Monroe City Council approves supplemental contract for water plant
The Monroe Louisiana city council met June 21 1920 presided by the mayor and Commissioner Miller. Ordinance 2243 authorizes a supplemental contract with The Foundation Company to build a water filtration plant with a tea house mixing basins and basins and reduces the contractor's fee from 10 to 9.25 percent. Ordinance 2244 establishes the fiscal year 1920 1921 budget including salaries departments and various expenditures.
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City Hall
Monroe
Louisiana
Miller
Foundation
Monro
Foundatio Company
Balk Company
City of
City Budget Details From Early 1920 Ordinance
City ordinance lists department salaries and expenses including Electric Lines 22000 Street Cars and Barn 35000 Water 30000 Sewerage 6050 Traffic Bridge 4000 Cemetery 3500 Parks 4000 Streets 47000 Assessor 1500 Printer 600 Market demolition 1000 Stock and vehicles 2000 Miscellaneous 6000. Article notes publishing in official journal for ten days and adjournment.
Card of Thanks to Doctors and Friends for Ruth Harper
I express gratitude to the physicians, nurses, and numerous friends for their kindness during the illness and death of my husband Ruth Harper.
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Ruth Harper
Five room house for sale in West Monroe
West Monroe Real ty Co advertises a five room house and lot with all conveniences for 3750 dollars cash 375 down. Possession on the first of the month. Also various rental front rooms and small items listed with contact numbers.
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Sixth District Court
Parish of Ouachita
State of Louisiana
Saenger Amusement Co., Inc
Joy Masur
Sixth Odicial District Court
Monroe
Louisiana
Stevens
Hubbard’s
Springer
Sugar Brothers
Monroe Investment Company
West Monroe
Ist
West Monroe Realty Co
Model Road
W. H. Ross
Elsie Southgate
England
Elinor Glynn
Helen Crombie
Emma M. Savil
Boston
United States
St. Louis University
Great Britain
Strenuous Life Mistress Falls While Showing New Servant
Mrs Flatleigh guides her servant Mary through a new maisonette with a bark stair. Her footing fails and she tumbles down the stairs with a thud. The girl fears injury and vows to quit, calling the work too strenuous.
The Weight of Matrimony in Youthful Marriages
An essay notes the enduring phrase until death do us part and questions its power after years of trials. It argues youth misreads marriage as bliss and overlooks shared responsibility and adjustment needed for lasting happiness.
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Lad
Nerhans
Of Interest To Women and Political Moves Abroad
A brief survey notes Alice M. Robertson of Muskogee as a Republican candidate for Congress in Oklahoma's Second District. It also reports waitresses in London teashops threatening a general strike for higher wages and union recognition, and mentions a housewife in England facing unspecified issues.
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Korea
Alice M. Robertson
Muskogee
Oklahoma
London
England
Larceny Case Cited as Gravest Offence by Counsel
The case references the gravest offence of modern times the larceny of a cook. It notes social reactions from champagne shampoo claims by wealthy French women and relates other fashion and education items from the period.
Mindful King and Moonlit Opals Across the Ages
The passage notes King George receives about 25,000 letters yearly while Arbor Day spreads in the US Canada and New Zealand. It also mentions a newborn kangaroo sized like a thumb, Queen Anne era punishment for diversions with the dead, and a Patiala Rajah with vast emerald jewels. It cites Arctic summers, tea blending by water source, and a thinking lifetime brain impressions estimate.
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George
United States
Canada
New Zealand
Arctic
British Isles
Patiala
La Follette Profile Puts Wisconsin Senator as Principal Figure
A retrospective portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin traces his rise from Dane County district attorney to governor and U.S. senator. It notes his filibuster stance during World War I era, enduring ridicule, and eventual stature as a leading Republican voice. In a separate item, police in Brooklyn seize $250,000 worth of cocaine morphine and heroin in two raids, with three suspects arrested.
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Robert M. la Follette
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Wilson
Benedict Arnold
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University of
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Dane County
Congress
Republican Party
United States Senate
Abraham Lincoln
New York
Brooklyn
Tremor Shakes Los Angeles Office Buildings
An earthquake struck Los Angeles at 6 oclock last night causing slight damage to several buildings and injuring a man near Sixth street and Grand avenue. Occupants fled as offices shook severely. Tremors were reported in Long Beach San Pedro Santa Monica and Redondo Beach with inland areas noting a prior slight tremor Friday morning. Officials said no serious damage and noted cracks in the city jail walls while utilities were affected.
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Los Angeles
Sixth Street
Grand Avenue
Long Beach
San Pedro
Santa Monica
Redondo Beach
Pacific Telegraph Company
Fire and Public Works Department
Inglewood Hit by Earthquake Jars City and Buildings
The town of Inglewood ten miles southwest of Los Angeles was cut off by the quake. Two walls of an electric power station were shaken down. A motion picture theatre a bank and a furniture store were damaged. The southwest Los Angeles area suffered the strongest shaking. The Edison building and Laughlin building were jammed together by the shock.
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Los Aneles
Los Angeles
Edison
Laughlin
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P. A. Poag
Mr. Miller
American LaFrance Fire Engine Company
Alexander Land Company
Co. W. Hughes Sues
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Percy Sandel
J. S. Bloch
Ouachita Cotton Mill
Jackson Street Railway
United States Rubber Co
Chamber of Commerce
Public Library
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Ouachita
Reee
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Washington Star
North Fourth Street
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Blatch
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New York City
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Shelcote Mfg. CO
New Orleans
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Phoenix Pharmacy
Swift & Company
Chicago
U.S. A
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Ouachita Coca-Cola
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