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berries by machinery. When these machines are perfected practically every canned fruit and vegetable will be stemmed, peeled, sliced, cored or pitted by machines. There are machines for stemming and pitting cherries, and for sizing and snipping stringless beans, already in operation. r-Negro Is Injured By Loose Box Car DoorGeorge Williams, 43-year-oid ncg-q of this city, suffered a lacerated leg and bruised ankle this morning when a box car door was knocked loose by a coal car and fell on his leg at the Texas avenue crossing. He was carried to St. Francis sanitarium .Williams is employed a* a brake-man by the Missouri Pacific.Lincoln Sheriff Finds Jugs of Whiskey Buried in Garden Near Dubach ISpecial to the News-Star.RUSTON, La. v July 2.—Having received information that John Britt near Dubach, had concealed in his garden, jugs of whiskey, Sheriff! Thigpen and Deputy Frazier made a search, found the whiskey and arrested Britt.On the highway to Dubach the officers met one Edward Broughton in a car. On seeing the two officers, Broughton, evidently trouble! by a guilty conscience, thought they were after him and began to try to destroy a quart jar of liquor which he had with him.Suspicion having been aroused the officers found the liquor and arrested Broughton who plead 0ui!ty to charge of having liquor in his possession and was sentenced by Judge {Pearce to pay a fine of $200 and serve GO days. Britt was releasesdunder bond.On Monday SheriiT ~Thigpen and Deputy Frazier discovered a copper ; still, three barrels of mash and a small quantity of whiskey on the , place of Newton Barnett about 17 miles northwest of Ruston. Bar-; nett was arrested and placed under bond.On Tuesday evening Mrs. D. S.Calhoun entertained with a moonlight picnic in honor of Mrs. Stanley Eaton of Denver, Colo., and Mr; , Lamar Meadows of San Diego, Cal. Besides the honorees the guests included Misses Viola Warren, Gladys Hancock, Corinne Gahgan, ! Belle Calhoun and Mesdames J. J. BeqiCct, John Thurmon, C. F. Tay- j ior, P. W. Baskerville, Oley Ga-jhagan, Ethel Lindsey, Alva Stinston and Olean Morgan.Accompanying the fine rain wrhich j fell in this section on Tuesday was ! considerable wind. At Dubach, 12 miles north of Ruston, several I houses were damaged. The roof of, the Hamilton store house was blownA dog which was thought to bemad was killed yesterday City Marshal Kissinger. The dog w'as run-I ning along the streets biting every dog he met.Mrs. Edna Morris is enjoying a visit with hed daughter, Mrs. Newton Knowles of Monroe.Mrs. Edgar King of Shreveport,is the guest of her mother, Mrs. S. P. Colvin. Miss Louise Apgar and Llewellyn Breed returned from Shreveport with Mrs. King where they had been visiting for several weeks.
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Monroe News Star
Monroe, Louisiana, US
Thu, Jul 02, 1925
Page 5
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