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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1930
Page
4
A grotesque, vintage menu lists a Cupid's Cocktail and several bridal kitchen ideas. Recipes include a sugar syrup base with fruit and lemon juice, chicken crouquettes with paprika, heart cakes with pink frosting, and a gilded presentation.
Fragmented OCR text outlines methods and ingredients for canned gooseberries, spiced rhubarb, and baked peaches. It describes preparing gooseberry pie with vinegar, sugar, and water. a rhubarb preserve method. and serving with sponge cake and cream. Details are garbled but indicate fruit preserves, jelly, and cooking steps.
A whimsical account notes bees as tenants in the United States, acknowledging human protection in exchange for honey. It cites about 8,000,000 bee colonies and 140,000,000 pounds of honey annually, and discusses keeper tactics to keep bees content without curbing their liberties.
Historic Pepys House at Imphicton Hall forms part of a college system tied to Pepys family legacy. The house, begun mid sixteenth century to store relics, preserves a central hall and expansive oak-panelled rooms with seventeenth century ceilings.
Anne Necker Neckar born April 24 1764 in Paris daughter of Necker and Suzanne Corchad. Her early life faced health issues from study and excitement leading to move to Mopper estate near Geneva. In 1790 she published a novel Trophie and in 179? a tragedy Jeanne Gray Eber Ars Inarringe was to Bete Amnenus baron of Stael Helstein.
The American Bible Society began publishing the Gospels in Hopi with effort to adapt to the Woplandiims language. Proofs circulated between editors and the central New York headquarters as typography and formatting were refined. The project’s progress is inferred from historical notes and archival terms.
Fragmented text describes the Shenandoah valley region in Virginia near Luray and mentions river conditions, weather, and potential hazards. The garbled lines reference streets or sites and possible survey notes about a river event or danger. It seems to be an incomplete field note from a 19th or early 20th century survey.
Four canals in Scotland run in a continuous waterway from the Caledonian Canal to the Clyde estuary. The network stretches across Kingsie Bay and Bowling Bay, linking diverse ports and landscapes.
Fragmentary notice discusses two forms of marriage under law, one involving species and a contested partnership, the other by consent of the parties for a year. It notes religious authorities and public acknowledgment of the union and references a civil or legal process affecting validity. The fragment ends with a dated reference to Dealt Noon.
A distorted OCR fragment notes raccoons living in a hollow elm tree. It mentions openings high in the trunk and sometimes roots, with groups of three or four animals sharing the same space in the same tree.
A description of a white delicacy known as Devonshire cream made by heating rich milk to 175 degrees. A skin forms on the surface and is skimmed off. In England it is sold in small earthenware jars and served with fruit or bread as a refined delicacy.
An excerpt notes a tree called African Monkey Bread with names haobab adansania and digiivtia. It grows from 49 to 10 feet high with fruiting wood 8 inches to 15 inches long. Juices are said to have medicinal properties and the bark and seeds are boiled for traditional remedies.
Readers send notes from travels in Colorado and California praising Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs. The messages mention heat, pleasant visits, and fond memories of Ruston friends, with postcards from Oberammergau and Gulfport, plus notes on new local developments and tourism.
An editorial notes rapid progress toward creating a state game and fish preserve in Webster parish with a committee named by police juries of Webster Bienville and Bossier. It cites the measure as a constructive legislative step and urges Lincoln parish to consider preserving Bayou D Arbonne.
The Minden Herald reports a home wedding on August 2 at Mrs. Nettie Jacksons home. Miss Rene Drury wed William Wallace Jackson, son of Nettie Russ Jackson and the late William Wallace Jackson Sr. The ceremony featured a flower girl, simple vows by Rev W L Stevens, and a green crepe dress for the bride. The couple plan to live with Mrs Jackson. Separately, Henry Riser received his Moody Bible Institute diploma with a reception hosted by Harvey and Vallie Nelson, featuring Olive and Doris Riser and music by Prof George S Schuler students.
U S District Court Western District of Louisiana sets a hearing on September 12 1930 at 10 a m in Shreveport to consider the application for discharge by Henry Clay and allow interested parties to show cause why the discharge should not be granted. J M Grimmett Referee. Also reports note a church class meeting at First Baptist Sunday School with Miss Maywert Co-hostesses and guests viewing Hawaii beach costumes brought by Miss May Huey and Olive Huey.
Miss Maudle May Thurman modeled beach garb including a beach blanket robes a grias skirt hats and three kinds of fans and an umbrella used on Hawaiian beaches. An evening ice course was served with guests listed including Mrs D B Lomax Mrs H L McKnight Mrs Ardis Marbury Mrs H L Campbell and others from Birmingham Alabama.
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