High School Play Delights Ruston Crowd At Sign of the Pewter Jug
A large audience praised the Ruston High School senior class for presenting At the Sign of the Pewter Jug last night in the school auditorium. Edith Whittington chaired the production with help from Dell Thatcher and Graham Price, earning a neat door take and candy sales for the class memorial fund.
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Ruston High School
Bhe
Edith Whittington
Dell Thatcher
Graham Price
Whittington
Local Bearcats and Tech freshmen play scoreless football
A post season charity game at Tech field ended in a scoreless tie between Ruston Bearcats and Louisiana Tech freshman Bullpups. Both sides threatened, with teams reaching the opponents' ten yard lines and a late pass into the end zone saving the tie. Attendance was boosted for the Rus ton Good Cheer fund, though late permission issues likely reduced the crowd.
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Ruston High School Bearcats
Louisiana Tech
Tech Field
Ruston Good Cheer
Horace Williamson
Tech
L. J. Fox
State
Association
Pups and Cats
Johnson
Turner
Bearcats
Marcus Lolt
Ruston Crew
Johnston
McCarty
Campbell
Fonlan
Mathews
Causey
Richardson
Pankey
Nugent
McIntosh
Williamson
Old LSU Campus Abandoned For New Capitol Site
Baton Rouge official announces the old Louisiana State University campus will be abandoned as the university site after contract for the new capitol building is awarded. The state will seize university holdings and sell the realty under warrants to fund the capitol project, with the campus cleanup marking a shift from the 1925 expansion era.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Huey P. Long
Capitol
Louisiana University to consolidate campuses on new site
Governor Long and Dr. J. M. Smith state the old campus of Louisiana University should be consolidated with the new. The university owns about 240 acres at the old site near Baton Rouge’s business district. Land will be sold quickly to finance women's dormitories and a student center on the new campus. The old campus, once under congressional grant since 1886, now has title in the university after a recent act of congress.
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Governor Long
J. M. Smith
University
Baton Rouge Business District
Seven Nations
Louisiana
Congress
Unemployed Teachers And College Students Enter Business
Unemployed teachers and college students are urged to consider Tyler Commercial College and School of Business Administration in Tyler Texas. The ad promotes banking bookkeeping secretarial stenography and other courses highlighting faster payroll opportunities and scholarships via The Ruston Leader editor. It invites readers to mail a coupon for a free book Achieving Success in Business and to contact the registrar with plans and ambitions.
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Tyler Commercial College
School of Business’ Administration
Tyler Commercial College and
School of Business Administration
Tyler
Texas
Wheat Burned For Fuel In Nez Perce Town Idaho
Nez Perce Idaho residents in a wheat region burn wheat for fuel to cut costs as coal sells at 16.50 per ton and wood at 10 a cord. A businessman sold wheat at 98 per ton delivered to bins and basements, noting its even heat and long fire. A garageman said he ordered coarser grates and expects to burn wheat all winter.
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Nez Perce
Idaho
Big Timber
State Auditor Checks School Board Office Books
F A Shattuck supervisor of public accounts arrived in Ruston on Friday to audit the parish school board and superintendent of education offices. He will complete the work today and continue audits in all parishes of the state.
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F. A. Shattuck
Baton Rouge
Ruston
Parish School Board
Mr. Shattuck
Walker Issues First Court Capacity Order in Three Parishes
In the Third Judicial District Court of Louisiana for Union, Lincoln and Jackson parishes, terms are fixed by parish with Civil and Grand Jury terms set for specific Mondays. July and August are vacation months. Arraignment days are fixed for felony cases. Clerks must record the order.
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Third Judicial District Court of
Louisiana
Union
Lincoln
Jackson
Lincoln, Jackson
Union Parishes
Lincoln Parish
Jackson Parish
Union Parish
Endorsements and Court Session Dates 1930 Louisiana
The document records an order fixing court sessions and arraignment dates in Ruston Lincoln parish Louisiana. It notes the December 8 1930 signing in Chambers by Judge E L Walker of the Third Judicial District Court and a filed record date December 9 1930 with Ross C Neill deputy clerk. It confirms a true copy of the original on file dated December 9 1930 signed by Ross C Neill.
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Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Louisiana
A. D
E. L. Walker
Third Judicial District Court of
Union
Lincoln
Jackson
Ross C. Neill
D. C
Trespass Notice for Ward Five Lands in Lincoln Parish
Public notice posting lands in Ward Five Lincoln Parish Louisiana warns against hunting trapping or trespassing. Violations will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. A Gill and R C Gill executors of J E Gill and N B Gill estates are identified as involved parties.
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Lincoln Parish
War Picture Barred In Germany
Germanys board of film censors barred All Quiet On the Western Front from theatres, arguing it endangered international standing. The ban followed riots at a Berlin cinema stirred by the National Socialist party. A producer attorney said the film would be withdrawn from circulation regardless of the ruling.
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Berlin
Germany
Board of Film Censors
National Socialist
Ford Plant Opens in Edgewater New Jersey Hiring 6000
Ford Motor Company formally opened a new assembly plant at Edgewater New Jersey employing 6 000 men with a capacity of 800 automobiles daily. The facility can handle 105 freight carloads of Ford parts per day.
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New York
Edgewater
N. J
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Congress Relief Bills Stalled By Hoover
Washington December 9 Congress passed relief bills totaling 170 million dollars while President Hoover condemned plans for 4.5 billion in raids on the treasury as politicians seek to use human misery. Senator La Follette countered with a senate resolution urging relief for suffering over tax considerations. Monroe syrup note appears as local ad.
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Washington
House of Congress
Hoover
Treasury
Nome
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Senate
Delinquent Taxes Bring In Over Twenty Million
Washington reports the Internal Revenue Service collected 13,037,670 from delinquent income taxes last year and 8,093,263 from delinquent miscellaneous taxes, totaling 21,120,093. A. E. Dunsmore notes focus on catching evaders and ensuring proper payment.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
A. E. Dunsmore
$25 000 Appropriation For Relief Of Unemployment
In Shreveport on December 12 the Caddo parish police jury approved a 25000 appropriation to aid unemployment. After January 1, 1931 funds will clear and grade roads throughout Caddo parish using local labor to perform the work.
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Cadda Parish
Parish road work motion advances right of way plan
A motion by W A Robinson offered an appropriation for about 60 miles of parish road work. The plan would relieve farmers and tenants by providing employment now rather than later under the old road crew system. No specific roads named. the road committee will determine details soon.
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W. A. Robinson
Sugar Surplus Foreseen by European Nations
The sub committee of the international sugar conference reports European countries will end the year with a sugar surplus totaling about 2,000,000,000 tons beyond domestic consumption. The finding reflects a massive imbalance between production and intake across the continent.
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Brussels
Opec
International Sugar Conference Today
Dogs Too Big Escape Jail Sentence In Macon
In Macon Georgia Jesse Glenn and Walter Banks two Black men were held in a stockade for a minor offense until they requested shoes. The superintendent asked the mayor who replied that they cannot work them harefooted and shoes large enough could not be found. They were released with the remark 13 1/2 shoes.
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Macon
Der
Jesse Glenn
Walter Banks
Love at Second Sight in Boston Beanpot Rumor
A tittle tattle exchange suggests Katherine will marry an X-ray specialist, with a playful jab about what he can see in her, reflecting local social chatter around Boston’s Beanpot gossip scene.
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Boston Beanpot
Katherine
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Claim No Substitutes
An old advertisement extols Carter's Little Liver Pills as superior and irreplaceable for cleansing the liver. It asserts substitutes are not acceptable, recommending the red bottle for constipation and torpid liver, and urging readers to buy from druggists.
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Carter
Cardus credited by Denison woman for health boost
Mrs. Nannie Davis of 418 W Woodard St Denison says after long illness and back pain Cardus improved her health. She weighed 110 pounds before treatment and worked again after four bottles. She reports three years without pain and urges others run-down or nervous women to try Cardus.
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Denison
Texas
Cardus
Nannie Davis
W. Woodard Street
Thin City
Mrs. Davis
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