Senate Paves Way for Relief of Jam and Open Appropriations
The Senate passed the Fordney Emergency Tariff bill opening the way for big appropriations as Congress eyes extra-session action. President-elect Harding consults with Harry Daugherty on cabinet make up and policy amid postwar economic pressures. Former Gov Frank Lowden declines Navy consideration. Senator Smith pushes investigation into cotton and wheat stocks and corrects a misstatement about Hester.
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Associated Press
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Fla
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New York
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Smith
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Hester
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
New Orleans Exchange
Oil Tests Begin as Magnolia Pushes Field Growth
Oil men and native observers watch tests around Constantine and Mattocks Hinton wells near the Busey site. Magnolia Petroleum speeds pipeline work to carry production from two wells while a blue sky law debate looms at Baton Rouge.
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Gilded City
Magnolia Petroleum
Magnolia Petroleum Company
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Magnolia
Busey
Masons Decide to Build Three Million Dollar Temple
New Orleans February 17 The grand lodge of Louisiana ends with plans to raise a three million dollar eighteen story Masonic temple. Hollace Bain of Shreveport named grand master Ira Sylvester of Alexandria elected grand senior warden Jesse Taylor of Lafayette grand lecturer F M Milliken Crowley grand pursuivant and S R Pickens Alexandria grand steward named as officers
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Grand Lodge of Louisiana Today
Hollace Bain
Shreveport
Ira Sylvester
Alexandria
Jesse Taylor
Lafayette
F. M. Milliken
Crowley
Aviator Returns From Texas Wanderings Guarded In Sanderson
Lieut. Alexander Pearson, 25, back from a three day wander through Texas wastelands, arrived in Sanderson on a borrowed horse. Soldiers guarded his hotel room to keep intruders away as he rested after a flight from El Paso to San Antonio. His uniform was ragged and he was unshaven following privations.
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Tex
Alexander Pearson
el Paso
San Antonio
Texas
Bank Robbery Spur Ohio Posse Search and Lynching Reports
Ohio citizens posse surrounds points near Toledo in a bid to capture five armed bandits who robbed the main post office and stole six sacks of registered mail. A mob burned a Black man at stake in Athens after a lynching tied to the murder of a white woman.
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Taylor
Point Place
Here
Athens
John Lee Eberhardt
Walter Lee
Eberhardt
Clarke County
Oconee County
Rotary and Gas Rate Scale Topics in Monroe
Postmaster J. T. Bryant spoke on trees and San Jose scale at a Rotary luncheon. Rotarian Dick Downes urged civic responsibility, and the club marked its sixteenth anniversary with plans for next week. The Natural Gas Company meeting on industrial rate sliding scales was postponed to next week, aiming to attract factories. Mrs Grace Webber was badly burned by gas at her Jackson Street home.
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Rotary
Bryant
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Monroe
Dick Downes
Citien
F. C. Livandais
Mary Hughes Clay
Rotary Club
Grace Webber
Will Webber
Eckhardt and Lennon Lumber Company
Jackson Street
Webber
Ouachita Lodge Delegates Appointed for Lafayette Convention
Ouachita Valley Lodge No. 10 Woodmen of the World Monroe elected delegates S C Blackmon Charles Garvey and H C Walker and alternates D L Newman J D Butler W T Baker for the Lafayette convention to be held March 14 15 and 16. The meeting was well attended with much work planned for the order.
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Ouachita Valley
Woodmen of the World
Monroe
Lafayette
S. C. Blackmon
Charles Garvey
H. C. Walker
D. L. Newman
J. D. Butler
W. T. Baker
Real estate activity in Monroe and West Monroe rises
Real estate continuing lively in Monroe and West Monroe with multiple deals recorded. Transactions include I H Hamilton to Dr T L Hood for undivided half interest in West Monroe property valued at 1477, J H Moore to E S Oliver for oil and gas rights on 40 acres, and several lot transfers in Austin Eby's additions totaling thousands, signaling a steady year ahead.
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T. L. Hood
L. D. McLain
C. C. Crosley
E. J. C. Burroughs
Dr. Hood
Square
Austin
Eby
Henry D. Montgomery
L. S. Roberts
William A. Rimes
G. C. Moore
J. H. Moore
E. S. Oliver
Ouachita River Bridge Repairs Likely This Year
Monroe city plans to rebuild the Ouachita river bridge between Monroe and West Monroe within two to three months. Estimated cost around $10,000 for needed repairs noted by an expert engineer. the bridge has generated about $3,000 in annual net revenue and remains a strong investment.
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Joe Hanna
State Board of Affairs
Ouachita River
Monroe
West Monroe
City Commission
Sary
Caruso Fights Grave Illness Seeks Early Recovery
New York reports that tenor Enrico Caruso maintained strength through a severe heart attack crisis. Doctors say a breach of the danger period could bring a better chance of recovery as he slept and his fever eased for the first time since the illness began.
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New York
Caruso
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