. G. Cobb
J. 8. Dozier
Fred R. Mitchell
E. O. Smith
S. H. Weard
R. L. Kilgore
Special Election in Johnson District to Issue Bonds
A special election is held today in the Johnson school district of Morehouse parish to incur debt and issue bonds totaling 18000 dollars to build and equip a school building. Voting takes place at Johnson school house with commissioners W. M. Cox J. C. Barnett and Robert Harp and clerk John Green.
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Johnson School
Morehouse Parish
Johnson School House
W. M. Cox
J. C. Barnett
Robert Harp
John Green
Monroe Officer Seriously Ill of Acute Appendicitis
Policeman W. W. Stern was taken to St. Francis sanitarium last night in serious condition believed to be acute appendicitis. He was operated on shortly after admission. Inspector Heap has been overseeing the case.
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St. Francis Sanitarium
Inspector Heap
Stern
Bastrop Jurors Acquit Bank Cashier in Fast Verdict
A. B. Andrews former cashier of the State Bank at Met Rouge was acquitted in Bastrop district court on a embezzlement charge involving 2000 dollars from May 3 1920. The jury was out seven minutes. He still faces one embezzlement charge and two false entry counts.
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A. B. Andrews
State Bank
Met Rouge
Bastrop
Missouri Pacific Tracks Under Water From Ouachita Flood
Three miles of Missouri Pacific railway between White and Felsenthal Arkansas are flooded due to Ouachita river overflows. Officials predict an additional six to eight inch rise. trains run slowly and a detour via Monroe and Little Rock lines is planned for affected sections. Quachita river has risen about six inches between Monroe and Sterlington with further increases expected.
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Ark
Felsenthal
Ouachita
Monroe
Monroe and
Little Rock
Missouri Pacific
Quachita
Sterlington
Monroe Newsie Harry Oliphant Missing At Noon
Harry Oliphant a 12 year old news boy and son of R L Oliphant of 511 Sixth street disappeared yesterday around noon He worked for the Monroe News Star and the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railroad He left without warning and his father notified police and nearby towns Inspector Heap was alerted as a missing child case
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Harry Oliphant
R. L. Oliphant
Sixth Street
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
Moon
H. M. Green Dies at Son's Home in Monroe
H M Green aged 73 died Friday night at 12 o clock at the home of his son George Green 107 Arkansas avenue Monroe Texas burial will be in Greenville Texas He leaves four sons Will and Arthur Green of Greenville Texas George and Jim Green of Monroe and a daughter Mrs J J Hus band of Loneoak Texas He had lived in Monroe with his son for fifteen years and was well known by many who regret his death.
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George Green
Arkansas Avenue
Greenville
Texas
Mr. Green
Will
Arthur Green
George
Jim Green
Monroe
J. J. Husband
Loneoak
No Action Taken at Oil Well Meet
A Chamber of Commerce meeting to discuss buying one third of Hayes Brummett holdings on the S S Miller farm was postponed due to low attendance. No steps were taken to complete the well drilled to 1880 feet, though investors are expected to provide fresh capital as the venture is regarded as excellent.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hayes-Brummett
S. S. Miller
Lower Wages for Railroad Workers Decried by Walsh
Chicago April 11 Frank P Walsh counts for employees declares to the railroad labor board that further wage reductions would ruin the families of about five hundred thousand track and shop laborers already unable to secure food and bare necessities.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Chicago
Frank P. Walsh
Railroad Labor Board
Bandit Activity Reported in Mexican States
Officials report rising revolutionary bandit activity in Vera Cruz Jalisco Nayarit Mexico Rebels in Nayarit numbered two to three hundred under Pablo Gonzales leadership
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Vera Cruz
Jalisco
Nayarit
Mexico
Naparit
Pablo Gonzales
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