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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1931
Page
4
Public notices and obituary items from Lincoln Parish include formal resolutions of respect and personal cards. The office is in the Leader Building Ruston Louisiana with a post office designation and advertising rate terms for official journals and bank cards.
The column discusses stock market shifts on Wall Street driven by public mood and business signals. It cites Henry Richmond from Wall Street Magazine on spring buying, summer conservatism, and persistent production in wheat corn oil gas cotton and citrus. The piece reflects on optimism tempered by caution, urging focus on solid facts and long term gains rather than fleeting wishes.
A long, fragmentary note discusses Louisiana tick eradication, praising 25 parishes achieving tick freedom and urging state action to protect dairy interests. It notes fear of neighboring parishes reintroducing ticks and cites LSU extension commentary on the economic impact and need for continued public funding.
The article reports unrest and police tensions across several districts. It notes officials and residents debating safety, governance, and public order measures. It mentions protests and inquiries into local leadership, with cautious language about outcomes and responsibilities.
The piece argues government loans to drought stricken farmers should be treated as business credit. It compares government lending to a banker lending to a major industry, insisting borrowers repay to the best of their ability and that financiers seek repayment, not charity.
The Republican press praises press agents to humanize Hoover while the New York Times notes legitimacy and public appeal. Roosevelt and Smith are cited as successful examples, but Coolidge’s persona is debated, and Hoover’s blunders and distant demeanor alienate the intelligent public, as Lew Orlean s remarks.
An article argues education pays for rural parents by sending their children to high schools, noting higher lifetime income for educated farmers and the greater earnings of college graduates. It cites studies from multiple states and cites Cornell on the value of schooling.
Louisiana Tech notes highlight EM Shirley, head track coach and math instructor, as a 1923 LSU BS graduate and Tech’s first Bulldog track coach in 1921, with prior ISU records and East Baton Rouge parish coaching work. R. S. Wynn, Tulane BI graduate, AAU champ, served in Westinghouse and New Orleans Public Service before joining Tech as math instructor and basketball coach.
An old advertisement extols Carter's Little Liver Pills as a gentle vegetable remedy that stimulates bile flow to aid digestion. It claims the pills improve poor digestion, clear up blemishes, relieve headaches, and restore energy, urging readers to look for the Carter's label on the bottle.
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