Negro Beau Brummell Captured After Long West Side Chase
John Wilson accused of stealing a dress from the Parnell mercantile store fled through West Monroe streets. A well dressed man pursued by residents was caught after taking off his hat and sprinting, then cornered beneath a residence. Wilson was arrested by Marshal Charles Saxe and Deputy Hicks on petty larceny charges.
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West Monroe
John Wilson
Parnell Mercantile
Wilson
Parnell
Charles Saxe
T. &. Hicks
Stolen bicycle and various classifieds clutter local notices
Stolen cream colored bicycle from 542 South Grand Street Thursday night with reward for return or information. Lost bill folder near Monroe Hotel Tuesday night. send to Box 108 Alexandria Louisiana. Numerous rental, sale, and wanted ads for houses rooms oil leases and farm land appear with contact names and phone numbers.
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South Grand Street
Monroe Hotel
Alexandria
General Fagan to Be Honored in Stone Mountain Memorial
Mrs. Lizzie Cox of Monroe has learned the Stone Mountain Memorial Committee will include a statue of her father Major General James Fagan in the grand memorial. Born in 1827 in Louisville, he served in the Mexican War, led Arkansas troops in the Civil War, and rose to major general in 1864. The Arkansas Gazette noted his notable campaigns and connections to Arkansas figures.
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Fagan
Monroe
Stone
MT. Memorial
Lizzie Cox
Fagan Cox
Stone Mountain
J. F. Fagan
Cox
Arkansas Gazette
James F. Fagan
Louisville
Arkansas Statehouse
Arkansas
Samuel Adams
Senate
Yell
Saline County
Mexico
First
Arkansas Infantry
Bvooks
Hawthorne
Windman’s Hill
Holmer
Shreveport
Banks
Mansfield
Pleasant Hill
Steele
Camden
Price
Missouri
Arkansas Cavalry
Multiple U S Market and Industry Briefs From New York and Seattle
Government wins a 2 970 334 98 judgment against Sloan Shipyard Anacortes Shipbuilding and Cachtel City Iron Works with 600 represented assets. Langley Cotton Mills offered for sale with inventories requested. Evie Railroad orders equipment worth 6 5 million and rebuilds. Brokers loans shrink market to about 1 65 billion. American Smelting lowers lead price to 6 85 cents. Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad control changes via Harriman and Tuttle purchase of stock from Metropolitan Life.
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Seattle
Wash
Shipping Board
Sloan Shipyard Corporation
Anacortes Shipbuilding Company
Cachtel City Iron Works
New York
Langley Cotton Mills
Langley
S. C
W. C.tangley
American Smelting and Refining Company
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad Company
W. A. Harriman and Company
Clarence E. Tuttle
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
McCoy Wins U S Marble Shooting Championship
Harlan McCoy of Columbia Ohio defeated 11 year old Sammy Schneider of St Louis in the final round to win the United States marble shooting championship at the national tournament in Atlantic City New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Harlan McCoy
Columbia
Ohio
United States
Sammy Schneider
Shootin’ Flash
St. Louis
Jones elected judge of twenty second district court
W Carruth Jones was elected judge of the twenty second judicial district to succeed H F Brunet. Jones won 2 155 votes against Dean R Tullis 1 097 and I D Wall 307. Bogalusa reports Coco investigation yields eight new witnesses in 1919 labor killing case and cites inability to prosecute a relative of Sam Williams. Evidence to be presented to Washington Pacific grand jury in Franklinton July 7. forty nine witnesses slated to be heard over two days.
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Paten Roure
W. Carruth Jones
Twenty-Second
Justicial District Court
H. F. Brunet
Supreme Bench
Jones
Dean R. Loulis
The
State University Law School
I. D. Wall
Dean Tullis
Mr. Wall
Bogalusa
Coco
Sam” Willams
Washington
Youthful inmates attempt escape by arson at detention home
Four juvenile detainees at the Shreveport detention home plotted an escape by fire. Trevsie Love, 9, claimed an excuse while Mary Duke, 9, Lily Duke, 7, and John Duke, 5, were recaptured trying to scale a rear fence. Mrs. Adams, the matron, interrupted the blaze using old newspapers and a blanket, and firefighters extinguished the minor fire with only trifling losses.
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Shreveport
Trevsie Love
Mary Duke
Lily Duke
John Duke
H. Adams
Fertilizer Dealers Agree on Eleven Grades to Aid Farmers
At a regional conference in Shreveport, fertilizer dealers from Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas agreed to limit recommended fertilizer grades to eleven from about six hundred. The move aims to cut costs for farmers by allowing more concentrated products and reducing shipping and hauling overhead.
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Shreveworl
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Terrest
United States
Boy From Lake Charles Missing After Tuesday Absence
Howard Derks, a year old son of Mr and Mrs HW Derks of Lake Charles La disappeared from the city after attending a business college Tuesday afternoon. No trace or reason for his disappearance has been learned and search efforts continue.
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Lake Charles
Howard Derks
HW. K. Derks
Mad
Rice Growers Elect Officers At Annual Meeting
H G Chalkley and E R Henry of Lake Charles were re elected president and secretary treasurer at the American Rice Growers Association annual meeting in Lake Charles on June 29 W W Dyson of Corpus Christi first vice president The executive committee includes A H Boyt D C Ritchie H W Dew J A Goodwin T T Mauritz A M Smith A R Sherer BP L Lawrence C J Winterman and 4 W Gardiner all from Texas Louisiana cities are represented in the slate
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Rice Growers
Lake Charier
Trustees
The
American Rice Growers Association
Thursda
H. G. Chalkley
E. R. Henry
Lake Charles
Serc Ary
Respectivly
W. W. Dyson
Fl Campo
Tex
A. H. Boyt
Beaumont
D. C. Ritchie
Jennings
Highway Officials Named to Preparation Committee
Louisiana and Mississippi highway leaders join FLBR arrangement panel as James Fourmy and H C Dietzer join T Peterman to organize the American Association of Highway Officials meeting in New Orleans December 4 to 6.
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Baton Rouge
Jane
Wilson T. Peterman
Louisiana Highway Commission
James M. Fourmy
H. C. Dietzer
Mississippi
FLBR
Impressive Funeral Services for General Booth
In New Orleans on June 29, funeral services honored General A. B. Booth adjutant general and chief of staff of the United Confederate Veterans and a Louisiana member of the Imperial Klonditium Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Fourteen robed Klansmen formed a living cross at the mortuary chapel, kneeling in prayer beside a six foot floral cross. Booth fell and fractured his knee cap weeks earlier and succumbed after pneumonia developed following hospital treatment.
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New Orleans
A. B. Booth
United Confederate Veterans
Louisiana
Imperial Klonditium
Knights of
Ku Klux Klan
Masonic Cemetery
General Booth
Cotton Futures Dip as Weather Improves and Reports Shape Market
New Orleans cotton prices slip modestly after private reports show mid 60s to 70% normal conditions. July and October futures ranged around 27.40 and 24.06 cents, with quotes fluctuating as market digestes crop conditions and cooler weather.
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New Orleans
Texas
Liverpool Cotton Spot and Futures Prices Report
Liverpool reports dull cotton spot market with steady prices for all grades. Good middling 14.77, low middling 16.27, sales at 7,000 including 6,000 Americans. futures close steady with July 15.22 and May 12.80. Noon official closing value 15.57.
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Liverpool
Wheat Prices Fall on Weak Demand and Harvest Conditions
Chicago reports ideal weather for winter wheat harvesting and favorable spring crop growth while foreign buyers show reluctance to chase higher prices. Opening levels slid and settled unsettled as corn and oats also weakened and hog price declines dragged down provisions.
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Chicago
Heall Ags
Hears
Atlantic
Grains Prices From St. Louis Market Report
June 29 market notes list wheat No. 3 red at 1.14 per bushel and No. 3 parlicky at 1.98, corn No. 2 white 88 and No. 2 yellow 86 1-2, oats No. 2 white 44 1-2 and No. 8 white 43 3-4.
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T. Louis Grain
St. Louis
Steel shares slump in heavy market selling
Publication in the financial district of unfavorable steel trade advices sparked heavy stock selling in New York today. Independent steel shares fell below their year’s previous lows, with weakness spreading to equipment and merchandising sectors.
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New York
Financial District
Market notes show broad support amid sector gains
The report notes solid buying interest in motors public utilities coppers sugars and rails with call money opening at 6 percent indicating liquidity and cautious optimism across sectors.
Foreign exchanges and cotton market notes
New York reports weak foreign quotations with varied rates for Britain, France, Germany and others, while call money remains strong. New Orleans notes a downshift in cotton values on weak stock markets and heavy rains, with October futures dipping under 24 cents and limited bullish factors ahead.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
K. E. Floweree and Co
New Orleans
South Central
Texas
Texans Weather Outlook and Cotton Market Forecast
L L Smith reports scattered rain in Texas with better outlook outside, while central and eastern areas see heavier showers and continued drought risk. World cotton supplies are low. traders expect Monday government forecast to influence prices, with 10.5 to 11 million bale ranges likely guiding market moves.
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L. L. Smith
Daily Cotton Letter
Texas
Mississippi River
Europe
U. S
New Orleans
New York Cotton Exchange
Washington
Dreuth
Texaa
Troops Stay On Duty as Walton Expected to Lift Martial Law
Oklahoma troops remained in Okmulgee County on June 29 as Governor Walton was expected to end martial law soon. Adjutant General Markham's arrival in Oklahoma City was seen as triggering the withdrawal, with officials hopeful all troops would be withdrawn by tomorrow.
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Okmulgee
Oklo
Okmulgee County
J. C. Walton
B. A. Markham
Oklahoma City
Death of Rabbi Meyer Triggers Rigorous San Francisco Probe
An autopsy disclosed poisons in the stomach of Rabbi Martin A. Meyer, leader of Temple Emmanuel, prompting a strict investigation into his death. Coroner Land stated no suspicion of suicide or foul play, but the finding required careful inquiry into the cause of death.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Martin A. Meyer
Meyer
Temple Emmanuel
Land
Standard Oil safety talks draw interest in Louisiana plant
Employees of the Standard Oil Co of Louisiana show strong interest in a safety campaign led by Chief Safety Engineer R. Bon sib and Mrs. Bonaid. The program uses picture slides and humorous readings to stress accident prevention and safe conduct at work.
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Standard Oil Co
Louisiana
R.8. Bonsib
Mre. Donsib
Temperature Descends Across Oklahoma Reports
Temperatures across Oklahoma fell to new lows for the date with Woodward recording the coldest minimum at 47 degrees. Other cities statewide posted lows generally in the 48 to 54 degree range according to United States Weather Bureau reports.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
United States Weather Bureau
Woodward
French extend occupation to Langen and Eschborn area
Coblenz June 29 The French broaden their hold in the Mayence bridgehead reaching Langen on the Darmstadt Frankfurt line eight miles south of Frankfort and Eschborn on the Frankfurt Kronberg line seven and a half miles northwest of Frankfort. The move serves as punishment for recent railroad sabotage.
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Associated
Prose
Governor Parker Urges Attending Citizens' Camps
Baton Rouge June 29 A proclamation by Governor Parker calls on young men of Louisiana to attend the citizens' military training camps in August.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louiasiana
Parker
Electrician Severely Burned In Laurel Wire Accident
L M Williams an electrician for Laurel Light and Railway Company was badly burned and shocked by live wires at about 10 80 this morning at Laurel Mississippi. He was hospitalized at Laurel General Hospital in critical condition this afternoon authorities said.
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Associated Press
Laurel, Miss
L. M. Williams
Laurel Light & Railway Company
Laurel General Hospital
Judge Awards 721812 to National City Bank in Lenders suit
Federal Judge Lindley directed a verdict for 721812 in favor of National City Bank of New York against Pan American Bank and Trust of New Orleans. The suit sought recovery of money paid to Hermano Barcellos a Rio de Janeiro merchant on a letter of credit issued by the New Orleans bank. Barcellos had turned over his interest in a shipload of Brazilian sugar to obtain the letter, and before the ship arrived sugar prices fell, causing a heavy loss for the bank.
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New York
Lindley
National City Bank of New York
Pan- American Bank and Trust Company of
New Orleans
Hermano Barcellos
Rio de Janeiro
Barcellos
New Oale
Volstead Vigilantes Claim Large State Role
In New Orleans on June 29 O. D. Jackson federal prohibition director says there are 1,500 Volstead Vigilantes in the state and about ninety percent of raids come from information supplied by the group. Nearly 50,000 gallons of liquor were seized in the past month.
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New Orleans
O. D. Jackson
News of Worlds Great Gas Area Carbon Plant Site Purchased
A major energy firm announced the acquisition of a carbon processing site in the gas region. The purchase signals expansion plans and potential new jobs for nearby communities. Officials expect integration within existing operations to accelerate production.
Cotton trade figures for week at Diverpool
Weekly cotton statistics show totals forwarded to mills 39 000 bales with American share 21 000. Stock reaches 474 000 with American 188 000. Imports total 25 000 including American 4 000. Exports 6 000 with American 3 000.
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Diverpool
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