West Monroe Tragedy Prompts Juvenile Brother Suspect
Joe Sturdivant, a young man from the eighth ward, was found dead in his wagon near C. T. Cootes after a drunken confrontation with his brother Tom Sturdivant. Tom fled and had not been located. The incident followed a prior fight with John and Shannon Rogers during which Joe injured Tom with a bottle. Authorities suggest Tom may have killed Joe.
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Joe Sturdivant
Eighth Ward
Tom Sturdivant
Turdivant Brothers
West Monroe
Webb Pierce
Heard’s
Sturdivants
John
Shannon Rogers
Sturdivant
Joe
Tom
Sturdivant Brothers
C. T. Cootes
Ward 8
Oil Executive T J Gay Visits Monroe For Plant Rebuild
Prominent oil man T J Gay head of Gay Oil Company of Little Rock Ark, arrives in Monroe with local agent H Van E Hart to review plans for rebuilding the plant recently destroyed by fire.
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T. J. Gay
Gay Oil Company
Little Rock
Ark
Monroe
H. van E. Hart
Gay
Louisville to Host Largest Southern Educational Conference
Louisville Kentucky will host a major educators conference in early April, promising the largest and most notable educational gathering in the South. The event brings together educators for discussions, demonstrations, and policy themes across the region.
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Louisville
South
Power Plant Break Shuts City Paper Down
The News-Star suffered a total power outage after a serious break in the city electric light and power plant last night. The outage disrupted linotypes and presses, hampering daily publication as similar incidents have darkened the city several times in the past fortnight.
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News-Star
City
Marriages and Mortgage Releases in Local Transactions
Lloyd Smith and Annie Fuller wed as Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company and Monroe Investment Co. arrange mortgage releases. Listings note multiple transfers including Mrs. E B Eby and Mrs. M C Austin to Ben Allen, and others by W Easterling and various firms. Also recorded are releases of mortgages by Realty Investment Co. and a sale of a lot by R H Olivey to People’s Home Society.
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Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company
Monroe Investment Co
Monroe Investment Co., Ltd
Eby
M. C Austin
Ben Allen
Lot
S. C. Eby
Austin
Jesse Belote
W. Easterling
Goldman-Arent Land Company, Ltd
B. K. Minker
the Realty Investment Company, Ltd
Henry Williams
R. H. Olivey
People’s Homested and Saviors Association
Gideon Day Robber Sentenced and Promoter to Visit Monroe
The article reports a bold robber linked to Gideon Day receiving a ten year sentence. It mentions Prom Temes Gi Tree and Lats Haw, with Pracho Prank Bush cited as accused. The national secretary of Gideons will visit Monroe next Sunday.
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Vergara
Gideon Day
T. Latshaw
Texas Ranchman Vergara Seized by Mexican Troops Hanged
Consul Garrett reports Clemente Vergara, an American, was assaulted on the Mexican bank of the Rio Grande by Hidalgo federal soldiers. He was taken to Hidalgo jail, later hanged from a tree near the city, his body reportedly buried or removed two days later. Disputed accounts involve Captain Rodriguez and Piedras Negras transfer claims.
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Garrett
Vergara
Laredo
Tex
Clemente Vergara
Rio Grande
Hidalgo
Vergarms
J. Hill
Texas
Piedras Negras
Nuevo Laredo
Rodriguez
General Alvarez
Piedras Neeras
Taft and Wilson Endorse Plan for Supreme Court Rules
In Washington on February 27 ex president Taft Alton B Parker and Senator Root backed a bill authorizing the Supreme Court to prescribe rules and forms of procedure for federal courts on the common law side Taft spoke to the House Judiciary Committee urging passage and later dined with President Wilson
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Washington
Taft
Alton BB. Parker
Root
Supreme Court
House Judiciary Committees
Wilson
Governor Colquit to Increase Rangers on Border
Austin Feb 27 Gov Colquit announced he would raise the Border Rangers force despite Secretary Bryan’s refusal to authorize sending them across the border He said Bryan did not answer whether Huerta or Carranza should be recognized as the governing power in Northern Mexico
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Austin
Colquit
Bryan
Huerta
Carransa
Mexico
Indiana intercollegiate oratorical contest opens in Indianapolis
College orators accompanied by large student delegations gathered in Indianapolis for the annual contest of the Indiana Intercollegiate Oratorical Association. Notre Dame University Wabash College Earnham College Bueler College and DePauw University were represented.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Intercollegiate Oratorical Association
Notre Dame University
Wabash College
Earnham College
Bueler College
DePauw University
Reading character in merchants advertising in newspapers
The piece argues that studying ads reveals a store portrait of business character. Merchants refine statements typography and illustrations, aiming for honesty and modesty to attract readers and improve profits through advertising.
Bible Distribution Initiative by Henderson in Monroe Churches
National Secretary Henderson plans to place a Bible in every room of Monroe’s homes with city church aid. Gideons, a group of traveling Christian men, wear blue lapel buttons showing a white pitcher and torch symbolizing Gideon’s courage from Judges chapters six and seven. The buttons serve to identify members and spark personal Christian work on the road.
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Henderson
Monroe
Gideon
Israel
Temple Sinai Evening Services Feature Choir and Talk
Services tonight start promptly at 8. The choir performs a specially prepared program. Rabbi J. B. Pollak will speak on There is No Death. The public is invited to attend all services.
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Temple Sinai
J. B. Pollak
Kate Edwards Pardoned After Death Sentence In 1901
Reading Pennsylvania February 28 Mrs Kate Edwards once sentenced to death in 1901 and denied execution dates by four governors is pardoned and moved from prison to a charitable institution. She is sixty years old and had killed her husband with a black man who she later said was innocent. the man was freed after her confession.
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T. Latshaw
Henry Barr
Ben C. Dawkins
Frank Bush
West Monroe
Latshaw
A. ©. Scott
Melvin Jackson
Cayce Phillips
Howard Crighton
Bush
Latshay
Barr
Reading
Kate Edwards
Unemployment Conference Opens in New York
A joint conference on unemployment convened in New York on February 27, organized by the American Association for Labor Legislation and the American Section of the International Association on Unemployment. A mass meeting at Cooper Union and two subsequent sessions aim to coordinate relief, study, public information and legislative action. Mayor John F P Mitchel agreed to preside, with official delegates from many states and Canadian provinces attending.
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New York
American Association For Labor Legislation
International Association On Unemployment
United States
Canada
Cooper Union
John FP. Mitchel Hiss
Labor Leaders and Unemployment Conference Participants
Prominent labor representatives and leaders of commercial and industrial groups attended the conference. The American Association for Labor Legislation, formed two years ago to study industrial conditions, includes top Department of Labor officials and state labor commissioners. The International Association on Unemployment is international led by Leon Bourgeois with Charles R. Crane as American Section president and officers such as Henry S. Dennison Charles P. Neill and John Mitchel among others.
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Organized Labor
American Association For Labor Legislation
Department of Labor
Washington
International Association On Unemployment
Leon Bourgeois
French Council of Ministers
Charles R. Crane
Chicago Commission On the Unemployed
Henry S. Dennison
Boston
Charles P. Neill
Federal Bureau of Labor
John Mitchel
United Mine Workers of America
Snow Storm Delights Public as Louisiana Feels Cold
Snow fell across parts of Mississippi and Louisiana with accumulations up to three inches in Laurel and Meridian while New Orleans faced a record cold snap and a rare snow sighting. Damages to Tangipahoa strawberry crops and fruit trees were reported as officials noted statewide disruptions and celebrations over the unusual weather.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Florida
New Orleans
O. S. Browne
St. Gabriel
Captain Murphy
Monticello
Tangipahoa
Jackson
Miss
Crowley
Lake Providence
Laurel
Meridian
Natchey
Morgan City
Villa Happy and Supreme Villa Hold Power in Chihuahua
Chihuahua Feb 27 Explanations for Villa's delay in moving on Torreon cite his supreme command in Chihuahua and a coterie that treats his word as law. Impartial observers say his position weakens as he delays advancement. Villa seeks to reign over Chihuahua the city Diaz expelled him from.
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New Orleans
Chihuahua
Villa
Torreon
Vancing
Diaz
Cotone
Body exhumation view for two Americans and others
Consul Letcher reports to Sec. Bryan that two Americans two British representatives and two Bentons family members may view Benton's body at Chihuahua during exhumation. Secretary Bryan notes no significance in keeping marines idle in New Orleans awaiting sailing orders..
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Washington
Letcher
Sec
Bryan
Villa
William Benton
Benton
Chihuahua
Edwards
Gustave Bauch
Juarez
Bauch
New Orleans
Pensacola
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John R. Mott
Fred &. Smith
Kentucky
Frankfort
Young Mens Democratic League of Kentucky
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R. A. Young
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