Intimate Glimpse of Prevost Estate in Early New Orleans
The Associated Press surveys the 1769 estate of Sieur Jean Baptiste Prevost, agent of the Company of the Indies, detailing a refined urban home life. The inventory describes a damask armchair set, walnut bed, library of 300 volumes with Voltaire and Rousseau, and rich dining wares, illustrating domestic culture in French Louisiana.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
Jean Baptiste Prevost
Company of the Indies
Sieur Prevost
Tsiana Historica
Edith Dart Price
Superior Council
Louisiana
Cabildo
Heloise M. Cruzat
Prevost
John Locke
Voltaire
Rosseau
Sieur Jean
Fifty Flights Planned From Pacific to Tokyo Stage
Francisco Honolulu flight within three weeks as Lieutenant Carl Ben Eielson aims for a $25,000 Seattle to Tokyo hop. Eielson, Arctic pilot, plans to fly solo. Ernest L. Smith predicts Honolulu departure in 15 days. Richard Grace travels to Honolulu with a monoplane aboard the Manukai as rumors persist of a San Francisco to Honolulu to San Francisco run.
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Francisco
Air Mail
Honolulu
Richard Grace
Hollywood
Manukai
Steamship Company
San Francisco
Grace
Pardon Granted to Miss Charlotte Anita Whitney
Governor Young pardoned Miss Whitney after a lengthy statement saying she could not be classed as a criminal. He cited abnormal trial conditions and argued the criminal syndicalism act misapplied to the Communist Labor Party. The judges and law authors supported the pardon and Whitney was shown to respect the law and oppose violence.
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Young
Miss Whitney
Charlotte Anita Whitney
Communist Labor Party
Whitney
Men and Women Urged to Join Chicago Needlework Guild
Officials at the Art Institute of Chicago invite both men and women to join a needlework and textile guild. They cite a classical precedent for male needlework with examples from Charlemagne and William the Conqueror learning sewing from their partners.
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Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
Institute
Charlemagne
William the Conqueror
Camp Fire Girls News Notes from Ouachita area
The Litanhi group met with Miss Goodlett at the Camp Fire house and discussed Woodgather's rank and Ki-Ro-Li camp plans for July 18. Officers for Tatapochon were elected and a room gift committee formed as girls work on secret symbols.
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Miss Goodlett
Ki-Ro-Li
Orrie Harris
Achasa Belt
Gwendolyn Wood
Marguerite Mitchell
Myrta Reace Stewart
Lillian Ervin
Camp Fire Room
Margaret Agin
Martha Favers
Elia Heard
Louise Morrison
Dorothy Mae Favers
Group Plans Wood Gatherers Lamp Shade Gift
Friday meeting outlines work for wood gatherers and finishing lamp shades by Monday. The group intends to present the lamp shade gift to the room, mentioning Freddie Henery.
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Freddie Henery
Landed 4 Years Ago Now in Spelling Tilt
Hulda Fornell a 13 year old Detroit girl who arrived from Sweden four years ago and could not speak English competes in the national spelling championship as Michigan’s champion. She previously won her school contest and earned a congratulatory message from King Gustavus Adolphus.
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Washington
Sweden
Michigan
Hulda Fornell
Detroit
Hulda
Gustavus Adolphus
Engineers Issue Initial River Elevation Report
Engineers present an initial report on river elevation with notes of variation and water yield. Details reference ongoing measurements and data sources while indicating further analysis is planned.
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Albeh
Baawan
Municipal water system upgrade plan cited
The document outlines needs for purification storage, hourly demand balancing, fire protection, reinforced main between plant and district, upgraded feeder mains, high service pumping replacement, hydrant modernization, more gate valves, and metering to reduce per capita use, warning growth could outpace supply if Ouachita river and Bayou Bartholomew pollution persist.
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DeSiard Street
Ouachita
Bayou Bartholomew
Mayor Walker Promises Aid in Hospital Racial Tensions
The Kings County Hospital staff counts 62 Christians and 92 Jews, with Christian physicians outnumbering Jewish peers. Six doctors were arrested after a hazing incident amid longstanding prejudice against Jewish interns. Victims include Dr. Hyman Solovay, Dr. Louis Borow, and Dr. Edward Katskee, all named as assaulted or targeted in the clash.
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Kings County Hospital
Hyman Solovay
Cornell University
Louis Borow
Fargo
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University of Louisville
Edward Katskee
Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Grand Central Terminal
Solovay
Borow
Katskee
Drs
Lorimer B. Armstrong
Charles C. Adams
William Wills
Kenneth Clough
William B. Strutton
Frank Hamm
Auction notices in Ouachita Fourth District Court
Writs of seizure authorize sales in Monroe Louisiana with two notices listing property and vehicle: a lot on Louise Anne Avenue in Layton's Second Addition and an Essex Coach automobile. Sheriff Milton Cour d Aldale schedules July 1927 public auctions at the courthouse front door with cash terms and no appraisal.
Sheriff Sale Notice in Monroe on 1927 Car and Bank case
Sheriff announces sales in Monroe Louisiana detailing a Ford Touring car with motor 14453081 seized in the Commercial Securities Company suit and a Federal Land Bank of New Orleans case. The sale will be at the court front door and the property described includes Section 2 Township 17 North Range 2 East with cash and installment terms.
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Towi
Seizure and Sale Notices for Monroe Properties
Court actions against Arent Investment Corp and The People's Homestead & Savings Assoc list property seizures in Monroe Louisiana. Descriptions include Lot 3 Square C Jackson Avenue Addition and half of Lot 19 Block 103 Lee Avenue, with sale dates in June and July 1927 and sheriff notices by Milton Coverdale.
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Milton Coverdale
Monroe
Monroe City Council Proceedings June 14 1927
The Monroe Louisiana City Council meets at City Hall with the mayor presiding. Minutes of May 10 and June 4 sessions are approved. A quarterly receipts and disbursements report for April 1927 is presented and filed.
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City Hall
Monroe
Louisiana
Atkinson
Breard
City of
Homestead Savings suit against Albritton West Monroe lots
The People's Homestead and Savings Association sues W T Albritton over lots 5 6 7 and 8 in Block F of the re subdivision of G B Haynes addition to West Monroe Louisiana as filed with Ouachita Parish clerk of court.
Sale Notice of Monroe Property in Seizure Case
In the matter Association versus No. 14924 Susie N Littlepage as surviving spouse of Joseph R Littlepage a writ of Seizure issued in Ouachita Parish La. authorizes sale of Lot 3 Square 71 D A Breard Sr Addition Monroe fronting 64 feet on Arkansas Avenue 143 feet to an alley at public sale on Saturday June 25 1927 at the court house front door Monroe cash terms Monroe La May 24 1927 May 24 31 June 7 14 21
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State of Louisiana
Monroe
Louisiana
Towit
Square Forty-six
Layton
Louise-Anne Avenue
Twelfth Street
Milton Coverdale
Parish of Ouachita
Fourth District Court
Arent Investment Corporation, Inc
Fourth Judicial District Court
Parish
Ouachita
Jackson Avenue Land Company
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People’s Homestead & Savings Association
R. W. Whitehead
McEnery
Lee Avenue
P. A. Poag
Breard
Atkinson
Arnold Bernstein
Gregg & McKenzie
Parish of
State of
Bry & Willson
Gregg & McKenzie, Inc
G. B. Haynes
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Susie N. Littlepage
Joseph R. Littlepage
Court House
D. A. Breard Sr
Arkansas Avenue
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Walker
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Atantic Paint Co
Crane & Company
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Electro Bleaching Co
Garlock Packing Co
General Electric Co
Gamewell Co
General Chemical Co
F. F. Hansel & Bro
Henderson Ames Co
Interstate Electric Co
Kee Lox Mfg
Louisiana Road Mohy
Miller-Bryant-Pierce Co
Nelson Mfg
Anne
Pittsburgh Meter Co
Prest-O-Lite Co
Rochester Printing Co
Sherwin Williams Co
Southwest Chemical Corp
U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co
Westinghouse Electric
Mfg. Co
Ae R. D. Wood & Co
Atlantic Steel Co
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Mchy. Company
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She Foundry Notions Tee R. V. Aycock Cds
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Cameron Pierson Co
Eberhart Steel Products Co
Electric Service Supplies Co
Globe Supply
Mchy Co
Gulf Refining Co
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Garratt-Callahan Co
Heine Boiler Co
Jacobsen Mfg. Co
the Larkin Mfg. Co
Linde Air Products Co
More Jones Brass & Metal Co
Aleuteam Intntl
Page &Hill Co
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Stumpp & Walter Co
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