Federal troops guard West Virginia hills amid miners clash
Reports from Charleston and Washington say troops disarmed men seizing a locomotive on the Chesapeake and Ohio line near Sharples. President Harding advocates government authority and seeks a conference to ease the strike with operators and miners. Troops arrive in Madison Boone county and Clothier district to quell belligerency on the Boone Logan boundary with several bands dispersing. five airplanes from Logan reportedly dropped bombs but caused no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan County
United States Army
Gompers
Associated Press
Charleston
Madison
Sharples
Little Coal River
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Washington
Harding
United States
West Virginia
Federation
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Presidentarding
Handholtz
Boone County
Boone-Logan
Maison
Clothier
Logan
U.S
Bloodhounds Trailing Negro In Homer Murder Case
F C Childers and his bloodhounds followed the suspect from Athens toward Homer after the Homer man W D Murrell was slain. The trail spanned fifteen miles over hills and swamps with no capture and the negro believed to be armed only with a dirk knife. Dozens searched the area as the fugitive fled toward Grandview Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Murrell
Homer
Grandview
Tex
Monroe
F. C. Childers
Athens
Firing Resumes From Kentucky Hills Into Tug River Area
Williamson reports that firing from the Kentucky hills along Tug river into West Virginia mining villages resumed this morning after a pause. The brief dispatched description notes continued shelling impacting nearby communities and heightening regional tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Williamson
Kentucky Hills
Tug River
West Virginia
Henry Ford Eyes Louisiana Gas Trade Expansion
Baton Rouge reports Henry Ford and associates showing interest in North Louisiana gas fields to feed Ford South projects if Muscle Shoals Leases go through. Success hinges on war department approval. plans include using Muscle Shoals power for industrial growth and high tension electricity across the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Henry Ford
North Louisiana
Ford
South
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Parker Sat
War Department
Frank I. Neville
Houston
Texas
Neville
Monroe Field
Premium North Louisiana Fair replica at Calhoun
The North Louis Fair Association plans a large Calhoun fair October 19 20 and 21. Corn exhibits include 10 to 100 ears and a 1 ear exhibit of ten bushels. Poultry show supervised by Myatt McClendon aims to field 300 birds with loaned coops from the Louisiana State Fair. Morehouse and Jackson parishes compete with Ouachita for premiums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun
North Louis Fair Association
B. M. Jackson
North
Louisiana
Solons to Attend Baton Rouge Special Session
Senator T. L. Hood and Representatives T. T. Webb and R. L. Prophit will depart Sunday night for Baton Rouge as the state general assembly convenes in a special session on Tuesday. Monroe representatives say they have no specific bills to push except Hood to introduce the Volstead measure.
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T. L. Hood
T. T. Webb
R. L. Prophit
Baton Rouge
General Assembly
Monroe
Hood
Expert to Speak on The New America at First Monroe Union
Baldwin W. Gause Christian Endeavor expert from Los Angeles will lecture at 8 p.m. Sunday at the First Presbyterian church in Monroe on The New America. The talk targets Monroe Ouachita youth, aiming to energize young citizens about their role in shaping the nation. Gause has lectured across the South since 1919, focusing on sociological topics and temperance advocacy with the Anti Saloon League. The event invites high school and college age youth from all denominations, plus others who wish to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin W. Gause
Christian Endeavor
Los Angeles
Cal
First Presbyterian Church
Monroe
Gause
America
South
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Louisiana
Anti-Saloon League of America
Atlanta
Anti- Saloon League of
Jackson
Ouachita
Presbyterian Church
Union Parish First Cotton Bale Sold in 1921
L. J. Jarmon and Company of Marion sold the first bale of Union parish 1921 cotton for fifteen cents per pound. The sale marks the opening of the season for the local cotton crop with the bale priced at fourpence per pound equivalent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Jarmon & Bro
Marion
Union — Parish
Ladies to Exhibit at North Louisiana Fair in Calhoun
Representatives named for the Ladies Division of the North Louisiana Fair Association to be held October 19 20 and 21 at the Louisiana Experimental Station Calhoun. The board announced directors and superintendents for divisions including textiles culinary children adult canned goods flowers schools and more with Mrs J F E Bryan as director and Mrs Maude Roberts as superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Louisiana Fair Association
Louisiana Experimental Station
Calhoun
The
Fair Association
J. F E. Bryan
N. E. Calhoun
Sidney Stewart
May Carlton
T. Watson
Maude Wright
Maude Roberts
Homer Hale
Jewell McQuiller
J. L. Heath
Flowers
L.ef. Peevy
A. W.breedon
Willis Williams
W. J. Hodge
Bumper Crop of Parties Coming
Farmers in Ouachita and nearby northeastern Louisiana parishes convert abandoned tenant houses into storage facilities to safeguard a potentially double-sized sweet potato crop. With expectations high, hundreds of thousands of bushels may rot in fields unless proper storage is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita
Louisiana
Monroe Labor Crafts Ready for Big Labor Day Parade
Monroe organized labor groups plan a Labor Day parade at 10 a.m. Monday, followed by races and athletic events at Forsythe Park and the river front pool. West Monroe and Clarks mix baseball at Forsythe Park that afternoon. prizes include a $50 float prize, bicycle and cash rewards, and gifts from local merchants.
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Monroe
West Monroe and
Clarks
Forsythe Park
Organized Labor of
Forysthe Park
Court Square
Grand Street
DeSiard Street
Sixth Street
Grammont Street
Catalpa Street
DeSiard
St. John Streets
Riverfront
J. L. Singhal Bike Shop
Royal Confectionery
L. A. Powers
Bradley Hardware Co
Missouri Pacific Brotherhold Railway
Carmen of America
Vicksburg
Shreveport and Pacific
Missouri Pacific
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Mountain State
Negro
Louisiana Gas Trade
Solons
Capital
Weaks Supply CO
C. E
LAW
ORDER
UNION
Labor Day
Rev
Wallace Clift
First Presbyterian
China
Miss Summie Clark
West Monroe
Presbyterian
Epworth League
First Baptist Church
Eveni
Wexler’s
Metropolitan Cafe
South Grand Street
Court House Square
Central Savings Bank & Trust Co
Ouachita National Bank
Louisiana Savings Bank & Trust Co
West Monroe Branch
Central Savings Bank
the Southern Grocer Co
Monroe. Grocer Co., Ltd
Sugar Bros., Ltd
Phillips and Armstrong
Mission OF Church
Lafayette
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