House of Maison Rouge land grant becomes Congress issue
Historical documents recount the Marquis de Maison Rouge securing a large Washita river land grant in Louisiana under a 1797 contract with Baron de Carondelet. Reports detail surveys, certificates, and later congressional actions that could confirm or challenge the title amid competing claims and settlements.
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Washite
Marquis de Maison Rouge
Reege
Washita
Baron DE Carondelet
Andres Lopes Armiste
Gilbert Leonard
Don Manuel Gonzales Armirez
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Congress
Carles Trudeau
Marcais de Maison
Marquis de Maison Reuge
Carlos Trudeau
New Orleans
Louis Bou- Higny
Maison Rouge
Land Office
Opelousas
Don Gilbert Leonard
Royal Chest
Clive
New
Orleane
Register
Louis Bouligny
Guarante
General Land Office Certification of 19th Century Claim
Certification from the General Land Office dated December 14 in the Western District of Orleans confirms the foregoing claim and associated porns aca BB, noted as the second class. The document records the land commissioner's report and validates the claim as presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Posey
Land Commissioners
Orleans
General Land Office
New Classified Ads Offerings and Rentals
Classifieds list items for sale and rent including a nearly new man's bicycle priced at 25 dollars, furniture for five bedrooms and a living room, sewing and music pupil ads, nursing help, and rental space in a building now occupied by R A Smith Electric. Also notes a taken up dark bay mare in Monroe Louisiana with contact details.
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Eng Torrent
R. A. Smith Electric Company
Monroe Inventment Company
Hapecar
J. D. Stephens
Seventh Street
Monroe
Cotton Market Rates and Spot Prices Across Dates
Historical cotton prices show multiple entries with spots ranging from 11.20 to 18.75 across December dates and months. Notes reference firms and commodities with figures for January and May contracts, plus daily spot quotes and firm sales volumes.
Daily Cotton Letter Notes Trade Pressures and Laundry Outlook
The New Orleans market dispatch notes an advancing tendency checked by wartime and foreign trade worries. It cites British demand cuts, expected U.S. crop figures, and soft consumption abroad while highlighting Menree Steam Laundry’s planned expansion, better floor space, and varied service offerings for household washing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. L. Smith
New Orivane
New York
Ginnerea
Laundry’s Work in Detail Tells Its American Origins
A steam laundry or power laundry is described as an American institution born to serve gvarments of an end unattached to families. Early laundries proved scientific methods and machinery could produce a more uniform product, expanding from collars and cuffs to broader shirt work across the Pacific coast. California and Washington show strong prevalence. factors include tourism, maritime traffic, Pullman business, and hard to obtain domestic help.
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Menree Stem
Psa
Landry
St.ag Bad Ag
Prabe Achear
Power
Pacific Coast
California
Washington
Memroe Looms as Village on Banks of Ouechta River
A local note quotes Lynch Saye saying rents must fall or Memroe will become a small village on the riverbank the future of the town hinges on price declines.
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Lynch
Ouechta River
Unclear notice of royal policy and postwar turmoil
Dispatches report Britain considering restoring Constantine to the throne in Greece amid minimal changes in the former German empress condition. Post office inspectors note four armed men robbed a mail car on a Southern railway line at Oneida. Armenia’s borders shift as Turkish forces push regions beyond traditional boundaries.
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Valde Ot
Britain
Greece
Constantine
Herve
Southern Railway Officinale
Southern Ferthbe
St Oneida
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Oricene
Order of St. John
Louisena
Weet Fiorida
Reope
Peras
Marquis de Maison ‘Euge
Marquis de Maindu Rouge
Genval
Charles Laveau Trudeau
Mar‘nia de Marnen Rouge
L. Chacthre
Board of Commission
Ers
Josiah Meigs
Lynch Ia
W— Chateaubriand
Chateaubriand
France
Napoleon
England
Gianot
Madame de Chateaubriand
Crateaubroand
Mise
Charlotte Ives
Mme. Chateaubriand
Preson
Mr. Ives
Tomaelf
Charlotte
Mr Lwes
Pam
Tion
Charlott Ise
Sutton
M. de Marceslus
Chateaubrian
Nayners Garage
Walrat
Treet
Pione
Mall Street
Lieber Flat
Pourth
Liebe & Co
Minh Lew Giese Yeoty
Mercy Cleese
Brosh
Dar.s Could Be Stefeated, But Cabte Advicss
America
United
Esmecaily Ae
Central Europe
Iaermens
United States
Pat
Deern
Holland
Armenia
Caucasus
Orvin
Bao
Elat H
Orvin's
Walker Bros
Ailroap
Silverburg Jewelry Company
Texas Mt
SMQRY
Nest
Operaews
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