Vanderford Receives State Penitentiary Sentence
Joe Vanderford, 31, of Hat Miss, was sentenced to less than six but no more than nine years in the state penitentiary after being convicted of robbing Roberson of $31. Co-defendant F B Baggett, 21, received nine months and has begun serving. Authorities say Vanderford and Baggett attacked Roberson on the Missouri Pacific right of way between the depot and Illinois Central crossing, then fled with Roberson’s money. Vanderford’s attorney filed a motion for trial.
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Percy Sandel
Joe Cier
Slim Vanderford
Vanderford
Hat- Miss
Sol Roberson
F. B. Baggett
Ford
Bag
Raggett
Roberson
Missouri Pacific
Illinois Central Railroad
W. R. Conley
Monroe
Baggett
Conley
F. F. Brown
J. P. Gordon
Truck Gathers Clothes and Groceries for Orphans in Monroe
A charitable truck touring the country for the Fort Smith Ark orphan's home visits Monroe collecting donations of clothes and groceries. Rev. John Slater drives and will preach tonight at the Church of Christ located at Second and Apple Streets.
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Orphan’s
Fort Smith
Ark
Monroe
John Slater
Church of Christ
Second Second
Apple Streets
Men in Auto Slay Carnival Treasurer in Chicago
An automobile fired on Benjam in Pfluger, 30, treasurer of a church carnival, killing him in Chicago at dawn. His companion Mrs. Mary Petty escaped the gunfire and retrieved the assailants’ license number, traced to the Mid-West Garage Owners Association, recurrent in Chicago shootings.
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Chicago
Benjamin Pfluger
Pflugers
Mary Petty
Mid-West Garage Owners Association
Social visits span Homer to Minden in Jonesboro area
A parade of visitors and guests fills Jonesboro with travel from Homer Arcadia Dubach Sicily Island Monroe Mansfield Natchitoches and Minden. Notables include Audrey Poole Allen Ruth Theo Colvin and Lucille Robinson joining family and friends. bridge shower hosted for Evelyn Ross. and gatherings at the Mitchell Mitchell and Turner homes.
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News-Star
Jonesboro
Audrey Poole
Homer
Allen
Arcadia
L. N. Spinks
Ruston
8. C. Mitchell
Theo and
Ruth Colvin
Duback
Pauline Mitchell
Haze Walker
Sicily Island
W. M. Abbott
Monroe
H. T. Sproles
R. G. Turner
R. H. Turner
O. J. Turner
Betty Faulkner
Nachitoches
Alverne Jones
Dorothy Frey
Minden
C. L. Frey
Mesdames
Scott Byatt
Cecil Garrett
Irma Gay Langford
Alta Lewis
Mansfield
Tom Calloway
Evelyn Ross
Hodge
Lucille Robinson
Natchitoches
Loge New
Athens
Grady Miller
J. F. Dring
Eighteen Farmers Enrolled in Cotton Contest
E R Strahan reports eighteen farmers from Ouachita parish entered the five acre cotton production contest and six entered the five acre corn contest. The enrollment shows a near doubling from last year with June 15 as the entry deadline. Prizes are offered by the Louisiana State Fair at Shreveport.
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Baton Rouge
E. R. Strahan
Ouachita Parish
C. H. Brooks
W. S. Berry
Robert Cann
Guy P. Stubbs
J. T. Austin
J. A. Perry
Chas. Hancock
J. B. Parker
J. W. Sims
R. L. Moore
N. W. McHenry
Mr. Strahan
Zemo Skin Itch Remedy Ad
The advertisement promotes Zemo soothing anti septic for itching from bites sunburn prickly heat poison ivy and summer rash. It claims twenty years of use with relief after one application and lists 35 60 and 1 00 price points available through all dealers.
Prize ladder and premiums in coin contest and fertilizer promos
The article lists 15 prizes from 100 dollars for first to 5 dollars for fifteenth in the main prize, and 100 dollars to 10 dollars for the coin contest ten prizes. It notes additional premiums offered by fertilizer manufacturers for winners using their materials.
Social notes from Kelly Kelly area visitors
June 12 report lists visits from Shreveport Fort Worth and Jena residents. Among those mentioned are Flby Taylor, Miss Claudia Cruse, Edgar Long, Louis McDaniel, Jewel Roberts, D L Roberts, Dr R B Taylor and Ethel Lea, with travel to Harrisonburg Jena and Columbia.
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News-Star
Kelly
Flby Taylor
Shreveport
G. R. Cruse
Fort Worth
Texas
Claudia Cruse
Edgar Long
Columbia
Louis McDaniel
Rayville
Jewel Roberts
D. L. Roberts
R. B. Taylor
Ethel Lea
Harrisonburg
J. D. Roberts
Kenneth Humphries
Jena
Ineta Taylor
Christine Roberts Heer
Committees Named by Ouachita Police Jury for Year
J. M. Breard announced committee assignments at the court house. Finance, roads, aviation, court house, tick eradication, library, public health and charities are named. Beginning July 1 the jury will meet twice monthly to handle increased business.
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J. M. Breard
Court House
Marion Myatt
C. L. Mengis
J. E. Bryan
A. E. Montgomery
H. M. Williams
Sander Berry
Clarence Kincaid
Morton Myatt
W. A. Vinson
C. L. Mingis
Fred Peters
J. W. Williams
Kentworthy Visited Monroe Relatives Then Stayed With Cruse
J. T. Kentworthy of Vixon spent the past week with relatives in Monroe and was the guest of Miss Claudia Cruse Sunday evening.
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Monroe
J. T. Kentworthy
Vixon
Claudia Cruse
Fox fur farming origins and early profits noted
Pontiac Michigan entrepreneur Peter Duffus explains how modern firearms and traps reduced wild fur, accelerating farming of foxes. He traces early attempts in 1870 by Ben Haywood in Prince Edward Island, who bred foxes for skins sold high in London, and mentions Dalton and Sutton's later ranch on Sagage Island.
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Peter Duffus
Pontiac
Mich
Ben Haywoo
Tignish
Prince Edward Islaw
Canada
North Cape
London
Dalton
Sutton
Sacage Island
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Joe Vanderford
Associated Press
Hollywood Studio Orchestra
News-Star Publishing
Monroe Morning Post
ROYAL
Source Store
G&g Office Equipment CO
T Incorporated
Walnut St
Xs Poe
B. G. Humphries
Ouachita
U. S
ST. Petersburg
Fis
Cliquot Club
Coca Cola
Kraut Juice
Paramount Pint
Marco Quart
del Monte Bartlett
Lux
Lux Soap
Canova
Lamb
Kansas
Chimawrare
Vyumholland Lamit
SIS DeSiarp
Deale
Natior
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