Enthusiastic Forsythe Demonstration Draws Citizens
A spontaneous city hall gathering in Monroe showed broad support for Mayor Forsythe. Citizens from laborers to bankers filled corridors as speakers praised his work, urging a March 2 election victory.
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Forsythe
Opera House
Peral
Nice
Monroe
Charles Schulze
Ing
W. O'Donnell
O'Donnell
W. F. Blanks
Anand
Forde
Anx
Blanks
Declar
J. F. G. Roberts
Uch
Roberts
Verts
KR. W. Faulk
R. R. W. Faulk
Rmer
Dr. Faulk
Anti-Option Bill Faces Push From Cotton Interests
New York activists report strong support for passing the Scott anti-option bill despite protests from the New York Cotton Exchange and allied interests. Shipping lines urge Senator Root to oppose the measure, arguing it unfairly targets cotton futures while excluding wheat and other commodities. Hentz and Co. warn the bill would hurt planters and bolster European spinners.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
United States
Root
H. Hentz & Co
Quahender to Complete State Ment Decline Noted
A Chinese foreign board declines to make a statement as Quahender will be complete. Authorities report no further comment and indicate awaiting official updates from the state agency.
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Quahender
Chinese Foreign Board
Huckoland Opioial Here Greeted By Large Crowds
Large crowds gathered as speakers from major organizations gave engaging talks. The event featured notable figures addressing diverse topics and drew broad public interest.
China pivots on 1881 treaty amid Russo Chinese tensions
In Pekin on February 18 China declines immediate comment on Russia’s Ili province representations. The foreign office hints at possible renunciation of the 1881 treaty, citing a rising national sentiment against foreign privileges and insisting China has legal right to withdraw. Responses to Russian claims will come from the regent with council advice.
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Pekin
Chinese Foreign Board
Russia
Ili
Chinese Turkestan
M. Korovitz
China
Tao Nanfu
Mongolia
Laundry Troubles Prompt Ring 319 Cumberland Phone
A terse public notice directs readers to call 319 Cumberland Street or 8 Home Phone for laundry troubles. The short entry shows numbers and a dated line 17-3t, reflecting a small local advisory.
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Cumberland
Hog and Corn Special Tours North Louisiana Rail Line
The Rock Island Hog and Corn Special reached Monroe on schedule from Ruston with a 45 minute Calhoun stop. Prof W R Dodson and others spoke on hog raising and corn culture before crowds of about six hundred farmers and locals. Attendance for all three days totals 11 214 with a Thursday peak of 5362. Commissioner H M Cottrell led the tour and praised North Louisiana while predicting Louisiana will become a top corn producer.
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Rock Island
Monroe
Ruston
Calhoun
Sixth and
DeSiard Streets
W. R. Dodson
A. D. McNair
Dr. Dalrymple
J. B. Garrett
A. F. Kidder
J. G. Lee, Jr
Miss Kelley
Mr. Kidder
West Monroe
C. B., Sloat
North
Louisiana
Cottrell
News-Star
Alvin T. Stenel
Steiner
Agricultural Department of
the State University
W. H. Dalrymple
G. L. Tiebont
W. L. Roy
Boys’ Corn Club
Rust
Masked robbers hold up New Turk and New Orleans Limited
Bandits hide their faces during a daytime robbery aboard the New Turk and New Orleans Limited train. Investigators pursue leads as passengers report a brief struggle before the robbers escaped with cash. Strong winds and unsettled weather are forecast for tonight and Sunday with rain and colder temperatures.
Local farmers urged to cultivate idle lands in Louisiana tour
The article highlights efforts to boost farming across vast idle lands with new exhibits starting around March 15. Rock Island Lines officials praise local prospects and the audience, while agricultural leaders and university staff join a traveling demonstration aimed at teaching farmers practical cultivation.
Prohibition Repeal Secures Senate Passage in Alabama
In Montgomery the Alabama senate approved the Parks local option bill by 21 to 12. The measure repeals statewide prohibition statutes once signed, allows counties to vote wet or dry, and requires a 45 percent petition to trigger an election. The bill now goes to the governor for signature.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
House
Moody
Tunstall
Dynamited Safe Five Men Use Automobile During Escaping
Five men used an automobile to flee after dynamiting a safe and securing the loot. Police report details are sparse but identify the incident as a planned escape following the blast and theft.
Train Hold Up in Georgia Rail Heist Leaves $700 Loot
Five masked men attacked the New York and New Orleans limited on the Southern Railway at White Sulphur Springs Georgia. They dynamited the express car safe and escaped by auto with $700. Passengers were unharmed as secret service agents and bloodhounds chase the trail toward North Georgia. The robbers forced the train to stop and entered the express car while threatening staff.
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Atlanta
New York
New Orleans
Southern Railway
White Sulphur Springs
Secret Service
Wilds
North Georgia
White Sulphur
Luta
Special Train Bears Gates Son for Medical Treatment
A special train carrying Charles Gates, son of John W. Gates, passed through Hutchinson en route to New York for medical care after falling ill at Puma Arizona.
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Kansas City
Charles Gates
John W. Gates
New York
Hutchinson
Puma
Arizona
Wants Case Dismissed Over Immunity Claim in Bath Tub Trust
Detroit February 18. Attorneys Stevenson Carson and Dutzel filed a plea in local federal court seeking dismissal of the Government's criminal case against the bath tub trust alleging immunity granted to individual defendants by the civil suit in Maryland.
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Detroit
Bath Tub Trust
Maryland
Attorens Stevenson, Carson and Dutsel
Indictments Snag Five Over Hornet Expedition
Federal grand jury accuses Manuel Bonilla Florian Davide Lee Christmas and Joseph W Beer of neutrality law violations tied to the Hornet expedition The indictments create a stir in New Orleans where Bonilla heads the Honduran revolution Lee Christmas is an American scout and aid to Bonilla Davids is a former Honduran congress president and Beer a local steamship operator and Hornet owner
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New Orleans
Federal Grand Jury
Manuel Bonilla
Florian Davide
Lee Christmas
Joseph W. Beer
Honduras
Bonilla
Dr. Davids
Hondurian Congress
J. W. Beer
Hornet
Parks measure hinges on liquor sale laws enactment
The passage states that the Parks measure cannot take effect until bills regulating liquor sales are enacted and that no wet or dry elections can occur until these regulation statutes are passed. This outlines the conditional nature of the measure and related elections.
Bound for New Orleans on J. H. Menge First Voyage
A Louisville to New Orleans Mardi Gras trip departs on the steamer J. H. Menge with about 100 passengers aboard. The Mississippi Packet Company operates the vessel on the lower Mississippi and its tributaries as crowds from Kentucky and southern Indiana travel by stages to the Crescent City.
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Louisville
J. H. Menge
New Orleans
Ohio River
Kentucky
Indiana
Crescent City
Mississippi Packet Company
Mississippi River
J H Menge Will Serve Ouachita River Trade
The J. H. Menge will be placed on the Ouachita River route for regular weekly trips between Monroe and New Orleans to carry cargo and passengers as part of the river trade.
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J. H. Menge
Ouachita River
Monroe
New Orleans
Matzos Availability Request Mentioned in Message
A note requests Matzos and references a contact or person named Heinberg with an expression Please let me know. The message is terse and lacks additional context or details about the event or venue.
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South
Faulk
East St. Louis
Mr. Anderson
Col
E. W. Anderson
Major Forsythe
Anderson
DeGraffenreid
W. H. DeGraffenreid
Dr. Forsythe
Mr. Cottrell
H. M. Cottrell
Rock Island Lines
J. M. Parker
T. J. Shelton
New Turk
New Orleans Limited
Alabama
Revolution
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