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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 dicksevier@gmail.com.

 


 

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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