Greeting of MacSwiney widow arrives amid peace rumors
Mrs Muriel MacSwiney and her sister Miss Mary MacSwiney landed in New York aboard the Celtic to testify before a Washington committee on Ireland conditions. Thousands greeted them as the group met officials and authorities prepared quick baggage inspection. London rumors of a truce move link to Lloyd George comments and the ongoing labor commission visit in Dublin.
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New York
Celtic
Muriel MacSwiney
Mary MacSwiney
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton Prison
London
Henry Villard
Newton
Ireland
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Lloydorge
Labor Commission
Dublin
Sharding Ship Docks Today in Norfolk Weather Delays
Newport News Va Dec 4 The steamship Pastores returning President-elect Harding and party from Panama advised it will reach Old Point quarantine today if weather holds. The Pastores, off the Corominas, battles a north wind yet makes steady progress toward Norfolk. Harding and Mrs Harding wore warmer clothes after tropical attire, awaiting docking time.
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Newport News
Pastores
Hich
Panma
Steamship Company
Old Point Uarantine
S. S. Pastores
Warn G. Harding
Colon
Coronas
Norfolk
Sr. Harding
Tropics
Moscow reports 120000 executions in September
The official Soviet Isvestia states that no fewer than 1.2 persons, averaging 40 per day, were sentenced to death by Moscow revolutionary tribunals and executed in September. The paper also notes a severe fuel shortage with 5,000 wooden houses torn down to provide fuel for residents.
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Iihitn
Moscow
Isvestia
Fire destroys bakery sparks downtown blaze in Illinois town
In Jacksonville Illinois a fire swept the Schmalz bakery igniting a blaze that threatened the Sines block. A separate note from Waukee on December 14 indicates a soldiers memorial clubhouse planned at about $1,500,000 to be built locally.
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Isiness
Illinois
Jacksonville
Ill
Schmalz
Rukee
Waukee
St Adrian Saintly Relics Scattered Across Europe
Remains of St Adrian, once a Roman soldier and guard to the emperor, are split among abbeys in Geersburg Raulcourt and Ghent with jaw and arm at Cologne head at Bologna and parts at Bruges and Douai. Patron of soldiers noted among northern troopers and German brewers. Eventful conversion after witnessing Christian fortitude during torture. later beheaded.
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Europe
St. Adrian
Adrian
Geersburg
Belgium
Raulcourt
Ghent
Cologne
Bologna
Bruges
Douai
France
Flanders
Germany
Galerius Maximian
Apples Campaign Aims to Buy a Basket of Apples
In Youngstown after a conference with C B A Bryant Columbus Business Director of the Franklin County Farm Bureau and State Farm Bureau Federation representative apple growers and commission men in the area plan a campaign urging people to buy a basket of apples. The market is flooded with an oversized crop and hundreds of bushels may rot unless consumed.
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Youngstown
C. B. A. Bryant
Columbus
Franklin County Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau Federation
Commission
Ancient Irish Laws Woven With Poetry by the File
The article explains that in ancient Ireland justice was overseen by the File, the poet who ranked just behind the king. Law was recorded in verse to add dignity and grace, with St. Patrick reviving laws by having a File weave poetry around them. Training to become a File required 12 to 15 years of study.
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Treland
Ireland
Christian Science Monitor
St. Patrick
Neighborly Lending Hint Reveals Shared Trouble
A short exchange shows Binks, a neighbor, often borrowing. The reply suggests sending him over to borrow more, implying ample lending of resources or help despite recurring trouble.
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Binks
Notice of firearm license applications in Raleigh County
Notice given that Houghton Toney an electrician at Tam roy will on Friday December 10 1920 apply to the Circuit Court of Raleigh County for a pistol license to carry and that Paul W P Spencer a pumper residing at Eccl es Virginia will on Saturday December 11 1920 apply for a license to carry a weapon. A Byus superintendent for R Man J A Biggs constable residing at Cranberry will be in Virginia on December 11 1920 to apply.
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Houghton Toney
Tamroy
W. Va
Circuit Court of
Raleigh County
W. P. Spencer
Pumper
Eccles
West Virginia
J. A. Biggs
Cranberry
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Joseph Phillips
Edison
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Beckley, W. VA
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Cc. A. Byus
J._A. BIGGS
Charleston
Business
Charleston Business College
Quarrier Street
E. C. Stotts
A. H. Dangerfield
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