Ruston Creamery Adds Ice Plant For Local Sale
Ruston creamery expands with new ice making machinery pushing daily 18 tons capacity and inaugurating wholesale and retail ice sales next Thursday April 24. Trucks will serve city routes. a west side driveway to plant eases calls. Established 1915, now owned by Tooke and Reynolds, with C E Tooke managing. Total plant investment about 46 000 dollars. new equipment brings total spend around 25 000 dollars since purchase. Owners run several ice plants in other cities.
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Ruston Creamery
Mississippi Avenue
Alabama Avenue
Louisiana
R. B. Knott
Tooke
Reynolds
C. E. Tooke
Kept Senators Draw Harsh Reflection In Item
A sharp critique notes a deadly reflection on senators who permit themselves to be kept. The brief item labels such conduct as improper and indicting to public trust, highlighting a satirical take from the era.
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Sistors
Jones Opposes Further Bonding for State Highways
Governor Long faces trouble in pushing a 60 million bond plan tied to gasoline tax. Police Jury group splits near fifty fifty on the measure and Representative W. S. Jones of Jackson parish now opposes bonding more gas tax funds. His break signals a public rift within Long’s supporters in the House as controversy over highway funding grows.
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Hermann B. Deutsch
Long
Police Jury Association
W. 5. Jones
Jackson Parish
Jones
Reed Says Tariff Is Robbery and Political Discipline
Former Missouri senator James A. Reed branded the pending tariff bill a robbery of the people and urged Democrats in Congress to be disciplined in reelection. He warned against party birthright trading for industry favors and said the tariff could shape the 1932 presidential campaign. He also commented on Governor Long's bid for the Senate and a Louisiana dual-office issue.
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Kansas City
James A. Reed
Missouri
Congress
Reed
Hoover
Long
United States
Ransdell
Louisiana
Senate
Probe Report Kentucky Woman Buried Alive
Grayson Kentucky April 16 the report ed burial alive of Mrs Susie Vickers 63 on March 29 was being investigated today by the Carter county grand jury Judge F W E Wolfford summoned the jury upon statements of Mrs Hondo Johnson and Mrs George B Clay sisters of Cattlettaburg The women said Mrs Vickers was subject to fainting spells and it was believed she was buried during a period of coma
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Grayson, Ky
Susie Vickers
Carter County
F. W. E. Wolfford
Hondell Johnson
George B. Clay
Cattlettaburg
Clemenceau's Last Book and Its Global Echo
Old Man's Message argues Clemenceau's final work will sway millions by echoing prejudices. It contends European readers may believe his lines as gospel, including critiques of the United States profiting from war reparations and Britain's sea power, with lingering imperial claws.
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Clemenceau
Statesman Aways
United States
Senator Long’s Plan Hurts Louisiana Says Gov Plans Seat Delay
A Louisiana editorial critiques Governor Long for proposing to delay taking the U S Senate seat from September until May 1932 to aid his own gubernatorial agenda. It argues the plan would deprive the state of representation for about a year, while promoting Long’s “marvelous ministrations.” The piece cites highway bonds and non-competitive contracts as political tools. It also mocks his remarks about Iberville Senator Bchwing and ends with a sharp dismissal of Long’s governance.
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Long
Ransdell
Senate
Louisiana
United States
Congress
Bchwing
Iberville Ih
Sanaia
Waterway From Lakes To Gulf Seems Certain
New Orleans April 18 Completion of the Lakes-to-Gulf Waterway is practically assured after the House Rivers and Harbors Committee authorized the government to take over and complete the Illinois portion with a 7.5 million dollar appropriation. The nine foot channel from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi will connect Chicago Milwaukee Cleveland Detroit and other Lake cities to the sea via New Orleans.
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New Orleans
House, Rivers and Harbors Committee
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Mississippi
Chicago
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Detroit
Miners Idle as Western Kentucky Strikes Grow
Central City Kentucky April 17 W D Duncan president of the Western Kentucky district United Mine Workers of America said today that 4000 miners in Webster Hopkins Union and Muhlenberg counties are out of work because of independent strikes and mine shut downs. The principal mines in the western Kentucky field are in those four counties.
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Central City
W. D. Duncan
Western Kentucky
United Mine Workers of America
Webster
Hopkins
Union
Muhlenberg
Louisiana as the greatest potential chemical state
In New Orleans on April 18, Williamson Jr. of Tulane University argued Louisiana holds the basic chemicals for industry. He cited salt, sulfur, natural gas, petroleum and lignite as key resources and noted vast salt deposits and abundant natural gas. He forecast uses in furniture making, motor fuels from lignite, and new by products from bagasse including artificial silk and stronger paper.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Williamson, Jr
Tulane University
Williamson
Tulane Prof Leaves For Germany To Study Mayan Texts
New Orleans April 16 An eight month study of Mayan documents and hieroglyphics will be conducted by Professor Hermann Beyer of Tulane University at the Dresden museum. He recently received a research award from the Social Science Research Council of New York to support the project. A companion book in the German collection is described as unique. Professor Frans Blom of Tulane and students are in Yucatan gathering data for Mayan temple reproductions for the 1933 Chicago World Fair.
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New Orleans
Dresden
Germany
Hermann Beyer
Tulane University
Beyer
Social Science Research Council of
New York
Frans Blom
Tulane
Theatrical magnate funds new gym at Hope Haven
New Orleans magnate Julian Saenger will finance a gymnasium for Hope Haven School for Dependent Boys in Marrero across the river. The gym, costing between 400000 and 50000 dollars, will be erected immediately. Hope Haven, founded by Father P M H Wynhoven, houses mostly orphaned boys in fourth grade and above and teaches war and agricultural sciences alongside core subjects.
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New Orleans
Hope Haven
Marrero
Julian Saenger
P. M. H. Wynhoven
South
Woman 103 Performs Farm Work Equal to Man
Camden New Jersey April 16 census taker George Saunders found Mrs Mary Chimneski age 103 at work in onion rows. Her daughter interpreter Martha Orlick said Mary born in German Poland in 1827 is the farm’s chief laborer, chopping wood milking cows cleaning out chicken house carrying the horse and driving to town to reclaim the land for crops.
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Camden
N. J
George Saunders
Mary Chimneski
Jahe
Martha Orlick
Poland
World’s longest pipe line may carry gasoline west
Pittsburgh April 16 gas line to the Great Lakes states may be built as a six inch pipe about 670 miles long costing over 5 million dollars. It would transport 16000 barrels of gasoline daily from the eastern seaboard toward western refineries now served by Marcus Hook lines.
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Pittsburgh
Great Lakes
Seaboard
Marcus Hook
Ansylvania
Fire Devastates Sagag. 12000 Homeless on Negros Island
A massive blaze at the Insular Lumber Company in Sagag, Negros Island left around 12,000 people homeless and many feared dead as flames swept through high timber storage and housing. Early counts could not estimate fatalities. The fire damaged multiple structures and disrupted local livelihoods.
Negros Island Inferno Roars Through Town
Panic spread as explosions from dynamite stores and boilers tore through the blaze. Machinery, lumber, laborers’ homes, and personal effects vanished in what locals call Negros Island’s most disastrous fire, uncontrollable until flames burned out.
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Negros Island
Cooperative Action For Cotton Farmers Growth
An Extension Service piece argues that 1929 U S cotton exports reached 7 418 000 bales about half of the crop and stresses both domestic and foreign markets. It urges farmers to unite, forming cooperatives to expand and stabilize markets with government encouragement.
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United States
South
Extension Service
Hospital Fire Threatens Sixty Children in Irvington
Sixty bed ridden heart patients at the Caroliac Home for Children were moved to safety as a boiler room explosion sparked a blaze destroying the three story institution in Irvington on Hudson. Volunteer firefighters ferried patients to ambulances and they were transported to hospitals in Irvington, Tarrytown, and Dobbs Ferry. The fire's origin is undetermined.
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Irvington
Hudson
New York
Caroliac
Tarrytown
Dobbs Ferry
Cotton consumption and Lincoln Parish tick ordinance record
Cotton consumed in March totaled 508 576 bales lint and 63 976 linters. February had 495 204 lint and 60 923 linters. March last year 631 669 lint and 76 064 linters. Lincoln Parish Louisiana passes Ordinance 145 restricting cattle and tick infested livestock movement. It requires certificates of fever tick clearance and written permits for intra parish moves, with dipping rules and penalties. Inspectors may brand dipped stock and impound cattle, horses or mules dipping missed after notice, with seizure costs charged.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Parish of
Lincoln
Lincoln Parish
Louisiana
Parish
Louisiana Live Stock Sanitary Board
Louisiana Live Stock
Sanitary Board
Loulana Live Stock
Lincoln Parish animal seizure and fine ordinance details
The ordinance grants inspectors authority to seize tick infested cattle horses or mules in Lincoln Parish. Impounded animals earn a $10 per head fee for drivers and 50 cents daily per head for the pound. If unclaimed within five days, sale is ordered with funds paid to owner or parish treasury. Animals must be dipped in arsenical solution and re dipped as directed. Violations carry fines from $10 to $50 or 10 to 30 days jail, plus civil damages. The measure is to be enforced by the District Attorney and supersedes prior ordinances.
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Lincoln
Justice of the Peace
Lincoln Parish
Yea
Thompson
Henry
Tatum
Sanderson
Donald
Colvin
Foster
Larance
Lincoln Parish Gasoline Tax Ordinance Authorizes One Cent Levy
Ordinance No. 146 empowers a one cent per gallon tax on gasoline and motor fuels in Lincoln Parish Louisiana for one year starting May 5 1930. Wholesale dealers must collect remit reports by the tenth of each month with penalties up to 100 dollars or 30 days imprisonment for noncompliance. Tax proceeds go to parish roads and bridges maintenance.
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Lincoln Parish
Louisiana
Linton Parish
Ruston
Nto
Lincoln Pacigh
Succession Sale In The Hogan Estate In Lincoln Parish LA
Notice for a court ordered sale of real estate belonging to the Hogan succession in Lincoln Parish Louisiana The sale at the Ruston courthouse is set for May 24 1930 with cash to the highest bidder to raise debts The administratrix Mrs Nancy Hogan signs the notice dated April 19 1930
Succession of Joseph Shelton Cole Sale Notice
Probate docket in Lincoln Parish Louisiana announces a public sale of real estate and personal property from the estate of Joseph Shelton Cole. The auction, directed by Ada Hood Cole administratrix, will occur May 3, 1930 at the Lincoln Parish courthouse with real estate description and a cash bid format, first mortgage assumption allowed.
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Federal Land Bank of New Orleans
Ada Hood Cole
BE. L. Walker
Sheriff Sale in Lincoln Parish Louisiana
Notice of a public auction by writ of fieri facias issued from the Third Judicial District Court. The sale will be at the court house in Ruston on May 17. Property described as 80 acres north of section 1, township 2 north, range 1 west, seized as the defendant Willie H. Hodge.
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Third District Court
Parish of
Lincoln
State of Louisians
Third Judicial District Court
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
N. R
Willie H. Hodge
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W. R. Rinehart
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Ry. R. Rinehart, Jeely-Treas
P. J
John Hogan
Nancy Hogan
Joseph Shelton Cole
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Stata
Bex
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W. F. Royd
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