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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1932
Page
5
An analysis argues taxation as oppression and questions the expansion of government activity. It notes that one fifth of income funds government, warns of federal insolvency, and calls for curbing agencies while many rely on tax dollars for services. Government borrows from citizens, expanding bureaus across diverse lines.
The page lists commodity prices for New York and New Orleans with weekly opens highs lows and closes for January through December futures across several months. It also includes a long editorial on government waste urging tax relief via reduced expenditures and citizen oversight, signed by Merle Thorpe reprinted from Nations Business April 1922.
Will Smith of Downsville is described as head of Smith & Wife, Downsville, with fifty five dozen eggs weekly from a Lincoln Parish farm. The piece playfully questions ownership of the hens and notes his long running egg business since 1918 in Ruston, with humorous digressions on taxes and board. It ends by noting Hillside Detention home officials in Bridgeport, Conn, found liquor smuggled in a cake.
Mrs. Claude Ford hosted the Laura Strain Sunday School class on Thursday afternoon with a George Washington Bicentennial color scheme. Red white and blue decor plus games and themed refreshments highlighted the gathering attended by fourteen members and guest Mrs. Earl Grigsby.
A Virginia woman who never attended Sun until age 85 still attends at 97. In Oregon, 88-year-old B. B. Gesher celebrated his birthday by playing baseball with his grandchildren.
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