Sermon Recaps Gideon Tale and Spiritual Tests at Monroe
Rev Trigg Thomas described Gideon as a strong Israelite leader who faced tests of loyalty that trimmed his forces from 2000 to 300 men, leading to victory over the Midianites. He warned listeners that clinging to earthly weights hinders faith and recalled six divine tests shaping mankind. The night also featured Londy Loudy at Presbyterian services and church notices including Sunday schedules and Gordon Street Mission activities.
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Lyceum Theatre
Trigg Thomas
Ain
Gideon
Israel
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Loudy
Jesus
Monroe
Londy
Thomas
Heaven
Egypt
Jesus Christ
God
Christ
Jesus King
Gordon Street
Flying Boat Valentin Boasts Nine Ton Weight
Southampton reports the new flying boat Valentin with a 12 foot wingspan and twin 650 horsepower engines. In flying trim it weighs nine tons and is estimated to reach speeds of 110 miles per hour.
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Southampton
England
Valentin
Warning on Mosquitoes and Dengue Drive with JIT Spray
A dated alert urges readers to combat mosquitoes expected to carry Dengue and possibly Yellow Fever. It promotes JIT vapor as a room spray that kills insects and germs without harming people, available in 30¢ 50¢ and $1 sizes from druggists.
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Advt
Pork Most Popular Of Meats In America
Washington report on pork dominance notes per capita pork and lard consumption averaging 67.3 and 12.5 pounds yearly, with pork exports rising in foreign trade. The 1922 Agriculture yearbook highlights hog abundance, production on three-fourths of farms, and corn belt dominance, while hog cholera causes substantial losses.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Barcelona Syndicates Ramp Up Bitter Hostility
Barcelona reports renewed terrorism as the Unified and Free Syndicates wage frequent assassinations against opposing members. Despite constitutional guarantees restored by Premier Sarehze-Geerra, killings persist daily, with the employers also accused of using terror. The period of calm has ended, and authorities face a difficult task amid ongoing unrest.
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Barcelona
Scotfree
Sarehez-Geerra
Shrine Brothers Meet During Shrine Week in Washington
Shrine leaders Roger Philp of Wahabi band Jackson and Harry C. Pullip of Detroit Moslem band will direct Shrine musicians in Washington during Shrine week. Philp traveled by special train. Pullip leads the Detroit group and will head the performances in Washington as stated by Roger.
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Vrea Jackson
Mias
Shrine
Washington
Roger Philp
Jackson
Harry C. Pullip
Detroit
Roger
Church Property Inspected for Purchase by Creditors Group
In Shreveport on June 2Associated Press reports Victoria Lumber Co president RR Jones and Rebbi Zissman ASCahn with other orthodox Jewish congregation members inspected Highland Baptist Church. They aim to buy at sale following seizure of the new church for debts over 100000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Jones
Victoria Lumber Company
Highland Baptist Church
Rebbi Phings Zissman
A. S Cahn
Prohibition Agents to Be Increased in Louisiana
United States District Attorney P. H. Mecom announced after conferences with O. D. Jackson that an added force of prohibition agents will be assigned to Louisiana at the start of the new fiscal year July 1. The aim is a more concerted effort by national and local authorities to enforce national prohibition laws.
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Associated Press Shreveport
Louisiana
United States
P. H. Mecom
O. D. Jackson
Devoted Guards Hold Lone Bishop's Light Against Storms
London June 2 Bishop's Light near the Seilly Islands guards the English Channel lanes where shipwrecks outnumber all others. Three keepers endure brutal seas and mercury spills, working through injuries to guard the risky rock beacon and its revolving mercury mechanism.
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London
Bishop’s Light
Seilly Islands
English Channel
Bishop's Light
Bishop's Book
Tower of
Modern Comfort Keynote in New Cotton Exchange
New York June 2 The New York Cotton Exchange will open its new five million dollar skyscraper home on Hanover Square around July 5. The six hundred million dollar era of cotton trading is celebrated with a grand pit, glass arches, murals of New Orleans Liverpool Alexandria and Bombay, and a complete communications and service complex to speed deals.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Hanover Square
Lower Manhattan
Exchange
New Orleans
Liverpool
Alexandria
Bombay
New York Harbor
Five Mississippi charters granted amid $168,000 capitalization rise
Mississippi secretary of state Joseph W. Powers reports five charters of incorporation in the state this week, boosting total capital by 168000. New filings include George E. Northrup Company in Gulfport with 50000 for a department store, Kill Kraw Company in West Point with 25000 to manufacture insect poison, Laurel Compress Company in Laurel with 25000, and Marine Fertilizer Company in Gulfport amending its charter to raise capital from 50000 to 100000.
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Mississippi
Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Joseph W. Powers
George E. Northrup Company
Gulfport
Capital
Kill Kraw Company
West Point
Laurel Compress Company
Laurel
Marine Fertilizer Company
England's Largest Bombing Plane Ready for Trial Flight
London reports England's largest bomber, a steel built Air Ministry craft, poised for its trial flight. The aircraft features an armored engine cabin and separate engine crew, letting the pilot focus on lift and steering while mechanics handle engine details.
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England
Associated Press
London
Ergland
Sheret
Air Ministry
Daily Express
Regm
General Lee Oil Case Highlighted by Prosecution
Fort Worth, June 1. Government witnesses accuse General Lee Interests Companies of forming related firms to defraud investors by mail. Testimony centers on H H Sherwin and Charles Schwarz claims and on alleged impersonator General Robert A Lee who boasted of lineage to General Robert E Lee and of locating wells.
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General Lee
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Government
General Lee Interests
H. H. Sherwin
Charles Schwarn
Robert A. Lee
Robert E. Lee
General” Lee
H. W. Jenkins
Roanoke
Lee
Sherwin and Schwarz
Eastland County
Property disposal best via News Star classified ads
A brief note suggests using News Star classified advertisements as the best method to dispose of property. The statement emphasizes the classifieds channel without detailing specifics such as deadlines or prices.
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News-Star
Omar the Tentmaker at Saenger Theatre Tomorrow
First National presents Omar the Tentmaker at the Saenger Theatre tomorrow. Guy Bates Post stars as Omar in an adaptation of Richard Walton Tully's stage play, directed by James Young, telling a Persian-set tale from Omar Khayyam's era.
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Saenger Theatre
Omar the
Tentmaker
Guy Bates Post
Richard Walton Tully
James Young
Persia
Omar Khayyam
Orient
American canned goods abroad
The article outlines how American canned foods gained postwar demand, with exports rising to about 75 million dollars annually from 15 million prewar. It notes a total wartime- era export value near a billion dollars, driven by a century of canning development, and highlights key production centers in California, New York, and Maryland along with broad national expansion.
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National City Bank of New York
United States
Boston
California
New York
Maryland
Blue Bird Sandwich Loaf Ad Wide Circulation
New York June 1 Frederick Powell ex assistant treasurer of the Black Star Line testified at Marcus Garvey trial that at a Philadelphia meeting 7000 was taken and not entered in the line accounts. Ponca City Okla June 1 Mrs Earl Metcalf 32 mother of five and Earl Tilton 25 dead after an early morning shooting near the Arkansas river. Officers seek Earl Metcalf divorces husband.
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New York
Frederick Powell
Black Star Line
Marcus Garvey
The
African Republic
Philadelphia
Garvey
Ponca City
Okla
Earl Metcalf
Earl Tilton
Arkansas River
Earl Meteca
Sheriff sale in Ouachita Parish Louisiana partition action
The Sixth District Court of Ouachita Parish Louisiana orders the sale of the north half of lots seven and eight in square A Ross Add to Monroe to affect a partition. The property fronts 71 feet 3 inches on Seventeenth Street and extends 147 feet 3 inches, acquired by Ephriam Jenkins in 1893. Sale is cash to highest bidder on July 7, 1923, by Sheriff T A Grant Monroe.
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State of Louisiana
Parish of
Ouachita
Sixth District Court
Julius Lemle
Anna Jenkins
Sixth Judicial District Court
Ross
Monroe
Louisiana
Seventeenth
Ephriam Jenkins
S. A. Nicholls
T. A. Grant
The Kentucky Derby at Universal Jewel Picture
The Kentucky Derby, a Universal Jewel Pictures release featuring Reginald Denny, blends a shipwreck terror with a tense horse race. Filmed on location in Kentucky at Lexington and Louisville to capture racing and stock farm atmosphere, it evoked the famous Morvich Derby win.
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Scane Mmoni
Universal Jewel Picture
Aime Reginald Denny
Morvich
Lexington
Louisville
Will contest reveals Crocker family history and witness testimony
Dublin June 1 Several racing associates of Richard Crocker including jockey Harry Beasley and Senator Parkinson testified about Crocker's shrewdness and practical mind in the will contest. Mrs Bula Croker described her origins and denied claims she married Guy Marone before Croker and alleged travels to Northampton Massachusetts and Canada.
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Dublin
Richard Crocker
Harry Beasley
Senator Parkinson
Tammany Chieftain
Mr. Crocker
Father Brennan
Bula Croker
Patrick Lynch
Guy R. Marone
Richard Croker
Indian Territory
United States
Florence Williams
Michael Edmundson
Lord Baltimore
Sergeant Sullivan
Richard Croker, Jr
Croker
Canada
New Brunswick
Marone
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America
Shrine Brothers
Modern Comfort
NEW Cotton Exchange
Saenger Theatre Tomorrow
Omar the Tentmaker
Guy
Blue Bird
J.C. Wev
Bernice
P. O
Reginald den
B¢ Bates
Dustin Farnum
Lyceum
Dorothy Dalton and
Jack Holt
Mack Sennett
Noah Beery
Walter Long
Virinia Brown-Faire
Lefty Lynn
Ruth Miller
Hirst National
Berlin
Monroe Steam Laundry
Willard Wood
Willard
South Grand St
Willard Batteries
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