Obits: The Daily Telegraph 1883 Obits, Morehouse parish La. excerpts These older obituaries are being transcribed by Lora Peppers at the Ouachita Parish Library. We would like to thank Lora Peppers for sharing her work with the Morehouse Parish Archives Project. Your hard work is very appreciated! ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If you are searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. If your obituary is not found here and you would like a special look up, you may send $5.00 and an self-addressed stamped envelope to: Lora Peppers - Phone (318) 327-1490 Reference Department Fax (318) 327-1373 Ouachita Parish Public Library 1800 Stubbs Ave. Monroe, LA 71201 These newspapers are on microfilm at NLU. The Daily Telegraph Thursday, October 11, 1883 Page 1, Column 2 News By Telegraph BASTROP, LA. J.M. Turpin, Postmaster at Bastrop, Found Dead in Bed. [Special to the Daily Telegraph.] Mr. J.M. Turpin, Postmaster at Bastrop was found dead in his bed this morning, Oct. 11. It is thought he took an overdose of chlodriat through mistake. He was alone at home, his wife being in Louisville, Ky.