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July 1914
On July 1, 1914 the newly structured Times-Picayune headlines the appearance of the bubonic plague in New Orleans. The dreaded middle age plague had first reappeared in Hong Kong twenty years earlier, but since then the source had been isolated and a serum inoculation had been introduced. Alerted to the plaques appearance on the west coast in 1900, New Orleans officials began an extermination program of the large rat population. The 1914 crisis was contained mostly to its origin at the VOA warehouse on Notre Dame Street and efforts yielded over 80,000 dead rats. The city went through an unprecedented clean up campaign. Out of 30 cases only 10 people died. The Times-Democrat merges with the Picayune as the Times-Picayune. |
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September 1914
On September 4th the Surgeon General declared the city plague free and New Orleans was hailed as an example of how the scourge could be defeated. Newspaper coverage turned to the looming war in Europe. |
October 1914
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December 1914
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| Franklin native, Charles Austin O÷Neill (1869-1951) becomes Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court , 1914-1949. One of the state÷s immortals, he made many contributions to law in the United States and the cause of justice and freedom. | Two morning papers the Times-Democrat and the Picayune merge to become the Times-Picayune. |
The tango fad is sweeping the city and the nation and reaches its peak in January.. The concentration of halls cabarets, restaurants and cafes around Iberville, Bienville and North Rampart Streets are called the Tango Belt. Skirts were rising above the ankle, getting tighter and to compensate for their restriction, were sporting tango slits. Pelican Stadium built at the corner of Tulane and South Carrollton. It will be torn down in 1957. Nick LaRocca÷s Original Dixieland Jazz Band travels to New York to make the first jazz recording Livery Stable Blues. , introducing New Orleans÷ music to a national audience. |
During the next four years while the world is at war, a call for industrial workers creates a massive migration of blacks to the north, especially Chicago, where they New Orleans musicians are finding a larger audience and more opportunities for recording. | Audubon Park Commission is created. | Southern University, the first state Negro institution of higher learning is moved to Baton Rouge with Dr. J.S. Clark, founder, as first president. The Old Post Office at 500 Camp Street is completed. This Beaux Arts structure which draws on traditions of the Italian Renaissance became a Federal Court of Appeals in 1961. The sculptures at the four corners represent Commerce, History, Industry and the Arts. Previous buildings at this site were the Odd Fellows Hall and then St. Patrick÷s Hall. Church of the Holy Name of Jesus is built on Loyola Campus in Gothic style by DuBuys, Churchill and LaBouisse. |
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