West Monroe crowd hears talk on Sunday shows and ordinances
A large gathering at West Monroe City Hall heard George Wesley Smith discuss government powers over dum and recall in races and urged consideration of Sunday theatre laws. He reported over 300 residents petitioned for dum on the show and urged a December 14 ballot vote. Council postponed action as petitions for paving Commerce to Pine streets and River Front to River from Pine to Fifth Street were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
George Wesleymith
Sion
Mdum
Adnt
Commerce Street
Pine Street
Pine
Avenue
Old Trenton
South Fifth Street
Building Erection Begins on New Street Corner
A new one story structure at 1 Jackson Street on Harrison Street, drawn by Curtis, will cost about $13 and open to the public. It will be completed by March 1 with future additions planned, and is expected to ease congestion in the area. T. L. Venable is the contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKenzie
Harrison Street
Jackson Street
Harrison Building
Curtis
Harrison
T. L
Police Court Convictions Reported In Mason City
Police court records show several convictions. Charles Schulze presided as judge yesterday. Mason, a Black man, fined $15 for a city liquor charge and $17.50 or 10 days for Hood bill violations. A Black man fined $100 or 100 days for Hood bill violation. A ten gallon moonshine keg found at Poe’s house. Poe claimed a white man left it there. Adonis and Ed Bunker charged with trespassing in a freight car, fined 5 dollars or 5 days. Pope and Charlie Custer fined $12.50 or days for traffic violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steen
Charles Schulze
Mason
O Fat Poe
D. Poe
Adonis
Negro
Rf Pope
Charlie Custer
Parish Farmers Sign Up Across Districts
A rural meeting outlines the push for self-sustaining farms in every ward and parish including its district. Plans discuss dairying timelines, fencing laws, sanitary practices, and practical solutions. Dr Paul R Neal will explain regulations. attendees urged to bring concrete ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hts
Artillory
Paul R. Neal
Jone
New Barge Built as Construction Continues atLouisiana Arkansas Barge Service
The 550 ton barge is on its maiden river trip carrying merchandise to New Orleans and Monroe. A 560 ton sister barge is planned with work already begun. Manager E R Dawson cites expanding business and plans for a larger loading platform and another conveyor. In one week 3,000 cases of carbon black were moved from Monroe for southern and foreign shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Arkansas Barge Service
New Orleans
Monroe
E. R. Dawson
Southern
New Weekly Building Permits Totaling 23900
Building permits issued by Richard Cassidy for the past week totaled 23900 with six permits. The largest, 12000, went to C. E. McKenzie of Gregg & McKenzie for two one story brick buildings on Harrison street. Other permits include 800 for Tom Henderson remodeling on 1098-000 Third Street, 1400 to Judson W. Smith for a two story frame on Louise Anne Street, 1400 to Willie Jenkins for a one story frame on Jackson Street, 1700 each to A. E. Montgomery for two one story frames on Dick Taylor Street, and 4900 to W. C. Zeagler for a one story frame on St. John Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Cassidy
C. E. McKenzie
Gregg & McKenzie, Inc
Harrison Street
Jackson
Catalpa
Tom Henderson
Third Street
DeSiard
Grammont Streets
Judson W. Smith
Louise Anne Street
Third
Fourth
Willie Jenkins
Jackson Street
Thomas and Allen Streets
A. E. Montgomery
Dick Taylor Street
Thomas and
Dixie Streets
W. C. Zeagler
St. John Street
Bright
Texas Streets
Captain Parker Rejoins Duty After Smoke Fight
Captain Parker of Central Fire Station returns to work in weakened condition after smoke inhalation during a Monday fire at Taylor-Nash Auto. He lost his horn rim glasses during the firefight and asks their return. A grass fire near Third and Rochelle prompted a night watch response and a woods fire east of Lemlville was investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Central Fire Station
Taylor- Nash Auto Company
FE. B. Clower
Frank J. Roddy
Third
Rochelle
Night Watch
Twentieth
Breard Streets
Lemlyville
Monroe Credit Association Adds Two Staff Members
The Monroe Credit Men's Association expands its staff with Miss Winona Cage as reporter and R E Tanner as collector. A directors meeting is set for Thursday to discuss bureau operations and a holiday payment plan to help shoppers pay bills before the 10th. The association issues a weekly service bulletin for members, with the current issue including a public shopping-early advisory and a confidential Black List segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Credit Men’s Association
Credit Men's Association
Nonim
Three Monroe Robberies Hint at One Thief Stealing Pants
Three burglaries reported Sunday night in Monroe appear linked by method as pants were removed from men on Pullman sleepers and left on porches or fences. Warnings note trousers first, with cash, a pocket knife, and a watch missing from each pool of garments. These cases target residents on North Sixth and nearby streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
W. E. Carter
North Sixth Street
Tom Fullum
Eighth
Breard
L. B. McDonald
Adams
Negro M P Section Man Hurt By Fall From Motor Car
James Wilson, 24, a Negro section hand for the Missouri Pacific railroad, is hospitalized at St Francis sanitarium with a broken left arm after falling Saturday morning while backing a motor car to recover a signaling flag between Rayville and Delco. He jumped from the car to pick up the flag, his foot caught, and his weight landed on his arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wilson
Archibald
St. Francis Sanitarium
Wilson
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Rayville
Delco
Negro Hit on Head Remains in Mer Rouge Hospital
Wesley Green, 21, of Frank Baer's area between Mer Rouge and Oak Ridge, was struck in the head on Mer Rouge streets near Alex Williams store Saturday night. Levi Lee, a negro, allegedly struck Green from behind, fracturing his skull and causing a facial injury before Green was taken to St. Francis sanitarium. He was unconscious from the blow until hospital arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Green
Frank Baer
Mer Rouge
Oak Ridge
Alex Williams
Levi Lee
Green
St. Francis Sanitarium
Lee
Jugoslavian Cabinet Resigns Over Italo Albanian Pact
Belgrade dispatch reports Nicolai Ouzechnovich led the cabinet to resign today. The move follows the recent Italo Albanian treaty, seen as pushing Yugoslavia toward isolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Jugo Slavia
Nicolai Ouzounovitch
Jugo-Slavia
Sixteen Die in Heavy Snowfall Across Atlantic North America
Massive winter ice halted transport as sixteen people died amid heavy snowfall. Icebound steamers clogged St Lawrence, Nova Scotia wrecks and damaged fishing fleets followed. Locks and canals blocked at Lockport North Carolina and Whitehall New York, forcing tow operations and harbor returns. Bangor Maine closed to ferries. Moosehead Lake shut to navigation. A Canadian schooner abandoned. a three masted vessel damaged after breaking adrift amid gale. Coast guard boat survived intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Lockport
N. C
Whitehald
Albany
Lake Champlain
Bangor
Maine
Brewer
Moosehead Lake
Bay of Fundy
Islesford
Cranberry Isle
Coast Guard
Old Time Canal and
New York City
Rochester
Boston
Berer
Plans Formed for New American Legion Home Site and Building
Legion officials led by Chairman Dr. P. M. Gayle discussed plans for a new American Legion home. Details on site and building type remain to be decided as committees study options. Additional plans included a minstrel show and a cleanup party for World War trophies with a later dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Gayle
The
American Legion
Legion
Monroe
Oil interests seek Sherman act reform for conservation
W S Farish president of the American Petroleum Institute urged at the Tulsa convention that Congress amend the Sherman act to declare that agreements among oil producers in single pools and fields conforming to state anti trust laws are not federal restraint measures. He said cooperation with state conservation boards should be allowed without legal armaments and stressed no aim to restrain trade, aligning with Hoover's conservation suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
W. S. Farish
The
American Petroleum Institute
Congress
Farish
Hoover
Institute
Marriage Licenses Listed For Logtown Monroe and More
White J. R. Rogers and Mrs. Cordelia Hapgood. Lewis M. Shelton of New Orleans and Loise Ewing of Chatham. Wesley Moore of Lufkin and Mary Johnson of Ruston. Jesse Anderson and Susie Mae Butler of Monroe. Tears Chatham and Lisse Shely of Sterlington. Mose McDonald and Elester Miles of Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Rogers
Cordelia Hapgood
Logtown
Lewis M. Shelton
New Orleans
Loise Ewing
Chatham
Wesley Moore
Lufkin
Mary Johnson
Ruston
Jesse Anderson
Susie Mae Butler
Monroe
Lisse Shely
Sterlington
Mose McDonald
Elester Miles
Real Estate Transfers and Public Notice in West Monroe
Realty transfers include Williams to Blanks and Breard Inc Lot 14 square 21 Ouachita Cotton Mills Addition fronting 50 feet on South Third Street with depth 150.25 feet for 6382.50. Others: Montgomery to Thomas and Holland Lot 1 block 6 T FE Plourney's Third Addition for 3000. Lowery to Guess Lot 1 subdivision Ingleside Plantation with highway strip 15 268.8 feet for 1127.21. Archer to J H Archer one acre in sections 27 34 18N 1E for 1.00. Ryan to Judson W Smith W% of Lot 6 and 8749 feet off East side of Lot 5 Layton's Third Southern Addition for 5668.66. Keighney to Haynes Lot 1 block C G B Haynes re subdivision West Monroe 43500. Haynes to Keighney Lots 2 8 7 Haynes Suburban Homesite sections 25 36-18N-2E half mineral rights reserved by vendor for 3500. Sheriff's sale to R P Benson in Benson vs Ada Bell et al by writ of seizure and sale: 20 acres north of V S & P railroad in SF1-4 of 8E1-4 of 32ee &F ieee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingleside Plantation
Percy L. Archer
J. H. Archer
A. P. Ryan
Judson W. Smith
Layton
Pearl Keighney
J. M. Keighney
G. B. Haynes
West
Monroe
Haynes
R. P. Benson
Ada Bell
Ee &F Ieee
Last of cyclone victims find new homes in Mississippi
The Lott family in Mer Rouge sees 11 of 15 children rehabilitated after the Met Rouge cyclone that killed both parents and two children. Relatives moved Lillian Ables, 14, Willie Lott, 4, and Ouida Lott, 12 to a Columbia home as aid from Red Cross and a public subscription surpassed $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Ables
Willie Lott
Ouida Lott
St. Francis Sanitarium
Columbia
Miss
Bob Lott
Met Rouge
Monroe
Red Cross
Mer Rouge
Bastrop
Extradition Expected Slow for Mississippi Mule Theft Case
Henry Slaughter, 62, a Baton Rouge carpenter, faces extradition after a Mississippi requisition tied to a mule theft 35 years ago. Slaughter bonds with local sheriff, denies the charge as a custody ploy for his brother, and says he will resist return despite a Jackson deputy's arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Henry Slaughter
George L. Teat
Jackson
Miss
Louisiana
Slaughter
Sheriff's Office
O. H. Simpson
Henry
Teat
Artesian well water deemed pure for drinking use
The State Board of Health analyzed water from a local artesian well and declared it pure and safe to drink. The four inch well extends about 650 feet and was drilled for business purposes but residents now use it for drinking and household needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stovall
J. M. Supply Company
Rochelle
Fourth Streets
Mr. Stovall
Monroe
Ouachita
Bayou Bartholomew
Bayou DeSiard
Bayou Darbonne
State Board of Health
May Broadcast Program to Give City Publicity
Arrangements are under construction between the Lotus club the Chamber of Commerce and the city of Monroe for a radio program Saturday night from St Louis to tell of Monroe and her resources broadcast across the United States. The Lotus club annual meeting follows that night at 8 o'clock a stag affair for members only with a banquet. Frazier serves as secretary and treasurer of the Lotus club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotus Club
Chamber of Commerce
City of
Monroe
St. Louis
United States
Virginia
Ies
Shreveport
The
Frazier
Captain Perkins praises Herb Juice for instant relief
Retired U S Army Captain J E Perkins of Johnson City Tennessee reports his and his wife's dramatic improvement after using Herb Juice. He cites relief from constipation headaches indigestion and kidney trouble and notes nightly sleep improved. The advertisement promotes the herbal remedy sold through Monroe Drug Co with prices and mail options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Perkins
Johnson City
Tenn
Herb Juice Labooratories
Chase-Amman
D Sore
Monroe Drug Co. Distributors
Local Medical and Professional Directory Listings
A historical directory page lists medical doctors including Dr. Leo Vandegaer obstetrician Dr J P Brown ENT Dr Sulanealt Hill and Dr J Pankey obstetrics and gynecology with office locations in Ouachita National Bank building and nearby offices. Also featured are Dr J W Murphey genitourinary specialty and James M Russell a Palmer technique masseur and a dentist Dr L Poole at National Dental Parlors with contact numbers and office-residence details.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Geo. W. Smith
Monroe Credit Ass’n
NEW Legion Home
Minstrel Show
Other
Parish
Simpson
Fred Stovall
Waverly
St. Louis Entertainment
Capt. Perkins
Herb Juice
J. Q. Graves
EF. J. Young
Res
DRS
C. P. Gray
Ouachita Natl
Bark Bidg Medicine and General Surgery Office
James Edwin Wallworth
Ouachita National Bank
Leo Vandegaer
Central Savings Bank
J.T French
A.B. Gregory
C. BH. Mosely
Collens’ Pharmacy
W. E. Jones
Irma
Jones
JRS
J. B. Vaughan
Ya Wright Ben
Ouachita National Rooms
Fisher
J. P. Brown
Ouachita Nat
Hill
New South
Dor J . Pankey
J. W. Murphey
James M. Russell
Palmer
Chase Amman
R. L. Wood
Dr. F. ©. Bennett
Dr. P
Drs. Bennett
Perot Eye
Ouachita Joy Bank
Philip M. Gaylentis
Ouachite
National Bank
National Dental Parlors
L. Poole
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