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Ruston Leader

Location

Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1930

Page

2

Public Journal Notice From Lincoln Parish Officials

Public notice from Lincoln Parish School Board and Lincoln Parish Officials issued through the Official Journal. Publication details indicate second class matter at Ruston post office under March 5 1879 act. Venue listed as Trader Building East Mississippi Avenue with contact telephone 126.

Ruston Trader Building East Mississippi Avenue Telephone Official Journal Parish of Lincoln and Lincoln Parish School Board

Grass and Nature's Immortality in Quiet Resilience

A reflective essay extols grass as nature’s stubborn force enduring after war and winter. It regrows over battlefields and barren landscapes, binds soil, shapes climate, and quietly influences history, reminding that grass holds earth in place and outlasts human triumphs and decay.

Child Health and Protection Committee Aims at Early Welfare

President Hoover organizes the Committee on Child Health and Protection to study safeguarding in early years. The plan emphasizes prevention over treatment, urging parents to vaccinate, prevent disease, and seek timely care, with the State informing citizens to share responsibility for a healthier next generation.

Committee On Child Health and Protection Hoover America

Child Welfare Leadership Under Hoover Plan

A 1930s government push led by President Hoover aims to strengthen child health and protection. National experts in Washington classify needs and outline policies to improve youth welfare nationwide, with a forthcoming report guiding future action.

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Fragmentary civic note on misplaced words and data

A garbled OCR fragment references Boworke Avs and a crop at a settlement named Auiaba. It mentions a death and a test, with unclear roles and dates. Readable details are insufficient to determine a coherent event, person, or organization.

Boworke Syateus Belotipe Auiaba

Legal note on sharing crops and land leases in disputes

The text explains that half the crop may stand in lieu of money wages and that if B leases land from A, the crop for the third and fourth shares belongs to B while A holds a privilege on the whole crop for his part. It suggests seeking legal advice and amicable settlements to avoid expense and hard feelings, noting it as the cheapest option.

The Crime Industry Explores Public Profit and Policy

A pamphlet argues crime is a flourishing, publicly funded industry with estimates of 16.6 billion dollars yearly cost and one million criminals. It notes Tinagais has 23000 laws to curb crime and urges voters to choose laws that prosecute criminals without harming good citizens, warning restrictive legislation backfires.

Committee On White House Tinagis

The Helping Hand Editorial Appeals to Charity

An editorial urges economy and charity, arguing that money spent on pleasure and Sunday outings should instead clothe and feed the poor. It condemns professed Christians who fail to outstretch a helping hand, contrasting their example with that of Christ.

Christ Hades Heaven

Ohio Senatorships Five Citizens Called To Serve

Five Ohio citizens have occupied the U S Senate seat within six years amid a chain of deaths and defeats. Since 1926, Willis died, Locher was appointed then defeated, Burton died, McCulloch was appointed and later ousted, and Bulkley has now been elected to finish the term. The record shows three elected and two appointed, with the pattern of turnover noted by the Shreveport Journal.

Ohio Frank B. Willis United States Donahey Gyrus Locher Graham P. Hunt Hunt Theodore Burton Burton Roscoe C. McCulloch Cooper Robert J. Bulkley McCulloch Willis Locher Bulkley Shreveport. Journal

Louisiana Population Reaches 2.1 Million Mark

Census Bureau bulletin reports Louisiana population on April 1, 1900 at 2,101,594, up 300,000 in ten years, a 16.9 percent increase since 1890. The rise, while lower than peak decades, is the largest ten-year gain in the state's history, with density about 409 per square mile.

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Louisiana Population Trends in 1930 Census Bulletin

The Louisiana population bulletin shows New Orleans at 458,762 in 1930, up 18.5 percent since 1920, with Monroe fastest growth at 105.3 percent. Shreveport and Baton Rouge follow in size and gain, while parishes near New Orleans and in the north posted large increases. The state has 64 parishes and 210 incorporated places. Cameron is the sparsest, Verda the smallest.

New Orleans South Monroe Shreveport Baton Rouge Alexandria Lake Charles Lafayette Bogalusa Louisiana Orleans Parish Caddo Parish Shreveport City Jefferson Parish Gulf Cameron Verda Grand Parish Bureau of the Census Washington, D.C

Cold Storage Reports Favorable For Meat Dairy Poultry Stocks

Federal monthly reports indicate supply of meat daley and poultry products is gradually entering markets as new production grows The November outlook is encouraging with generally lower holdings than a year ago Creamery butter stocks show similar favorable trends reflecting tighter supply conditions in the industry.

Federal Monthly

Louisiana Tech Faculty Profiles and Careers

A. E. Phillips serves a 13th year as director of the Teacher-Training department at Louisiana Tech after arriving in 1916. He holds B.S. and M.A. degrees from Peabody College and has partial Ph.D. work. Previously he led DeRidder and Homer high schools and was Arkadelphia public schools superintendent. W. O. Cline joined Tech in 1929 as principal of the Tech high school, with a B.A. from Louisiana Tech in 1925 and prior teaching at Lake Charles Central, Jennings, Elton high schools, and Elton public schools.

A. E. Phillips Louisiana Tech Peabody College Tech Philips DeRidder Homer Arkadelphia Ark W. OR. Cline Cline Lake Charles Central

How old is the earth about to be answered

Scientists near a breakthrough on Earth's age rely on Uranium decay to estimate how long rocks formed. Estimates range from one to three billion years, with 4 billion years for half the atoms to decay. The method promises more precise dating once results are announced.

Mother Earth Old Earth Earth

Commodity stocks show mixed shifts in year to year

Total meat supplies reach 496.7 million pounds this year versus 632.4 million last year. Poultry holdings fall from 86.9 million to 59.3 million pounds while cheese drops from 99.8 to 96.4 million. Eggs rise, case eyes total 6.8 million this year and 4.9 million in 1929, with frozen eggs at 2.8 million on November 1, up from 2.0 million last year. Sluggish demand blamed for low prices across commodities.

Optimistic Louisiana Chairman Sees Resource Wealth

Frank Reid of the Flood Central Committee travels Louisiana and praises its almost inexhaustible resources in key sectors. He urges intelligent cooperation to accelerate development yielding wealth for locals and partners, and prioritizes completing cloud control and improving roads bridges and waterways.

Frank Reid Flood- Central Committee of The House Iter-Tribune Louisiana Reid

Taxes On Cigarettes Yield $3 Per Capita

Three dollars in cigarette taxes to the Federal Treasury per person in the United States. Estimated by the Internal Revenue Service show total cigarette taxes for the year ending June 30, 1990, at $590,516,774.

United States United States Bureau of Internal Revenue

Cigarette Tax Receipts Rise In First Quarter Fiscal Year

Federal tax data show a year over year rise in tobacco tax receipts driven by cheaper demand for cigarettes. Per capita cigarette use stands at about 1,000 annually with $3.00 in tax per person. Federal tax on cigarettes for the quarter reached $7,801,560, down from $98,020,214 in the prior year period.

Cannibals Described Kindly by World-Worn Author

Mr W B Seabrook, author of The Magic Island, reports cannibals as kindly people after returning from Africa. The piece notes ironic contrasts with Henry Adams letters and mocks modernist views, while critiquing sensational depictions of cannibals and ogres in travel writing.

New York W. B. Seabrook Maryland Africa Henry Adams South Seas Tmoderpisus Beebe

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