Judge A D Land Announces Candidacy for Supreme Court Seat
The News Star reports Judge A D Land of Shreveport announces his candidacy to succeed himself as associate justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court. Land, a long-time jurist from Caddo Parish, cites his Civil War service, education at Centenary and University of Louisiana, and decades of practice in Shreveport and New Orleans.
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Caddo
Supreme Court
Judge Land
Mississippi
Louisiana
Shreve
University of Louisiana
Heard
Justice Blanchard
Shreveport
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Democratic Party
Theatrical Trust Faces Resistance From 1,200 Theatres
The piece argues a looming theater war as a trust led by New York controllers squeezes the public with high prices for second rate shows. One thousand two hundred theatres have declared independence, vowing real new productions at fair prices and an end to the stand and deliver policy.
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Theatrical Trust
Boost Your Town Through Small Acts of Kindness
A short piece urges residents to advocate for their town by speaking up for good causes even when results seem unlikely. It cites a Shawnee example of civic involvement as proof that small efforts contribute to progress.
Shawnee Spirit Highlighted as Best Town God Made
A Shawnee Oklahoma Herald column praises local pride and urges residents to promote truth about their town. It contrasts booster zeal with cynics and urges defense of Shawnee as a community worth celebration. A Baton Rouge New Advocate line condemns adulterated milk and ties it to public safety.
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Nee
Pat on the Back Brightens the Burdened Souls
The Ruston Leader laments neglect of small acts of kindness that lift weary workers and burdened people. A kindly word or gesture can ease heavy loads and bring daily sunshine to those who toil.
Community whitewashing inspired by Paxton lead
The Gueydan News notes that this year E. G. Paxton began whitewashing fences and barns and many residents joined in after his example, praising proactive neighbors who set a good example for others.
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E. G. Paxton
Gueydan News
Wisdom and Folly on a City Page
A clipped collage of quips and sketches from Wise and Otherwise, The First Thing, A Simile, There Are Others, and a beggar joke. The items mix a New Yorker exchange, a household remark, a playful simile about brothers, a comment on a Western Irish politician, and a beggar's punchline with a final nod to Lippincott's Magazine.
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Lippincott’s Magazine
Views on lemon handoffs and Louisiana land use
A St Francisville editorial calls Miss Jean Gordon’s two visits to the Legislature unselfish child labor aid and criticizes excessive swamp land reclamation rhetoric. It argues Central Louisiana soils need only plow and harrow to yield abundant crops and urges thrifty farmers to settle the land.
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Miss Gordon
Methusaleh
Louisiana
Bilbo Seeks Proof in Percy Debate Across Mississippi
State Senator Bilbo of Poplarville says he will prove how Percy secured his Senate seat in a campaign titled Civic Righteousness. He travels from Johnson Spring to Lauderdale for a July 1 debate with Percy, while promising to expose methods used in the contested race.
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Vardaman
Percy
Dulaney
Grunewald Hotel
Johnson Springs
Senate
Katy
Alexander
Lauderdale
Pearl River County
Brookhaven
New Orleans
Woman Refuses Roosevelt Handshake Aboard Kaiserin
Mrs. Carlos O. Duque of Bogota, wife of a Panama Canal official, refuses to greet Theodore Roosevelt on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. She explains Colombia suffered under the treaty and notes her patriotism as the ship’s passengers watch the scene in surprise.
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Roosevelt
Carlos O. Duque
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Mr. Roosevelt
Mrs. Duque
William Returns Home Fashioned After College
In a Valley View Texas Sun item, William comes home in peg-top trousers silk stockings a fancy waistcoat and a bold necktie. His father scorns the outfit calling him a darn fool while Major next door praises his likeness to his own father twenty five years ago when he returned from school.
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William
Valley View
Tex
Sun
This Date in History Highlights Key Events
The list recalls 1632 Maryland grant to Lord Baltimore, 1768 Pennsylvania governor William Finlay birth and 1846 death, 1779 American repulse at Stone Ferry, 1836 New York Express debut, 1837 Victoria’s accession, 1849 Jared Sparks Harvard president, 1877 Canada’s first business telephone, and 1907 Northern Ontario forest fires devastation.
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Lord Baltimore
William Finlay
Pennsylvania
Mercersburg
Harrisburg
Stone Ferry
Charleston
S. C
New York Express
New York City
Queen Victoria
William IV
Jared Sparks
Harvard College
Canada
Hamilton
Ontario
McGregor Announces Candidacy for Fifth District Congress
The statement says T. H. McGregor of Richland parish is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Fifth District, pending primary action.
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Congress
T. H. McGregor
Richland Parish
Fifth
Joseph E. Ransdell Seeks Fifth District Democratic Primary
East Carroll resident Joseph E. Ransdell declares candidacy for reelection to Congress from the Fifth District, subject to Democratic primary action.
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Joseph E. Ransdell
East Carroll
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