Fire kills entire family on Ouachita plantation
Ouachita parish authorities report a black family of five died in a two room house fire on Guy P. Stubbs’ Terry plantation near Monroe. Sheriff and coroner investigate foul play after multiple gunshots were heard before the blaze.
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Gray
Terry Plantation
Stubbs
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Moncey
Arthur Grant
Guy P. Stubbs
Mr. Grant
C. P. Gray
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DAnnunzio Wins Terms as Fiume Hostilities End
Rome reports D Annunzio accepts terms from General Caviglia. His legionnaires will be dissolved with amnesty, and he may travel to South America. Trieste says hostilities with Italian regulars ended. Amiel notes he plans to leave Fiume by air and may marry Signorita Baccara after divorce.
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D’annunzio
South America
PGET
Triest
Dnunzio
Amiel 3
Res
Signorita Baccara
Building Permits Issued For New Homes And Additions
Building permits totaling tens of thousands of dollars have been issued by P. A. Pong for new cottages by Ben Lieber and various additions and remodeling projects. Notable items include a $15,000 remodel of Monroe Steam laundry, a $1,930 brick addition on DeSiard Street, a $3,500 remodeling on South Grand Street, a $4,000 residence on North Second Street, and other work in progress expected through spring.
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P. A. Pong
Ben Lieber
Monroe News-Star
Monroe
South Grand Street
G. B. Cooley
Frank Masling
James Steele
DeSiard Street
Sixth
Seventh Streets
A. J. Brooks
Sol Meyer
Grammont
Wood Street
EK. McDonald
J. K. Brothers
North Second Street
L. Hendrick
White Eagle Oil hits gusher on Sandy Bayou near Columbia
The White Eagle Oil Company struck a gusher at its Sandy Bayou weir sixteen miles south of Columbia on the east bank of the Ouachita river. Telegrams from Jackson and Shreveport push buyers to lease lands east of the Ouachita. The company moves to handle the flow and will judge daily capacity within five days.
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Monroe News-Star
Columbia
White Eagle Oil Company
Sandy Bayou
Ouachita River
Jackson
Shreveport
Racing Problem Faith in All in Little Old Ages Moving New Orleans
A meeting in New Orleans aims to resolve racing tangles as the Business Men's Racing Association faces arrest threats for betting under the Shrewsbury system. Jefferson parish offered Shrewsbury track. the plan may be accepted. Rotarian B Morton spoke on faith urging ethical conduct and renewed belief in God and core principles amid year-end conditions.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Business Men's Racing Association
Shrewsbury
Jefferson Parish
B. Morton
Citiness National Bank
Rotary
Morton
Addie Webb
Garvin J. Collier Sues to Halt Rowland Plantation Payments
Garvin J. Collier files in district court seeking an injunction against A. C. Rowland to stop further payments on the Rowland plantation bought December 18, 1918. He says he paid 20000 dollars cash and was to pay 60000 more but learned oil and gas rights were sold and there is personal property debt.
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Garvin J. Collier
A. C. Rowland
Rowland
Mr. Collier
Flames Destroy Store At Swartz
A fire of unkind origin destroyed D. C. Warners grocery store at Swartz. The building belonged to J. M. Huber and the stock was owned by Warner with $7,000 insurance. Loss estimated between $10,000 and $12,000 as the fire reached headway and little could be saved.
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D. C. Warner
Swartz
J. M. Huber
Whiskey found in rag shipments tied to Chicago firms
Prohibition agents seized forty cases of whiskey hidden in bundles of rags shipped by the New York Bag Company to the Chicago Iron and Metal Concern. The raid covered multiple railroad shipments and exposed illicit activity linked to Chicago operations.
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Chicago
New York Bag Company
Chicago Iron and Metal Concern
George L. Wood Camp W O W Elects Officers
At West Monroe Geo L Wood Camp No 67 W O W held an enthusiastic meeting on Monday night to elect officers for the coming year. Elected were J B Glass Consul Commander A W Carroll Adviser Lieutenant O B Register Banker W A Kirkpatrick Clerk Pat S Lawn Escort Zylaus W Cooper Watchman L L Wood Sentry H BE Averett Manager for 3 years. Members also discussed plans to revitalize the camp and extend its activities.
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Geo. L. Wood
West Monroe
J. B. Glass
A. W. Carroll
O. B. Register
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Pat. S. Lawn
Zylaus W. Cooper
L. L. Wood
H. BE. Averett
West Monroe Methodist church watch night service
Members and friends are asked to gather at the West Monroe Methodist church at 8 30 Friday evening for a social and a Watch Night program. The program includes music devotional church roll calls department reports plans for the year pastoral letter and consecration service.
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West Monroe
Man Kills Wife Then Dies in Jacksonville Hotel
Police found a man identified as W. E. Meadows from Tulsa dead and a woman believed to be his wife dying from gunshot wounds in a locked hotel room. A pistol lay on the bed as guests alerted officers after gunfire woke the hotel.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Bec
W. E. Meadows
Tulsa
Okla
Irish Uprising Ambush in Cork Claims Policeman
Armed civilians in Middleton County Cork ambushed a police patrol last night killing one officer and wounding several others. The incident follows unrest across the region as authorities investigate the assault and its casualties.
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Cork
Middleton
Better Business Predicted Today By Boston Man
Boston observer Allen Johnson president of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce predicts the business outlook. He says a buy readjustment and deflation cycle is more than half complete and that the worst is over.
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Boston Man
Boston
Allen Johnson
Philadelphia and
Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce
Armed Negroes Placed in Arrest Near Pittsview
Three members of an armed negro band who assaulted a deputy sheriff and four others in a searching party were captured by a posse led by Sheriff Ragland near Pittsview Alabama. The sheriff heads to Seale with the prisoners.
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Seale
Ala
Ragland
Pittsview
Southern Representatives Clash Over White Attacks in House Hearing
In Washington on December 30 southern members of the House census committee pressed back at Walter F. White of the NAACP who accused whites in many communities of lawlessness. Georgia's Representative Larsen called the charge untrue and urged witnesses to stick to firsthand facts, while another Texan questioned White's remarks.
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Washington
House Census Committee
Walter F. White
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Larsen
Georgia
Texas
New
Electors Warned They Lose Vote If Poll Tax Not Paid
About 1,400 Ouachita parish electors had paid the poll tax by today as crowding and confusion mount. Unless tax is paid by tomorrow midnight voters will lose rights in the 1921 election. exemptions apply to those under 23 and over 60.
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Ouachita Parish
Hexas
Ouachita
E ‘Tors
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