Legion Post 13 Reports on Memorial Efforts and Hospital project
In a Leonidas Faulk post meeting the committee outlined plans for a Ki-Ro-Li hospital site and noted progress on the legion home construction. Memorial day graves were found properly marked and decorated, with government free headstones available through Post Commander Isaac mie. A lightboat cruise on the Ouachita with music and dancing is planned for next Monday night, led by Dr. R. L Wood. tickets are sold at Sig Haas and Julius Lemle stores.
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Leonidas Faulk
American St
Ki-Ro-Li
Carpenters’ Son
Legion
Kendrick
J. F. Jones
Ent
Hammond
Isaac Mie
W. W. Cooper
Ead
Ouachita
G. B. Cooley
R. L Wood
Sig Haas
Julius Lemle
Brother of Two Ruston Men Dies in San Antonio
News from Ruston reports the death of Dr. R. P. Price, 41, son of Rev. M. A. Price and brother of Mark Price, Ruston Retail Credit Men's Association secretary. Price died in San Antonio. home was Richland, Texas. A military funeral is planned, as he was a World War I medical corps veteran.
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News-Star
Ruston
R. P. Price
M. A. Price
Mark Price
Ruston Retail Credit Men’s Association
Close Shave at Ruston Leaves Former Slave Untouched
Special to The News-Star Ruston La June 5 Louis Connell a negro claims to be 92 years old and survived a train wreck when a wagon loaded with cotton seed meat was struck by an Illinois Central freight train at Vienna street crossing The mule team bolted and one mule died while the wagon was dragged fifty yards Connell known as Uncle Louis has lived in Lincoln and Jackson parishes since shortly after the Civil War He says he was a slave from birth on Col Stanwell Connell’s Randolph Alabama plantation and was brought to Louisiana by Mrs Mary Jones widow of Sheriff Henry Jones after his death in 1866 or 1867 The trial involving a Randolph murder suspect required armed guards to protect Connell for years and he recalls bullets narrowly missing him during mob action and ambushes
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News-Star
Ruston
Louis Connell
Ilinois Central
Vienna Street Crossing
Connell
Louis
Lincoln
Jackson Parishes
Stanwell Connell
Randolph
Alabama
Jackson Parish
Mary Jones
Henry Jones
Jones
Louisiana
Wylie Cropp
Cropp
Doonar Dies in Kansas City
Mrs. Hugh Biggar receives news of the sudden death in Kansas City Missouri of her nephew John R. Doonar born and reared in Monroe who lived here until six years ago. Death occurred Sunday night about 11 30. Body arrives Wednesday night at 8 40 over the Missouri Pacific. Funeral services Thursday at 9 am at St Matthew's church with burial in the Catholic cemetery.
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Hugh. Biggar
Kansas City
John R. Doonar
Monroe
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Matthew's Church
Man Sustains Broken Arm at Hodge Paper Mill
Herbert Kell aged 28 was treated at St. Francis sanitarium after injuring his left arm at the Hodge paper mill. His arm caught in a belt around 10:30 a.m. breaking a finger and two bones. Kell's home is in Jonesboro.
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Herbert Kell
St. Francis Sanitarium
Hodge
Mr. Kell
Jonesboro
Eight Over Time Parking Charges Filed
Charges of parking over time were lodged yesterday and today by Officer H. E. Webb against Thomas W. Leigh W. L. Eth ridge Theodore F. Terzia L. J. Gim ler Jr C. A. DeJersey George Trous dale William Rodriguez and W. F. Taylor.
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H. E. Webb
Thomas W. Leigh
W. L. Ethridge
Theodore F. Terzia
L. J. Gimler, Jr
C. A. DeJersey
George Trousdale
William Rodriguez
W. F. Taylor
Legislative Bills Introduced in House Digest
House bills cover meter jumping penalties. cancel donation of wildlife refuges by Russell Sage and Rockefeller foundations. Including licensing boards for builders. official court reporters. fox running ban. plumbing examiners. district court fees. highway safety rules. mandatory vehicle liability insurance. revenue anticipation for road districts. private insane hospitals near schools. mother’s pension. official state song. voter book inspection. quarterly financial disclosures. penitentiary product stamping. age discrimination in public employment. funds for agricultural education. felonious carrying of concealed weapons at elections. barbering practice. sale of properties held by intestate spouses. and other housekeeping measures.
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Burke
Hebert
Russell Sage Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
Bennett
Ouachita
Houe
Hamiter
Anderson
Blanche
Cole
Fruge
Louisiana
Hicles
Thibodeaux
East Feliciana
Hayes
Chassez
Marchand
Bauer
Secretary of State
Wingrave
McDermott
Ginsberg
Bond's Bladder Remedy Advertisement Claims Quick Relief
An old advertisement urges stopping bladder trouble before it becomes chronic offering Bond's Bladder Remedy as a prescription for acute kidney or bladder issues. It promises relief within hours and targets elderly users with weak bladders, pricing 60 cents to $1.20.
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Bond
Man Who Cornered Mart in 1909 Dies in New York
H. G. Scales, 8, Texas native who controlled the cotton market in 1909, has died in New York. News reached his Texas brother H. L. Scales. The 1909 coup was via a pool formed by Frank Haynes W. P. Brown of New Orleans and Jim Patten of Chicago.
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Dallas
Texas
H. G. Scales
New York
H. L. Scales
Scales
Frank Haynes
W. P. Brown
New Orleans
Jim Patten
Chicago
Lindbergh Lands in St. Louis After Fort Worth Flight
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed in St. Louis following a departure from Fort Worth Texas at 1 p m yesterday as part of his cross country flight.
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Lindy
ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Fort Worth
Texas
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