Farmers Convene to Boost Self Sustaining Parish Plan
A meeting at the Home of Commerce rooms led by D. F. Walker urged Ouachita parish farmers to diversify beyond cotton and pursue self sufficiency. Leaders E. R. Strahan Guy Stubbs and J. W. Miles discussed milk marketing pecan culture and dairy expansion with plans set to reconvene December 7.
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UN Ish
Home of Commerce
D. F. Walker
E. R. Strahan
W. G. Hainer
Bob Har Er H
C. Hazel
Dr. H. C. Cole
C. Faulk
Gay Stubbs
O. B. Morton
J. W. Miles
Farm Cotton Marketing Co-Operative Association
Dr. Cole
Bob Harmon
Guy Stubbs
Walker
Chamber of Commerce
Ouachita Parish
Memphis
Starkville
Miss
Borden
Funeral for Mrs Millsaps Draws Twin City Crowd
A large crowd gathered at 10 am at 520 River Front for the funeral of Mrs Uriah Millsaps who died after several weeks of illness. Revered Wallace Clift officiated at the First Presbyterian service and interment followed at Riverview Burial Park with pallbearers H R Speed J H Trousdale J L Rust Dan Breard Sig Haas and J Arthur Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
P. M. Atkins
River Front
Uriah MiLlsaps
Monroe
West Monroe
J. H. Trousdale
J. L. Rust
Dan Breard
Sig Haas
J. Arthur Smith
Noble Cagers Split Weltering Games With Oak Grove
Noble High School in Noble Louisiana split Friday games with Oak Grove. The first team faded after a 6 to 6 halftime, Oak Grove winning 7 to 6. The Noble second team won 13 to 8.
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NOBLE
Oak Grove
Noble High School
Treat Trade Travel Rumor Carries Odd Market Note
Fragmentary OCR item outlines a trading topic involving root and animal terms with a price cited as 13.06 dollars. Mentions Chev and tailatore terms but lacks coherent context or clear events.
Compressors Boost Oil Flow At Urania La Salle Wells
Urania La Salle field reports air compressors improving pump flow. Natural Gas & Fuel, Inc. installed units at Nos B-2, B-3, and B-4 in section 18-10-2E, lifting daily lease output to about 2000 barrels. Wingfield No 2 now flowing 200 barrels, while Hatfield 2 and two Hunt McCurry wells prepare to drill.
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Urania
N-1
Marcus & Rowe
Hatfield
H. L. Hunt
Wingfield Et al
G. W. Wetherbee
LaSalle Parish
Little Creek
Hunt McCurry & Zoder
Winnberry
Scout Drive Explained At Kiwanis Club Luncheon
At Hotel Monroe J M Cobb explained the Boy Scout drive for funds for the coming year. A committee was named to ensure representation at an 8 30 a m breakfast Friday at Hotel Virginia as a prelude to the drive. Judges Percy Sandel J T Shell and Reverend N F Vandergaer spoke briefly. Kate Boyce led club singing. Officers will be elected next Wednesday at noon.
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Kiwanis Club
Hotel Monroe
J. M. Cobb
Hotel Virginia
Scout Movement
Percy Sandel
J. T. Shell
N. F. Vandergaer
Kate Boyce
Soviet Envoy Alexandra Kollontai Plays Key Roles Abroad
Alexandra Kollontai emerges as a prominent Soviet figure in foreign service after participating in the first Soviet cabinet as Commissar for Social Welfare and serving most recently as Ambassador to Norway.
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Mme
Alexandra Kollontai
Mexico
Russia
Norway
Mrs Whitehouse Introduces Five Day Week for Women
Mrs Normand de R Whitehouse a prominent club woman and New York merchant introduces the five day week for women workers highlighting improved schedules and potential industry impact.
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Normand de R. Whitehouse
New York
Palmer Corp to Drill Near Big Discovery Well
Palmer corporation plans a first test near the Gulf company's big gasser at Clear Lake in Richland parish. Captain R P Webb says drilling on a large scale will start in several parish sections within weeks as leases cover thousands of acres and titles are being secured. The Palmer test will be the first since the discovery gasser.
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Richland Parish
R. P. Webb
Mineral Division
State Conservation Department
Monroe
Webb
Palmer Corporation
Gulf Company
Clear Lake
Palmer Company
Fas
Palmer
Discovery Gasser
Burned Worker Injured At Brown Paper Mill Plant
Albert Clark a 39 year old Black man from Montgomery quarters West Monroe sustained facial and neck burns from an exploded escaped gas at the Brown Paper Mill West Monroe plant Clark said he was transferring ash from furnace No 1 to No 2 when a gas burner was left open and the gas ignited as he removed the ash.
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Albert Clark
Montgomery Quarters
West Monroe
Brown Paper Mill Company
Clark
Railway Company Is Loser In Court
McKinney Texas December 1 Associated Press. Texas bond validation legislation upheld in district court against Louisiana Railroad and Navigation Co in a tax suit by the county attorney The court rejected the defense that Texas district road bonds were invalid by the U S Supreme Court Archer County ruling and the validating law unconstitutional Defendants gave notice of appeal This is believed to be the first decision testing the validating laws.
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Mckinney
Texas
Louisiana Railroad and Navigation Company
United States Supreme Court
Archer County
Five Points of Fellowship Compared to Auto Repair Offer
A local note links the Five Points of fellowship with five auto repair items including radiator fenders and running boards. It lists location at 410 Walnut Street and claims skilled mechanics offer one price to all with a sum total of cost before start. Contact Bell's Roofing and Sheet Metal Works at 132 Ha.
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Walnut St
Bell
Big Pemares
West Monroe Considers Bonds for Street Intersections Project
West Monroe voters will decide December 14 on a $50 000 bond proposal to pave intersections and connect with nearby streets. Supporters say the plan preserves pavement value while not raising taxes. opponents doubt the need. Bonds bear 5.5 percent interest, payable semi annually, run 40 years, and will be sold at par.
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West Monroe
West Side
State Officer 10 to Aid Monroe Veterans
Linden Dalferes the New Orleans state service commissioner will visit Monroe to assist World War veterans with compensation claims. He will meet at city hall in the Monroe Welfare office all day tomorrow and help prepare papers for those who have not yet filed.
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Linden Dalferes
New Orleans
Monroe
City Hall
Monroe Welfare Association
Lake Diversion Hearing Reopens at Washington
The Supreme Court lake diversion hearing resumes with six states seeking to curb Lake Michigan water diversions through the Chicago sanitary canal. The case will finish its state-phase this week before a January 10 rebuttal by the defendants. Dr Sven Norling from Minneapolis testifies on crop damage due to subsurface drainage in the lake region.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lake Michigan
Chicago Sanitary Canal
Charles E Hughes
Mississippi Valley
Sanitary District
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Great Lakes
Sven Norling
Minneapolis
Suspect Confesses Slaying Woman in Lafayette Area
A man admitted killing a woman at a rooming house near Lafayette Louisiana. The victim, 30, had her throat cut ear to ear and died instantly. Sheriff Horace Lyons reported the killer slashed his own throat and stabbed himself before confessing and later surviving after treatment.
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Enue
Lafayette
Carruthers
Horace Lyons
Sheriff Lyons
More Scouts Qualify to Serve in Traffic Duty
Additional Boy Scouts from local ranks sworn in as policemen for traffic duty at schools. Parish and Catholic school lists named along with city school members. Oath sworn to uphold U.S. and Louisiana constitutions and laws before City Judge in 1926.
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Edward Fitzpatrick
S. Womack
Ollie Fisher
T. McEnery
James K. Devereaux
Ed McGinney
James Adams
Stephen Ballard
George Varino
Chas Womack
Frank Shaughnessy
Louis Kusin
Tuckey, Jr
Ben C. Dawkins, Jr
Jack Breard
Henry W. Colbert
Ferdinand Krauss
Jack Masur
Howard Griffin
James Moore
Herbert Walker
Chas Titche, Jr
Woodrow Hathorn
Jack Allen
Tennyson Collins
Leon Titche
Fred Edgar
D. Griffin
United States
State of
Louisiana
1926
Realty Transfers Include Several City Lots and Acres
Realty transfers logged include Mrs. caten.e and Snellings selling a Erin Street lot to Mrs. Margaret Atkins Dixon for 2150 dollars. Biedenharn Realty sells Lot 27 Block 6 in Biedenharn’s Addition for 228.66. H J Fernandez conveys two acres in 55-17N-3E to W N Hall for 1500. Maupin parcels Lots 1 2 3 4 5 6 in Maupin’s Subdivision sell for 1930.85. Waggoner group sells vendor’s interest in N 1 2 of N 1 2 of 8-15N-2E to Brown Paper Mill for 432. Haynes sells Lot 12 of Haynes’ Subdivision for 165.
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Caten.e &. Snellings
Margaret Atkins Dixon
D. A. Breard, Jr
Erin Street
Biedenharn Realty Company, Inc
James P. Lindsey
Biedenharn
H. J. Fernandez
W. N. Hall
E. S. Maupin
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Company, Inc
Mary Waggoner Moore
Artie Waggoner
Marion Waggoner
Ida Waggoner Leonard
Lula Waggoner Owens
Johanna Waggoner Whitlock
Dochie Waggoner Wink
Gunby Miller
Sidney Gilbert Miller
Brown Paper Mill Company, Inc
G. B. Haynes
John P. Crowell
Captain Barrios Charged in Blakeman Killing
In St Bernard Parish the grand jury returned a bill against Captain Adam Barrios for the killing of marine engineer Charles Blakeman. Testimony says Barrios shot Blakeman as he walked with Barrios wife who was separated and undergoing divorce proceedings.
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New Orleans
St. Bernard Parish
Adam Barrios
Charles Blakeman
Four Fire Alarms Prompt Multiple Department Calls
The fire department answered four calls yesterday including a stove grease blaze at 507 Layton Avenue in a J Muller house with occupant F James at 11:25 a.m. A grass fire near 2515 Lovers Lane occurred at 12:45 p.m. Another fire was reported at Auburn Street and River Front at 1:50 p.m. The third was at Rochelle and Third Streets at 4:10 p.m.
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Layton Avenue
J. Muller
F. James
Lovers’ Lane
Auburn Street
River Front
Rochelle
Third Streets
W. O. W. Election Notice
Annual election of officers and directors will be held at next regular meeting Tuesday night December 7. N. W. PICKENS, C. C.
Plantations to Be Treated in South American Cotton
The article discusses plans to address the southern cotton economy by promoting plantation treatment. It notes Peru’s annual cotton output around 500000 bales and its unique status in South America. It cites irrigation from mountain snowmelt and suggests cotton as a promising crop.
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Peru
South America
Woolman
Peru Dusting Plan Sworn To Boost Harvest Output
A Monroe report details a Dusting plan to boost crops in Peru. Plan calls for six to nine planes carrying crews under Lt. Ris to begin in Lima with future operations in Mexico and California. Officials say the venture aligns with U S government programs and aims for a broad extension of modern agriculture.
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Peru
England
Amcan
Mr. Wool
Lima
Woolman
Loana State Extension Department
United States
Ris
Monroe
Huff-Daland Pla
Mexico
California
New Orleans
Raer
Flr
Five Point Auto Body and Metal Works Rebrands
The Five Point Auto Body and Metal Works, formerly FI POINT Auto Body and Metal Works, warns customers about misleading repair shops using similar names. Located at 6th and DeSiard Streets, phone 14, the business requests awareness of potential name confusion in city and phone directories.
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al Metal Works
FI Point
6Th
DeSiard Sts
Phone 14
Queen Maud of Norway Renowned Dancer and Skater
Queen Maud of Norway is acclaimed as the leading dancer and skater among European royalty. Her graceful performances and athletic skill earn widespread praise across royal circles and public events.
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Queen Maud
Norway
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