Monroe Merchants Fall Heir To Millions
A severe sleet and snow blizzard blankets northern Louisiana from Arkansas to central parishes. The storm halts telephone service, streetcars, and rail traffic, leaves Monroe gas field idle, and damages communications infrastructure. Train service remains mostly normal with minor delays as crews repair cables and station sheds.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Monroe
Conservation Department
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Monroe Exchange
Radio Used to Fight for Causes of Good Says Preacher
Pittsburgh preacher Rev. Dr. Theodore G. Shuey preached that radio offers an easy path to worship. Speaking at a downtown theatre, he warned the medium lures the well to stay home, posing a challenge to the church with the sermon drawn from The Radio and the Devil.
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Preacher
Pittsburgh
America
Theodore G. Shuey
St. Mark Lutheran Church
Shuey
Winter storms hit Louisiana Mississippi with snow and ice
Wintry weather swept Louisiana and Mississippi with heavy snow and ice. Alexandria logged record snows, Shreveport saw the deepest since 1898, and Jackson and Laurel faced sleet and freezing conditions. One sleighing death reported near Alexandria and crop damage noted.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
McComb
Miss
Gulf Coast
Alexandria
Shreveport
Laurel
Jackson
Hammond
Lake Pontchatrain
Heaviest Snowfall In Years Strikes Monroe
Monroe awoke to a heavy snow and sleet storm the past Sunday, the worst since 1918. Residents report icy conditions and slips while city officials struggle with balance on slick sidewalks and stairs at the City Hall amid forecasts of more snow to come.
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Shreveport, Fel
Shreveport
Monroe
Chicago
King Frost
Dixie
Heirs Claim Vast Bailey Estate From Indian Trader
W H Bailey Monroe proprietor of a five and ten store is named as one of four heirs to a 40 000 acre estate in North Dakota and Minnesota worth an estimated 2 000 000 to 3 000 000. Other heirs include Mrs Mary C Bailey John Bailey and D H Bailey all of Louisville Kentucky. A probate hearing is set for March 1 in Walberton North Carolina to divide the property which may rise in value if oil is found on the Minnesota land. The estate traces to George Ash an Indian trader who died about twenty years ago and willed land to Isaac Bailey husband of Mrs Mary C Bailey.
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W. H. Bailey
Monroe
North Dakota
Minnesota
Mary C. Bailey
John Bailey
D. H. Bailey
Louisville
Isaac Bailey
Bailey
Focal
William H. Bailey
Ohio River
E. N. Best
Minneapolis
Logan Street
George Ash
Isaac Baily
Mary Bailey
East
Madison
Best
Walberton
N. C
Head of World of Moslem Says Turks Desirous of Peace
The Near East conference adjourned but not hopeless, says Ismel Pasha head of the Turkish delegation. He states Turkey does not seek new hostilities with Greece or Britain though forces remain in Asia Minor and proposes that Mosul debt and other disputes be settled after peace.
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Associated
Lausanne
Ismel Pasha
Turkey
Greece
Great Britain
Asia Minor
Israel
Press Power Greater than Preachers Says Evangelist
Chicago February 5 Rev J T Brabner of the Methodist Episcopal church committee on conservation and advance urged churches to set aside funds for newspaper advertising. He said the church should reach nonchurch readers and hold up members at home while editors need support. The pulpit and press should collaborate not clash.
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Evangelist of
Chicago
J. T. Brabner
Committee On Conservation and Advance of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tidal Wave Strikes Honolulu and Hawaii Islands
After a major earthquake offshore, tidal waves hit Honolulu and surrounding bays, causing 10 to 12 deaths and property damage estimated at $106,000 in the city. Japanese fishermen and a child are among the dead. further fatalities likely as officials assess total losses. Fire crews patrol streets to maintain order.
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Prova Bonet
Bay
Hilo
Hawaii
Kalauca
Lower
Wile
Tidal waves kill up to twelve in Hilo bay
In Honolulu reports a disaster on Hawaii's coast, ten to twelve people are dead after waves struck Hilo bay. Authorities estimate the toll and warn of continuing danger along the shoreline.
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Honolulu
Hilo Bay
French Occupation Extended to Baden and Environs
French forces extend occupation to Ottenburg and Appenweier in Baden as a penalty for German interference with international rail service. Berlin orders to Rhine land and Ruhr railways show no shift in strikes or coal embargo, while hopes for a quick settlement fade.
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Baden
France
Ruhr
Strassburg
Rhine
Rhineland
Berlin
Germany
Associated Press
Duesseldorf
Ottenburg
Appenweier
Paris
Confederate Bond Paid In Confederate Currency
Abner Squiggans of Worthington received $800 in Confederate coin from Georgia Attorney General George Napier for a Confederate bond issued in 1866. The payment followed Squiggans’s request addressed to President Jefferson Davis, with the letter sent while he spent winter in North Hampton, Massachusetts.
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Associated Press
North Hampton
Mass
Abner Squiggans
Worthington
George Napier
Georgia
Squiggans
Jefferson Davis
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E. L. Owens
James Rabin
Registrar of Voters
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Karakhates
England
Leo F
Terzia
Isles
Pacific Disturbances
Dr. Thompsons
The
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Dusseldorf
Genasco
Phillip Bernhardt
LL. W. Gresham
Mattress Factory
C. P. Gray
Ouachita National Bank Building
Monroe Steam Laundry
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