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Ruston Leader

Location

Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1930

Page

4

Well Known Citizen Dies Here Sunday

Augustus A Shaw age 45 longtime Ruston resident died Sunday after an operation at the Ruston Lincoln sanitarium He came to Ruston with the Arkansas Southern railroad and worked as a pattern maker at Ruston Foundry and Machine Co later ran a South Bonner Street grocery He took up work in Monroe two years ago and kept his Ruston home Funeral services will be held at the family residence this afternoon with interment in Greenwood Cemetery He was a member of Temple Bante church Surviving are wife and five children Rey Skinger Miss Grace Shaw Mrs Boil Arthur and Leslie Shaw

Augustus A. Shaw Ruston Ruston-Lincoln Shew Arkansas Sothern Ruston Foundry and Machine Company Alexandria Shaw Bonner Street Monroe Fanny Greenwood Cemetery Temple Bante Church Rey Skinger Mis Grace Shaw Arthur and Leslie Shaw

World motor vehicle report shows U S lead in ownership

Washington Aug 14 America’s automobile division reports 260808 registered vehicles in Louisiana in 1929 and 35,766,614 worldwide. The per capita rate is one car per 4.5 people in the United States and one per 216 internationally. World registrations rose 3,092,826 last year.

Washington Lowisiana Automobile Division United States Department of Commerce United States Department Canada New Zealand Austria Yeonan Arabia Ethopia

Rubber game Ts won from clay by city Swets

A quirky late night recap notes Swets winning the rubber game against Clay by the city, with fragmented phrases about Cissy Mae and a tense sequence. The item reads like garbled OCR, but core names and the main outcome hint at a local match and a clumsy effort to describe a play sequence.

Mystery Slayer Kills Woman at Home Reported

A deadly incident is reported as a slayer attacked a woman at her residence. Authorities investigate the scene and seek information about the suspect. Details and motive remain unclear in this fragmented account.

Transients Held by Sheriff After Disturbance Incident

From Daily Melton Horne report Sheriff Thigpen arrested and jailed Mary Horne, William Cupentine, and husband after a disturbance at Jake Rasbury’s store on the Dixie Overland highway. Authorities found empty gasoline cans and ciphering tubes in a car linked to the trio during a statewide motor vehicle investigation. One account notes injuries to Mrs Doyle with head trauma inside a house where the trio had sought shelter.

Melton Horne Mary Horne Wiliam Cupentine Thigpen Jake Rasbury Arcadia Scott Durret Mr. Durreth

White Women Who Wed Filipinos Lose Citizenship

In San Francisco on August 13 Paul Armstrong federal district director of naturalization said a Washington ruling strips citizenship rights from white women who marry Filipinos, equating Filipinos with aliens and excepting only those with U S military service. The ruling targets California where Filipino immigration is mostly male.

San Francisco Washington Paul Armstrong Federal District Director of Naturalization United States Armistrong California

Spanish Souffle and Other Dishes Featured in Café Kitchen

A fragmented menu style piece describes a café kitchen with references to a Spanish Souffle and a steamed blueberry pudding. It lists various dishes and cooking steps with assorted ingredients and notes on techniques, suggesting a lively but unclear food feature from a historical page. The text includes numerous garbled phrases and partial lines about cooking liquids, toppings, and seasonal hints.

Dubach La Announces Six Production Record Milestone

In Dubach Louisiana officials reported a new production record marking a six unit milestone for local industry. The ceremony highlighted progress at the facility and drew attendance from community leaders and regional representatives.

Famous Ruston golfer condemns miniature sport as business and mental monstrosity

A sprawling OCR fragment discusses a renowned Ruston golfer denouncing a small-scale sport as soulless commerce and a mental hazard. It references golf culture, eccentric youth, and cultural tensions surrounding modernity, with scattered mentions of families, courses, and public attention.

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