Cork Devastation as Cork City Burns in Irish Unrest
Corks Saturday night blaze wrecked hundreds of buildings with property losses around 15 million dollars. A Cork military patrol was ambushed at Cloyne. two attackers died and a soldier wounded as fires raged through St Patrick street and city halls. Authorities vow shoot on looters amid reports of casualties and excommunication threat from Bishop Cohalan.
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Associated Press
Cork
Cloyne
Queenstown
London
Ireland
Sinn
Monsignor
Cohalan
St. Patrick Street
Parnell Bridge
River Lee
Carnegie Library
Morenthau as mediator in Armenian Turkish talks
Washington dispatch says President Wilson planned to name Henry Morgenthau former ambassador to Turkey as personal representative to mediate between Armenians and Turkish Nationalists. In other news, William Dykes of Chatham Jackson parish was seriously wounded by a gunshot near Chatham Sunday afternoon. he is at Monroe with a chest injury and possible pneumonia risk.
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Amenia
Jackson Parish
Turkey
Chatham
J. E. Walnworth
Johnson Bill to End One Year Immigration Passed
Washington December 18 The Johnson immigration bill as amended to prohibit immigration for one year passed the house. It now goes to the Senate where leaders predict its defeat.
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Johnson
Washington
House
Senate
Bolling Fate Questioned Over Wilson Ties
Washington December 13. William Denham first chairman of the Shipping Board testified before the special House committee. He warned that employing Bolling, brother in law of President Wilson and now treasurer of the board, would be grave danger to the President as he could become a target for those seeking to pressure him into embarrassing positions.
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Washington
W. Bolling
Wilson
Shipping Board
Acton
William Denham
A Francisco
House Committee
Bolling
Denham
Uncle Polk’s Honest Sentence Echoes Faith Debate
Delhi resident Uncle Polk Williams jailed for four months in Richland parish for moonshining accepts confinement calmly. Chicago clergyman Dr Frank Gunsaulus urged Americans to recover faith, warning money obsession erodes true religion, referencing Nicodemus.
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Polk
Gunsaulus
Polk Williams
Delhi
United States District Court
Monroe
Richland Parish
Rayville
George W. Jack
Richland
United States
Hough Kirkpatrick
Parish
Baadle
Home Burns on Lovers Lane in Monroe
A house owned by John Adams, an electrician, on Lovers Lane in southern Monroe burned completely in the early hours yesterday. The unoccupied dwelling, five to six rooms, was reported to have about six thousand dollars in losses. Fire units arrived at 12:25 a m and the fire burned out by 2:15 a m. Police suspect burglars may have started the blaze.
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John Admas
Monroe
John Adams
Lovers’ Lane
Wilson Appeals For Children of Stricken Europe
President Wilson appeals to Americans to donate funds for relief of 3 500 000 Central European children facing starvation as winter limits aid efforts.
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Wilson
Europe
Washington
Holland Breaks With Jugo Slavs
The Hague report states that diplomatic relations between Holland and Yugoslavia have been broken off.
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Holland
Associated Press
the Hague
Jugo- Slavia
Weather Forecast Shifts to Cold Excerpt
Tonight and Tuesday will be partly cloudy and colder with a drop in temperatures. Light winds accompany the change as skies turn clearer overnight and a cool chill settles in.
Sixth District Court Convened in Monroe
The Sixth District Court convened in Monroe with Judge Fred M. Odom of Bastrop presiding. A grand jury was organized and will continue deliberations this week, reactivating work halted after a prior juror was indicted. Civil cases proceed this week. no criminal cases before January unless a special term is called. The panel includes Dee, Smith, Brooks, Howell, Slack, Preeks, Williams, Kincaid, Goodlett, Feazel, McClendon, Golson, and Hamilton.
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Sixth District
Monroe
Odom
Sixth District Court
Fred M. Odom
Bastrop
Ganized
Dee, Smith
Robert L. Brooks
W. BE. Howell
O. P. Slack
J. L. Preeks
Joe Williams Son
A. Kincaid
Webb Goodlett
William C. Feazel
Myast McClendon
Bruce Golson
E. R. Hamilton
Commission suspends cancellation of jobbers rates in Louisiana
The Interstate Commerce Commission’s cancellation of less than carload and some carload commodity rates is paused from December 11 1920 to April 10 1922. Monroe Chamber of Commerce traffic department and local groups lobbied to prevent sharp freight increases up to about 800 percent and keep charges stable.
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Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Go Commission
St. Louis Browns Plan Spring Training in Monroe
The St. Louis Browns are expected to train in Monroe during late February or early March. A schedule of spring exhibition games is announced for cities including Fort Worth Dallas Wichita Falls Oklahoma City and Joplin with dates in late March. Secretary G T Cross of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce says no definite arrival date is known.
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ST. Louis
City
Monroe
Browns
Fort Worth
Dallas
Wichita Falls
G. T. Cross
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
West Monroe Forum to Feature J Boatner Carter Speaker
The Commercial League of West Monroe hosts its regular monthly meeting at the public school auditorium on Thursday evening December 16 at 7 30. J Boatner Carter, secretary of the Ruston Chamber of Commerce, will address the gathering and discuss city betterment with an open forum to follow focusing on the January bond election and related issues. Rev Wallace Clift of First Presbyterian Church will lead the singing.
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Commercial League of
West Monroe
Wallace Clift
First Presbyterian Church of
Monroo
Boamer Carter
Ruston
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Dublin
Rae
White
Henry Mor
Genthau
ST. Prancis Sanitarium
Monroer
William Dykes
Enham
Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus
Chicago
First Methodist
E. K. Means
First Methodist Church
Republic
Nicodemus
America
South
O. A. Wright
Representa
Lovers Lane
American Legion
P. Hall
W. E. Coats
Dunn
The
Monroe Chamber of
Commerce and Other
Louisiana
St. Louis American Baseball
Oklahoma City
Maren
Enid
Okla
Tula
Sapulpa
Bartlesville
Muskogee
Oklo
Joplin
J. Boatner Carter
West Side
J. O. Hart
Royal Arch Masons
O. Hart
Auteioa
Central Savings Bank & Trust CO
Louisiana Savings Bank & Trust CO
Ouachita National Bank
Citizens National Bank
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