Urania No. 2 well shows clean oil in test at 1574 feet
Urania No. 2 in section 19-10-2E stands 1200 feet in oil free of salt water or sand after a careful test. Owner Rowe, nicknamed Lucky Bill, completed the first commercial well in the field and aims to put the beam on within days. Local investors from Alexandria and Urania back the 40 acre lease as operations expand with Beckman and Cleve Love drilling nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Brooks
Saff
Urania
Rowe
Alexandria
Urania Lurber Company
Hardiner Petroleum Company
L. E. Well
Cleve Love
Getty
Mr. Wells
Jennings
Cleve Love Tremont N. 1
Chas. W. Beckman
California
Beckman
Two Black Women In Adams Street Altercation Ends Arrest
An argument between two Black women at 704 Adams street led to Celese Savannah being cut on the arm and stabbed in the back with a knife. Lois Cross was jailed on a charge of drawing and displaying a dangerous public safety item after the incident, with a physician summoned to dress the injuries. Cross alleged Savannah had lied and threatened her prior to the confrontation.
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Adams _ street
Savannah
Lois Cross
Celeste Savannah
Ham
War Office names Margiaieign to lead French Moroccan offensive
Margiaieign, a senior w ar office appointee, was chosen to command a large French force sent to Morocco. The operation aims to attack the Riffian tribesmen led by Abd el Krim in the Rif region as part of an enlarged war drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margiaieign
War Office
Morocco
Abdel-Krim
Baptists Head to Mandeville for State Camp
A group of about twenty Baptists from Monroe and West Monroe depart by auto for Mandeville where the 1925 state encampment opens tomorrow and runs through July 31. Improvements since three years ago include a dining hall dormitory for 200, tabernacle for 2000, a memorial for Miss Georgia Barnette, guest facilities for 50 to 100, and electric, telephones, and sewer plans pending.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Mandeville
Clarence Managan
Westlake
Baptists
Statu
Georgia Barnette
New Orleans
First Baptist Church of
Shreveport
J. B. Moseley
W. E. Cook
Winston Borum
Aurora Schumate
Elizabeth Cullen
R. G. Stillwell
William E. Rhodes
E. D. Colomon
E. D. Solomon
E. S&s. Campbell
B. F. Wallace
Dana Terry
J. T. Walters
Katherine Cole
E. E. Ines
J. E. Mead
Olivia Elder
E. P. McCollister
Stranded Boat Spends Night on Land Bar in Gulf
Mobile Alabama July 20 Elliott G Rickarby a well known Mobile attorney and 11 others were missing in a small boat in the bays above Mobile since early Sunday. They were found today stranded on a sand bar where their craft was blown during a heavy squall. They spent an uncomfortable night but suffered no ill effects. A searching party from Mobile located the boat this morning.
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Mobile
Ala
Elliott G. Rickarby
Lisbon Revolt in Portugal Suppressed by Government Action
Lisbon moves to martial law after a swift revolt attempt by Captain Baptista and aides is quickly crushed. Three killed, fifteen wounded as mutineers surrender after bombardment threats. Malconte rts on the Vasco Da Gama capitulate. superiores demand mutineers’ surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Associated Press
Baptista
Vasco da Gama
Gomez
da Silva
Lagos
Street Car Wage Scale Debated in Shreveport Arbitration
Hearings opened today on a wage dispute between the Shreveport Railway Company and its street car motormen and conductors. The company seeks a ten percent pay cut from sixty to fifty four cents per hour. Attorney Frank J. Looney argued the board should limit consideration to Shreveport cost of living and the living wage, not company losses or comparators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Shreveport Railway
Traction Company
Carmen
S. R. O. Roy
John Howat
Thomas C. Dawkins
Frank J. Looney
H. B. Hearn
Looney
Arbitration Board
Public Service Commission
Doyline Fire Destroys Four Major Businesses
A severe electric storm struck Doyline Louisiana at about 9 PM Saturday destroying four large downtown businesses. Lightning hit the Doyline Mercantile building and spread to Reditt's Drug Store Dr A C Hester's office and a mercantile warehouse. A bucket brigade failed to stop the flames but kept the blaze from neighboring structures. Telegraph and telephone lines were also wiped out. the mercantile loss is about ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyline
Doyline Mercantile Company
Reditt
A. C. Hester
Dayline Mercantile Company
Mississippi Sanitary Engineer to Join Arkansas Health Train Tour
Jackson Mississippi July 20 George Parker state sanitary engineer will accompany the Arkansas health train on its tour beginning July 26 and lasting about 40 days Dr F J Underwood executive officer of the state board of health will join the train during the trip Parker known for malaria control work will travel with the party
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
George Parker
Arkansas Health Train
Parker
F. J. Underwood
Mississippi Board of Health
Anna Bolchi Fullman Inherits $350,000 From Park Benjamin Will
A past opera singer who educated herself at her own expense became the adopted daughter of Park Benjamin. An accounting of Benjamin's estate shows she inherited $350,000 while his will cut off his children.
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Park Benjamin
Enrico Caruso
Anna Bolchi Fullman
Benjamin
New York Pulpits Debate Scopes Trial Views
New York preachers denounced the Dayton Tennessee Scopes trial as a comedy of errors and a debauchery of hatred and bigotry. They warned no court settles theology, urged that Christianity is a religion not a theology, and criticized laws restricting religious teaching while weighing public reaction to the courtroom spectacle.
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New York
A. P
Dayton Tenn
Conrade E. Helmstead
Elizabeth
N. J
Roach Stratton
Calvary Baptist Church
Wm. J. Bryan
Christ
Clarence Darrow
Ray of hope vanishes in Russell Scott case
Chicago July 20 A P Raymond Pall a Detroit telegrapher admitted his claim to witnessing the shooting of Joseph Maurer a Chicago drug clerk and proving Russell Scott innocent was a made up romance designed to save him. Pall said he lied to help but realized the story did not help and confessed its falsity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. P
Russell Scott
James M. Pall
Detroit
Joseph Maurer
Russell
Russell T. Scott
Miss Bullard
Scott
Lem Small
Grain Exports From United States Decline Last Week
Washington July 20. Grain exports from the United States for the past week totaled 3 330 000 bushels, down from 4 332 000 the prior week. Wheat 846 000. rye 515 000. oats 491 000. corn 80 000. barley 11 398 000. Canadian grain exports via US ports fell to 1 369 000 bushels from 1 637 000. North American flour exports dropped to 28 000 barrels from 233 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. P
United States
Commerce Department
Three Perry Brothers in San Quentin Face Varying Fates
In San Quentin three Perry brothers share the same prison. Lewis, 19, awaits execution for murder of a policeman in Los Angeles. Robert, 21, faces one to five years for auto theft. Oscar, 24, serves five years to life for bank robbery. Their mother Jennie Perry travels from Texas to plead for Lewis citing a possible underage crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller Holland
San Francisco
San Quentin Penitentiary
San Francisco Bay
Jennie Perry
Carrollton
Texas
Lewis Perry
Glenn Bond
Los Angeles
Robert
Oscar
Perry
California
Coolidge Plans Program for Congress in Summer Talks
President Calvin Coolidge began shaping the administration’s December session agenda as Congress recesses. A White House visit by Senator Curtis, Republican leader, initiates a series of summer conferences with top leaders to define the administration’s stance on key issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swampscott
Mass
A. P
Coolidge
White House
Curtis
Knight Templars to attend national convention in Seattle
Grand Commander R. Downs Jr. and W. E. Allen depart for Seattle by way of Jackson Mississippi on a special train to attend the Knight Templars national convention. Services begin Sunday and run through Thursday night in Seattle.
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R. Downs, Jr
The
Knight Templars of
W. E. Allen
Seattle
Washington
Fire opening gun in campaign to end death penalty
The league for abolition of capital punishment opened offices in New York on July 20 as the first step in a campaign to end the death penalty in the state and nationwide. The organizing committee includes Clarence Darrow, U S Senator Royal S Copeland, Dudley Field Malone and Lewis E Lawes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
League For the Abolition of
Pennologists
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
United States
Royal S. Copeland
Dudley Field Malone
Lewis E. Lawes
Sinng Prison
Weekend toll of deaths from Midwest accidents
Thirty-one deaths were reported as the weekend toll from automobile crashes and drownings across the middle west with over three hundred injured. Michigan led with fifteen dead and Detroit reporting 214 injuries. Ohio saw five fatalities near Brookfield and Indiana four. National Guardsmen drowned near Lake Michigan. other deaths occurred in Illinois outside Chicago, Kansas, and at Kansas City.
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Chicago
A. P
Middle-West
Michigan
Detroit
Brookfield
Ohio
Indiana
Camp Logan
Lake Michigan
Kenosha
Wis
Waukegan
Ilinois
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas City
Cotton leaf worm outbreak expected in local parishes
E R Strahan parish agricultural agent urges farmers to watch for cotton leaf worm in coming weeks. Worms appeared early in Texas and were reported in Limecplm parish and Mississippi last week. Ouachita parish farmer saw moths laying eggs last week. Notify Strahan immediately if worms are found.
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E. R. Strahan
Parish
Texas
Tunney Dempsey Bout Sought For September In New York
World heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney, who defeated Tom Gibbons, may fight in September after Dempsey Wills papers are signed. Tex Rickard aims to stage the bout at Yankee Stadium with no plan yet for a Madison Square Garden opener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. P
Jack Dempsey
Tommy Gibbons
Gene Tunney
Harry Wills
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Tunney
Harvey Couch buys Dawley ice plants in three states
Harvey C. Couch of Pine Bluff and associates reportedly acquire stock worth about 8 million dollars in 32 Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas Dawley ice plants. Management to stay the same under a so called customer ownership plan while Couch could not confirm details. Charles S. McCain of Little Rock linked to deal but also declined comment.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Harvey C. Couch
Pine Bluff
Arkansas Light and Power Company
Dawley
Couch
Mr. Couch
Texarkana
Charles S. McCain
Bankers Trust Co
Grading Begins on Huff Daland Aviation Field South of Monroe
Grading of an aviation field southeast of Monroe to serve Huff Daland Dusters has started. After grading, about four planes will arrive, with a 25 plane unit housed there over winter. Equipment moves from Macon, Georgia, expected early next month, while bids are sought for hangar construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Huff Daland Dusters Company
Macon
Georgia
Army Planes Test Air Mail Route Value in Flight
Six army pursuit planes led by Major Thomas G. Canpier departed Selfridge Field for the Pacific coast. The first scheduled stop is Maywood near Chicago, as the mission tests the air mail route for national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Clemons
Mich
A. P
Thomas G. Canpier
Selfridge Field
Pacific Coast
Maywood
Chicago
River and Ouachita River Gauges Report Values
Mississippi readings show Memphis 10.0 unchanged Vicksburg 14.5 with a 0.3 fall New Orleans 1.5 down 0.2 Red River Shreveport 7.0 up 0.1 Alexandria 2.5 unchanged Ouachita Camden 3.8 unchanged Monroe 13.38 unchanged Ohio Caire 147 fall 05.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Ohio
Caire
Contempt issue marks Scopes trial day in Dayton
Dayton Tenn July 20. Clarence Darrow cited for contempt by Judge Raulston after remarks to court. Proceedings adjourned to the lawn as crowd packed the courtroom. Bond set at 5000, Darrow to appear Tuesday to show cause.
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Raulston
Clarence Darrow
Wm. J. Bryar
Stewart
Daley Field Malone
Arthur G. Hays
Good Fellowship
Dayton
Tenn
A. P
John T. Raulston
Chicago
Darrow
Barrow
A. G. Hays
W. J. Bryan
Dudley Field Malone
Dayton, Tenn
John T .Raulston
Toda
Scopes
Frank Spurlock
Chattas Nooga
Ralston
Fch Darrow
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Gulf
Anne Bolchi
N. Y
Congress
K. T. Convention
Russel T.scott Diget
Helen Bullard Aggne
Harvey Couch
Little Rock Wire
Aviation Field
Court House
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