Intrastate Freight Rates Delayed by Louisiana Commission
News notes that 35 percent interstate freight increases take effect tomorrow, but Louisiana intrastate raises await Louisiana Railroad Commission action. Monroe chamber warns rates may not apply locally until state authorization, while carrier tariffs for interstate traffic show varied increases. The commission has not yet acted, though notices to shippers reflect pending changes and new passenger fares from New Orleans to several destinations.
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Saloons' closure lifts blotter with rising intoxication cases
Monroe police report growing intoxication incidents after saloon closures. Jamaica ginger with 95 percent alcohol rises as a preferred intoxicant. Three white men Charles Miller Frank McCormick and Scot tie Drummond were arrested for drunkenness last night with a Jamaica ginger bottle found on the last named man. In a separate update Anti Suffrage advocates claim Governor Roberts certified the Tennessee Legislature action. A restraint bid to block Secretary Colby from publishing federal suffrage ratification is heard as officials seek proper authority.
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Poland Rejects Russian Demands at Minsk Trunk Case Involves Leroy
The report states the Soviet presented fifteen demands at Minsk which Poland rejected. Leroy, sought by Detroit police for murder, was arrested aboard the steamship Dryden in Rio de Janeiro and will be sent to New York then Detroit. The case ties into broader Russo Polish talks and a Miami? not needed.
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Buenos Aires
Rate increases on railroads and steamships take effect tonight
Washington August 25 Increased transportation charges on almost all railroads and steamship lines will become effective at midnight. Steamship lines serving the Atlantic coast Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico raise freight rates 20 to 40 percent and passenger rates 20 to 33 and one third percent following the shipping board decision last night.
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Negroes in Baby Contest At Local Elks Club
The Better Babies contest drew strong participation from the community with thirty five babies examined by noon at the local Elks Club. Dr W Johnson a Negro physician led examinations and three leading Negro women Loretta Pruitt L H McClanahan and M M Wood directed recording and assisted.
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Traveling Men of Monroe Seek Renewal of Mileage and Scrip
Monroe's traveling men urge re adoption of mileage and scrip books abandoned by railroads in the war era. The Monroe Chamber of Commerce through the Southwestern Passenger Association plans to push the renewal, supported by a wide network from New York to Memphis. The move aims to aid Monroe travelers and benefit traveling men across the region.
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Louisiana Auto Sales Law Calls for Detailed Transfers
Clerk of Court Pat Hamilton urges compliance with a new Louisiana General Assembly act requiring authentic acts or affidavits for automobile sales. The law mandates make year price model engine size and seller and buyer details, with recorded deeds and certified copies kept by buyers.
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Poland Rejects Minsk Peace Terms in Demobilization Clash
London's dispatch reports that Poland flatly rejects the Soviet Minsk peace terms. Of fifteen Russian demands only the demobilization clause is accepted, and only if Russia also demobilizes. The Manchester Guardian correspondent notes this is a conditional acceptance.
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Kolno Frontier Town Seized by Polish Forces
Warsaw reports Kolno the important town near East Prussian frontier has fallen to Polish troops pursuing retreating Bolsheviks. In the region more than 10,600 prisoners have been taken as Soviet forces are cut off from their main body.
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French and American Governments Agree on Polish Frontiers
Paris reports the French foreign office states full accord with the United States that Polish armies should stay inside Poland's ethnographic frontiers. The exact frontiers are yet to be determined.
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Cox Roosevelt Campaign Fund Urges South Contributions
The News Star urges conservative Democrats to fund Cox and Roosevelt with a nationwide campaign, noting the Solid South will deliver a large Democratic majority but stressing active posturing in the West, North and East. Readers are asked to contribute and make checks payable to News Star Campaign Fund.
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Dryden Sailed Amid Trunk Murder Suspect Delay
New York Aug 25 British freighter Dryden sailed Aug 3 from New York City. Leroy, linked to a trunk murder mystery, was arrested after authorities learned a man matching his description was aboard. The captain was asked by wireless to detain the suspect for Rio de Janeiro police.
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British Parliament Funding Criticized in U S Affair
Sir Auckland Geddes called the claim that the British Parliament appropriated 87500 dollars for entertainment by the British Ambassador in Washington to aid the Democratic presidential nomination "perfectly absurd" during a St Louis discussion involving Congressman Britten of Illinois.
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Quarantine Reimposed on Louisiana Parishes for Cattle Tick Fever
The U S department of agriculture orders a federal quarantine effective September 15 in Caldwell Union and several Louisiana parishes. Cattle can not be shipped from these areas except under USDA regulations. Parishes were released from quarantine December 1 1918 but authorities failed to cooperate in eradication allowing tick menace to spread to Ouachita and others.
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Union
Louisiana
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Ouachita
Car Barn Use at Forsythe Park
The city arranges a temporary carbarn at Forsythe park. The ladies’ building at the fair grounds will be converted into a car house for Monroe Municipal Railway cars. The city must vacate DeSiard and Catalpa streets by October 1 or market house material may be sold, with later plans to convert market-house material into a car barn.
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Fair Grounds
Monroe
DeSiard and
Catalpa
Colby Certification Challenged by Hall in Tennessee
Decatur Ala Aug 25 Representative Hall Nashville insurgent leader says Tennessee ratification of the woman suffrage amendment was not properly certified to Secretary of State Colby. He alleges Governor Roberts merely sent a copy of the house journal and that legal requirements were not met. The Washington document will not warrant a Colby proclamation.
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Representative Hall
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Roberts
House Journal
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Suffragists Hopeful Of Final Ratification Proclamation
Washington officials anticipate the state department will issue a proclamation declaring the federal suffrage amendment ratified by enough states to become effective before the day ends. Tennessee’s official notification was expected to reach Secretary Colby during the day.
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Tennessee ratifies women suffrage as three-fourths reached
Washington reports expected proclamation by the state department within 24 hours confirming ratification by Tennessee. Governor Roberts mailed official notification to Secretary Colby. Tennessee certification arrived by mail, marking another step toward federal suffrage.
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State Department
I.by
Roberts
Tennessee
Nashville
Reverend Holcomb Declines Monroe Baptist Church Charge
Rev H R Bolcomb of Mansfield recently called to lead the First Baptist church of Monroe has decided not to accept the pastorate. A telegram was received by the Mansfield church board of trustees informing of the decision.
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Monroe Baptist Church
H. R. Bolcomb
Mansfield
First Baptist Church of
Monroe
Board of Trustees
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