Irish Sinn Fein Delegates Face Crisis in Peace Talks
Sinn Fein delegates met with government representatives at Downing Street as Irish peace negotiations collapsed. Dublin Dail Eireann deputies are set to return to Ireland with further correspondence to be published. Lloyd George to issue an explanatory statement. The truce remains in effect despite the stalemate over allegiance to the Crown.
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Dail Eireann
Ireland
Associated Press
London
Sinn Fein
Downing Street
Lloyd George
King George
Local Officers Find Complete Distillery for Making Brew
Policemen Hayden and Parker found a complete distilling apparatus at the home of Nathaniel Simms on Eleventh and Olive streets along with a half barrel of mash. Simms fled as officers entered after his wife reported he had abducted her. A negress opened a back door, enabling entry. mash was seized and evidence taken to police HQ.
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WL. M. Hayden
Lee Parker
Nathaniel Simms
Eleventh
Olive Streets
Simms
Robert E. Heap
Negro in custody linked to past murder and new oil venture near Mangham
Loft Adams, a man described as a negro, is jailed in Mer Rouge and believed connected to a 12 year old murder in Newton. Deputy Coverdale notes possible ties to a 5 6 year old assault on Italian grocer Felix Marino. In Richland parish the Mangham Oil Gas and Developing Company reorganized with fresh capital to finish Baker No 1 and drill a second well near Mangham, with Long and Cottingham planning to bring more machinery from El Dorado. The Baker 1 site is in section 4 15 7 and goals push to 3500 feet.
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Adams
Newtown
Mer
Mer Rouge
Coverdale
Newton
Felix Marine
Mangham Oil, Gas & Developing Company
Mangham
Richland Parish
Mangham Oil, Gas and Developing Company
Long and Cottingham
el Dorado
Ohio Oil
Vicin
Ity
Long
Cottingham
Baker No
Memorial Exercises of Elks Honor Their Dead
Elks across the country held memorial services to honor departed brothers. Monroe Lodge mourned three members, former Governor Luther E. Wall Ferris Kalil and Jonas Meyer. Eulogies by Adolph Wolff Aubrey Haas and John Herring reflected on virtues and service within the order. About seventy five members gathered at the lodge of sorrows for solemn ritual and musical tributes.
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Elks’ “Lodge
Monroe Lodge of Elks
Luther E
Elks Lodge
Lodge of Sorrows
J. M. Cobb
Ku Klux Klan Knights Donate 275 Across Monroe Area
Monroe Klan No 4 of the Invisible Empire donated eleven cashier's checks totaling 275 to churches in Monroe and West Monroe and to charity groups including the Goodfellows Club Volunteers of America and Home of the Good Samaritan. Checks were handed out over the weekend with churches to distribute funds.
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Monroe
Monroe News-Star
Monroe News- Star
Volunteers of America
The
Good Samaritan
Goodfellows Club
Rotary Club
K. K. K. Libris
Weaks Supply “Co. “& Employes
Harry Page
Douglass Page
Cece
Sam Kaplan
Pie Ntibkess
Filhiol Watkins Vee
Vail Cooperage Plant Resumes Operations at Jones
The Vail Cooperage Company restarts large Jones plant after months of suspension. W. C. Edwards, the manager, announces the resumption which boosts local business. Bonita Lumber Company plans to start its mill on January 1 at Bonita employing seventy five workers.
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Vail Cooperage Company
Jones
W. C. Edwards
Bonita Lumber Company
Bonita
Women Pledge Early Saturday Shopping at Monroe Store
The Department Club women vow to shop before 6 p m on Saturdays and during Christmas week to relieve late shoppers. If this eases December crowds they will extend the rule to Saturdays through winter months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department Club
Monroe
Gas bill notice offers ten percent discount
Gas consumers are urged to pay by the 10th to save ten percent. Bills not paid by the 20th will be disconnected without further notice. NATURAL GAS CO., Inc.
President Harding to deliver annual message in person
Washington reports President Harding announced the tradition making a formal in person message to Congress. Congress reconvened at noon after a two week vacation ready for a seven month special session tour of duty. In Birmingham Mrs Frederica Virginia Underwood mother of Senator Oscar Underwood dies.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Tof
Congress
Birmingham
Frederica Virginia Underwood
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Rotary District Chief to Speak at Monroe Club Dinner
Everett Hill district Rotary Governor for Missouri Oklahoma and Kansas will visit Monroe Rotary Club for a dinner at Hotel Monroe on December eight. He will address the club on The Challenge of the Boy and is praised for his public speaking and Rotary leadership.
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Rotary Club
Everett Hill
Rotary
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Monroe
Dee
Everett
Hattiesburg
Miss
Hill
Formal Election Here on Tuesday
Joseph Biedenharn, proprietor of the Ouachita Coca Cola Bottling Works in Monroe, will be elected city commissioner to succeed A V Miller at the general election in Monroe tomorrow. He won the Democratic nomination in November and the election is a legal formality. he will serve until May 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Biedenharn
Ouachita
Coca-Cola Bottling Works Company
Monroe
A. V. Miller
Biedenharn
Helium Gas Ship Reaches Capital
Naval Blimp C-7 the first helium inflated airship arrived over Washington and landed at Anacostia Naval Station for inspection. It departed Hampton Roads this morning and completed a quick trip to the capital.
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Washington
Naval
Department
Naval Aviation Station
Anacostia
Hampton Roads
Morehouse Parish Votes on Highway Tax for Roads Plan
An election in Morehouse parish Tuesday asks voters to authorize a special tax of one and one half mills for five years to fund construction and maintenance of public roads. Promoters expect about 135 miles of new roads and completion of the Arkansas and Louisiana Tourists Way between Little Rock and Alexandria.
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Morehouse
Morehouse Parish
Monroe
Louisiana
Little Rock
Alexandria
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King
Ulster
Baker Held
Keled Monroe Grocer
Ohio
Mangham Oil, Gas and Dee
Veloping Company, of
Fresh Capital
Brotherhood of Men
Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks
American
KU Klux Klan Knights
Monroe Club
Genasco
Katie Renaud
Pine Street
Frank G. Armitage
American Legion
City School Auditorium
Help the Legion Building Fund
Multigraphing CO
City Hall
Saenger Amusement Company
Monroe Dramatic Club
Floradora
Spain
Ballet “Extraordinaire
Cork
Ballet “Ordinaire
Saenger Theatre
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