Vigilantes Clean Smackover After Creek Battle
Hundreds invaded Smackover Arkansas as white robed vigilantes cleared the town of gamblers and barrel house figures. One man was killed and another tarred and feathered in a clash along Smackover Creek. Wires were cut and information scarce as El Dorado reports limited details.
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Smackover Creek
Ouachita County
Arkansas
Smackover
Monroe
el Dorado
Floyd Miller
el Dorado Tribune
Dorado
Slim” Sanders
el Dorado Undertaking Establishment
Monroe City Sees Panoramic Pageant Of Founder History
Forsythe park hosts a Monroe history pageant with over a thousand participants celebrating the city’s centennial era since 1785 founder Don Juan Filhiol. The piece notes monuments and relics in local homes, and laments few landmarks remain naming the founder after a century.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Forsythe Park
Don Juan Filhiol
Ouachita
Te Daughters of the Republic
J. B. Filhiol
Monroe Pageant Opens Promptly At Two Today
Home Coming celebration in Monroe showcases the historic Don Juan's Dream pageant depicting Ouachita through the parishes of Morehouse Union Richland Lincoln Jackson Caldwell. About 3,000 participants and thousands of spectators from Louisiana gather for the Mardi Gras era event led by the Monroe Community Service with the Knights of Pythias band providing the music.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Ouachita
Morehouse
Union
Richland
Lincoln
Jackson
Caldwell
Don Juan
Bastrop
Mel Rouge
Rayville
Claris
Columbia
Calhoun
Knights of Pythias
Winniford
Forsythe Affair Pageant Entrants and Sponsors Listed
Cast lists for a Forsythe pageant outline entrants in order of entrance with sponsors and groups. Prelude Heralds include Alice Washburn Elizabeth Hopson Bess Based and others while additional roles cover Spirit of Progress Queen Train Bearers Maids of Honor and numerous community and school groupings with names such as Miss Ruth Washburn W. D. Anders J. J. Burroughs and many local clubs and schools. The item also notes a separate arrest record about Mrs. Alice Shields released on liberty after jail time in Volusia county.
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Alice Washburn
Elizabeth Hopson
Bess
Helen Allen
Felix Terzia
Ruth Washburn
Morris Haas
Cramer Haas
Dorothy Taylor
Bastrop
Mildred Howell
Met Rouge
Margaret Mecom
Columbia
Lillian Bryn
Calhoun
Lucille Helm
Rayville
Josephine LeBaum
Monroe
Pauline Rolleigh
Mary Belle Simonton
Irene Simms
Roselyn Lieber
Edns Mae Whitford
Spirit of Grey Mass
Armadine Renaud
Flowers of Louisiana
City
Henry
Smith
Parish
Morgan
Southside
Leigh
Bynum
Georgia Tucker
Hammock
Cook
West Monroe
Simonton
Robinett
St. Hyacinth Academy
Carpenters Union
B. C. Velderl
Eastern Stars
Legion
Tribe of Indians
Monroe Boy Scouts
Bastrop High School
Columbia High School
Calhoun Grade School
Don Juan Filhiol
Robert M. Breard
Joseph, de LaBaum
Robert BK. Blanks
Charles Francois Adrienne de Paulner
P. M. Gayle
Jean Poiret
John R. Humble
the Marquis de
Southern Carbon Co. Bottles Gas at Fee No. 15 Well
The Southern Carbon Company's Fee No. 15 well in section 21-19-5 east produced 30,090,000 cubic feet of gas daily in tests by the department of conservation. This marks a second large well near Swartz after Fee No. 9. The Stovall Drilling Co. of Monroe drilled the new well, which will be capped as plants are already supplied.
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Southern Carbon Company
East
Smeee Cattiiadl
Department of Conservation
Southern Carbon Co
Swartz
Stovall Drilling Co
Monroe
Monroe Pageant of History Opens With Prologue I
The pageant begins with the Spirit of Progress and scenes from early Louisiana history. Redmen gather for worship, explorers arrive, French traders dance, Don Juan Filhiol and settlers mark Fort Mire, and Louisiana joins the United States amid a celebratory tableau. Prologue II promises further historical vignettes as the years advance.
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Louisiana
Don Juan Filhiol
Fort Mire
United States
New Il
Greek Generals Arrested Amid Trial for Revolt
London via Associated Press reports Greek Generals Papoulas and Dousmanis arrested in Athens along with other prominent figures. Dousmanis, former chief of staff and army commander, linked to failed defense against Turkish advances and prior prison trials. Six cabinet members executed earlier, including Theotokis and Baltazzis, with vivid farewell actions described.
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Associated Press
London
Reuter
Athens
Papoulas
Dousmanis
Valetets
V. Doumanis
Greece
Constantinople
Gounaris
Stratos
Theotokis
Baltazzis
Gournaris
Protopapadakis
Hadianastis
Averoff
Freedom is Granted to Lloyd and Associates in Illinois clemency
Governor Len Small commuted the sentences of William Bress Lloyd and fifteen associates for violating the Illinois Anti Syndicalism act. Lloyd and six others freed from Joliet penitentiary after eight days. nine jailed men released three hours later. Lloyd praised prison life, while Dr. C J Brown died earlier, with clemency extending to most except two who declined or could not surrender.
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Chicago
William Bress Lloyd
Liberty
Len Small
Lloyd
Joliet
Limosine
Small
Orrin N. Carter
L. K. Batterfield
Russia
C. J. Brown
Socialist Party
Ilinois
Monroe Fire Chief Details 1922 Losses and Fire Safety Gains
Chief Frank J. Roddy of the Monroe Fire Department reports 1922 fire losses at about 330000, down from 200000 the prior year, thanks to a 40000 dollar annual fire fighting system upgrade and brave crews. The department, dating to 1916, operates 21 new alarm boxes cutting losses by half, with 22 personnel across day and night shifts. Over 2000 residences were inspected this year for fire hazards as Roddy envisions a fully protected city with boxes, hydrants, and frequent inspections.
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Monroe
Frank Roddy
Monroe Fire Department
Roddy
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Smackover Field
Eva Bradford
Forsythe Affair
Iel
Monroe Firemen
Gavotte
St. Hyacinth’s Academy
Marshall Johmson
Hudson House
Business Women's Club
Julia Wossman
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Mothers’ Club
T. H. McMillan
City High
Thelma DeGraffenried
West Monroe Methodist Church
Phillip Chauvin
Dorothy Renaud
Evelyn Manghatin
Lucille Patton
Elizabeth McGuire
F. M. Hill
George Love
Mary Louise Boyd
Josephine Hanna
C. W. Phillips
Joe Biedenharn
Marshall Johnson
Frank Bell
W. P. Renwick
Herman’ Eady
R. F. Courtney
Carl K. White
Lucette Renaud
Red Cross
Evelina Renaud
Ouachita Parish
Jack Hayes
City High School
Miss Patton
F. L. Watts
Tuberculosis League
W. C. Beethold
Pauline Clarke
Carolyn Stubbs
Mary Belle
Haruff
Southern
Spirit of Progress
Mother Earth
Venizelos
Weaks Supply Co
Genasco Roofing
Chas. Saxe
the American Legion
Teen
Louisiana Training Institute
Frank J. Roddy
Chase-Amman Drug CO
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