Twilight baseball league grows in Monroe with matches
Civic groups form teams named Material Hustlers and Dirty Socks as the Monroe twilight league develops. E A Sorters’ squad defeated A R Taylor’s Clerks 7 6 in ten innings on Missouri Pacific grounds. City plans an incinerator. women’s day at Calhoun station boosts Ouachita agriculture. local acts and dances draw crowds. arrests headline Cypress Creek church disturbances. speed notes praise cotton prospects after Oak Grove trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
E. A. Sorters
A. R. Taylor
Handcoxs
Williams
Mr. Bechtold
Monroe Community Service
F. X. Shaughnessy
J. S. Reynolds
Monroe
Jewell McQuiller
Ouachita Home
North Louisiana Agricultural
Calhoun
Arkansas
H. R. Speed
Oak Grove
Mr. Speed
Plans for German reconstruction of France and Channel Tunnel
Paris June 27. A massive 20 billion francs reparations plan proposes German labor and materials to rebuild France and construct the Channel Tunnel. The proposal, submitted by the minister of public works, is before Premier Poincaré and a French member of the reparations commission.
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Paris
France
English Channel
Poincaire
Question on Liquor Sale on Vessels Outside Three Mile Limit
Washington reports Attorney General Daugherty will rule on the legality of selling liquor aboard ships beyond the three mile limit. Secretary Mellon requested the ruling.
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Washington
Daugherty
Mellon
DIES ON PASSENGER TRAIN VICE-PRESIDENT OF ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Stewart Baldwin twenty six year old Chicago resident and vice president of the Illinois Central railroad died suddenly of heart failure aboard the Michigan Central passenger train en route from New York to Chicago. The death was reported by the train crew on arrival in Windsor Ontario.
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Windsor
Stewart Baldwin
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
New York
Michigan Central
Open challenge as Klan parade confronts I W W in Cherokee
About two hundred marchers in Cherokee Oklahoma last night wore Ku Klux Klan regalia and paraded through the streets carrying signs. They warned the Industrial Workers of the World to stay away, defying the I W W over a planned open challenge.
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Cherokee
Okla
Industrial Workers of the World
Ku Klux Klan
English Church Open Only to Innocent Parties
In London the Chapel Royal Savoy refused to wed the Earl of Lanesborough to Mrs. Guy Watkins, citing a rule that only innocent parties may marry there. The announcement was publicized, but Reverend Chapman declared no ceremony would take place. The couple plan to wed tomorrow at the registry office.
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London
Chapel Royal Savoy
Earl of
Lanesborough
Guy Watkins
Chapman
Dr. Chapman
Chapel Royal
Consuelo
Dutchess of
Marborough
Jacques Balsan
Savoy Chapel
Earl of Lanesborough
Burglar Escapes After Firing On Guardsmen In Savannah
A lone burglar fled after being surrounded in an Savannah apartment building. He fired on national guardsmen, scaled six fences, and escaped in darkness. One guardsman was shot in the shoulder.
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Savannah
Gas Stoves Repaired or Rebuilt by H A Peterman Co
H A Peterman Company offers repair or rebuilding of gas stoves with guaranteed workmanship. Located at 707 Washington Street contact phone 973 for service.
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H. A. Peterman & Co
Washington Street
Cotton Market Report June 27 1922 Prices and Spots
The Markets Cotton report shows spots at 21.60 with quiet sales of 337 bales. Futures for July reach 21.54 with a close around 20.96, October 21.75 21.08, and December 21.59 20.91 with highs and lows noted.
Liverpool Posts 12.91 Easier Sales Close July
A historical note records Liverpool achieving a 12.91 sale figure with easier sales closing in July. The entry also mentions a 2 69 service and an October 12.39 figure, indicating a sequence of financial markers.
Cotton market rises on July contracts amid weevil threat
New Orleans dispatch notes a sharp advance in cotton futures as July contracts gain amid heavy tenders and better cables. A Giles Bureau crop report cites 70.9 condition, 8.1 percent higher acreage, and 10,900,000 implied yield with weevil menace and 9 inch plant height.
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New Orleans
New York
Giles Bureau
South Carolina
Georgia
Dodge Brothers touring car and roadster inquiry
Inquiries from 1917 about the Dodge Brothers touring car and roadster appear alongside local ads. Artesian water claims at Blue Goose Cafe West Monroe meet 106 percent satisfaction. Bell Co. Sheet Metal Works lists wood and metal valley products with prices and contact details.
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C. A. McKelvy
Blue Goose Cafe
West Monroe
Brothers touring car ad and typewriter repairs notice
Automobile services advertise Saunders' Garage washing and greasing with guaranteed satisfaction. A separate listing promotes Brothers roadster and touring car with repair service for all makes and typewriter repair via S. Dunn at phone 1045 with an address at 10-1m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Dunn
Saunders’ Garage
Bank Officially Completes Ouachita Building
The Ouachita National Bank completes a ten story concrete and steel bank and office edifice in North Louisiana. Underwood Contracting Corp. reports full contract completion with interior work by top North Louisiana contractors. The $750000 cost exceeds the original estimate by 50000. The structure features modern elevators water system mail chute and finely finished interiors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Bank
Underwood Contracting Corporation
Monroé
Louisiana
Ouachita National Bank
Inspiring Sermon Praised by St Paul Community
In Monroe Louisiana on June 27 1922 M C Harrison pastor of St Paul M E Church thanks Rev Mer Waddill for an inspiring sermon to the colored community and notes white church members support. Mrs Waddill addressed women about home mission leadership as church doors open to white ministers. Florence Lease corrects false arrest report stating her husband did not strike her.
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Frank Allen
Willie McKay
Slim
Bully
Cypress Creek
Monroe News-Star
St. Paul
M. B. Charen
Mer. Waddill
First Methodist Church
Monroe
Our Lord
His Christ
Classified Advertisements List for West Monroe Area
Various notices include FOR RENT two listings for a four room house and furnished light housekeeping, WANTED sunny school teacher and efficient stenographer, FOR SALE nice furniture, LOST child’s bathing suit, FOR RENT room with meals next door, and sales pitches for hosiery and canvassers. Addresses reference News-Star and local street areas in Monroe.
Union Leaders Hold Talks as Strike Deadlock Continues
Union head Lewis and President discuss strike progress while officials Hoover and Davis avoid comment. Lewis demands district conferences with a central representative field covering Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois. He cites futility of district talks and warns coal supply risks after July 1 as rates drop.
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Hoover
Davis
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
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New England
R. J. Manning
Ralph Baldwin
Boston
Christine Moore
Mildred Smith
Lois Jouvenat
Little Blanch Burbank
Pine Bluff
Ark
Ouachita
Walker’s
Graham
Associated Press
del Monte
DeLiard
Third Streets
DeSiard
Liverpool
L. L. Smith
Daily Cotton Letter
Cotton
H. & B. Beer
Vest
Dodge Brothers
J. G. Bell CO
Walnut Street
Bank
M. C. Harrison
St. Paul, M. E
Monroe Seed Co
W. ©. Lease
Florence Lease
Catlett
Care News-Star
H. W
News-Star
DeSiard Street
Wexler
Pine Street
St. John Street
Nationale
Madison Street
National Company
Broadway
UNION
Harding
Tinues
Lynch
Monroe Automobile & Supply Co
Kodak
Griffin Studio
High Pries
R. A. Smith
Phoenix Drug Store
Reed
Lennon
Smith Bros., Ltd
Monroe Seed Company
Lynchs
Cnaetar
National Cash Register CO
Shreveport
Cd. B. Holt
P. O
Frank
Clellan & CO
Seventh and
Grammont Sts
RUAD
Green's Market
Home Furniture Company
Monroe, LA
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