Royal Bulgarian Couple Married in Holy Bulgarian Faith
King Boris and Queen Ivana of Bulgaria wed in Sofia at Nevski Cathedral in the Bulgarian rite. Reports say a gunman fired on the royal train near Philipopoulos as it returned from Italy, wounding one guard and causing minor damage. The incident occurred amid regional unrest in Macedonia with ongoing terrorist activity. Bulgarian police had prior warnings of a planned assassination by Russian communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tageblatt
Russia
Boris
Italy
London
Sofia
Giovanna
Aapiewee
Bulgaria
Manole
Philipoppilis
Royal Guards
Macedonian
Macedonia
Ivana
Neveky
Snow and frost hit Tennessee and Gulf Coast regions
The cold wave brings light snow to portions of Tennessee and heavy frost down to the Gulf coast. Temperatures dip near freezing with Memphis Knoxville Elizabethton Nashville and Chattanooga noted among the affected areas. Snow flurries reported morning hours and a 33.4 reading in Chattanooga with 30 expected tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Gulf Coast
Associated Press
South
Memphis
Tenn
Knoxville
Elabethton
Nashville
Chattanooga
Newspapers to Rally Memphis Business Confidence
A Memphis campaign plans daily newspaper stories to boost buying and confidence after a meeting of business leaders and service clubs. Chamber of commerce president R L Jordan says publicity with actual trading facts will preserve conditions, while bank officials note strong local banking despite reports of poor business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Get
R. L. Jordan
Chamber of Ecommerce
J. L. Kennedy
Memphis Clearing House Association
Two Women Injured in Fifth and Bres Intersection Crash
Two women were hurt when their cars crashed at Fifth and Bres streets just before 11 this morning. Mrs. Fudickar and Mrs. Yates were taken to St Francis sanitarium where neither appeared seriously injured. Mrs. Fudickar had a head blow and was shaken and shocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth and
Bres Streets
Fred Fpudickar
Riverside
Y. B. Yates
Louisville Avenue
St. Francis Sanitarium
Fudickar
Southern farmers forecast buyer's strike over fertilizer costs
Mississippi agriculture commissioner J. C. Holton warned a buyer's strike by farmers across the South if fertilizer prices are not cut to align with low cotton prices. He cited unchanged fertilizer costs at nine and sixteen cent cotton levels and urged a November meeting of southern commissioners with the National Fertilizer Association in Atlanta to seek price reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Py Associated Press
Jackson, Miss
South
J. C. Holton
Mississippi
Holton
Commissioner Holton
All Southern
National Fertilizer Association
Atlanta
Unemployment Briefs From Washington to Cleveland
The Navy set to build public works and utilities worth 14 million dollars as contracts are awarded. Erie Railroad plans 30 million dollar investments this year to spur recovery. Youghingheny and Ohio Coal resumes at Enterprise mine with 200 jobs and 1500 tons daily output. Cleveland Railway announces wage cuts for 2,575 workers to support 728 extra hires and protect reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Enterprise
Youghingheny and Ohio Coal Company
G. L. Robinson
Cleveland
Robinson
Cleveland Railway Company
Patterson Wins Fiddlers Contest At State Fair
Shreveport musician S R Patterson won the old fiddlers contest with competitors from Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas and Texas. T E Schooner of Shreveport was second and Sam Watson of Joaquin Texas third. In the under fifty division Joe Martin blind musician of Belcher La was champion with E Thacker Center Texas second and H B Wilkerson Shreveport third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
S. R. Patterson
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
T. E. Schooner
Sam Watson
Joaquin
Joe Martin
Belcher
E. Thacker
Center
H. B. Wilkerson
Premature Hunter Arrested for Bragging About Ducks
New Orleans Oct 21 Sheldon LaCoste boasted of 15 ducks and 22 poule d eau near Morgan City. He joyfully showed his catch to passersby who were conservation officers and arrested him. Three other hunters who rushed into the marshes to ambush birds were also arrested. their ducks were given to charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Sheldon LaCoste
Morgan City
Drought Costs Mississippi Farmers Fifty Million Dollars
Mississippi farmers face about 50 million dollars in losses from a prolonged drought reports the state agriculture department. Cotton losses total 15.3 million as the 1930 crop falls 255000 bales. corn yield down 13 million. sweet potatoes off 4 million bushels valued at 4 million. Hay and cane syrup declines add 6 million, and sorghum drops 900000 gallons. Dairy shows slight recovery.
Death Strikes Twice in Night in New Orleans Family
In New Orleans on October 31 death struck twice at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Gerdes on Jackson avenue. Both parents died five hours apart from heart attacks after the husband collapsed in the afternoon and the wife soon followed. The couple will be buried in Greenwood cemetery. They are survived by one son and three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Orleans
William Gerdes
Jackson Avenue
Hambone's Meditations Satirical Poem by J P Alley
A humorous piece titled Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley uses a rural dialect voice to critique racial bias and social norms. It features a narrator named Pat White Man and a cantankerous pointer about a bull-dawg and houn' dog imagery. The tone is comic and reflective of regional speech.
Flames Destroy Oak Grove Bank Building in Louisiana
Firemen from four neighboring towns battled a blaze that destroyed the two story First National Bank building in Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish. Loss estimated at 35000 dollars. a telephone operator remained at her post to send help. The fire began in a dentist office around 8 am with unknown origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Oak Grove
West Carroll Parish
Franie Gallenhouse
Longshoremen at Texas ports begin strike over wage row
About 3,000 longshoremen at Galveston Houston Corpus Christi and Texas City were ordered off the job after a wage dispute. A temporary agreement allows general cargo loading to continue. The strike centers on Sykes Brothers vessels in the West Indies and Cuba trade with crews seeking 80 cents an hour versus 65. The clash hinges on whether Lykes ships were included in the contract negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Houston
Corpus Christi
Texas City
Sykes Brothers
West Indies
Cuba
Lykes
Fire destroys five business houses in Marietta
A $250000 fire in Marietta Georgia started near 2 a.m. and threatened downtown. Five buildings burned before Atlanta fire units arrived and gained control by 6 a.m. Mayor Tom Brumby appealed for aid as flames spread from a single store to three others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Tom Brumby
Atlanta Fire Department
Atlanta Fire
Hoover Receives Duck Hunt Invitation From Louisiana Senator
President Hoover was invited by Senator Broussard of Louisiana to attend a Delta Duck club duck hunt at the Mississippi mouth in winter. He said he did not know if he could accept the invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Broussard
Louisiana
Delta Duck Club
Mississippi
Retirement Reflections From Monroe Newspaper Chronicle
In 38 years in Monroe and Northeast Louisiana the author reflects on faithful service to the people and the region. He salutes friends, calls themselves lifelong chronicles of local progress, and looks forward to future conquests while remaining on the sidelines of newsroom duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
West Monroe
Louisiana
Hijacker Slain by Cop in Pine Bluff Ark
Lewis Hawkins alias Jones, a negro hijacker in Pine Bluff, with two accomplices robbed a filling station. Cleve Huffstutler, a motorcycle officer, shot Hawkins after the trio fled, halt at a stop signal. Johnson escaped. Otis Hawkins was captured. The officer did not know of the robbery at the time of the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff
Ark
Lewis Hawkins
Jones
Sam Johnson
Cleve Huffstutter
Huffstutler
Lewis
Otis Hawkins
Johnson
Organized Jobless Rally Demands City Relief in St Louis
Unemployed men in St Louis gathered at city hall to press for 10 million dollars in job creation and free lunches and streetcar rides. Mayor Miller met with 200 business leaders seeking 200 thousand dollars to ease unemployment. No arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Victor Miller
Monroe Becomes Central Cotton Handling Point
Monroe is designated as the Northeast Louisiana concentration site for cotton handling by the Louisiana Farm Bureau Growers Association. The local compress will equalize pressing storage and insurance rates with New Orleans and will compress and store cotton until sale, with a six month holding period if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Louisiana
Louisiana Farm Bureau Cotton ‘Growers’ Association
M. S. Dixon
New Orleans
Six New Orleans Banks Cut Interest Rates to Three Percent
Six New Orleans banks announced a rate cut on time and savings deposits to 3 percent, effective January 1, from previous rates of 3 1/2 to 4 percent. The banks blamed lower high grade investment returns and reduced yields on securities for the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Man Woman and Child Die in Crossing Crash
Three people died when a motor car was struck by a northbound M. E. T. train at a grade crossing half a mile south of Moran Kansas on October 31. The victims were a man and a woman about 25 and a child about 5. A letter addressed to W. E. Hamby of Texarkana, Arkansas was found in the man's clothing. The driver’s vision may have been obscured by curtains.
Wild gusher threatens Oklahoma City business district
A No. 1 C. E. Stout gusher near downtown Oklahoma City spouted oil and gas causing traffic stoppage. National guardsmen and city firemen, with expert well workers, were mobilized to contain the blaze and protect lives and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
C. E. Stout
Morgen gusher in Oklahoma City threatens citywide area
Gas and oil sprayed over Oklahoma City from the Morgen gusher create the worst menace in the South Oklahoma City field. The danger zone covers a quarter mile around the well, halting railroad service and closing six schools affecting 2,500 children while 75 nearby drilling wells shut down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Natural Gas Company
Sailor Prefers Death to Life Without N. O. Lassie
New Orleans October 31 A pistol misfire saved senior border patrol inspector William J. Raimond from an attack by Thomas Crowley a 30 year old seaman sought for deportation Crowley who wanted to marry Hazel the New Orleans girl swallowed liquor and fainted amid a failed gun attempt Raimond subdued him with a blackjack and Crowley was returned to custody likely bound for England without Hazel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
William J. Raimond
Border Patrol
Thomas Crowley
Raimond
Marine Hospital
Crowley
England
Hazel
Cordiff
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iece Mead
United Press
Earl Yocum
Galva
Ann
U.S
Kewanee, Ill
Galvabanker
New York
Charles E. Denney
Erie Railroad
The
Erie
R. Patterson
Caddo
Fy Associated Press
Miss
Jackson
State Department of Ag
Riculture
Orleans
Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Pat White Man
Kunil Bob
Bel Syndicate, Inc
BANK
Telehone
Farm Bureau
Mary Sudie
National
Mitted
Sailor
N. O
Lassie
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!