Republican lines begin to shape for G O P convention
Governor Allen of Kansas arrives to back Wood and a platform plank on judicial industrial disputes. Mississippi contest seats Mulvihill faction delegates. Johnson arrives to lead candidacy. Hitchcock to serve as field marshal as 48 hours define who’s who. Tolbert faction seats in South Carolina delegations.
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Hitchcock
Wood
Associated Press
Chicago
Allen
Kansas
General Wood
Johnson
havegHitchcock
South Carolina
National Committee
Man Tolbert
Greenwood
J. D Adams
Tolbert
Lowdon
River Flood Report Warns of 41 to 42 Feet At Monroe Dune
The New Orleans weather bureau observer Miss Katie Key reports heavy rains may push the Ouachita rises to 41 to 42 feet from June 6 to 9. The Monroe area floods have inundated hundreds of fields and crops are at risk of abandonment as backwater persists. Grayling Lumber Company suspends account while employees stay on site awaiting improved conditions.
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New Orleans Weather Bureau
Katie Key
Monroe Dune
Monroe
Paris An airplane Goliath breaks world endurance record
Paris reports an aircraft named Goliath piloted by Lieuts. Bossoutrot and Bernard set a new endurance record by staying aloft for over twenty four hours before returning to earth.
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Paris
Goliath
Lieuts. Bossoutrot
Bernard
Spyker No. 5 Gas Well Brings In At Southern Carbon
Spyker No. 5 was brought in late yesterday by the Fred Stovall Drilling Co in Monroe. It yields about ten million cubic feet of gas used by Southern Carbon's plants at Spyker Fairbanks and Verrville. Plans proceed for Spyker No. 6 near the Spyker plant to be completed in about three months. Overflows suspend Banks No. 2 and Caldwell parish wells. water stands waist high delaying operations in Morehouse and Tensas Delta tracts.
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Spyker No. 5
Southern Carbon Company
Fred Stovall Drilling Company
Monroe
Spyker
Fairbanks
Verryville
Stovail Drilling Company
Spyker No. 6
Tensas Delta
Transcontinental Oil and Gas Company
White Eagle Oil and Refining Company
Caldwell Parish
Transcontinental Company
Stovall Drilling Company
Perry No. 1
Stovall
Railroad Sued for 45500 in Girard Auto Collision Death
In Rayville seventh district court the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railroad faces a damages suit totaling 45500 for the death of J R Jones in an August 24 1918 auto train collision at Girard. Plaintiffs include widow Mrs Eula Jones Box and W H Brown with attorney teams from Monroe and Rayville.
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Railroad Company
BIG Sum
Girard
Monroe
Seventh District
Rayville
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
J. R. Jones
Id. C. Theus
M. C. Thompson
George Wesley Smith
Z. T
Heard
Eula Jones J. FE
Box
W. H. Brown
John R. MacIntosh
Real estate transfers listed with multiple parcels
Real estate transfers are recorded including W A Bailey selling to L N Larehe and T C Drewland forty acres for 732 dollars. Veda Hodge sold to Frank Brusato a lot in Monroe for 2000 dollars. Powers et al sold to Monroe Building and Loan Association several lots for 3000 dollars. John Hay purchased property for 3000 dollars from the association. Schroder and others sold to Peoples Homestead and Savings Association for 2600 dollars with a prior transfer of 4888 dollars. John L Ragland sold land to Jesse L Adams for 3100 dollars.
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W. A. Bailey
L. N. Larehe
T. C. Drewland
Veda Hodge
Frank Brusiato
D. Breard, Sr
Monroe
Breard
Twelfth Streets
L. A. Powers
Monroe Building and Loan Association
DeLeary
Woodtreet
Fifteenth Street
Association
John E. Hay
J. H. Schroder
Peoples Homestead and Savings Association
Alexander Addition
Mr. Schroder
John L. Ragland
Jesse L. Adams
DeGraffenreid Plantation
Weather and help wanted notice from News Star Pub
Parity cloudy forecast for tonight and Saturday. Wanted boy aged 13 or 14 to carry papers on East End Route. Must be honest and reliable. Apply in person News Star Pub Co.
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Newsstar Pub, CO
Bond Physician and Woman Shot After Realty Dispute
In Bond Mississippi a land deal dispute led to the deaths of Dr. D. S. Hood and Mrs. H. FE Spring. Neighbors say Mrs. Spring opposed deed forms for property bought from Hood. No witnesses. Hood died at the Spring home after shots rang out. coroner’s jury finds both killed by a pistol held by an unknown person.
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Bond
Associated Press
Miss
D. S. Hood
H. FE. Spring
Baton Rouge Hears Meyer Bill Action Defers Fire Department Plan
In Baton Rouge on June 4 the Meyer bill proposing a double platoon system for the New Orleans fire department was tabled by the house committee on city affairs in a 2 to 1 vote. Many readers interpret the move as likely rejection of the measure.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans
House Committee On City Affairs
Polk Resigns as Under Secretary of State
Washington June 4 Frank L Polk has resigned as under secretary of state and his resignation has been accepted by President Wilson. The resignation takes effect June 15 when he leaves Washington to rest before returning to law practice in New York. No successor has been named though Norman Davis of Tallulah Tenn, new assistant treasurer, has been mentioned as a possibility.
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Washington
Frank L. Polk
Wilson
Polk
New York
Norman Davis
Tallulah, Tenn
Monroe High to Stage Just Out of College Tonight
The Monroe High School class presents Just Out of College tonight at 8 30 in the city school auditorium. The play by the author of Fables in Slang is expected to be snappy and highly entertaining as the students perform after solid practice.
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Monroe High School
City School
George Ade
Pythian Editor Visits City for Local Write up
A. J. Augustin associate editor of the Louisiana Pythian arrives to collaborate on material about Stonewall lodge No. 8 Monroe Knights of Pythias and Monroe businesses. He plans a detailed article on the local lodge and Monroe, with pieces to appear in a future Louisiana Pythian issue. Augustin is a member of Concord Lodge No. 6.
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Pythian
A. J. Augustin
Louisiana Pythian
Grand Domain
Louisiana Knights of Pythias
New Orleans
Stonewall Lodge No. 8
Knights of Pythias
Monroe
Augustin
Concord Lodge No. 6 of
The
Hungary Peace Treaty Signed at Versailles
The treaty of peace with Hungary was signed in the Grand Trianon palace at 4 24 o clock this afternoon. It was the first of the peace conference treaties to be signed ahead of time.
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Versailles
Hungary
Grand Trianon Palace
Parker opposes labor threats over public works
Governor Parker declares no closed shop and no tolerance for workers who threaten major projects. He targets those who seek Bolshevik control, saying action will be taken against those causing delays on state ventures including the industrial canal at New Orleans. He will not attend the San Francisco convention. J. M. Thompson to replace him.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Parker
Louisiana
New Orleans
REPORT URGES STATE RATIFY U.S. SUPPRAGE
Baton Rouge June 2 The Senate federal relations committee plans to report a favorable resolution on ratification of the federal suffrage amendment. Six of nine members voted for the report with Senator Couvillion reserving to vote against but joining the majority. Public suffrage advocates pressed the issue at a late-night meeting with leaders including Jared Y. Sanders and Mrs. George Bass. Former Governor Ruffin G. Pleasant opposed ratification.
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Baton Rouge
Senate Federal Relations Committee
Couvillion
Williamson
Browne
W. Hendricks
Bragwell
Leopold
Jared Y. Sanders
Congress
Mindon Lumber Man Kills Self
Charles Whit march, a retired lumberman from Minden Louisiana, leaped from a third floor hospital window during an operation for stomach trouble and died today in St Louis.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Charles Whitmarch
Minden
Gas Consumers Urged to Pay By the 10th to Save Ten Percent
Notice from Natural Gas Co Inc warns customers to pay bills on or before the tenth to receive a ten percent discount. Bills unpaid by the twentieth will result in discontinuation of service without further notice.
Monroe District Conference Closes With Sunday School Institute
The Monroe district of the Methodist Episcopal Church South wrapped up its session with a Sunday School Institute led by state official Alonzo Early and R. Stanford. Twenty nine Sunday schools attended as resolutions praised hospitality and backed funds for Ruston orphanage and federal prohibition support.
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Monroe
West Side
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Alonzo Early
Alexandria
West Monroe Methodist Church
R. Stanford
Nashville, Tenn
Miga Nell Richardson
Baton Rouge
Stanford
C. D. Ledbetter
West Monroe
S. D. Howard
C. W. Scales
L. G. Higginbotham
G. W. Scates
Gilbert
C. D. Atkinson
H. J. Norris
Oak Ridge
Haynes Buys 400 Acres Oil Gas Rights In Ouachita Parish
Court records show G B Haynes purchasing four hundred acres of Ouachita parish oil and gas rights for 2200 dollars. Transfers include P L Reed 80 acres for 400 dollars and multiple 40 to 80 acre parcels from local sellers to Haynes with prices ranging from 200 to 400 dollars.
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Haynes
Ouachita Parish
G. B. Haynes
Court House
P. L. Reed
Annie
J. A. Howze
Sarah E. Lenard
D. F. Lenard
John Blazier
William Thompson
W. A. Kelly
W. Zeagler
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Rewiler
London
Ness
Quachita
Ouachita
Grayling Lumber Mill
Grayling Lumber Company
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Southern Carbon
First Baptist Church
DR. Pirkey
First Baptist Church of
R. J. Pickey
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Broadway Baptist Church
Kentucky
Pirkey
Victor Howell
Baptist Church
Texas
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South
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Carbon Company
Spyker Factories
Morehouse, Caldwell
Ouachita Parishes
Eral
D. S.S. Hood
H. E. Spring
PUAL
U.S
Minden Lumberman
Self
C. W. Scates
Dual Cities
C E. Faulk
R. B. Leavell
Gallion
W. F. Sanders
Wisner
Sunday School General Board
Methodist Church
Atkinson
CC. W. Seates
Alma Borg
Marion
R. ©. Randle, Jr
George Warren
Chatham
Warren
W. M. Hunt
West Moino
W. L. Calhoun
C. W. Seates
Maggie Jordan
H. W. Banks
Ll. G. Higginbotham
Monroe City High
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