Louisiana Reports Lone Case of Flu in State
Public officials estimated 403 185 new influenza cases in 20 states and New York last week from reports totaling 80 637 cases. Officials noted the outbreak moving eastward at expected speed with Kansas still leading at 68 843 cases and New York City at 68. Health officials said death rates appear to rise slightly but remain far below 1918 epidemic levels.
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New York
Kansas
Illinois
Arizona
New York City
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
House on Wheels Damaged in Street Car Collision
A house on wheels was badly damaged when it collided with a street car at the Washington and North Second streets intersection at 8:45 am. Mr. and Mrs. George Erman of Muscatine Iowa were occupants and escaped with minor hand injuries. They were unfamiliar with local right of way rules.
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Washington
North Second Streets
George Erman
Muscatine
Washington Street
Patient at St Francis Sanatorium Treated After Wrist Gash
V Greenwald of 111 Pine Street was admitted after a deep wrist wound. An operation performed overnight reduced bleeding and repaired severed muscles at the St Francis sanitarium.
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V. Greenwald
Pine Street
St. Francis Sanitarium
Laurel suspect believed to be Eros Robber
Justin Streets 23 of Laurel is believed to be the man who stole Maxwell’s car in West Monroe on Saturday morning December 8 and then robbed Landrum’s filling station near Eros. He was arrested in Laurel and is in custody in Meridian awaiting transfer to the parish to face charges. Edwards, Streets’s companion, is in Meridian police custody.
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Texas
Deweyville
J. D. Robinson
Jesse Roberts
Robinson
W. A. Lenard
Grand
Telemaque
Monroe
Lenard
H. D. Apgar
W. H. Banister
L. V. Tarver
Louisiana
Tarver
Pollock
Justin Streets
Maxwell
West Monroe
Tom Landrum
Eros
Laurel
Miss
Milton Coverdale
Meridian
Edwards
Memphis
Tenn
Streets
Louisiana Training Institute
Meridian Police
Falls 80 Feet in Bank Elevator Shaft
O L Peters aged 24 staying at Magnolia Inn slipped and fell about 80 feet in the elevator shaft of the old Central Savings bank building. He suffered only bruises and returned to work the next morning. Peters, a Shreveport native, is employed at the building where remodel work is underway.
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O. L. Peters
Magnolia Inn
Central Savings Bank
Germans Tie U.S. in World Air Records
The Navy Department reports a global tally of 106 records for balloons airships and airplanes with the United States and Germany each holding 52 records. France has 20, Italy 8, Great Britain 6, Czechoslovakia 8, Hungary and Switzerland 2 each, Belgium 1. Eighteen American records were set by naval fliers.
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Germany
United States
Navy Department
France
Italy
Great Britain
Czecho Slovakia
Hungary
Switzerland
Belgium
Standard Oil officials fly to inspect land fields from Monroe
The five passenger Buhair sedan carrying Standard Oil of Louisiana officials led by T. H. Taylor is due in Monroe this afternoon, stops at Selman field, then traces a route through Arkansas Tennessee and Tennessee cities to Nashville and Chattanooga for land field inspections tied to company business.
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Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Don Dice
Monroe
Selman Field
Arkansas
Tennessee
Shreveport
Pine Bluff
Little Rock
Memphis
Nashville
Chattanooga
T. H. Taylor
Standard Oil Company
Navy Officer Sets World Altitude Record By Seaplane
A naval officer piloted a seaplane to a world altitude record, marking a historic achievement in American aviation. The flight demonstrated peak performance of seaplane design and highlighted naval aviation expertise.
Lady Northesk Former Dancer Marries Vivian Cornelius
Lady Northesk formerly Jessica Brown an American dancer wed Vivian Cornelius this morning at the Princes Row register office London. A small group of witnesses attended the ceremony. The bride wore a fur trimmed chiffon velvet coat and a matching felt hat. Cornelius arrived with four male friends in morning coats and silk hats.
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London
Lady Northask
Jessica Brown
Princes Row
Vivian Cornelius
Mr. Cornelius
Paris writer says cross word puzzles revive knowledge
Tristan Bernard notes that cross word puzzles stimulate dormant knowledge, prompt search for new information, and renew acquaintance with literary classics.
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Paris
Tristan Bernard
Hoover's Cigar Impresses President In Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires on December 18 Hoover’s smoking impresses President Irigoyen who quips that the heroic sized cigar shows the strength of North Americans as only they can smoke and cigars at this moment.
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Hoover
Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Irigoyen
Indiana Ex-Governor T Durbin Dies at 81 in Anderson
Winfield T. Durbin former governor of Indiana died at his Anderson home after several days illness from bronchial pneumonia. He served as governor from 1901 to 1905 born in Lawrenceburg Indiana, he joined the Civil War at age 16 in the 16th Indiana volunteer infantry.
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Anderson
Ind
Winfield T. Durbin
Indiana
Lawrenceburg
16Th
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
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