Madison Parish, LA Old Newspapers

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Madison Parish, LA

Old Newspaper Articles

This page was last updated January 9, 2015

If you have any old Newspaper articles pertaining to Madison Parish, please send them to Dick Sevier at [email protected].

Article	Date of Article	Submitted	Submitter
John P. Coon’s Surgical Operation	March 15, 1844	May 2008	Billie Grunden
Murder of David Bradford by John T. Mason	May 24, 1844	May 2008	Billie Grunden
Slave Chooses Death Rather Than Returning to Master	August 2, 1855	Jan 2015	Barbara P. Sevier
Trial of John T. Mason for the killing of David Bradford	December 3, 1870	Apr 2005	Lora Peppers
Trial of W.H. Neeley for the Killing of Judge Richard C. Downes	April 22, 1871	Apr 2005	Lora Peppers
Death of Dr. A. J. Powell -- Foul Work	November 20, 1874	Apr 2005	Lora Peppers
Swamp Fever, Diptheria in Delta	January 29, 1875	Apr 2005	Lora Peppers
Two Men and Woman Drown Near Delta	July 30, 1875	Apr 2005	Lora Peppers
Death of a Noted Colored Man – Charley Jackson	July 28, 1876	Apr 2005	Lora Peppers
Drowning of L. M. Downing	December 10, 1880	Apr 2005	Lora Peppers
Delta Hotel Destroyed by Fire	August 9, 1884	May 2008	Billie Grunden
Madison Exposition	July 31, 1886	Apr 2005	Lora Peppers
Jack Scott Found Guilty in Murder of Alf Jones	July 2, 1887	Apr 2005	Lora Peppers
Wrestling Match Ends in a Murder	October 15, 1887	Apr 2005	Lora Peppers
Nat Jones Shoots and Kills Lizzie Colbert	October 15, 1887	Apr 2005	Lora Peppers
Reuben Savage Killed	October 22, 1887	Apr 2005	Lora Peppers
Henry Hunt Wounded Attempting to Arrest Suspect	August 11, 1888	Apr 2005	Lora Peppers
Dedication of Confederate Monument	December 6, 1912	Jun 2010	Pauline Mobley
1914 Madison Parish School Board Proceedings	May 23, 1914	Nov 2013	Richard P. Sevier
Madison Parish; Its Customs yesterday and Today	March 27, 1926	Jun 2014	Richard P. Sevier
How Delta Was Saved From Going Into The River	November 6, 1926	Jun 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Tallulah Masonic Temple	April 14, 1928	Jan 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Big Gas Well Comes in Near Tallulah	May 12, 1928	Jan 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Chicago Mill Comes to Tallulah	September 15, 1928	Jan 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Tallulah Lion’s Club Organized	January 19, 1929	Jun 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Chicago Mill's Veneer Plant	October 19, 1929	Jun 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Tallulah Airport Building Plans Announced	November 22, 1929	Jun 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Frog Sales in Tallulah	March 28, 1930	Dec 2013	Richard P. Sevier
Vicksburg Bridge Opens	May 2, 1930	Dec 2013	Richard P. Sevier
Morgan & Lindsey Opens	July 11, 1930	Dec 2013	Richard P. Sevier
Kauffmann’s Opens	August 15, 1930	Dec 2013	Richard P. Sevier
ARCADE Plans Announced	September 5, 1930	Dec 2013	Richard P. Sevier
Tallulah Gets Natural Gas	September 19, 1930	Dec 2013	Richard P. Sevier
ARCADE Almost Ready to Open	February 6, 1931	Sep 2014	Richard P. Sevier
First “Hospital” in Madison Parish	November 13, 1931	Sep 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Condition of Tallulah Banks in mid-1932	July 15, 1932	Jun 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Tallulah’s First Little Theatre Performance	February 22, 1935	Sep 2014	Richard P. Sevier
1935 Cotton Poisoning Instructions	July 8, 1935	Sep 2014	Richard P. Sevier
New Post Office to Open	September 30, 1935	Sep 2014	Richard P. Sevier
1935 LA Delta Fair	October 4, 1935	Sep 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Methods of Dusting Cotton	June 25, 1937	Jun 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Tallulah Gets Streets Blacktopped	June 15, 1938	Jun 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Rotary Club Organized	July 22, 1938	Jun 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Record Ice Blocks Mississippi River	February 2, 1940	Jan 2014	Richard P. Sevier
“G-Men” Jailed in Tallulah	April 5, 1940	Jan 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Chicago Mill Land Development	July 12, 1940	Jan 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Waterproof Cotton (?)	July 19, 1940	Jan 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Convict Killed	September 6, 1940	Jan 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Knot-hole Gang	October 11, 1940	Jan 2014	Richard P. Sevier
Chicago Mill Acquires Singer Manufacturing Property	March 3, 1941	Jul 2013	Richard P. Sevier
United States Enters World War II – First Two Editorials	December 1941	Jul 2013	Richard P. Sevier

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