Women learn proper clothes selection at LSU course
At the Farmers and Farm Women's Short Course in Baton Rouge August 10-13 at Louisiana State University, Miss Iris Davenport leads demonstrations on choosing materials and ready-made clothing. Miss Helen Carter offers simple textile tests to identify silk rayon cotton wool linen and ramie.
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University Station
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Iris Davenport
Helen Carter
KL. S. U. Home Economics Department
Miss Davenport
H. T. Barr
C. J. Hutchinson
Mr. Hutchinson
Treating Worms Effective Yet Messy Farm Practice
A Louisiana State University expert says a 1 percent copper sulfate and nicotine sulfate mix, given after 24 hours without feed and repeated in 14 days, clears stomach worms in yearlings. LSU materials and a Farmers' Short Course outline practical guidelines, while a Mississippi stockman credits the method after success with his calves.
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University Station
Baton Rouge
C. I. Bray
Louisiana State University
Animal Industry Section
Laurel
Hill
Mississippi
Bray
Receiver's Sale of Lincoln Parish Lands in Ruston
Bertram F. Barnette as Receiver of Winlock Lumber Co offers sale at Ruston courthouse. Properties include 100 acres described as SW 1-4 of SW 1-4 and related parcels in Sec 3 Twp 18 N R 4 W and Sec 30 Twp 19 N R 4 W. Inventory on file. viewing by request. Auction set for September 19, 1931. cash to highest bidder.
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Winlock Lumber Company, Inc
Third District Court
Lincoln Parish
Louisiana
Third Judicial District Court
Ruston
N. R
Court of the District Court
Bertram F. Barnette
Arcadia
Firestone Oldfield
Ford
Chevrolet
Erskine
Plymouth
Chandler
DeSoto
Dodge Durant
Graham-Paige
Pontiac Roosevelt
Willys-Knight Essex
Nash
Marquette
Oldsmobile
Buick
Auburn
Jordan
OD Gardner Marmon
Oakland
Peerless
Studebaker
Chrysler
Viking
Franklin Hudson
Hupmob
LaSalle
Packard
Pierce-Arrow
Cadillac
Lincoln
Jgggttieee
Lincoln 4 H club members leave Monday for Baton Rouge
Four Littl Lincoln Parish 4-H Club boys head to Baton Rouge on Monday August 16 to form a Cattle Judging Team led by J A Shealy parish farm agent. Names include Prince Terry Choudrant James Colvin Ruston Joe Fallon Hilly and Harold Scallion Ruston. Sophie Stone parish home demonstration agent also leads a poultry judging team of three girls Nelda Nobles Nobles Sybil Alexander Simsboro and Evelyn Trusseel Antioch to LSU.
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Littcoln Parish
Ruston
Baton Rouge
J. A. Shealy
Prince Terry
Choudrant
James Colvin
Joe Fallin
Hilly
Harold Scallion
Sophie Stone
Parish
Louisiana State University
Nelda Nobles
Nobles
Sybil Alexander
Simsboro
Evelyn Trusseel
Antioch
Farm program continues with much interest
Organization of parish farm bureau associations proceeds under E L Bruener state agent with J A Shealy and T C Alexander assisting. Meetings at Choudrant Antioch Cross Roads Sibley Hico Dubach attract full membership and urge congress to keep the current federal farm board. changes should aid friends of the board. Also noted are the Von Steuben gravesite dedication by New York Sept 15 and Congressman Ackerman’s long used umbrella promising further service.
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E. L. Bruener
State Farm Bureau
J. A. Shealy
T. C. Alexander
Choudrant
Antioch
Burea
Cross Roads
Sibley
Hico
Dubach
Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
Cotton Worm Threat Observed In Franklin Parish
The Franklin Sun reports cotton worms in Tensas and nearby parishes. Eggs and moths were found by the parish agent, with weather favoring potential crop damage. Farmers are advised to dust with calcium arsenate. a carload is on hand at Winnsboro Farm Bureau for delivery at $5.85 per 100 pounds to members, plus a 5 percent commission for non members.
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Franklin Sun
Winnsboro
W. P
Franklin Parish
Farm Bureau
Caldwell Watchman
Louisiana bank record shows few suspensions in 1931
The July report from the Federal Reserve Board notes Louisiana had the fewest bank suspensions among southern states in the first half of 1931, with four banks totaling 971000 dollars suspended. One reopened, with deposits of 748000 dollars. Separately, Tommy McCroskey and Mary Chinn, once child principals in a 1913 Tom Thumb wedding in Webb City Missouri, later wed at age 23.
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Louisiana
Federal Reserve Board
Tommy McCroskey
Mary Chinn
Webb City
The Cow: Dairy Industry Value and Impact
The secretary of agriculture notes dairy production surpasses other sectors in value and employment. Dairy products outweigh the combined weight of cows, peat, coke, and iron ore shipments, underscoring dairying as the nation’s largest industry.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Republicans to Run Full State Ticket
Baton Rouge August 10 Special The Republican party will field a full state ticket in April elections following a meeting of captains and precinct workers of the New Orleans Twelfth War Republican Club. The club adopted a resolution calling on Hines Lee Jahneek assistant secretary of the navy and Republican rating committee man and John B Jackson chairman of the state central committee to cooperate in canvassing the state for candidates for Governor and other offices.
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Baton Rouge
Republican Party
New Orleans
Special Brand tire naming hides factory maker in sales
A Special Brand tire is marketed wide by a manufacturer for distributors such as mail order houses and oil companies under a name that does not reveal the producing firm to the public, while the maker promotes his own name on all tires he produces.
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Firestone
Fireotume
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Makeadio
Y Kendall Io
Arnold Brown
Salt Lake City
Arnold
Shealy
Miss Stone
Jersey
J. R. Kavanaugh
Brook Mays & Co
Milam St
Shreveport
Baron von Steuben
State of
New York
E. R. Ackerman
Plainfield
N. J
Siam
Ruston, Louisiana
Louisiana Bank
Mansfield
Cenjoy
Firestone Tires
Firestone Rehibiteld Lye
Wright
Birvetone
Carrigs Pirestone
Ford Gas & Oil Co
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