Economy Brightens as Comptroller Reports Easier Money
Washington reports growing prosperity worldwide with easier credit. Banks liberalize lending as the federal reserve system gains support and European rate cuts boost U.S. confidence. Strong signs in steel and textiles point to a busy season ahead.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Congress
Treasury of
Treasury
Comptroller of
Comptroller’s Office
Treasury Department
Representative Glass
Virginia
Owen
Oklahoma
Federal Reserve
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Sach
Glass
Traveling salesman Mr A A Lane visits Monroe
Mr A A Lane, a well known traveling salesman, spends the day in Monroe promoting his firm.
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A. A. Lane
Monroe
Free Matinee for Monroe School Children at Sugar's Theatre
The Edison talking pictures manager promised Mayor Forsythe and Mr. Sugar a return engagement in late April or early May. Forsythe plans a free matinee for all white school children of Monroe after witnessing the show, despite bad weather. The theater was packed for the finale, and two new vaudeville acts open tonight with the usual motion pictures.
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Edison Talking Pictures
Sugar
Mayor Forsythe
Mr. Sugar
Talking Pictures
Monroe Stationery Co moves to new DeSiard street quarters
Mr J M Charles president and manager braved two days of bad weather to relocate Monroe Stationery Co Ltd to 147 DeSiard Street formerly Boster Store. He expects to display new stock soon and offer a complete line of office furnishings school supplies and newspapers in Monroe.
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J. M. Charles
Monroe Stationery Co. Ltd
DeSiard Street
Boster
Charles
Monroe
Followers of Bandit Shot Twenty-Two Captured
Reported in a frontier district, twenty two followers of a bandit were captured and executed by a swift punitive measure marking the end of the raid. Authorities closed the case as a decisive public safety action.
Orders for Munitions Push By Rebels For Torreon Fight
Rebels order 1 100 000 rifle cartridges 140 000 carbines and 5 000 rounds of shrapnel shells for their Torreon campaign. El Paso remains main entry but embargo lifting leaves few arms available in the region.
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Juraez
Mexico
Maximo Castillo
el Valle
Casas Grandes
Drake Tunnel
Mexico Northwestern
Continental Divide
Castillo
Francisco Madero
George Searcy
Reid
Torreon
United States
Francisco Villa
New Orleans Dealer Seeks Nuclear Naval Vessel Inspired by War
Maurice Connors, dealer in munitions of war, arrived in New Orleans on Feb 5 and announced he had secured options on a steel cruiser to serve as the nucleus of a Constitutionalists navy. He described the vessel as a potential core for a German field‐style force.
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New Orleans
Maurice Connors
Civil Case Notes From Parish and City Courts
Documents filed for record include W. Cole vs Albert Arrington and partial mortgage release by R. B. Frizzell. Land sale actions involve Joe Renwick, T. Seatangy, and Monroe Building and Loan Association. Deeds and releases concern W. B. Walking heirs, Henry Williams, Mrs. Adeline Goodson and related parties.
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R. B. Frizzell
Joe Renwick
T. Seatangy
J. B. Collins
W. B. Walking
Henry Williams
Monroe Building and Loan Association
W. B. Clarke
People’s Homestead and Savings Association
Constitutionalists press for arms as clashes widen in Mexico
Connors reports rebels near Matamoros with two twelve pounders thirty two pounders 3000 rifles and 500000 rounds of ammunition. He says light artillery and a navy are most needed and that small arms are abundant in rebel camps. War taxes bite in North Mexico as leaders seem well funded. Connors met General Bablo Gonzales and noted Constitutionalists moving south from Tamaulipas.
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Mexico
Mattamoros
Bablo Gonzales
Tamaulipas
Important Meeting for Fort Miro DAR Chapter
The Fort Miro Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will hold a meeting Saturday at three with recording secretary Mrs. S Wood Brown. The by laws committee prepared the constitution and by laws for the charter which are expected to be adopted. Regent Mrs Graham Surghnor aims to perfect the organization and has appointed officers for the first year. The board of management and committees will be appointed, and decisions on motto flower and colors will be discussed along with whether meetings will be business or social with refreshments.
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Bins Fort Miro
Daughters of the American Revolution
S. Wood Brown
National Society
Graham Surghnor
Fort Miro
Fortune Now Tied Up by Revolution
Alberto Terrazas, heir to a family fortune estimated at 40 million in gold, left Paso for Pasadena to make his own living. The vast wealth is constrained by the revolution and may be lost to the family. Earlier journeys featured a large retinue and special trains, but today’s departure was discreet.
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Associated Press
Ikl Paso
Alberto Terazas
Pasadena
California
Senators Defend Position of the South in Insinuation Debate
Senators Vardaman and Smith insist the accusations are unfounded as they defend Southern positions in a heated political dispute. The exchange centers on alleged insinuations tied to regional loyalties and policy stances.
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Vardaman and
Smith
Debate Over Negro Education Funds Sparks Senate Fallout
In Washington on February 6, Senator Jones of Washington defended an amendment to extend federal farm demonstration funds to Negro colleges in the South. He clashed with Senator Vardaman of Mississippi and Senator Smith of Georgia over white vs Negro control and even touched on Japanese superiority, prompting sharp exchanges and an audience uproar as Virginia Senator Martine challenged the account of Negro progress since the Civil War.
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Virginia Senate
Jones
Washington
South
Senate
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Vardaman
Mississippi
Federal Treasury
Thompson
Senator Martine
Virginia
Interstate ruling saves rail shipping costs for local mills
The ICC decision on V S and P road car loads cuts transfer fees, saving $38 to $6 per car and totaling thousands annually for local plants. The Louisiana Wagon Wood Stock Manufacturing Co shipped 779 cars into Monroe and contracts for 500 more, with other mills like Grayling Lumber and Hardwood Manufacturing receiving similar benefits.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisiana Wagon Wood Stock Manufacturing Company
Monroe
Grayling Lumber Company
The
Hardwood Manufacturing Company
Lorimer Lumber Company
Slave Mills
Architect Col Stevens In City For Synagogue Plans
Col. W. L. Stevens of New Orleans, the chosen architect for the new Jewish synagogue, is in the city today conferring with the building committee. Stevens and committee chairman Sam Kaplan recently visited leading Jewish houses of worship in the North to gather ideas.
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Col
W. L. Stevens
New Orleans
Col. Stevens
Sam Kaplan
Monroe temple planned at fifty four thousand dollars plus
The article notes plans for a Monroe temple costing 54 000 or more with preliminary designs promising a magnificent structure and a fine addition to Monroe's public buildings. It also reports on damage to Monroe Drug Store from a rain hail storm with no stock damaged and roof damage from workmen on a neighboring building.
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Monroe Temple
Monroe
Tauber Hosiery Mills Strike Settled in Arbitration
Philadelphia Feb 5 The dispute between Tauber Hosiery Mills and its 5000 workers who walked out six weeks ago was resolved today through arbitration.
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Philadelphia
WF. Tauber Hosiery Mills
Levinsky Flynn Bout In Troy Postponed Indefinitely
The Troy NY fight between Battling Levinsky and Jim Flynn scheduled for February 9 was postponed indefinitely due to Flynn's fitness issues.
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Troy
N. Y
Battling Levinsky
Jim Flynn
Flynn
Boston Plans Steamship Route to San Francisco via Panama
Boston Pacific Steamship Company filed a petition to the legislature seeking dredging funds for Mystic River docking to support a Panama Canal steamship line to San Francisco. The plan includes eight ships of 4260 tons each purchased and four more of 5000 tons each under construction.
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Maass
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Boston Pacific Steamship Company
Mystic River
Caldwell to Lead Louisiana Masons as Grand Master
J H Caldwell of Robeline elected grand master of the Louisiana Grand Lodge of Masons at the 1913 session in New Orleans. The body reported its strongest year yet with the largest membership gain in its history. several officers were also chosen including Alf W Cheesman deputy grand master and Britton B Purser grand senior warden.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Grand Lodge of Masons
J. H. Caldwell
Robeline
Natchitocheg
Legislaure
Alf W. Cheesman
Shreveport
Britton B. Purser
Amite
John W. Armstrong
A. G. Ricks
Richard Lambert
William M. Besser
Arcadia
John T. Hasley
Rayville
Herman C. Duncan
Alexandria
Edward H. Walsdorf
Dewson
W. M
John A. Davilla
Caldwell
Senator Sundberry
Napoleonville
Revival Draws Large Congregation In Bad Weather
An unusually strong interest in the Baptist revival drew a large crowd despite rain. Dr King delivered a forceful sermon while Mr Wolsingle led the song service and sang a solo. Two new members joined, bringing total membership to sixty, averaging five per day since the meeting began.
Severe Weather Forecast for North Pacific Coast
The region braces for the season’s harshest conditions with strong winds heavy rain and potential flooding across coastal communities as crews monitor storm tracks and residents prepare. Officials urge caution and readiness for power outages and water disruptions.
Storm Signals and Cold Snap Across Regions
Weather Bureau warnings say Montana will hit minus 42 with northerly winds in North Texas. Monroe enjoys spring-like warmth while New Orleans reports 64 degrees. North Louisiana may rise to 16 to 20 above zero and South Louisiana to 38 to 52. Texas coast expected 26 to 30. High winds forecast along Texas and Louisiana coasts. Parts of Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas face subzero temperatures tonight.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Fel
The
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Degrees Below Zero Hit Montana and Surrounding States
The harsh winter weather extends across the upper Missouri Valley and plains South to Oklahoma with Havre Montana at 42 degrees below zero. Heavy Nebraska snow disrupts trains while a severe norther affects North Texas.
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Washington
Missouri Valley
Plains States
Oklahoma
Havre
Montana
Nebraska
Monroe Braces for Sudden Cold Spell
Weather forecast warns Monroe residents of a sharp temperature drop tonight or tomorrow morning with readings possibly 16 degrees above zero. News-Star thermometer showed 72 degrees this afternoon, down four degrees from the day's high, as reports from other towns note a severe winter cold gripping North Texas and Montana with a blizzard heading southwest.
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Monroe
News-Star
Texas
Montana
Funds In Sight Will Begin Work
The executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce met last night to review soliciting reports and plan expansion if finances justify it. The amount needed to stabilize the chamber is not yet raised but is expected to be in hand after contacting business and professional interests. Subscriptions have declined from last year, delaying the goal. committees will continue their drive and Mr. J.C. Smith will handle secretary duties for about sixty days.
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Chamber of Commerce
J.C. Smith
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