Building Code Study by Monroe Committee
A city committee reviewed the proposed building code at J W Smith and Associates noting the aim to set minimum standards for safe design and construction. The panel proposed a board of examiners with an architect builder engineer and attorney and planned further meetings to produce a report for the city commission.
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Monroe
J. Wmith
New York
Chicago
Onettorney
Shreveport
Natchitoches
Meridian
Diss
Richmond
Cotton late due to weather delays says J T Austin
J T Austin, a well known local plantation owner, reports cotton is three to four weeks late. Growth is good though slowed by cold weather and unusually long rains. Ginning usually starts by August 1 but may begin in the second or third week of the month or later this year.
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J. T. Austin
Mr. Austin
Louisiana Senate Approves New Corporation Law
The Louisiana Senate unanimously approved a new corporation law. Introduced by Senator Pike Hall of Taddo, it would permit the largest corporations to domicile in Louisiana and do business under the same laws as home concerns.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Senate
Pike Hall
Taddo
Louisiana
Trial of Jake Corntassell Draws 600+ Summons in Bastrop
More than six hundred summonses have been mailed to Morehouse parish residents to serve as jurors witnesses or spectators for the third trial of Jake Corntassell the scrub bull breeder. The trial set for June 22 at the Bastrop grammar school auditorium will feature a panel of judges from multiple parishes and include substantial state legal talent.
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News-Star
Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Jake Corntassell
Bastrop Grammar School
Corntassell
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
J.T. Shell
Percy Sandel
Monroe
Harmon Drew
Minden
Richardson
Homer
Chu Thompson
David T. Garrett
Jake
Grammar School
Louisiana
Lincoln
Morehouse
Ethridge
Hamburg
Arkansas
Commonwealth
Chamber of Commerce
Malaria Fever Remedy Claims Universal Cures
A concise health advertisement touts a remedy for intermittent remittent and bilious fever caused by malaria. It asserts the treatment kills the germs and cures chills and fever. The claim emphasizes rapid relief and disease eradication using the product.
Floods From White and St Francis Threaten Arkansas Levees
Memphis reports flood crests driving 200 Jackson County families from homes as engineers rush to Big Lake and other levees. Water from Ken nett crevasse nears Greene and Craighead counties, with 29 to 32.5 foot rises forecast at Georgetown and Duvall's Bluff. Levees weakened by last year’s floods may fail without solid foundations.
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Memphis
St. Francis
Arkansas
United States
Mississippi River Commission
Big Lake District
Mississippi County
Big Lake
Kennett
Greene County
Craighead County
Newport
Georgetown
Jackson Bayou
Gregory
River Commission
Duvall’s Bluff
Clarendon
Traffic Ordinance Text Now Available From City Treasurer
Copies of the new traffic ordinance, set to take effect next Monday, are ready. About 10,060 booklets contain the verbatim text and will be distributed at the office of P. A. Pong, secretary and treasurer, police headquarters and sub stations, and by all traffic officers.
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P. A. Pong
Tornadoes and Wind Storms Struck Central Ohio
Tornadoes and wind storms hit three central and southern Ohio communities, leaving heavy damage and a toll on residents and property. Officials reported multiple warnings and assessed structural destruction across affected towns as emergency crews respond.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Speedy Relief From Bunions and Corns Ad
An ad promotes Emerald Oil for bunion and soft corn pain claiming rapid relief and reduced inflammation. Collens' Pharmacy guarantees one bottle to show results and dispenses it to foot sufferers.
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Collens
Deadly storm rips through Buckeye Lake and Whipple
A severe weather event killed Donald Thomas in Columbus and injured over twenty during a lightning strike and tornado that swept Buckeye Lake near Newark, damaging about 100 cottages and injuring residents. A second tornado hit Whipple Washington county, leaving property destroyed and postmaster Henry Erb badly hurt. Authorities guarded the homeless.
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Donald Thomas
Columbus
Easward
Buckeye Lake
Newark
Whipple
Washington County
Henry Erb
Lowell
Mabel Schwenderman
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Harry Freeman
Peggy Downing
Nick Wenrich
Ida Poisen
Harry
Ida
Naff
Big Boy
Bledsoe
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Claiborne
West Carroll
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White House
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Owl
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Pacific
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