No Arrest Yet in Shooting of J A McHenry
Farmerville June 17 no arrest has yet been made in the shooting of J A McHenry 30 an employee of Clark Nettles Lumber Co of Union parish. McHenry was shot by his 14 year old brother in law Fields Harrison and is in Lincoln Sanitarium Ruston with a shotgun wound under his right armpit. Domestic trouble is given as the cause and no warrant has been sworn out for Harrison. McHenry resides in the Laran neighborhood 12 miles north of Farmerville.
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News-Star
Farmerville
J. A. McHenry
Clark Nettles Lumber Company
Union Parish
McHenry
Fields Harrison
Lincoln
Ruston
Young Harrison
Laran
Hasten Work On Store Building On North Third Street
Rapid interior progress continues on the Mont ery Ward company building on North Third street. The opening date of July 6 remains tentative as remaining work is completed. The third floor office of manager W K Anders is being prepared for use, with many applicants for positions daily since his arrival from Texas. Temporary offices have been set up on the Ouachita National Bank building's sixth floor.
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Montery Ward & Company
North Third Street
Manaiger
W. K. Anders
Anders
Texas
Ouachita National Bank
4-H Club Camp Opens In Richland Parish
The camp opens next Monday June 24 at the Boccuf river site in Richland parish. About 40 to 650 club members will depart for a five day outing, with E. R. Strahan and Mrs. Jewel McQuiller in charge of the boys and girls respectively.
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Richland
Boccuf
Richland Parish
E. R. Strahan
Jewel McQuiller
Farmers Save On Poultry At Union Sale In Farmerville
Seventy six farmers sold about $787.36 worth of poultry at a saving near $175, per J. W. Rabb Union agent. Cotton and corn demonstrations show good results.
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Associated Press
Farmerville
J. W. Rabb
City Fair Plans Advancing for Fall Meet
W H Anders general chairman says plans for a city fall fair are progressing well. Twin Cities civic clubs except Rotary have named committees to work with city and parish officials. A general meeting will form an organization, possibly a stock company. Action is expected before week’s end.
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W. H. Anders
Twin Cities
Rotary Club
Anders
Army Planes Call at Selman Field on Sunday
Two army planes visited Selman field on Sunday with one arriving from Fort Crockett and the other from Fort Sam Houston.
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Selman
Selman Field
Fort Crockett
Fort Sam Houston
Leader of Venezuela Filibusters Flees
General Urbina, who led Venezuelan filibusters that raided Willemstad Curacao and attacked Coro, reportedly fled to the mountains with thirty men. The force size was variously estimated at 300 to 500 as they left Willemstad for Venezuela.
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Associated Press
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Urbina
Willemstad
Curacao
Coro
Parish home demonstration clubs hold Rapides meeting
A parish wide meeting of Rapides home demonstration clubs in Le compte drew 75 women from Elwood Cheneyville Moreland North Le compte Lecompte and Lemourne. Mrs Euna Dykes outlined a plan of work followed by a demonstration in styling cotton goods and a reed basket and tray making session led by Miss Blanche Arceneaux.
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Alexandria
Rapides
Lecompte
Elwood
Cheneyville
Moreland
North Lecompte
Lemourne
Euna Dykes
Blanche Arceneaux
Avoyelles
Alexandria Boy Dies in Arizona Crash
Ralph Henry nineteen presumed from Alexandria La died Sunday from injuries after a car he allegedly stole crashed near Coolidge dam Arizona. He was taken to Globe hospital where internal injuries proved fatal. Henry told sheriff he had a mother and sister in Mineral Wells Texas.
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Associated Press
Globe
Ariz
Ralph Henry
Alexandria
Coolidge Dam
Henry
George Bright
Safford
Mineral Wells
Texas
Monroe Furniture announces major expansion and new building
The Monroe Furniture Company will total over 84 000 square feet of warehouse and display space after adding a new building on North Third Street purchased from Linton W Stubbs. Repairs commence immediately. the annex adds 24 000 square feet of warehouse space bringing total warehouse area to more than 39 000 square feet. The project expands distribution to twelve chain stores and includes modern display windows and a rebuilt basement display area for bed bedding and kitchenware. The firm employs 75 people locally.
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Monroe Furniture Company, Ltd
North Third Street
Linton W. Stubbs
Joseph Isaacman
North Second St
Newuilding
North Second
North Third
Monroe Furniture Company
Monroe
Major Realty Sale Nets $42,000 For Monroe Furniture Lot
A North Third street parcel, to be used by Monroe Furniture as warehouse and display rooms, sold for 42000 dollars in a notable local deal. Blanks & Breard and Luther Reed & company acted as the arranging realtors in the transaction.
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North Third Street
Monroe Furniture Company
Blanks & Breard
Luther Reed & Company
LSU Agriculture College Sees Strong Enrollment Rise
Louisiana State University and 17 other southern colleges report steady growth in the agriculture college for the 1926 28 sessions. LSU gains from 150 to 228 students with a 78 increase, ranking second for largest actual grain and largest percentage gain.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
College of Agriculture
C. T. Dowell
Five Acre Cotton Contest Plots Under Fertilizer Variations
A. A. Lewis of Cronville conducts a five acre cotton contest in collaboration with the Louisiana State University extension division. W. L. Carson notes that before planting in April Lewis used 50 pounds nitrate of soda 250 pounds acid phosphate and 50 pounds muriate of potash per acre. Thirty five days later he applied 150 pounds nitrate of soda as side dressing.
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Winnsboro
A. A. Lewis
Cronville
Louisiana State University Extension Division
IL W. Carson
Franklin Parish
Acreage Plots Varied by Fertilizer Application Types
The record notes three plots of land described by treatment: one with no nitrate application, one with fertilizer, and a third with nitrate used alone. It highlights differences in cultivation approaches across the three acres.
Fertilizer trial lifts oat yield in Natchitoches area
In Natchitoches June 17 D J Duncklemans Clarence applied 200 pounds of nitrate per acre on five acres of oats, yielding about 2 bushels more than unfertilized land. Fay Fletcher, the local agent, says fertilized acres may reach over 50 bushels per acre. A cotton dusting demonstration with various dusting gums drew more than 40 observers.
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Natchitoches
Art
D. J. Duncklemans Clarence
Fay Fletcher
Natchitoche
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