Fire destroys brick structures owned by Alain estate and Morris
Fire near Commerce and Trenton streets in West Alexandria destroyed two two story brick buildings owned in part by Alain estate and W. L. Morris. Losses ranged from 315,000 to 850,000 with extensive liquor stock and provisions burned. Firefighters battled flames with Monroe assistance, but water supply and wind prevented containment.
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Alain Estate
W. L. Morris
McLain
Commerce
Trenton
West
Trocar
Natchitoches Street
Apedo
Rtrd
Os Tack of
Wever
Weot Denree
Monroe
Wheelix
Beco
Wheelis
W.O. Morris
Mercs
Morris
George Phillips
Phillips
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Arnold Bernstein
Monroe Fire Department
Monroe Hicks
Polish Armies Near Warsaw Face Bolshevik Push
Soviet forces advance toward Warsaw as Polish allies negotiate armistice terms failing to gain Russian concessions. Baranovitchi talks stall delaying peace talks. Polish defense weakens under Bolshevik pressure as Moscow reports a Soviet government in occupied Polish regions. Americans in Warsaw warned to stay at risk.
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Bararnovitchi
Warsawa
Warsaw
Mooncow
Poland
Bolse
Tri-Cornered Race in District Three Heats Local Race
The Democratic executive committee of the Third Judicial District met at Motel Monroe to discuss the upcoming primary on September 4. Judge Fred M. Odom of Bastrop seeks the district judge seat, with Henry Montgomery as the incumbent candidate for district attorney facing competition from David Garrett and W O P Pipes of Monroe and WOR Stuckey of Bastrop. The race includes a late entry by Mr. Stucky, stirring a lively contest as candidates vie for the district attorney post and related offices.
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Weil Mene
Monroe
Fred M. Odom
Bastrop
Ote
Attorney Pipes
Destret Attorn
Stucky Aeema
Monroe Chamber Hails Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Railway Buy
Monroe Chamber of Commerce welcomed the Frost and associates who purchased the Arkansas & Louisiana Midland line and plan rapid reconstruction. Officials pledged support as the A L Missouri Railway aims to rebuild Bastrop to Monroe and Bastrop to Crepe sett sections within ninety days, with hundreds of thousands invested and carloads already moved to Adam Street.
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Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Frost-Whited-Prestridge
Arkansas & Louisiana Midland Railroad
Chamber of Common
E. A. Frost and Associates
Frost
Thomas E. Flournoy
Samuel Kaplan
Richard Downes
P. M. Atkina
M. H. Marx
W. L. Ethridge
J. J. Herring
H. L. Rosenhein
C. C. Bell
Biedenharn
H. J. Fernandez
J. A. Booze
Properties, Incorporated
G. L. Prestridge
Arkansas
Bastrep
Crepesett
Ark
Adam Street
Arkansas & Lenietant Missouri Railway
Vale
Eee
Vim
Railroad seeks blanket rate schedule as August hikes loom
Washington August 3 railroad rate experts work to set an all encompassing schedule. Plans call for higher passenger fares to take effect August 20 and freight rates to rise by August 3. The article notes active preparation of rate cards and substitutes for the final plan.
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Washington
Don Caffery to Speak Here at City Hall Tonight
Don Caffery, candidate for the United States Senate, will address Monroe at City Hall tonight at 8 oclock on the live issues of the day. Everyone is invited to attend. Caffery is viewed as an able and eloquent speaker.
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Don Caffery
United States Senate
Monroe
Mr. Caffery
Brest-Latovsk Fortress Falls Under Bolshevik Assault
Warsaw dispatch reports Brest-Litovsk fortress apparently fallen as Bolsheviks press toward Warsaw. Russian forces drive westward within sixty miles of the Polish capital while reinforcements flood front lines to finish the defeat before armistice talks at Kobryn.
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Brest-Litovsk
Warsaw
Breat Litovek
Kobryn
Russians Seize Brest-Litovsk Fort on August First
London reports an official Moscow statement confirming Russians occupied the Brest-Litovsk fortress on August 1. The announcement came via Associated Press dispatches, noting the event as part of ongoing operations near the front.
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Brest-Litovsk
Associated Presse
London
Moscow
Farmer kills alleged assailant near Rome
Ernest Brown, a Black man, was killed at dawn near Rome Georgia after a reported attempt on a farmer’s wife. The farmer was cleared by the coroner and not charged.
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Rome
Ernest Brown
Here
Roosevelt tour to start soon across Midwest and Midwest tour
The Roosevelt speaking itinerary announced today shows a Western tour beginning in Chicago on August 41 and ending in Indianapolis on August 81. He will speak daily except Sunday and be accompanied by two speakers of national associations.
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Associated Press
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
Indianapolis
Commutation Granted in Will Flournoy Case
Governor Parker commuted Will Flournoy’s sentence from death to life imprisonment in the Will Flournoy and Lonne Eaton case. Eaton faces hanging August 13 for murder of Charles McQuilier near Monroe. Sheriff says no action until official papers arrive. Flournoy and Eaton remain jailed in Monroe after transfer from Ruston.
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Will Flournoy
Parker
Monroe
Parker Westernias
Ouachita Pariah
Bouanersi
Coco
Lonne Eaton
Charles McQuilier
Mon
Eaton
Flounoy
Ctizens
Grant
Flournoy
Ruston
Aerial mail plane crashes on way to San Francisco
Omaha reports plane three of the mail-train blaze squadron from New York to San Francisco crashes into a house while attempting a getaway. Residents escape injury with only a shake up. aircraft wrecked.
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Frisco
Omaha
New York
San Francisco
Notice to Gas Customers on Late Payment
Gas customers urged to pay on or before the 10th to save ten percent. Bills unpaid by the 20th will result in service discon tinued without further notice.
Store Burglary Probe Ties to Jailbreak Suspects
Roe's grocery on Grand avenue and Price street was entered by forcing the side door and entering the shop. Burglars tried to open the safe, were frightened off, and a quantity of goods was taken. Investigators suspect four men who broke jail may have been involved. One escapee faces charges of store entry.
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Roe’s Grocery
Grand Avenue
Price Street
Wheat prices surge on war talk sparks market move
Chicago markets saw wheat climb sharply as speculation rose on European war talk. In just over an hour March futures jumped fifteen cents to two dollars thirty, up from two dollars thirteen the day before.
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Chicago
Autopsy Finds No Poisoning in Mrs. Eugene Lerey Case
Autopsy results indicate no poisoning in the death of Mrs. Eugene Lerey. The body was found in a stream with the cause of death under investigation while authorities pursue other leads.
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Eugene Lerey
Whisky hardest thing in world to secure soon asserts Kramer
New York August 1 Johan Kramer United States commissioner of prohibition arrived from Washington to say whisky will be one of the hardest things to buy before another month elapses He based the prediction on orders to local offices to refuse permits to wholesale liquor dealers and on federal restrictions.
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Kramer
Associated Press
New York
Johan Kramer
United Sates
Prohibition
Washington
Women Push Tennessee Ratification Efforts to Governor Cox
Dayton reports Mrs. Alvie Scott Baker appeals to Governor Cox for stronger action to win Tennessee ratification of the suffrage amendment. In Washington six Democratic Tennessee legislators pledge favorable votes, adding to prior support from party members.
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Tennessee
Associated Press
Dayton
Cox
Alvie Scott Baker
National Woman's Party
Washington
Dallas Bride Ends Life Two Weeks After Wedding
Mrs B H Wooten 40 a Dallas newcomer and former school teacher killed herself in bed beside her husband in Chattanooga Tenn after arriving from Dallas where they wed two weeks earlier. She was questioned at police headquarters and released with no reason given for the suicide.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
B. H. Wooten
Woooten
Dallas
Montgomery railroads seek temporary rate increase
Alabama railroads ask the State Public Service Commission for a temporary order to raise freight passenger and Pullman rates as interstate rate changes take effect. The announcements accompany other regional notes including boxing and rail incidents.
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Montgomery
Alabama
State Public Service Commission
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Dick) Wheelis
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