West Monroe Races to Build Homes as Mill Project Expands
West Monroe runs a housing boom with a home built daily as a $2,000,000 Brown paper mill under construction aims to fill two miles to the river. T C Drew of the Central Savings Bank notes better business than 1922, weather permitting. Two miles of paving were laid last year, with petitions already filed for more work next year.
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West Monroe
T. C. Drew
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Drew
Glanders Reported in South Arkansas Oil Field
Clanders appeared along the Louisiana Arkansas state line in the South Arkansas oil fields causing alarm among livestock owners. No Louisiana cases reported yet but concerns rise over possible spread to northern Louisiana parishes. Many mules and horses infected in Ouachita Union counties. Arkansas inspectors note numerous glanders cases. The disease is said to be transmissible to humans and animals, and infected animals have been killed on official order.
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Louisiana-Arkansas
South Arkansas
Louisiana
Ouachita-Union County
State of
Arkansas
Dempsey’s Father Arrested for Violating Dry Law
Salt Lake City Utah December 24 Kiram Dempsey father of heavyweight boxing champion James J Dempsey was arrested on a charge of violating prohibition laws He was released on bond of 400 after police seized a flask from which Dempsey allegedly poured liquor for highballing A young woman was detained but released and federal action possible
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Dempsey
Ated Press
Salt Lakes
Convicted Man Offers Blood for Prosecutor
Paris police report a man named L Rappell offered to donate blood to Thomas Lee Woolwine former Los Angeles district attorney who had him jailed. The offer occurred at a hotel where Woolwine lay ill but was not accepted as doctors chose to draw blood from a hotel maid attending the Woolwine family.
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Paris
L. Rappell
Thomas Lee Woolwine
Los Angeles
California
Plaquemine Youth Killed In Rural Auto Collision
Owen Mar chand of Plaquemine, 23, died after the car he rode in overturned when it struck a cow on the road between Mrusly and Plaquemine. He lived four hours after reaching a Plaquemine hospital. Other occupants suffered only minor injuries.
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Baton Rouge
Owen Marchand
Plaquemine
Mrusly
Brusly
Mouton Charges Received by Supt Harris
Fernand Mouton a member of the State Board of Education filed charges against Dr E L Stephens president of Southwestern Louisiana Institute. Superintendent T H Harris executive secretary of the state board received the documents and declined to discuss the nature of the charges or specific allegations.
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Baton Rouge
Fernand Mouton
State Board of Educcation
E. L. Stephens
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
T. H. Harris
State Board
Harris
Stephens
Birmingham Man Fatally Shoots Wife in Drunken Night
Birmingham resident L. M. McGlough shot and killed his wife and seriously wounded his mother in law Mrs. Luzy McCray early yesterday after returning home intoxicated at about 3 am. Police records report the incident and ongoing investigation.
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Birmingham
Ala
L. M. McGlough
Luzy McCray
Wealthy Patron of Kluxen Threatened By Unknown Persons
Manuel L. Sayre a wealthy patron and Grace Church vestryman reports threats against the life of his foster ward Francis Kluxen a Madison schoolboy 16 accused of the Janet Lawrence murder Sayre says four assassination attempts followed his acquittal and that he will keep Kluxen indoors while pursuing adoption plans at his Sayre mansion in Convent New Jersey.
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Associated Press
N. J
Grace Episcopal Church
Manuel L. Sayre
Francis Kluxen
Kluxen
Madison
Sayre
Janet Lawrence
Lawrence
Ku Klux Klan
Grace Church
Three Hurt as Trains Collide at Johns Alabama
In Johns Alabama on the Louisville and Nashville line, passenger train 12 failed to switch and collided with train 49. Three people were badly burned and more than twenty others shaken. Engineer W R McKinney of Birmingham and Mesdames Stamps and Sterritt of Blockton were among the most seriously injured.
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Birmingham
Ala
Johns
Mineral
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
W. R. McKinney
Mesdames, Stamps and Sterritt
Blockton
Gusher Flows at Rideout Field First Time in Years
Whittler California sees a 6000 barrel gusher in the Rideout Height field. The well began flowing early yesterday after drilling since 1919 without prior production, marking a major oil discovery after a long dry period.
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Old Rideout Field
Associated Press
Whittler
Calif
Rideout Height
National Capital Liquor Scandal Sparks Broad Inquiry Hopes
In Washington a looming bootleg scandal prompts calls for a sweeping inquiry into liquor use in high places. A seized cellar stash valued at about 50000 dollars was linked to Dr. Wenceslas Sokolowski of the Polish legation who showed permits for legal supply channels. Police expect no further action. the case appears closed by both the legation and state department.
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Washington
National Capital
Congress
Wenceslas Sokolowski
Legation
Sokolowski
State Department
Negotiations progress in Canton over Sun Yat Sen surplus demand
The critical Canton situation over Dr Sun Yat Sen’s demand for surplus customs revenues is believed settled negotiations progress satisfactorily. French cruiser Jules Ferry sailors return to Hong Kong from the harbor flotilla, signaling easing tensions.
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China
Canton
Sun Yat Sen
South China
Jules Ferry
Honk Kong
Aaron Armstrong 100 Years Old Remembered for Survival
Aaron Armstrong born December 21 1823 survived slavery three sales and Civil War hardship now lives near West Monroe. He visits the West Monroe Savings Bank with a handwritten certificate of his birth and recalls his long life. He credits carefulness and not sassing white folks for many decades.
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Aaron Armstrong
West Monroe
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Dave Calvin
J. J. Coon
Aaron
Massa
Attorney Hogan Named Mobile Police Chief
Mobile dated December 24 reports attorney Jesse Hogan former juvenile court judge was elected and accepted as chief of police. The city commission set his salary at 4000 dollars per year this morning.
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Mobile
Ala
Jesse Hogan
City of
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Engand
A. Gibbon
Jackson Street
E. M. Campbell
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Quachita- Bank Bldg
Nevah Sass
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Europe
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Republic
America
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Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
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