British Protectorate Abolished in Egypt Proclaimed Independent State
A Cairo dispatch reports Field Marshal Allenby proclaims the British protectorate of Egypt abolished and a sovereign state established with provisional status quo for defense and imperial communications. Egyptians discuss a broad boycott of English goods, banks, schools, and cotton exports as nationalist tactics spread.
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Egypt
Free State
Cairo
Sudan
Paris
Cairy
Allenby
India
Lancashire
Birmingham
Native Bar Association
United States
England
Effendi
Moore’s Invisible Track Way Road Tested in Ouachita Parish
Heavy rains halt work on the new highway system in Ouachita parish as engineers test Stuart B. Moore’s reinforced concrete dual-track road for wheel support. The design aims to reduce maintenance costs and improve durability, with sections laid on the Monroe and Columbia road south of city limits. The plan includes drainage features and raised shoulders for wet weather safety. The project, authorized by the parish jury, seeks to prove a cheaper rural road solution amid weather delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Moore
Stuart B. Moore
Houston
Allantic Lines
Southern Pacific Railroad
Monroe and
Columbia Road
Taxation concerns voiced at Monroe Kiwanis luncheon
Senator Hood and Attorney McHenry voiced the seriousness of Louisiana taxes at the Monroe Kiwanis Club meeting. They discussed exemptions for industrial plants, local tax burdens, and the need for economical administration while noting Ouachita Parish pressures. Dr J F Walsworth spoke on influenza, its waves, and historical impact. Major FE Graves spoke on community service as music provided by Mrs. George C Love and Miss Kate Boyce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Senator Hood
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
T. L. Hood
C. H. McHenry
Hood
Chamber of Commerce
McHenry
Ouachita
Monroe
Mrr. McHenry
Louisiana Tax Commission
J. F. Walsworth
Walsworth
Kiwanis Club
United States
FE. W. Graves
George C. Love
Kate Boyce
Prosperity Returns Say Bank Official From Monroe
A. K. Kilpatrick cashier of Louisiana Savings Bank and Trust Co in Monroe returns from St. Louis saying business is flourishing and normal times have arrived. He notes Harding’s merchant marine subsidy plans were eclipsed in London by Princess Mary’s wedding coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Kilpatrick
Louisiana Savings Bank and Trust Co
Monroe
St. Louis
London
Harding
Bastrop approves 45000 bond for power water plant
Taxpayers in Bastrop vote in a special election to approve a 45000 bond for a combined electric light and power and water works plant in Morehouse capital. No votes were cast against the measure and officials will start construction including water mains and artesian wells. Fred Stovall of Stovall Company reported the result in Monroe.
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Bastrop
Morehouse
Fred Stovall
Stovall
Monroe
Mr. Stovall
Ku Klux Klan Denies Whippings In Ouachita Parish
Ouachita authorities say Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have not worked on any individual in Ouachita parish since its formation a year ago. Rumors of hooded figures abducting and whipping residents near Monroe are denied by officials and a Klansman, who says many individuals ought to be worked on but have not yet been reached. The paper notes rumors persist but cites no substantiation and urges readers to report suspected cases by telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Ouachita Parish
Swayze Plant Leases Local Building For Five Years
Drs. James Q. Graves and Jesse L. Adams lease the lower floor at 137 DeSiard Street to M. D. Swayze for five years starting July 1 1924 at 1450 dollars total or 200 monthly first year 225 second year 250 third year and 275 fourth year per month. Five men rob Palm Olive payroll clerk William Ormsby in Milwaukee of 19000 dollars.
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James Q. Graves
Jesse L. Adams
M. D. Swayzes
DeSiard Street
Milwaukee
Wis
William Ormsby
The
Palm Olive Co
Trains Stuck in Snow Across Kansas as Winds Rise
Snow blankets northern Arkansas and western states with telegraph lines out of service in Little Rock north. A cold wave threatens the Deep South with snow in northern Louisiana and Mississippi as a disturbance moves northwestward.
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Little Rod
Ark
Little Rock North
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Southwest Faces Blazing Snowstorm Across Kansas
Kansas City March 1 The southwest endures a continuing snowstorm with blizzard proportions in many areas. High winds and low temperatures hamper travel as trains are stuck in snowdrifts across south central and southeastern Kansas. Sleet and snow cause wire outages in parts of Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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Kansas City
Mar
Kansas
Southwest
Tersas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Doctor Loses Trousers and Biscuits in Home Burglary
Sometime last night Dr. M. J. Massengill of Sixth and Wood streets was burgled. A thief stole his trousers a pocket knife and $2.06 from the dining room area and ate a cold beef roast and biscuits left on the table. One spoon may be missing. silverware mostly remained. The kitchen door was left unlocked. upper floor slept through the incident. In New York pressmen canceled printing for wage arbitration, citing Judge Manton.
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M. J. Massengill
Sixth
Wood Streets
House Debates Sales Tax and Bonus Bill Without Financing
Washington March 1 leaders of the house and the republican ways and means committee moved to report a bonus bill with no financing provisions. President Harding warned of a veto and a ten day delay was set to postpone the measure as factions mobilize for a caucus to force reporting the bill.
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Washington
Mar
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mondell
Fordney
Harding
Veterans’ Bloc
Ways and Means
Longworth
Ohio
Bacharach
New Jersey
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Congress
Republican House
Treasury
Th Capitol
MacNider
White House
Col
Hanford MacNider
American Legion
John Thomas Taylor
Legion
Colonel MacNider
Monroe gas field line shows improving business and trade
Supt. Fowler reports better business on the Arkansas and Louisiana Mississippi railway between Monroe and Crossett Arkansas. Lumber shipments from Frost Johnson and Union Saw Mill at Hut tig and Crossett Lumber Co. at Crossett are up as mills operate full time. The railroad eyes new equipment and foresees a return to normal activity this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri
Crogsett
Ark
Supt
Fowler
Frost-Johnson Lumber Company
Union Saw Mill Co
Huttig
Crossett Lumber Co
Crossett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tennessee Agricultural Industrial Institute
Nashville
Veteran Bureau
Bank
Wees
Swayze Plant
Texas
Associated Press
Mississippi River
New York
Manton
United States Court of Appeals
Elks Club
Ivey A. Faulk
Friends of Bonus
Riveria
Weaks Supply Co
Stonewall Lodge
Bank of Knight
Seegaade Taal
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