United Oil plans large Ouachita plant near Perryville
United Oil and Natural Gas Products Company moves to complete a large gas and carbon plant in Ouachita field. A gasoline plant with 2500 gallons daily capacity is due by March 1 at Perryville on the Arkansas and Louisiana Midland railroad. Well No 1 at Guthrie shows strong oil potential. captain C H Barbour of Houston heads the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Oil & Natural Gas Products Company
Ouachita Field
United States
Ouachita
United Oil & Natural Gas Products Corporation
United Oil and Natural Gas Products Company
Arkansas & Louisiana Midland Railroad
Perryville
Guthrie
J. B. Haynes
C. H. Barbour
Houston
Tex
United Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
Schott and Gardiner Expected to Testify in Inquest
In Louisville on January 2, Dr. Christoper G. Schott accused of murder and his chief witness Laurence Gardiner were both anticipated to testify today at the coroner s inquest into the Christmas Eve death of Miss Elizabeth Ford Griffith.
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Louisville
Christopher G. Schott
Laurence Gardiner
Elizabeth Ford Griffith
Dixie Well Reaches 1870 Feet Near Monroe Oil Field
Dixie well of the Dixie Oil Company ten miles southwest of Monroe has reached 1870 feet and progress is rapid. Observers see a strong chance of an oil strike at 2200 to 2300 feet as oil and gas men await the final report with keen interest.
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Dixie
Dixie Oil Company
Monroe
Bolshevik Russia Ready to Yield in Peace Talks
Dorpat January 2 Bolshevik Russia prepared to make major concessions to the great powers for peace but will not extend an olive branch to General Denikine. Moscow claims its army numbers 3,000,000 and declares it invincible amid seven day armistice talks with Estonian representatives.
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Feeler
Red
Dorpat
Associated Press
Russia
Denikine
M. Klishke
Radical leaders jailed in Chicago raids
More than 200 alleged members from about seventy radical groups including the IWW, communist labor party, communists and anarchists are jailed awaiting state and federal action. Raids continue as authorities pursue further suspects after five months of investigation by state, federal and private agents.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Industrial Workers of the World
Communist Labor Party
Hoyne
United States
Powder Plant Explosion Kills Five at Dupont Site
A grinding mill at the Bagley plant of the Dupont Powder Company exploded this morning in Wilmington Delaware. Five workers died and one was injured. The plant lies along Brandywine creek and the building was of flimsy construction.
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Associated Press
Wilmington, del
Bagley
Dupont Powder Company
Himsy Construction
Brandywine Creek
Citizens' Bank Jubilee Banquet Highlights Growth
Directors and employees of Citizens' National Bank enjoyed a jubilee banquet last night at the First Baptist church banquet room. President C F E Slagle presided as toastmaster and brief talks voiced pleasure in the bank's progress and hopes for continued growth as holly decorates the tables for twenty three guests.
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Citizens’ National Bank
First Baptist Church
C. F E. Slagle
Vietrola
Banquet Honors Monroe Furniture Company Staff at Leon’s Cafe
A seven course banquet was served at Leon’s Cafe for the Monroe Furniture Company employees, with Sam Kaplan as toastmaster. Speakers including Joe Isaneman, H. K. Touchstone, and J. M. Cobb reflected on past achievements and outlined future plans to boost efficiency and unity among the workforce. Ladies also attended, and the event fostered renewed vigor for upcoming work.
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Monroe Furniture CO
Leon
Monroe Furniture Company
Monroe
Sam Kaplan
Joe Isaneman
K. Touchstone
J M. Cobb
Monroe New Hotel Planned by Ouachita Company
The Ouachita Hotel Company of Monroe announces a new hotel to be built on the Stubbs lot at Grammont and St. John streets opposite the Monroe post office. Mann and Stern of Little Rock are drafting plans to be reviewed by the board within weeks, with construction expected to start between March and April.
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Ouachita Hotel Company
Monroe
Stubbs
Grammont and
St. John Streets
Mann & Stern
Little Rock Architects
The
Ouachits Hotel Company
D Arbonne Oil Well Strike Reported Near Monroe
The D Arbonne Oil Company's Langston No 1 well in northwestern Louisiana passes through sand at 1115 feet and is expected to produce 400 to 1000 barrels. The well is to go twelve feet deeper, with bailing started today and a hoped bring in this afternoon or tomorrow. Monroe businessmen hold about 150 shares in the company organized in June.
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D’arbonne Oil Company
Langston No. 1
Louisiana
Louisiana Oil Lease & Brokerage Company
Monroe
D’arbonne
Relic of Dark Local Traffic Aces Given in Travesty
200 prisoners at the county jail witnessed the hanging of Ruffalo Durrage in a staged event described as experimental psychology. The jail sheriff argued the sight would deter future crimes while inmates echoed a grim chant as the trap released.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ruffalo Durrage
Durrage
Sanity testimony ends in New murder trial
Five alienists testified on the sanity of Harry S. New as the defense neared completion in the case charging him with the murder of his fiancée Miss Freda Lesser. The defense rested after the New Year’s holiday as the hearing resumed in Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Harry S. New
Freda Lesser
New
Master's Wife Brings Vessel Into Gulf Port
Mobile Jan 2 The schooner Jean L Somerville of Boston anchored in Mobile river with flag at half mast for the dead skipper. Mrs W F Crum widow of the master commanded the voyage from Las Palmas and navigated the vessel when her husband fell ill, the only other person aboard with navigation knowledge.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Jean L. Somerville
Boston
Mobile River
Las Almas
W. F. Crum
Monroe Chamber of Commerce Manager Joins National Shipping Committee
H. J. Fernandez traffic manager, back from Chicago, was chosen to join a 26 member committee representing U S shippers on the Cummins and Esch railroad reorganization bills. The Chicago conference, attended by about 300 traffic experts from major cities, drafted a resolution to memorialize Congress. A sub committee will present the shippers viewpoint when Congress convenes.
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H. J. Fernandez
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
United States
Washington
Congress
Bryan Hat In Ring For U S Presidential Bid In Michigan
Detroit January 2 William Jennings Bryan will enter Michigan's presidential preference primary as a Democratic nominee candidate for president according to local friends of the former secretary of state Bryan seeks endorsement from Michigan voters in the primary pushing for a strong national campaign support from party members and supporters.
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Detroit
William Jenings Bryan
Michigan
Prohibition Decree Allows Limited Liquor Sales in Italy
Rome on January 2 reports a decree permitting sale of liquor with more than 20 percent alcohol only from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays and until 4 p.m. Saturdays. Sales end at noon on Sundays and are banned on holidays, marking a minor victory for prohibitionists.
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Rome
Italy
Census Starts Over Ouachita This Morning
The fourteenth decennial census began with 85,000 enumerators collecting population and resource data across the United States. In Ouachita parish Monroe and West Monroe are enumerating, with wards one two four and eight not yet started, and full results expected after several weeks or into spring. Local enumerators include Louis G. Dodd and Mrs Janie C Reeves along with others in ward five and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Ouschita Parish
Monroe
West Monroe
Henry M. Thompson
Ouachita Parish
Thompson
Louis G. Dodd
T. B. Me. Enery
Claude Roberts
Samuel C. Henry
Martin L. Peacock
John R. Patterson
Mexican embargo raised on key food exports
Washington reports a Mexican embargo on exporting essential foods including corn beans and Mexican cane sugar has been lifted amid trade developments.
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Washington
Ouachita Transforms After Local Dry Law Vote
Monroe and Ouachita parish become dry following October 1917 local option, with saloon fixtures moved to soft drink venues and former liquor quarters rapidly repurposed. New business occupants rise as hardware and other firms take over saloon buildings, including J Y Covington on Grand Street and 101 DeSiard, as more changes are planned and a continuation notes on page three.
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Monroe
Quachita Parish
Monroe Hardware Company
Automobile Department
J. Y. Covington
Grand Street
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad
James Rabun
Rabun
DeSiard
Jefferson Streets
J. 3
L. L. Smith
Godfrey Liquor Company
Walter Williams
Fifth
Ouachita
Canadian newsprint embargo denied by Canadian government
Washington reports an authoritative denial of embargo rumors. Canadian mills are operating at capacity producing about 2775 short tons daily, with 90 percent of exports going mainly to the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Commerce
United States
Wheels Necessary to Progress Says Rev Means at Rotary Meet
Rev E K Means of Monroe First Methodist preached that wheels in a head drive progress. He cited threshing sewing steamboats autos and flying machines as inventions born from genius and urged Rotary members as spokes in a wheel advancing business and community.
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E. K
Rotary Club
E. K. Means
First Methodist Church of
Monroe
Elks
Means
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United Oil
REDS
Citizens’ Bank
Monroe’s New Hotel
Arbonne
D'Arbonne Oil, Company
Gulf Port
Bryan
U.S
Ouachita Natural Gas & Oil Co., Inc
Quachita
West
Canada
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