Methodist 10 Hold Monroe District Conference Sessions
The Monroe district conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South convenes at the new West Monroe church with more than 100 delegates over three days. Program includes devotional, lay leader sessions, joint service with the Woman's Missionary Society, sermons, sermons by Rev W Drake, and extensive speakers on making good the mission efforts and district goals.
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Monroe
M. EB. Church
South
Woman's Missionary Society
Methodist Church
W. A. Kirkpatrick
West Monroe
Monroe District
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
New Methodist Church
J. P. Roy
E. K. Means
First Methodist Church of
D. C. Barr
Neil
W. J Porter
W W. Drake
Shreveport
R. Randle, Sr
T. J. Warlick
H. W. May
C. D. Atkinson
S. 8
Thomas
New Orleans
W. W Drake
Supt. Vaughan
Porter Carroway
C. E. Beard
Miss Murphy
S. J. Howard
Our Institutions
Epworth Assembly
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 resigned as rabbi here months ago to pursue social service work and will lead efforts in New Orleans, joining a broader movement. The Monroe congregation honors him with a substantial gift after Friday services, as he begins a new chapter in his career.
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David Fichman
Temple B'Nai Israel
New Orleans
Jewish Educational and Charitable Association
Fichman
Monroe
Louisiana
New York
Stephen Wise
Fiehman
J. B. Pollak
Congregation of B’nail Israel
Fischman
New Electric Plant Seen Ready by September 15
Miller predicts the new electric light and power plant will be in operation by September 15. The forecast followed the signing of a fusion bill causing temporary suspension of the New York Cotton Exchange trading as Congress passed the measure. About 300 carloads of concrete were ordered, cited as the greatest drawback to the project.
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NEW York Cotton Exchange
New Electric Plant Progress in Forsythe Park Monroe
Concrete shortages delay the Forsythe Park electric light and power plant in Monroe as the Foundation Company pushes construction. The 80 by 130 foot plant aims to start by September 15 with 75 workers and 35 percent of machinery arrived.
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Forsythe Park
Monroe
A. V. Miller
Foundation Company
Hannibal
St. Louis
Monroe Municipal Street Railway Company
Trading Continues at Exchange with Permanent Contracts
New Orleans on June 1 reports that trading continued at the exchange today with consensus that present contracts should be permanent. The session focused on solidifying the terms and ensuring lasting commitment among participants.
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New Orleans
Federal wheat control ends as Wilson ends directive
Washington on June 1 reports that federal control over wheat and wheat products terminated today with the wheat director ceasing operation under wartime law. The government guarantee of 2.20 dollars per bushel ends, removing wartime incentives to boost production.
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Associated Press
Washington
Food Administration
Wilson
Vollman Dies at 56 Longtime Monroe Resident
George Vollman died at his home this morning at 10 oclock after a six week illness. He was 56 and a longtime Monroe resident, serving as chief engineer for Consolidated Ice Co. for seven years. He leaves a widow and four children, two sons and two daughters. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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George Vollman
Vollman
Monroe
Consolidated Ice Co
House Adopts Mondell Plan for Sine Die Adjournment
Washington June 1 The House adopted a Mondell resolution for a sine die adjournment at 4 o clock Saturday without a record vote. The plan ends congressional session without further formal action.
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Washington
House
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Congress
Wilson to Send Medical Aid to Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz dispatches report that President Wilson offers immediate aid with hospital ships nurses physicians and medical supplies to combat bubonic plague. Eleven authentic cases have developed with five deaths.
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Wilson
Vera Cruz
Mexico
American consul offers sanitary supplies by torpedo boat
Mexico City June 1 Paul Foster American consul at Vera Cruz has offered in the name of his government to bring sanitary supplies on torpedo boats from New Orleans to assist in fighting the bubonic plague according to a Vera Cruz dispatch.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Paul Foster
Vera Cruz
New Orleans
Mexico Invites Expatriates to Return and Rebuild
Adolfo de la Huerta provisional president of Mexico said today that men expatriated from the country will be invited to return to aid reconstruction but those with charges against them will face trial. An extraordinary congress session will be called soon.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Adolfo de la Huerta
Pelican State Contest Sours Chicago Delegation Battles
Hearings on contesting delegations to the Republican convention continued as the committee addressed Florida and District of Columbia disputes. The Louisiana contest, led by Emile Kuntz, faces opposition from Victor Loisel of New Orleans and is expected to be the main focus today.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Florida
District of Columbia
Louisiana
Emile Kuntz
Victor Loisel
New Orleans
Bergdoll Believed In New Orleans By Authorities
New Orleans on June 1 reports federal authorities believe Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the wealthy slacker, is in the city. An automobile matching the description of the one he used to escape has been seen in town.
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New Orleans
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Carpenters at Orleans Strike for Higher Wages
In New Orleans on June 1 union carpenters strike after rejecting a 90 cent an hour offer. They demand one dollar hourly wage eight hour day and closed shop. About fifteen million dollars in construction is halted.
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New Orleans
Post Bitterly arraigned for Red sympathy in deportation probe
Attorney General Palmer testified to Congress accusing Louis F. Post, assistant secretary of labor, of perverted sympathy for criminal anarchists and of substituting his own views for public law in deportation efforts. He charged Post influenced proceedings and allegedly thwarted enforcement of Congress’s laws.
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Warmer
Secretary of Labor Post
Washington
Louis F. Post
Labor
A. Mitchell Palmer
House Committee
Rules Committee
Post
Palmer
German Riots Reported Amid Campaign Tensions
Berlin dispatch says riotous disorders sweep Germany as political tensions rise. Landowners flee to Berlin to escape communist violence amid nationwide unrest cited by Associated Stress.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Alleged Car Robbers Here In Monroe Jail
J C Roberts a youth and Ralph A Bower a white man were arrested at Arcadia for larceny connected to the disappearance of Leon Heidorffer s Buick from in front of the Methodist church Sunday morning. They were brought to Monroe by Sheriff Arthur Grant yesterday and will be tried in October. Miss Jennie Henry of Camden New Jersey rewarded Albert W Domm with 1000 for returning a satin bag containing 6600 she dropped from her car and he found on the car track.
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J. C. Roberts
Ralph A Bower
Arcadia
Leon Heidorffer
Monroe
Arthur Grant
Jennie Henry
Camden
Albert W Domm
Inhabitants of Japan Enjoy Flowers and Leather from Fish Skins
The passage notes that all Japanese residents share in the pleasure of flowers and that even laborers visit gardens selling them. It also mentions a New York inventor who created a commercial process to prepare leather from fish skins.
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Japan
New York
Whales Teeth Used as Currency in Fiji Islands
In Fiji waves, whales teeth serve as money with white and red variants. Red teeth fetch about twenty times the value of white ones. A European florist discovers plant forcing by dipping leaves and branches in hot water while keeping soil dry.
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Fiji Islands
Unprecedented Growth in Ouachita Clerk of Court Office
Figures released by Clerk Pat Hamilton show a dramatic rise in Ouachita parish office work for the year ending June 30 1920 with over 100 percent increase from the prior year. Estimated filings July 1 1919 to June 30 1920 total 838 365 and civil probate and suits rise further based on May 1 1920 counts.
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Quachita
Ouachita Parish
Pat Hamilton
Hamilton
Carbon plant expansion eyed in Ouachita Monroe areas
The Monroe Louisiana Carbon Company plans a 750000 dollar plant at Fairbanks as Ouachita field growth accelerates. Southern Carbon Company will relocate three factories from other fields to Perryville, joining six at Fairbanks five at Spyker and three at Perryville. Imperial Oil and Gas Products completes a third carbon black factory at Sterlington on the Monroe and Little Rock railway.
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St. Louis
Fairbanks
Southern Carbon Company
Perryville
Spyker
Imperial Oil and Gas Products Company
Sterlington
Monroe and Little Rock
Real Estate Deals Move Substantial Sums in Monroe
Henry Haas sells to Mrs. Hattye Levy a Monroe lot 50 by 150 feet on Second street for 10 250. The West Monroe Realty Co sells two blocks of Austin and Eby's western addition for 1500. Allen Hester sells 19 76 acres of Terry plantation in 2017N 4E for 2185 90 in Monroe.
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Henry Haas
Hattye Levy
W. A. Pennington, Et al
Austin
Eby
West Monroe
Allen Hester
William Hester
Terry Plantation
Supreme Court blocks referendum on federal Prohibition amendment
Washington reports the U S Supreme Court ruled federal constitutional amendment cannot be submitted to state referendum in states with such provisions. The Ohio referendum amendment affecting ratification was declared inoperative. The Ohio Supreme Court injunction action over prohibition and women's suffrage measures was overturned. The court did not resolve the validity of the Prohibition amendment or the Volstead acts.
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Supreme Court
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Thecourt
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Wilson Signs Annual Agricultural Bill
Washington reports President Wilson signed the annual agricultural appropriation bill on June 1. The act keeps in force the current cotton futures contract under which trading on cotton exchanges continues.
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Washington
Wilson
Notice of closure after death at Consolidated Ice Co
Notice to the public that the Consolidated Ice Company will close this afternoon from three to six due to the death of Mr. Geo Vollman. The notice is unsigned and appears in a dated 1-lt format.
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Geo. Vollman
the Consolidated Ice Company
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H W. Ledbetter
W. R. Harrell
W F. Henderson
R. F. Harrell
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J. L. Lay
DR. Fichman
Orleans
Asserts Miller
York Exchange
General
Orleans’ Exchange
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Dodge
Monroe Lodge No. 454
J. M. Cobb, E, R
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