Rural Carriers Deliver Mail to Secluded Areas
A feature highlights rural mail routes around the city, detailing Route No. One through Four miles and patron counts. It notes the early 20th century push for nationwide rural delivery, the emotional impact on families, and the belief that rural readers stay informed through mail and print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ‘I. Craines
Thomas
Lyles
Mr. Lyles
John PB. Rabb
Reddit
Samuel W. Morrison
America
Napoleon
Lis Gamvily
Fires and spring talk fill Tech paper with locals
A chaotic column describes a noon fire at Tech and spring fever driving progress. It notes lawyers Scarborough and Barham representing Dodd in a trial about a college president being slapped, and mentions a potato sale, sunrise curios, and a Broadway Strand preview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarborough and
Barham
Dodd
Healthy Chick Program to Be LSU Feature
Louisiana State University sponsors the Grow Healthy Chick program as a simple preventive method for Louisiana farmers. The initiative, widely adopted in parishes, promotes healthy chicks raised in clean brooder houses with proper housing, feeding, and care to reduce losses and boost yields. Demonstrations in Rapides Parish reported seven percent better chick performance and reduced losses through the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Station
Baton Roupe
Louisiana
Agriculturril Distension Department
Louisiana State University
Rapides Parish
April Fools Pictorial Pranks Hit The Press
Photographs staged by NEA Service and The Rus ton Leader spoof readers with doctored images of Gandhi training for the Olympics, Alfred E. Smith gifting a derby to Hoover, and John D. Rockefeller parachuting in Florida. The piece notes there is no truth in the photos as an April Fool joke by photographers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Ruston
Gandhi
India
Mahapma
Alfred E. Smith
Empire State Building
Washington
Herbert Hover
Mr. Hoover
Smith
Florida
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
IOU
Mr. Rockefeller
Ormond Beach
Ruston Man Heads Retail Dealer Group
C E Schallenberger of Price Hardware Company named president of the Louisiana Retail Hardware Association for the coming year. J C Ritchie of Ruston Hardware and Furniture Company re elected secretary. About twenty five communities attended. Monroe to host next convention. F C Willis elected to the board. The article notes forty percent of the marriage able population in the United States is single.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Schallenberger
Price Hardware Company
Louisiana Retail Hardware Association
J. C. Ritchie
Ruston Hardware and Furniture Company
Schallenberger
Ritchie
Monroe
F.C. Willis
War Veterans Threat Pine Bluff Youth On To Mob Premier Monroe
War veterans in St Johns Nova Scotia threatened to drown Sir Richard Squires the colony’s premier if he did not resign. Ten thousand residents including many women and children voiced their demand amid long standing governance unrest. Karl Machen 21 of Pine Bluff Arkansas was convicted in Monroe court on two counts of robbery and sentenced to seven years on each count to run concurrently. The Slagle home was entered and jewelry valued at $10000 stolen. Machen asked leniency claiming robberies funded illness and education.
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Pine Bluff
Monroe Theft
St. Johns
Nova Scotia
Richard Squires
Novia Scotia
Fingland
Karl Machen
Arkansas
Monroe Court
C. E. Slagle
Machen
Lorado Taft to address L S A seniors
Baton Rouge April 5 Special Lorado Taft lecturer author and sculptor has accepted invitation to speak to the Louisiana State University graduating class on June 6 President James M Smith announces Taft inspected progress on the capitol figures He has taught at Illinois Chicago and taught and written on American sculpture since the 1900s
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Lorado Taft
State Capitol
Louisiana State University
James M. Smith
Taft
University Oflinois
Chicago Art Institute
University of Chicago
University of Illinois
University of Ilinois
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Chicago
Buffalo
Capt Kidd to Monroe for Insurance Society session
Capt E L Kidd vice president of the Louisiana State Insurance Society went to Monroe for an executive session of the society ahead of its convention opening tomorrow. Kidd recently returned from the north where he was a Louisiana delegate to the national convention of Insurance Societies. Local reps of national and state insurance groups will attend sessions in Monroe starting in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Kidd
Louisiana State Insurance Society
Monroe
Twin Cities
Captain Kidd
North
Louisiana
National Convention of Insurance Societies
Bulldogs Prep For Weekend Schedule With Star Pitcher
Bohler leads the Bulldogs as they prepare for a busy week starting with a seven inning win over Sterlington 17 to 11. Donald and the Tech lineup project strong performance in intercollegiate play with Davis Edens and Proudhi guiding the offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohler
Bulldogs
Sterlington
Donald
Davis
Edens
Proudhi
Tech
Riser
Swayze
Gilbert
Impr
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Piuraguiy
Dolme
Lindy Low
Bester Bull
James Building
Las
Lee Gita
Psoe
Germany
Perry
Bouliese
Aden
Ruston Man Heads
United States
Jess
Flavorite
Tri-State
Hadly
Marbury Drug Co.,, Inc
Bexall Store
J. Henderson
Ruston, LA
Shreveport
Algiers
Duco
Ruston Motors, Inc
Clarence Saunders
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