Local business man J Y Covington dies after long illness
Monroe mourns J Y Covington a pioneer merchant who built a mail order liquor business in West Monroe before Prohibition. He amassed substantial real estate holdings in Monroe and valued for generosity. The 1862 Texas-born resident died Monday night at St Francis sanitarium after an intestinal operation. Continuation hinted.
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Monroe
St. Francis
J. Y. Covington
Covington
Texas
Forksville Station
West Monroe
Central Savings Bank & Trust& Co
North Grand Street
Loving
DeSiard and
Walnut Streets
Ensel
Grand and
DeSiard Streets
Rush of waters on border villages causes uneasiness
Border flood reports from Laredo and Piedras Negras describe a cresting Rio Grande at forty five feet flooding low land areas in Laredo Nuevo Laredo and isolating Piedras Negras with bridges washed out. Hidalgo county large crop losses totaling about 2 5 million dollars and river flooding from the San Juan and upper flood levels threaten regional food supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
Rio Grande
Nuevo Laredo
San Antonio
Rio Grande Valley
Hidalgo County
Riorrande
San Juan River
Mexico
Piedras Negras
Eacle Pass
Legion Convention Hotel Rates Announced in New Orleans
The American Legion national convention in New Orleans October 16 to 21 will offer hotel rooms at 1.50 dollars for non bath rooms and 2.50 with baths based on three persons per room. Rates rise to 4.50 or 7.50 for solitary rooms, reservations handled by 48 percent Legion state adjutants through the hotels housing committee.
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New Orleans
Legion State Adjutants
Hotels and Housing Committee
South
Grunewald
St. Charles
DeSoto
Lafayette
Monteleone
Bienville
Planters Legion
Monroe
Trial for Big Three
Jurors were selected in Chicago for the murder trial of labor leaders Murphy, Shea and Maden tied to bombings and the killing of two policemen during a recent labor war.
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Chicago
Murphy
Shea
Maden
Criminal Court
Elections In Ireland Coalition Members Elected
Dublin reports that forty four coalition property members and twenty five coalition Republicans were elected to the Irish Parliament from contested and uncontested constituencies according to returns received.
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Dublin
Coalition Property
Official residence fired on in Belfast
Early today shots were fired near the Ulster government purchased official residence of Premier James Craig and his wife who moved in last night for the first time.
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Belfast
Ulster Government
James Craig
Delhi man tells motive in shooting of Ray. captured in Georgetown
J B Broom of Delhi says long struggle with crop failures and alleged mistreatment by S B Ray led him to shoot Ray in the Ouachita parish jail area. He was arrested in Georgetown LaSalle parish and faces transfer to Rayville after a $500 reward for his capture. He admitted the shooting after confrontation when Ray was armed. Broom was unarmed at the time.
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E. Ray
Delhi
Georgetown
J. B. Broom
S. B. Ray
Ray
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Broom
Exlain
LaSalle Parish
Shreveport
Rayville
Alexandria
Richland Parish
Louisiana
Hog day meetings set for farms near Monroe and Cadeville
At 2 p m tomorrow Hog day meetings will be held at A J Huffman s farm fourteen miles south of Monroe and at D P Golson s farm in the Cadeville community Thursday at 2 P m Men who know the hog business will lead practical discussions Every farmer in the parish is requested to attend It will be a real farmer s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Huffman
Monroe
D. P. Golson
Cadeville
Dusting Machine Installed for Boll Weevil Fight at Calhoun
A dusting machine for boll weevil control has been installed at the North Louisiana experimental station in Calhoun. Demonstrations are planned across the summer to show its use in combating the infestation.
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North Louisiana
Department of Agriculture
Calhoun
Ite Upe
Jurors urged to meet at Ruston on tick eradication plan
Police juries from sixteen parishes in North and Central Louisiana were asked to send committees to a Ruston meeting July 20 at 10 30 a m to plan tick eradication. The drive targets cattle shipments blocked by a federal quarantine and seeks a workable plan with Governor Parker and the livestock sanitary board.
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Ouachita
Red Rivers
Ruston
Louisiana
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Parker
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Jail Break Typo Corrected in Monroe News Star
A typographical error misidentified the escapee as Fred Mitchel. the correct name is Fred Russell, who escaped from the parish jail, prompting a correction by the Monroe Newes Star.
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Fred Russell
Fred Mitchel
Monroe Newes
Missouri Pacific Revises Train 807 Schedule
Missouri Pacific officials announce a timetable change for passenger train No. 807 from Natchez Mississippi arriving Monroe at 2 30 pm will henceforth reach Iron Mountain depot at 11 10 am local time.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Natchez
Miss
Monroe
Iron Mountain Depot
Trial of Minister in Logan County Killing Case
The defense rested in the Rev. J. B. Wilburn murder case after the deputy sheriff killing during the last August labor disturbance. Governor Morgan testified as the first rebuttal witness for the prosecution in Charleston West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
J. B. Wilburn
Logan County
Morgan
Government pays railroad in settlement of losses
Washington June 20. Payment of 231000 to New Orleans Great Northern railroad by the government was authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission. This closes the account between railroad and government arising from a carrier loss guarantee during six months of 1920 operations.
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Washington
New Orleans Great Northern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rail Bill Fought by Monroe and Other Cities
Monroe officials led by Mayor Arnold Bernstein and H R Speed depart for Baton Rouge to oppose the Hammons bill. Tax impacts threaten city and Ouachita Parish bonds and school construction funding. If passed, revenues would be redistributed to other parishes and the bill faces court challenges as unconstitutional.
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Arnold Bernstein
H. R. Speed
Baton Rouge
Hammons
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Missouri Pacific Railway
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Rail
Ouachita
Municipality
Railroad Unions Prepare Strike Vote Amid Board Action
Chicago and Cincinnati dispatches report the United States Railroad Labor Board drafting a formal reply to ten unions. The unions push for a work suspension referendum with a Saturday vote by a ninety member general committee. In Cincinnati officials of miners and shop crafts discuss a concerted strike action. The AFL rejects congratulating Kansas miners leaders on the industrial court stance.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor Today
Alexander Howatt
August Dorchy
Kansas Miners
Kansas Industrial Court
Lost Cause Veterans Open 32nd Reunion in Richmond
Richmond Virginia hosts the thirty second annual reunion of Confederate veterans amid South traditions. Elders recount loyalty to the cause as enthusiasm and sentiment rise among attendees, inspiring both young and old as the event unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Southland
United Confederate Veterans
Imperial marriage sanctioned for Hirohito and Nagako
Tokyo dispatch reports an imperial proclamation sanctions the forthcoming marriage of Crown Prince Hirohito to Princess Nagako, signaling a formal step toward Hirohito’s succession and a new monarchic era for Japan.
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Tokio
Hiro Hito
Japan
Nagako
Argenta Refitted as Prison Ship in Sinn Fein Roundup
The former United States shipping board vessel Argenta, berthed at Belfast, has been refitted as a prison ship to detain Sinn Feiners captured by the Ulster government in a recent roundup.
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Belfast
United States Shipping Board
Argenta
Sinn
Tracks bill clash halts Louisiana house debate two hours
In Baton Rouge on June 20 the House Ways and Means Committee approved the Butler track gambling bill while striking the local option amendment as unconstitutional. A two hour floor clash followed over alleged propaganda methods and a taunting telegram amid calls of lies and insult.
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Baton Rouge
House
Ways and Means
Butler
P. R. Landry
A. W. Daiferes
Lafayette
A. A. Calongte
John Merkel
Seventh Ward
New Orleans
Landry
Connor
Felix H. Mouton
Dalferes
Mr. Landry
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Ireland
Mr. Ray
ITV
Genasco
ONT A
FIRB
Mayor Bernstein
Commissioner Speed
Capital
United Mine Workers
City School
Benefit Presbyterian Auxiliary
Solons
Butler Bill
House of Representatives
H. B. Connor
Vidalia
S. O. Shattuck
A. H. Ziemer
Claiborne Avenue Presbyterian Church
Merkel
American Legion
Riviera
First Baptist Church
Pecan Grove Baptist Orphanage
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