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Image 1 of The Caldwell watchman (Columbia, La.), March 6, 1914

Uat_6IZtite IW Ea urna VOL XXVIII COLLTiMBLV LA UWDAY MAJWII 6 1914 NO 11 INTERYENTION NOT DES1RlBLE BUT PRESIDENT WILSON R ALIZ ES THAT GOVERNMENT Y SE FORCED TO ADOPT I SITUATION GROWING GRAVE Determination First to Exhaust Every Peaceful Means for Peace in the WarRidden Republic Western Newssper Union News Service WashingtonPresident Wilson re vealed to those who discussed Mexi can affairs withhim that he realizes the gravity of the situation growing out of the killing td William S Benton a British subject the reported murder of Gustave Bauch and Clemente Va gara American citizens and Gener Carranzas denial of the right of the United States to look after the inter ests of foreigners in Mexico The presldent spoke deploringly of armed intervention but at the same time he referred to the size and power of a country like the United States as being sufficient warrant for a calm and patient course while complian3e with the American demands is being sought Callers came away impressed with the idea that the president is determined to try every peaceful means at his disposal to solve the Mexican problem but that he realizes that a drastic course may become ne cessary He

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Image 1 of The Caldwell watchman (Columbia, La.), January 23, 1914

VOL XXV III COLUMBIA LA FRIDAY JANUAIRY 23 1914 NO 5 TO SATE COTTON GROWERS MILLIONS THIS IS OBJECT OF BILL INTRO DUCED IN HOUSE BY CON GRESSMAN LEVER WOULD DETERMINE GRADES Appropriation Asked to Provide for Investigation and Spreading of Information Among Farmers Westrn Newspaper IIton News Scrvice WashingtonThe saving of mil lions of dollars now lost annually by cotton farmers and small manufactur ers is the object of a bill which Rep resentative Lever of South Carolina chairman of the house committee on agriculture has introduced The measure would appropriate 50000 to be used by the secretary of agricul ture in determining relative spinning values of the different grades of cot ton as already standardized by law and for demonstrating the results of this word to producers and consumers of cotton The department of agriculture al ready has standardized the nine grades of cotton and is concluding its first investigation for testing the waste tensile strength and bleaching qualf ties of these grades The house committee on agriculture has been advised that Texas alone is losing 40000000 because neither buy ers nor sellers have any appreciation of the value of this years offcolor cotton in that state Buyers

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Image 1 of The Caldwell watchman (Columbia, La.), January 16, 1914

li _ Utkhma VOL XXVIII COLUMBIA LA FRIDAY JASNUAIY 16 1914 RANTITRUST LW S ARE FORMULATED PROGRAM FOR LEGISLATION OUT LINED BY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE WILSON TO PASS UPON IT President Is Expected to Give Ap proval to Several Drastic Meas ures That Are Proposed Wentern Newspaper U nion Nw Srv WashingtonA general outline or tentative draft of the intitrust legis lation prepared by majority members of the house Committee on the Judi ciary fir action by the full committee subject to a conference with President Wilson has become known While members of the committee REF talked with the president some weeks on ago the proposed bills so far as known a me have not the administration stamp and which they will be discussed at a confer lation ence between the president and the and h committeemen The bills drafted af which ter conference between Chairman Clayton Carlin of Virginia Floyd of tABA Arkansas McCoy of New Jersey and L others cover these Three points 1 Interlocking directorates 2 Trade relations and prices 3 Injunction proceedings and dam T age suits by individuals In every case President Wilsons idea of providing penalties for indi west viduals as well as for corporations

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Image 1 of The Caldwell watchman (Columbia, La.), January 9, 1914

VOL XXVIII COLUMBIA L RIDAY JANUAUY1 91 1914 O HOUSE OF MORGAN Sr AU5ES UPHEAVAL GREAT NEW YORK BANKING CON CERN WITHDRAWS FROM MANY CORPORATIONS IS BIG CHANGE IN POLICY Action Is Believed to Mark Passing of System of Interlocking Directorates Wetern NewsDpaper Union News Service New YorkThe withdrawal of J P Morgan Company from more than a score of great corporations anl the statement shortly afterward by Geo F Baker an almost equally dominant figure in American finance that he soon will take similar action gave Wall street a thrill that almost broeght trading on the stock exchange to a halt Mr Morgan departing from his firms traditional policy of silence made a public statement announcing the withdrawal of five members of J P Morgan Company from director ships in 27 corporations and the inten tion to withdraw from more Sees Change in Public Sentiment The necessity of attending many board meetings Mr Morgan said has been so serious a burden upon our time that we have long wished to withdraw from the directorates of many corporations Most of these directorships we have accepted with reluctance and only because wo felt constrained to keep in touch with properties which

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Image 1 of The Caldwell watchman (Columbia, La.), December 12, 1913

VOL MVII COLUMBIA LA FRIDAY DECEMIBE 12 11913 ENGLA 0 TR 0 STOEI i CABINET ORDERS IMPORTATION OF ARMS INTO ARELAND STOPPE SEEKS TO SECURE f E Ulster Leaders Declare However That Asquiths LEfforts at Conciliation Came too Late Weetern Newspaper Union News S rvirc LondonThe British cabinet by a royal proclamation prohibiting the im portation of arms and ammunition into Ireland for the first time grasped the nettle of the revolution in Ulster which it had hitherto ignored alhough the followers of Sir Edward Carson for months have been advertising their military preparations in every possi ble way and daring interference with them Almost at the time of publication of the proclamation Premier Asquith made the longest step toward the con ciliation of Ullterites that the govern ment has taken announcing his ac ceptance of the principles of a basis of agreement which Sir Edward Car son suggested in his last speech Demands of Ulsterites These principles are FirstThat the settlement must not be humiliat ing or degrading to Ulster second Ulsters treatment must not be differ ent or exceptional from that meted ont to the other parts of he United Kingdom third Ulster must retain full protection of

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Image 1 of The Caldwell watchman (Columbia, La.), November 7, 1913

bL I4WweiI SalBA rFDh VOL XXVII COLUMBIA LA FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7 1913 NO 46 US ASKS HUERTA TO RESIGN THE MEXICAN PRESIDENCY ASHINGTON SAYS REGIME MUST END BLANQUET OR ANY HUERTA SUP PORTER IS BARRED FROM OFFICE NOTIFY ALL FOREIGN NATIONS Mexican Officials Slow In Replying to UltimatumAwaiting De velopments Western Newspnper Union News Sry Ice Mexico CityPresident cluerta has been told he must resign the presi dency of Mexico without loss of time and that he must not leave his succes sor General Auereliano Blanquet his minister of war or any other mem ber of his official family or of the un official coterie whom he might be ex pected to control This ultimatum from Washington was conveyed to President Huerta through his private secretary Senor Rabago by Nelson OShaughnessy the American charge daffalrs acting un der instructions from the State Depart ment Senor Rabago presented the memo randum to his chief late Sunday but up to Tuesday President Huerta had returned no answer and as far as could be learned had guarded its cen tents from almost all of his official and intimate counsellors Those who learned of the Washing ton note regard General Huertas po sition as

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Image 3 of The true Democrat (Bayou Sara [La.]), December 7, 1912

PERSONAL BUT POLITE E S Quinn is here this week Mrs George H Wilcox has been quite ill this week with grippe Miss Edwina Raynham leaves to night for the State Normal W P Craddock was here Sunday for the day Miss Lily Mims of New Orleans is a isitor at the Rectory Miss Irene Wadsworth spent the weekend4 in Jackson Miss Jessie Ball was the weekend guest of Misses Mary and Lily Too raen Miss Helen Johnson spent the weekend with Miss Lenora Mahoney at Forest Cadet Edward Newsham and guest Cadet Roberts left Monday for L S U Miss Belle Lawrason is a guest at Judge Lawrasons to remain till after Christmas Miss Amelia Barrow returned Thurs day from a visit to relatives in New Orleans Mr and Mrs J P Newsham have returned from a stay of several days in New Orleans Mr and Mrs F B Dennett had as their guest Mr Diebokl of the U S ship Kansas last week Dr Cusachs of New Orleans is the guest of Mr and Mrs E G Westmorland Mrs M C Forrester returned Thursday from Clinton where she has been visiting relatives for sever al months Ruffln Barrow

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Image 2 of The Bossier banner (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.), August 13, 1908

IfIf Oi SV Zi îj BANNER VV H SCANLAND Editor and Proprietor 11IITDCn4V rri CT n 1908 1 __ ______ T I DEMOCRATIC TICKET for president William J Bryan of Nebraska for vicepresident John W Kern of Indiana JOHN T mNOKFS FOURTH DISTRICT WATKINS of Webster Parish FOR DISTRICT JUDGE K C DREW of Webster Parish FOR rnSRRICT ATTORNEY JOHN X SANDLIN of Webster Parish MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARD W E CONNELL for Ward One X w SENTELL for Ward Three L C HIGGS forWard Six announcements i 1 I j I t Ilento School anoiiio fi of the school Board irom ward two Mijet I th i um of th Democratic party VO a aiiirirlzed to announce Mr J M HENDERSON liVH It imiIllal tor lwml srrd fward j sbjici to the ac tion ot the Democratic party ll h COUNTRY NEWSPAPER j hy the editor of the Banner and read by Mr fmrid iMtsidcnt of the Louisiana Press As oftun asked What is News Pap rpri jocitin I Ditrn R Kach man answers it according to his way of thinking What one thinks is news mother condems as nonsense My answer is News is Something Worth Telling nil

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Image 2 of The Colfax chronicle (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.), April 27, 1907

The Chronicle COLFAX LOUISIANA Inpure Air The importance of ventilation and of i constant supply of fresh air in liv Ingrooms and wherever man abides whether sleeping or waking has often peen mentioned in these columns Without air life is impossible and un lets that air be moderately pure health cannot be maintained although it is astonishing and a proof of the wonderful adaptation of living beings to their environment to note how great an amount of impure air can be endured with seeming impunity There are two forms of impurity in the air gaseous and solid The gases those resulting from the exhalations from the lungs and in city houses from the little unnoticed leaks from the gas pipes and from defective plumbing are the most injurious For the removal of these says New York Weekly free ventilation from open winodwn and open fireplaces s most efficacious but it is of little service in the removal of the other kind of impurity that is to say the solid particles of matter Justwhich are always floating in the air of houses as well as in that of the streets A beam of sunlight entering through a halfclosed shutter makes visible

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Image 6 of St. Tammany farmer (Covington, La.), July 15, 1905

IL eculiarPForeign Ways Oosh all fshhdiE but they hey fun ny Ways o doin business over tew Ber lin Where me and Mirandy hez just been said Zeke to his next neighbor T11jme about it Zeke a They hev what they calls neighbor hood kitchens where all the food for the people in a whole block is cooked That wouldnt do in this here coun try Zeke With all our wimmin in pol itics them kitchens would turn into daily ward caucuses and everythin would spileCincinnati Commiltial Tribune Embarrassing De ChappleIf theres any one nui lance I hate more than another its a fellow who is always going around Introducing people Theres Good heart for instance Bouttown Whats he been doing De ChappieThe idiot The other lay he introduced me to a man I owed money to and Id been owing it so long hed forgotten all about me Now Ill have to pay up or be suedTitBlts THE WATCHFUL WIFE 0tion 47 BNIQI Willo n t blaze B nooseler O a oury d o sel Chicago Sun Ahe asn Yesg ef LNow soonm iersThi cook book upe Lady CustomerIt has nopictures oo Thse ner ourse not One seldf dom

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Image 2 of The Colfax chronicle (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.), June 3, 1905

The Chronicle COLFAX LOUISIANA Women in Business The pronouncement comes from Chl eago that the new woman is dead commercially speaking that prominent employers of that city have decla ed that they do not want women and that some have declared unequivocally that they will hire no more women Variou3 treen are given for this policy but Dmon that has not always existed and wlil not always exist asserts the In dianapolis News We have heard so much in recent years abxout the prog res of women in the business world their succeess their adaptibility their loyalty their good habits and what not which made them superior to men that this announcement from our most strenuous center of commerce comes with a good deal of a shock How much force really lies behind it is doubt tul That women are now employed in many places in preference to men is un questionable that they will continue to be employed in such places is altogether probable Affairs of this kind with women as well as with men have reached the utilitarian basis Where work and women are not suited the women must drop out There is a sur Vival of the

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Image 2 of The Bossier banner (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.), February 16, 1899

mt mmt W H Scanland Bditor and Proprietor BENTON LOUISIANA Thureday t February 16 1899 Cleveland Ohio will model her school system after that in vogue at St Louis________ Friday the Senate passed the House bill to establish a national military park at Vicksburg Miss Baltimore has about twofifths of the population of Maryland and pays about twothirds of the taxes The report of the United States treasury for January shows a deficit of about 9500000 for that month The North Carolina Legislature has passed a law making all contracts made by or with trustt null and void An epidemic of spotted fever or cerebro spinal meningitis was re ported raging at Morgantown Ky last we ek _ The Amerioan forces in front of Manila made an attaok on Calooean village last Friday and reduced it in short o rder _ It was so cold in Pittsburg Penn Friday that the ears of bogs in stock oars were frozen so stiff that they dropped off William Laird of the shipbuilding firm wbieh built the Confederate war Teasel Alabama died at Liverpool on the 7th inst The cost of the addmistration of the affairs of Cuba during the month of January

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Image 2 of The Bossier banner (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.), February 9, 1899

1053t ct fan W H Scanland Editor and Proprietor BENTON LOUISIANA TlwridayFebruary 91899 A terrific cyclone in Lowndes Co Kiss Friday blew down cabins and injured several negroes In the Missouri House Saturday there was a fierce attack on the school book trust and its lobby Robert P Porter advisee that nearly all the United States troops be removed from Cuba by April By a unanimous vote the Minneso ta Senate has declared in favor of the election of Senators by the people Senator Daniel of Virginia made a strong speech in the Senate Friday against expansion and the ratification of the peace treaty Over 818 bills have been introduc ed in the Arkansas legislature up to date The fool killer is not doing his duty up in that State The House Judiciary has decided that General Wheeler and other Con who volunteered in the late war vsoated their seats in Congress A dispatch of the 5th says Texas cattle are dying by the thousands on aeoount of the chilling rains and long oontinned windstorm of last week Reports of thirty persons killed by snowslides Friday came from Bredkenridge Colorado Train ser vioe was still suspended in the mount ains

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Image 4 of The Opelousas courier (Opelousas, La.), October 22, 1898

The Toledo Weekly Blade Every intelligent family needs in ad dition to their local paper a good na tional weekly The greatest and most widely known general family newspa per is the Toledo Weekly Blade For thirty years it has been a regular visit or in every part of the Union and is well known at almost every one of the 70000 postofiices in the country It is edited with reference to a national cir culation It is a Republican paper but men of all politics take it because of its honesty and fairness in the discus sion of all public questions It is the favorite family paper with something for every member of the household Serial stories poetry wit and humor the Household department best in the world Young Folks Sunday School Lessons Talmnages Sermons the Fat m stead the Question Bureau which an swers questions for subscribers the news of the week in complete form and other special features Specimen copies gladly sent on application and if you will send us a list of addresses we will mail a copy to each Only 1 a year If you wish to raise a club write for terms Address The

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Image 1 of St. Tammany farmer (Covington, La.), March 26, 1898

The Blessings of Covemment Like the Dew from Heaven Should Descend Alike Upon the Rich and the Poor W G KENTZEL Editor COVINGTON ST TAMMANY PARISH LA SATURDAY MARCH 26 1898 VOL XXIIINO ALWAYS SOME ONE BELOW On the lowest round of the ladder I firmly planted my feet And looked up in the dim vast distance That made my future so sweet I climbed till my vision grew welay I climbed till my brain was on fire I planted each footstep with wisdom Yet I never seemed to get higher For this round was glazed with indiffer ence And that one was glazed with scorn And when I grasped firmly another I found under velvet a thorn Till my brain grew weary of planning And my heart strength began to fall And the flush of the mornings excitement Ere evening commenced to pale But Just as my hands were unclasping Their bold on the lastgained ground When my hopes coming back from the fu ture Were sinking again in the ground One who had climbed near the summit Reached backward a helping hand And refreshed encouraged and strength ened I took once again my stand And I wishoh I

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Image 2 of The Lafayette gazette (Lafayette, La.), June 19, 1897

THE GAZIETTEI ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY BY HOMER MOUTOON PROPaRITOB OFFICIAL JOUMAL OF THIS PARISH Satered at the Lafayette La PostOce as Second Class Matter SATURDAY JUNE 19 1897 DEA T OF ARCHBISHOP JANSSENS The people of Lafayette particu larly the Catholics were shocked last Sunday morning to hear that Archbishop Janssens had died at sew on board the steamer Creole while on his way to Holland where he was going to visit his native town The beloved churchman had by reason of his splendid qualities at tained a most enviable place in the affections of the people of this State His uniformly kind manner had won for him the love of all he came in contact with and the mag nificent administrative ability in the management of the affairs of his diocese challenged the admiration of everyone The zeal that the de ceased churchman alway s displayed in the performance of his important duties as the head of the New Or leans diocese the manner in which he adjusted the serious differences which arose during his administra tion the purity of his life his pro found intellect the fervor of his religion his untiring energy his broad mind and big

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Image 7 of The Houma courier (Houma, La.), December 5, 1896

The Houma Courier EA5TON DUVAL Publisher HOUMA LOUISIANA STUDY IN PHYSIOGNOMY Lambert W m On af Those Who Knew It AIL Lambert belonged to that class of men who know it all It was his wife Jault She never disputed his state ments and always accepted what he said as gospel So from being a pretty shrewd yet agreeable fellow at the be ginning he became a dogmatist whose utterances were frequently as wild as they were tiresome Still there were a few things in which those who knew him admitted his superiority One of these was the science of phren ology and physiognomy Some philoso phers divide these studies and make two sciences of them but Lambert main tained that they were merely branches of the same thing Be that as it may he took great pride in his ability to ie men up as he put it by studying their features and noting the shape of their heads He even claimed that he could tell a mans occupation by looking at hi face One day Lambert and Barton were riding down town in an open trolley car Upon the front seat and directly facing them sat two men

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Image 2 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), January 18, 1896

AbbetriIt Waritional PIBLISHIIED EVERY SATURDAY E I ADDISON Publisher Saturday Jan 18 1896 lemocratic State Ticket Fbr Governor OMUJRPHY J POSTER a Of 3t Mary Fr Iieutenant Governor 9EWRT H SNYDKR JR Of Tenase For Secretary of State JOHN T MICEIL Of Orleans For Auditor W W HEARD Of Union For A ttorney General M J OUNNINGBAM 01 Natchitoohee For Treasurer A V FOURINET Of StMartin For Sept ot Public E4oe tibn JOHN V OALHOUN Of Orleans PLATWO3II t w nei Mrsp f in aj l to g emeehonored pr tpls flgbtsnd peqple under a democratie whI3 mof oernat 5 w t with pride to rth Fesent ome I ied mule by thelesºemtr styp by honeat faitbiful and nusiness sa etof every State inte dM su hthe io rveved condition at fie hbsc to s above r its debt siggradually retired itspublic institu tlmammilred and improveand run upon a eash ibatss s constantly growing and mprved public school system a com lt leveetem its expeness kept be wits evenues and its obligations paid in cash and universal con Iac tablisbed and maintained that the aua tt of the affairs of calr par jab madar Demogratic rule furnish eael souroe If

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