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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1923
Page
5
Jack Kearns says champion Jack Dempsey is ready now and will taper off training. Wray, a 7 foot 2 inch challenger from Sayre Oklahoma, arrives with 250 pound frame and 87 inch reach aiming to spark a new boxing run.
Wealthy draft evader Grover Bergdoll and his brother Kacens will surrender if they obtain a civil trial. The details come as the men formerly fled to Germany and now face possible legal proceedings.
American League results show Philadelphia 4 Chicago 3 in eleven innings, Detroit 9 New York 7, and Cleveland 6 Washington 1. National League heavy scores include Chicago 16 Philadelphia 1 and Boston 14 Pittsburgh 8. Southern and Texas leagues note rain and several close games, with Nashville 7 Birmingham 3 and Dallas 6 Houston 5.
Missouri Pacific defeated American Legion 6 to 1 on the Missouri Pacific diamond. West Monroe beat City Hall as the City Hall team faltered, while Taylor Nash and Monroe ldw faced each other in today’s game.
Mrs. Aguste LeDoux of 1114 Main St Baton Rouge says Tanlac restored her health after years of nervous indigestion left her underweight and unable to care for eight children. She says two bottles gained six pounds and renewed appetite and strength. Tanlac sold by druggists with over 37 million bottles sold.
New Orleans June 20 amid tight finish as towboats St. Louis and Cairo of the Mississippi River Barge Line race upstream toward Cairo from New Orleans with six loaded barges each. Early reports place them within a mile of each other and pushing a record-breaking pace.
The Cairo and the St. Louis tugboats battled for lead on a racing run from New Orleans toward Vicksburg. The Cairo gained 13 miles on the St. Louis yesterday, with the St. Louis still leading at 206 miles north of New Orleans and 175 miles below Vicksburg. Natchez to be passed today, Vicksburg expected tomorrow.
Four Goose Creek men were brought before Judge C W Robinson by the grand jury and warned of jail for contempt if they refused to answer questions about alleged lawlessness at the oil town. The judge ordered immunity to be recorded in the court file, and the grand jury foreman said immunity had been offered.
J M Huber of the J M Huber Company exchanges about 2 400 acres in Morehouse and Ouachita parishes with several gas wells for 500 000 dollars in company stock. The transfer includes three wells in sections 28 and 30 township 19 5 east and section 1 18 4 east and the carbon and gasoline extraction plant in section 5 18 5 east plus dwellings warehouses pipelines and rights of way.
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