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Community bulletin notes interest in policy discussion and upcoming program details. Local residents seek clarity on agenda, speakers, and timelines as organizers urge attendance and questions.
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24 Feb 1914
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Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1914
Page
1
What Will Washington Do in Mexico Crisis Says Congress
Washington debates the Mexican crisis as public demand for a clear policy grows. Officials cite a thorough investigation while lawmakers acknowledge ignorance and fear intervention, amid pressures from business interests and external actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Mexico
Benton
Great Britain
Villa
American State Department
Uncle Sam
United States
Wilson and Washington Birthday Pageant Across Icy Potomac
President Wilson crossed the ice jammed Potomac aboard the yacht Sylph to view a civic and military parade in Alexandria Virginia honoring George Washington. The event featured frigid snow storms, military units, fire brigades, floats, and a 21 gun salute as diplomats and the Cabinet watched from a glass stand. The journey, delayed by ice and weather, lasted under four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Syini
Alexandria
United States
Senate
National Capitol
George Washington
Mashall
Mount Vernon
Stuart
Virginia
Army
Navy
White House
United States Cavalry
Navy Yard
European Opposition Shaken by Villa Actions
Contingents in Europe react to recent villa related actions as policymakers assess impact on relations. Officials from multiple states condemn measures while seeking a coordinated response. The incident underscores tensions over governance and sovereignty in the region.
Briton Benton execution in Mexico shapes foreign policy
Washington reports show that whether Villa’s killing of British subject Wm. S. Benton was justified, protection of foreigners in rebel Mexico has become a major international issue. U.S. officials weigh foreign legation guards, possible warnings, and intensified inquiries as Villa’s account is reviewed and exhumation efforts proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
General Villa
W. S. Benton
Washington
Wm. S. Benton
Villa
Mexico
Wilson
Villa’s Story of Bentons Death in Chihuahua
Gen Villa recounts Benton's death claiming Benton drew a weapon and fell to a guard’s punch while Villa says Benton sought to take his life. Benton allegedly confessed after the court martial and asked that his estate be given to his widow. Villa rejects spying claims and receives officer homage at the governor’s palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa
Benton
Juarez
Gustav Bauch
Chihuahua
Mexico
Republican State Committee Set to Discuss West Virginia Campaign
Charleston West Virginia February 24 Arrangements are complete for the Republican State Committee meeting to be held tomorrow Plans for the coming campaign in West Virginia will be discussed The attitude toward reconciliation with the Progressives is also expected to be a topic Des Moines Iowa February 24 The central Iowa Retail Lumbermen's association held its nineteenth annual convention in Des Moines today President G D Rose presiding Many prominent representatives from Cedar Falls Waterloo Cedar Rapids and other cities attended
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. V
Republican State Committee
West Virginia
Des Moines
Central
Ilowa Retail Lumbermen’s Association
G. D. Rose
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Washington Aims to Watch Over Representatives
Reporters quote officials indicating the Washington government will exercise a watchful eye on representatives. The remarks stress ongoing oversight and protective measures for legislative actions and proper conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brown hundredth birth anniversary noted in Boston art circles
Boston February 24 remembers Henry Kirke Brown born Leyden Massachusetts February 24 1814 The sculptor designed the George Washington statue in Union Square New York City and the bronze De Witt Clinton statue in Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn His bronze statue was the first cast in the United States
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Press
Henry Kirke Brown
Leyden
Mass
Brown
George Washington
Union Square
New York City
de Witt Clinton
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
United States
Kansas to Have Pure Gas Standard Hearing Opens
Topeka residents report the Kansas Public Utilities Commission opened a public hearing to set a minimum heat unit per thousand feet of natural gas as a quality standard. Gas below the standard could be shut off and distributors barred from selling until compliant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Res
Kansas Public Utilities Commission
Take Your Shopping Seriously Advertising as a guide for women
The piece urges careful budgeting and shopping by the modern woman. It praises advertising columns in The News- Star as a trusted resource for bargains and reliable information. It compares a woman’s shopping judgment to a man evaluating real estate and calls advertising a business education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News- Star
Improvement in Conditions Industrial Ant Commercial Activity
Improvement in conditions signals revival in industrial and commercial activity as Lag Gang shows renewed courage and momentum in production and trade sectors.
Lower Tariff Duties Signal Decline in Living Costs
William Redfield, speaking before the Wheeling Board of Trade, argues that tariff reductions are lowering food and clothing costs while unemployment rises mainly due to climate in northern centers. He cites official reports showing improving business, reduced freight car surplus, and no major import surges, though winter lay-offs persist in cities like New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
New York City
William ©. Redfield
Wheeling Board of Trade
New York
Mullens Found Guilty of Murder in Kansas Case
Alma Kansas dispatch reports Walter Mullens convicted of first degree murder in the 1912 killing of Anthony King, a restaurant keeper. The case links Mullens to Paul Roberts, previously convicted, and centers on evidence Roberts supplied about Mullens wealth and ties to Junction City Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice
Alma
Kans
Walter Mullens
Anthony King
Ruston
Junction City
Ark
Mullens
Paul Roberts
W. R. Roberts
Kansas
Brukenness
Roberts
King
Trail
Burns
Louisiane
Assciated
Atlanta
James Conley
National
Mary Phagan
Chein Gang
Leo Frank
Unemployed Drawn to New York and Other Cities
The article notes New York offers generous aid to the unemployed through private and public charities, attracting workers from across the nation. It discusses seasonal idle labor and the reopening of mills in the Central West improving conditions, with many previously unemployed now at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central West
Women Vote in Chicago Aldermanic Primary First Time
Women cast ballots as candidates and officials in Chicago form the aldermanic primary. About fifty to seventy five thousand women expected at the polls with Marion Drake leading in the First Ward against Beth House backed by John Coughlin. In El Paso Villa news: Benton claimed Mexican citizenship. Benton's body request remains unanswered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marion Drake
Beth House
John Coughlin
Missing Louisianian not taken to Chihuahua penitentiary
In reply to inquiries from Consul Letecher and the Associated Press it is stated Gustave Bauch of Louisiana was never brought to the Chihuahua penitentiary. Villa had said Bauch had been taken to Chihuahua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa
Chihuahua
Letcher
Europe
South America
Letecher
Associated Press
Gustave Bauch
Bauch
Banks Apply for Federal Reserve Membership
Treasury officials estimate that fewer than twenty national banks have not applied for Federal Reserve membership, while those that have applied cover about 99 percent of national banking capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Ontario Boards of Trade Convene for Annual Meeting
In Toronto on February 24 the Ontario Associated Boards of Trade opened their annual session. More than forty resolutions were set for discussion addressing insolvency law reform forest and water resources conservation and the creation of a Dominion board of trade or chamber of commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Qont
Ontario Associated Boards of Trade
Dominion Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Hardware Dealers Meet Opens In Toledo
The twentieth annual convention of the Ohio Hardware Association opened in Toledo, drawing leading trade representatives from across the state. The event runs through tomorrow and Thursday and features a mammoth exhibition of hardware supplies tools and machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Hardware Dealers Meet
Toledo
The
Ohio Hardware Association
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Galveston
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el Paseo
Japan
France
Mexico City
Great Brita
Germany
Huerta
Republicns
Sehcond
Vervict
Image
el Paso
William Benton
Diaz
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