West Monroe Fire Department Ends Year With Largest Blaze
West Monroe's fire department, led by E C Taylor, reports 51 fires in the year ending December 31. The final Sunday blaze at the Cole and Sherrouse building on Trenholm Street was the largest, surpassing all prior fires, with grass fires being common though less significant overall. The force includes two paid firefighters with volunteers providing support, and a newly added track enhances equipment comparison with larger cities.
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City of
West Monroe
E. C. Taylor
Postoffice Fire Destroys Greenwood Louisiana Structures
Loss put at 45000 dollars after fire wiped out the Greenwood post office and five frame business buildings. Mail was largely saved from the post office located in SQR Thweat grocery. Fire found in rear of S A Alexander store. other losses included H A Dees barber shop Edwin O McClure store and the Little Inn. Shreveport fire department responded.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Postoffice
Greenwood
S. QR
S. A. Alexander General Merchandise
Thweat
H. A. Dees
Edwin O. McClure
Little Inn
Shreveport Fire Department
Legion Aims in Indianapolis Posters Displayed Nationwide
Posters across the United States will be shown in February to depict the spirit of helpfulness and comradeship among the American Legion ten years after World War I.
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Tell Legion
Indianapolis
American Legion
Coeds Ignore Marriage Trend at Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware sources report only two female students at Ohio Wesleyan University listed marriage as a life plan on enrollment questionnaires. In Maine, Thomaston notes most broom handles from the state prison broom shop come from Liberty and Freedom.
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Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
Thomaston
Maine
Liberty
Freedom
BoliviaAgrees to New Draft of Peace Pact
Bolivia informs the American minister in La Paz it will instruct its delegate to sign the protocol of conciliation with Paraguay with slight modifications. The arbitration conference awaits Bolivia's position on the final draft as changes seek to satisfy both sides before signature and appointment of a conciliating board.
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Washington
la Pag
Paraguay
Bolivia
Congress Returns to Work After Holiday Recess
Congress resumes after a ten day Christmas break with the Senate ready to tackle the Kellogg anti war treaty and a naval bill while the House weighs a war department appropriation of 430 million and 59 million for rivers and harbors. Senator Jones calls for prohibition enforcement investigation as Representative Laguardia suggests corn stalk paper records. Committees remain mostly inactive.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
War Department
Jones
Laguardia
New York
Capitol
Gas dispute at Rayville before Louisiana Public Service Commission
The Louisiana Public Service Commission heard a large docket in Rayville related to a natural gas plant dispute. Richland Gas and Rayville Gas conflict over gas plant construction and service, with Rayville Gas serving part of Rayville and a court injunction dispute ongoing. Several motor carrier cases were also heard or continued.
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Public Service Commission
Rayville
Francis Williams
Harvey G. Fields
Dudley LeBlanc
Henry Jastremeski
Mr. Sherrer
Commissioner Fields
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Peoples Gas & Fuel Company, Inc
Ruston
Farmerville
Homer
Star Run Line
Delhi
Oak Grove
PLOM
Davis
Lake Providence
Epps
L. C. Gretham
Monroe
Marion
Oak Dirove
Crew Lake
Pioneer
Forrets
Wisner
Winnsboro
Gilbert
Delca
Monroe Transfer & Warehouse Company
Girard
Holly Ridge
Dunn
Waverly
Quetec
Tallulah
Thomastown
Mounds
Delta
O. R. Guyton
Dubach
Bernice
Lillie
Junction City
Richland Gas Company Inc
Rayville Gas Company
Richland District Court
Commission
Funeral held for Arkansans mill manager Albert Johnson
Albert Sidney Johnson founder and president of Marsfield Hardwood Lumber died yesterday and was honored today in a Reader Arkansas funeral. He led several mills in north Louisiana and north Arkansas and headed the Reader Railroad and Gravel company. He previously lived in Reader and Mansfield Louisiana.
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Shreveport
Jan. S
Albert Sidney Johnson
Marsfield Hardwood Lumber Company
North
Louisiana
Arkansas
Reader Railroad and Gravel Company
Reader, Ark
Johnson
Reader
Mansfield
Army appropriation bill reported with large increases
The army appropriation bill, reported to the House, carries big boosts for flood control, army pay, aviation, and new military posts. It totals 404,421,415 for the War Department this fiscal year, including 328,338,815 for national defense and 107,089,400 for non military purposes, and increases officer strength to about 12,900 while keeping enlisted strength at 118,750. Mississippi flood control gets 50,000,000 with 800,000 for river works and harbor projects remains under the rivers and harbors program.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Air Corps
Mississippi
How Doctors Treat Colds and the Flu
Physicians and druggists now recommend Calotabs a purified calomel tablet that combines calomel and salts without unpleasant effects One or two Calotabs at bed time with water cleanse the system and banish the cold by morning Eat what you please with no danger A family package with directions costs 33 cents at any drug store.
Army Engineers Public Notice December 3 Release
The document mirrors the chief army engineers’ statement released publicly on December 3. It aligns with the official position and presents the same details and implications for ongoing projects and policy directions.
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Chief Army Engineers
Old Time Dance Club Harks Back to Nineties Jazz
In Chicago's Viking Temple ballroom on the south side, about 300 middle aged couples form an Old Time Dance club. They sponsor dances to quad rilles and reels with tunes like Turkey in the Straw and Connelly's Ale, resisting fox trot dancing as social outcast Tra J. Kunze, founder and president, says.
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Chicago
Viking Temple
South Side
O’rafferty
Connelly
Tra J. Kunze
Brownlee Moves to Larger West Monroe Plant on Wood Street
Brownlee Trailer and Manufacturing of West Monroe has relocated to a larger facility on Wood Street near the Illinois Central railroad. The new quarters provide switching facilities, expanding operations after moving from Trenton Street.
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Brownlee Trailer and Manufacturing Company of
West Monroe
Wood Street
Ilinois Central Railroad
Trenton Street
Union Oil Mill Expands Plant Space and Sales Force
Union Oil Mill plans a new larger plant site to replace cramped quarters and support a broader export of its locally produced trailers. The firm, already selling in north Louisiana and across Mississippi and Arkansas, will add traveling salesmen as part of its 1920 expansion, aiming for wider success.
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Union Oil Mill Company
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Atill
Dr Caldwell's 3 Rules for Health and Constipation
Dr Caldwell advocates a natural approach to constipation using Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin a mild vegetable remedy that does not habit form and pleases children. He warns against drastic purges and urges daily bowel movements while keeping the head cool feet warm and bowels open.
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Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
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le & Sherrouse
Greenwood, LA
Preas
Nebee
Ascociated Press
Southland Securities Co., Inc
Bernhardt
Firestone
Brownlee
W. Monroe
Gruggist
Pereson
Clover Lane
AVERY
B. F. Avery
Walnut Street
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