De Valera Reaffirms Ireland as Sovereign State at Inverness Talks
Dublin dispatch reports De Valera replies to Lloyd George affirming Ireland's independence and that Irish negotiators act only as representatives of a sovereign state. Talks grow tense as peace negotiations falter and Dail ministers debate whether the Inverness conference will occur amid warnings of renewed conflict.
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Inverness
Ireland
DE Valera
Associated Press
Dublin
Lloyd George
Dail Eireann
Griffith
Dai
Sinn Fein
Britain
Dail Eireann delegates named as step toward peace
The Freeman's Journal reports that Dail Eireann named delegates as a sufficient answer to claims of division over an honorable peace. The piece says both nations seek an honorable ending to the long struggle and that Irish delegates hold enough statesmanship to complete peace.
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London
The
Freeman's Journal
Dail Eireann
Congressman Wilson Buys Ruston Lot for Home
Representative Riley J. Wilson of Harrisonburg and Fifth District buys a Ruston building lot from the Barksdale brothers just north of A. A. Barksdale’s residence. He plans to erect a handsome home there early next spring while visiting Monroe on vacation.
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Wilson
Ruston
Riley J. Wilson
Harrisonburg
Barksdale Brothers
A. A. Barksdale
Monroe
Monroe Architect Wins National Competition for Four Room Brick House
Local architects William Drage and Milton King, guided by Henry K. Holsman of Chicago, earned publication for their four room brick house drawing in the Own Your Home Competition. They also recently won fourth prize in the Model Kitchen Contest, with several regional projects in Mississippi and Louisiana including a $50,000 Gulf Coast home in Biloxi and a $25,000 Italian residence in Greenville.
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William Drage
Milton King
Henry K. Holsman
Chicago
New York
South
Gulf Coast
J. W. Griffin
Biloxi
Miss
J. Albert Lake
Greenville
Bay Street Presbyterian Church
Hattiesburg
Cole-Grant Grocery Company
Pascagoula
New Orleans
Nation's rail employes to vote on Sunday strike action
Chicago reports indicate shopmen's ballot shows overwhelming support for a strike over proposed pay cuts and rule changes. Unofficial counts from other brotherhoods suggest large majorities favor a strike as meetings set for next week to decide wage and rules disputes.
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NATION’S _ RAIL
Chicago
Chicago youth who murdered two men faces mother today
Chicago Sept. 15 Harvey Church confessed slayer of Bernard Daugherty and Carl Ausmus automobile salesmen was brought face to face with his mother for the first time since arrest and in her presence repeated details of the crimes. He again claimed he planned and executed the murders without help.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Harvey Church
Bernard Daugherty
Carl Ausmus
Insurance policy for wedding day coverage ends in sunshine
Hartford reports a five hundred dollar weather policy issued to a Boston man proved unnecessary as the wedding day had perfect sunshine. The brief item notes other travel and military visits by leaders and dignitaries in the period.
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Hartford
Conn
Boston
Books Open So Monroe Voters May Register For City Race
The Monroe registration books open tomorrow with Jim Rabin as registrar of voters replacing Will Atkinson who has resigned. Men and women voters must register in the next thirty days to be qualified to vote in the municipal election for a successor to A V Miller who resigned to take effect October 1.
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City of
Monroe
Jim Rabin
Will Atkinson
A. V. Miller
Water supply in Monroe deemed pure by officials
City officials state Monroe’s water from the Ouachita River is safe. Chemists testing daily have found no bacteria as the supply is treated with chlorine lime and other substances at the filtration plant.
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Monroe
Ouachita
Boy with fractured thigh struck by Dodge on DeSiard Street
Preston Buddie Lockwood nine year old son of Mr and Mrs J E Lockwood West Side was knocked down by a Dodge touring car owned by Sam Friedman of Shushan Bros Co New Orleans while crossing DeSiard Street after leaving Levy Stationery. He suffered a fractured thigh minor abrasions and a facial injury and was taken to St Francis sanitarium in a plaster cast. News from his bedside is reassuring.
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Preston
Buddie) Lockwood
DeSiard Street
J. E. Lockwood
West Side
Levy Stationery Store
Sam Friedman
Shushan Bros Co
New Orleans
St. Francis Sanitarium
Posse Action Hard on Mexican Raiders Near Gold Gulch Hills
Bisbee Arizona reports posses in the Gold Gulch Hills pursue a raider band after a ranch attack on a woman who was dragged from her horse and beaten. Fort Worth Texas sees two would be bandits killed by federal agents and railroad detectives on a Pacific railroad train. Fitzgerald Georgia indicts Alf Smith and Gerald Myrick for murder tied to Engineer Reed’s July 5 shooting.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas Pacific
Here
Fitzgerald
Alf Smith
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlantic
Gerald Myrick
W. T. Reed
Probe Started in Fire Case at Atlantic Refining Plant
Philadelphia officials ordered an investigation into yesterday’s explosion and fire at the Atlantic Refining Company Point Breeze plant. Eleven workers died and about a score were injured with several others in serious condition. further deaths were anticipated.
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Philadelphia
Point Breeze
Atlantic Refining Company
Department of Public Safety
Governor Parker urges new laws to curb illegal liquor sales
In Baton Rouge Governor Parker asks the legislature for legislation granting authorities stronger tools to combat the illegal liquor trade. The message stresses enforcement provisions and legal authority to curb illicit sales.
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Baton Rouge
Parker
San Juan Storm Brings Fatal Toll and Coastal Destruction
A tropical storm in San Juan reached peak intensity on Sunday, causing twenty two fatalities and extensive property loss. Numerous harbor crafts were wrecked along the coast.
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San Juan
Sheriff expects arrest in Manheim case in Columbia
Sheriff J E McClanahan said a second black man is believed to have killed Sidney Manheim station agent of Missouri Pacific. He noted the suspect may have fled the parish but will be captured. He denied rumors that Gilman Holmes’s body was burned by the crowd. Manheim’s funeral is set for Shreveport with Masons assisting at Kings Highway and Gilbert Street. Pallbearers listed.
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McLanahan
Second Black
Sidney Manheim
Caldwell
Columbia
J. E.mcclanahan
Missouri Pacific Railway
St. Francis Sanitarium
Parison
McClanahan
Gilman Holmes
Plaquemine
Monroe
Shreveport
Hkedy
Masons
A. J. Manheim
Kings Highway
Gilbert Street
Gladstone Subdivision
Masonic
Greenwood Cemetery
W. P. Boring
Co. C. Woods
R. L. Gay
Albert Dreyfuss
J. M. Bodenheimer
E. C. Berry
Arthur Draton
Cylde Webb
Moonshining Looms as Big Business in Louisiana
Despite economic hardship, moonshine makers in northeastern Louisiana are reported to produce and distribute corn whiskey in large quantities. Vendors claim white lightning has a ready market and several plants in Ouachita and nearby areas are said to be valued at thousands of dollars, signaling a growing illicit trade rivaling cotton.
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Ouachita
Institute to Build Storage for Potatoes and Tailoring Plant
The Louisiana Training Institute will install a tailoring plant and a 2000 bushel storage house for sweet potatoes. The board debates asking for a legislative appropriation to establish an industrial plant to teach trades to all students. Ike Davis pushes the new dining room kitchen and auditorium, costing 60600 dollars.
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Louisiana Training Institute
Board of Trustees
Consid
Rotary Luncheon Features Patronize Home Industry Plea
Marshall Munholland presided in Ty Cobb’s absence as Clyde Bell the sash and door maker spoke on patronizing home industry. He cited Monroz millwork at 28 percent of local output. Dr J L Adams shared travel observations, and Miss Irma Norris wowed with a reading. Musical selections complemented the program by Mrs Chauvin Eva Bradford and W E Mackenroth with Leon Hammond as announcer.
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DR. Adams
Marshall Munholland
Rotary
Ty” Cobb
Vicksburg
Clyde Bell
Clyde
Bell
Monroz
J. L. Adams
Canada
Irma Norris
Will Norris
West Monroe
Phil Chauvin
Eva Bradford
W. E. Mackenroth
Leon Hammond
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