Monroe District Methodist Conference Opens In West Monroe
West Monroe hosts the Monroe district conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South with more than 100 delegates over three days. The program includes devotional sessions, lay leader activities, joint service with the Woman's Missionary Society, sermons by Rev. E K Means and Rev. A S J Neill, and speeches on missionary and educational campaigns. Mayor W A Kirkpatrick welcomes visitors and notes the city’s hospitality as the conference begins this afternoon.
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Woman's Missionary Society
Monroe
Methodist Church
W. A. Kirkpatrick
West Monroe
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
New Methodist Church
J. P. Roy
E. K. Means
First Methodist Church of
D.C. Barr
A. S.J Neill
W. J
Woman's Missionary Societ
W .Z. Drake
Shreveport
Randle, Sr
T. J. Warlick
H. W. Ma
C. D. Atkinson
S. S Thomas
New Orleans
W. W Drake
Supt. Vaughan
J. C Calhoun
R. O. Randle
W. R. Harreau
Porter
Carreway
C. E. Beard
Misa Murphy
Our Institutions
Epworth
Rabbi Fichman Leaves Monroe for New Orleans Post
Dr. David Fichman of Temple B Nai Israel departs Monroe tonight to become executive director of the Jewish Educational and Charitable Association in New Orleans. He resigns as Monroe rabbi after years of service and will pursue social service work, joining forces with notable Jewish leaders there.
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DR. Fichman
Orleans
David Fichman
Temple B'Nai Israel
New Orleans
Jewish Educational and Charitable Association
Fichman
Monroe
Louisiana
New York
Stephen Wise
J. B. Pollak
Congregation of
B’nail Israel
Fischman
Wilson to Send Medical Aid to Vera Cruz
President Wilson offers to ship ships nurses physicians and supplies to Vera Cruz to combat the benenic plague. Eleven suspected cases have occurred with five deaths. Paolo Feeter, consul at Vera Cruz, says Mexico City dispatch reports sanitary supplies from New Orleans by torpedo boats to aid the plague fight.
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Wilson
Vera Cruz
Mexico
New Orleans
Associated Press
Mexico City
Pael Feeter
Americas
Vera Cran
New Electric Light Plant Set to Start by September 15
Monroe officials expect the Forsythe Park power plant to begin operation by September 15. Foundation work is complete and 75 workers are on site as concrete and brick work progress amid material shortages. The $215000 project will connect to town water and 14 inch mains, with transmission lines to be installed next.
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Foraythe Park
Monroe
A. V. Miller
Forsythe Park
Foundation Company
Hannibal
St. Louis
Monroe Municipal Street Railway Company
Trading Continues at Exchange on Permanent Contracts
New Orleans on June 1 reports active trading with the belief that current contracts are permanent. The session featured steady activity and market participants keeping to established terms.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Federal wheat control ends as Wilson proclaims repeal
Washington reports that on June 1 federal control of wheat and wheat products ended. The wheat director ceases operations under the wartime law and the food administration control ends by presidential proclamation, terminating the $2.20 a bushel government wheat guarantee.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Food Administration
Wilson
Vollman Dies At His Monroe Home At 56
George Vollman died this morning at 10 o clock after a six week illness. He was 56, longtime Monroe resident and chief engineer for the Consolidated Ice Co for seven years. Survived by his widow and four children two boys and two girls funeral plans not yet set. Congress to adjourn Saturday reports Mendel Wyoming proposing a nine day adjournment.
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George Vollman
Vollman
Monroe
Consolidated Ice Co
Congress
Washington
Representative Mendel
Wyoming
Expatriated Mexicans invited to return, says provisional president
Mexico City June 1 Adolfo de la Huerta announced that men who have been expatriated will be invited to return to help build the country. Those with charges against them would face trial. An extraordinary session of congress will be called shortly.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Adolfo de la Huerta
Congress
Hearings on contested delegations in Chicago proceed
Chicago June 1 Hearings before the Republican national committee on claims by contesting delegations to next weeks convention continued today The Florida three cornered contest was decided first and the DC dispute followed The Louisiana case led by Emile Kuntz faced opposition from Victor Loisel of New Orleans as the panel sought to finish the day.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Florida
District of Columbia
Louisiana
Emile Kuntz
Victor Loisel
New Orleans
Bergdoll Sighted in Orleans Near New Orleans
New Orleans June 1. Federal authorities believe Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the millionaire slacker, is in the city. An automobile matching his escape vehicle has been sighted locally, fueling the search.
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New Orleans
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Carpenters at Orleans Strike After Ten Cent Offer Rejected
New Orleans union carpenters strike after a vote to reject a ninety cent per hour offer. They demand one dollar per hour eight hour day and a closed shop. Around fifteen million dollars worth of building work is now tied up.
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New Orleans
Palmer labels Post biased against deportation efforts
Attorney General Mitchell Palmer told the Rules Committee that Louis F. Post, assistant secretary of labor, showed perverted sympathy for criminal anarchists and substituted his own viewpoint for public law in alien deportation proceedings. He said Post dictated deportation courses by personal views, not by Congress’s law.
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Washington
Louis F. Post
A. Mitchell Palmer
House
Post
Rules Committee
Palmer
German Riots Reported Across Germany
London dispatch says riotous disorders sweep Germany amid political campaign tension officials report landowners flee to Berlin to escape communist violence and unrest spreads nationwide.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Berlin
Alleged Car Robbers Held in Monroe Jail
J C Roberts a youth and Ralph A Bower a white man were arrested at Arcadia for larceny tied to the disappearance of Leon Hendorffer s Buick from in front of the Methodist church. They were brought to Monroe by Sheriff Arthur Grant and will be tried in October. Miss Jennie Henry of Camden New Jersey rewarded Albert W Domm $1000 for returning her satin bag containing 6600 she dropped from her automobile and found on the car track.
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J. C. Roberts
Ralph A. Bower
Arcadia
Leon Hendorffer
Monroe
Arthur Grant
Jennie Henry
Camden
N. J
Albert W. Domm
Beauty of flowers shared by all in Japan and new leather process
The article notes that enjoying flowers is common to all Japanese residents from laborers to citizens and mentions a New York inventor who developed a commercially viable process for preparing leather from shAkins. The piece highlights widespread appreciation and a technological advance in materials.
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Japan
New York
Whalen Teeth Currency Used in Fiji Islands
In Fiji Islands a unique trading item known as Whalen teeth functions as currency. Teeth are painted white and red with the red variety valued about twenty times higher than the white.
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Fiji Islands
European Florist Finds Forcing Trick With Hot Water Plants
A European florist discovers a forcing method using hot water on leaves and branches while keeping the soil dry, enabling plant growth without wet earth. The technique promises quicker blooms and could influence horticultural practices.
Unprecedented 160 Percent Rise in Ouachita Clerk’s Office Work
Figures compiled by Clerk Pat Hamilton show the Ouachita parish clerk of court’s office saw an unprecedented surge in business for the year ending June 30 1920. Deeds mortgages leases releases and civil and probate filings rose markedly compared with the prior year, with totals projected to reach well over 8000 through mid 1920 based on May 1 counts.
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Ouachita Parish
Pat Hamilton
Hamilton
Carbon plants multiply in Ouachita field sparking regional growth
The Ouachita region sees a surge in carbon plant projects with Monroe Louisiana Carbon Company planning a $750,000 plant in Monroe and Southern Carbon Company moving to add three more factories. Existing facilities at Fairbanks Spyker and Perryville expand as Imperial Oil and Gasbeth completes a third carbon black fate at Sterlington.
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Ouachita Field
Monroe Field
Monroe-Louisiana
St. Louis Business 1
Southern Carbon Company
Perryville
Fairbanks
Spyker
Imperial Oil and Gasbeth Company
Sterlington
Monroe and Jatthe Rock
Real Estate Deals Reported In Monroe Transactions
Henry Haas sold to Mrs. Hattye Levy property on Second street Monroe for 10250 dollars. West Monroe Realty Co sold to W. A. Pennington et al block 1 Austin and Eby's western addition West Menesse for 1500 dollars. Allen Hester sold 10.76 acres of Terry plan in section 90 17N 4E.
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Henry Haas
Hattye Levy
W. A. Pennington
Austin
Eby
West Mensse
Allen Hester
Williggy Hester
Terry
Supreme Court blocks referendum on federal amendment in states with constitutional referenda
The U S Supreme Court ruled the federal constitutional amendment cannot be submitted to a state referendum in states with referendum provisions. The decision voids Ohio's proposed amendment affecting federal ratification and raises questions about injunctive and prohibition processes in the state.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Ohio
Cation
Federal
Ohio Supreme
Proceed
Civelaneti Man Te
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WELC
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New Church
M. EK. Church
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York Exchange
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Orleans’ Exchange
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Palter
Labor Peat
Monroe Ledge No. 484
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