Fire at Union Bank and Trust Company office causes DOA ADUG
An incident at the Union Bank and Trust Company office results in a fatality. No further details are provided about the victim or causes of the blaze.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1909
Page
1
Fire starts in Parlor City Tailoring House in rear building
Gasoline explosion in the Parlor City Tailoring House at First and DeSi 4 streets causes major fire in the rear building occupied by Union Bank and Trust Company. The tailor shop owner, E S Blackmon, loses about 750 with no insurance. bank finds temporary quarters. Firefighters pour water. Percy Awl and Ewell Kennedy injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First
DeSi
Union Bank and Trust Company
Parlor City Tailoring House
Sol Meyer, Jr
Fayetteville
Ark
Morris Haas
Mitchell
Apgar
Central Savings Bank & Trust Company
E. S. Blackmon
Ewell Kennedy
Percy Awl
Southern Commercial Congress Sees Higher Attendance
The second day opened with increased turnout as Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association chaired. Attendees heard Willet Hays and G W Conner discuss neglected agricultural opportunities, timber wealth, and southern colonization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southern Commercial Congress
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Willet M. Hays
Department of Agriculture
G. W. Conner
Virginia
South
Forrester R. S. Kellogg
Wilmington
N. C
Hugh MacRae
Sarver Pleads Guilty in Capital Charge
Baton Rouge December 7 In district court Charles F Sarver pleaded guilty to a capital charge in a case highlighted by the court yesterday. The outcome reports a life sentence pending final sentencing decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ver
Baton Rouge Ice Company
State
Sarver
Brunot
Wax
Baton Rouge
Charles F, Sar
Bohemia stag dinner honors Mr Burton Wolff before departure
Saturday night the Bohemian club hosted a three course stag dinner for Mr Burton Wolff before his move from Monroe to Cincinnati to visit relatives then settle in New York. Guests included L Caspari Joe Marx Hyman Leibreicht S Henninger Albert Marx Jake Feibelman J Kassell Roy Rosenthal Isadore Leibreicht M Morris Abe Freyer Adolph Wolf Henry Haas Louis Goldman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohemia
Burton Wolff
Monroe
Cincinnati
New York
Mr. Wolf
Messrs. L. Caspari
Joe Marx
Hyman Leibreicht
S. Henninger
Albert Marx
Jake Feibelman
J. Kassell
Roy Rosenthal
Isadore Leibreicht
M. Morris
Abe Freyer
Adolph Wolf
Henry Haas
Louis Goldman
Fire Disrupts Fox Grocery. Reopens Tomorrow Morning
A noon fire temporarily put Fox Grocery Co. out of business but the store will resume operations tomorrow with usual promptness. A runaway on Jackson street caused excitement and damaged a buggy driven by a negro boy, though no major injuries or other damage were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FOX Grocery Co., Ltd
Jackson Street
Edwards Fears For Throne Amid Calamity Doubts
A London cable to the Times describes King Edward's grave concern over a constitutional crisis. He believes rejecting the budget risks demolishing the House of Lords and possibly the monarchy, citing Frederic Harrison's warning that the whole constitution could be "thrown into the melting pot."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Times
London
England
Edward
Frederick Harrison
House of Lords
House of Commons
Harrison
President Taft Addresses Hill in 61st Congress
At noon today President Taft delivered a message to the Hill of the Sixty-First Congress. The talk touched on matters of special interest and included many suggestions for action by lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Zelaya
Congress
Taft Urges Budget Cuts and Foreign Policy Clarity
President Taft’s annual message to Congress covers foreign entente roles, Central America tensions with Nicaragua and Zelaya, plans for a reformed State Department, and calls for fiscal restraint. He cites deficits, Panama Canal costs, revenue projections, and proposed bond financing while warning against tariff wars and fraud in customs.
H. A. Pierge Pleads Not Guilty on Technical Grounds
H A Pierge entered a not guilty plea today, citing a technicality in the case. The proceeding focused on procedural matters with no trial date set.
Three Deaths In Storm Ravage Midwest And Texas Jury Acquits Pierce
A blizzard wallops Chicago and the Midwest with heavy snow, 12 inches in Lincoln and frigid December weather. In Austin Texas the Pierce trial ends with a not guilty verdict as Judge Calhoun rules immunity from trial for H. Clay Pierce regarding false swearing. The storm causes three deaths and disrupts rail transit across Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Iowa and Ohio Valley areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
H. Clay Pierce
Calhoun
Pierce
Texas
Missouri
Chicago
Dee
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ohio Valley
Iinois
Indiana
Lincoln Snowbound With 12 Inches Deep Freeze Hits City
Lincoln Nebraska reports twelve inches of snow on the level and a minimum temperature of six degrees below zero. Street car traffic is halted and roads into the city are impassable as a severe winter storm sweeps the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Dee
Buureau
Colorado Faces Record December Cold Spell
Denver reports the entire state in the grip of the coldest December weather in 31 years with temperatures ten degrees below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Colorado
North Texas and Panhandle Endure Coldest Day Yet
Fort Worth Texas reports the coldest weather of the year with temperatures from six to twenty above zero across North Texas and the Panhandle region on December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
North Texas
Panhandle
Famous Actor Thrown From Horse, Seriously Hurt
New York, Dec. 7. John Drew, the actor, was thrown from his horse today and seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Drew
One Hundred and One Thousand Men May be Involved in Strike
A conference of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen named Grand Master Lee and Fifth Vice President Murdock to decide on a strike if demands for a 10 percent pay raise from 52 Eastern railways are refused. The union claims 101,000 members, with a pending schedule of grievances expected by managers late this week and a poll to reendorse demands if refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Murdock
Eastern
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Union Bank and Trust Com
PANY
Sol Meyer
Parlor City
Commercial Congress
of Southern Representatives
F. W. Faxon
Memphis Business Men’s Club
John Mathews
Mississippi Valley Transportation Co
St. Louis
George E. Tew
Washington, D. C
J. A. Holmes
U. S. Geological Survey
Edwards
Forengis Counires
Nicaragua
Trafic
Latta
Senate
House of Representatives
United Sixes
Department of State
Foreign Service
Central America
Canal Zone
Caribbean Sea
Sion
Republic
The
Secretary of State
Department
Europe
State Department
Executive
Secretary of the Treasury
Executive Departments Bureau
Panama Canal
Customs Revenue
New York City
American Sugar Refining Company
H. A. Pierge
Bleecy
Ence of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Lee
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