Temple Baptist plans new church building in late March 1931
Reverend Wilbanks announced Temple Baptist in the city is studying plans for a modern two unit building with capacity for over 650 in Sunday School and more than 700 in the main auditorium. Groundbreaking hoped for late March 1931 on Temple Square West Alabama Avenue with initial funds over 100 dollars raised.
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Temple Baptist Church
W. D. Wilbanks
Nashville
Temple Square
West Alabama Avenue
Wilbanks
Temple Church
Hico Negro Shoots Eye Out Of Another Found With Wife
Jim Thompson of Hico is jailed after a shooting at Gipson’s home following alleged impropriety with Thompson’s wife. Gipson is hospitalized with a serious eye injury. The report notes deputies and local locations in Ruston area and surrounding notices for livestock losses and takes-up listings.
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Hico Negro
Jim Thompson
Hico
Guy Braswell
Clyde Frasier
Austin
Gipson
Ruston-Lincoln
Thompson
Fourteen Crew Rescued From Sunken British Vessel
In Biarritz on January 30, fourteen members of the crew of the British steamer Knebworth, split by the wreck after running aground yesterday, were saved this afternoon as twenty thousand spectators watched from the shore. Calm seas allowed lifeboats to approach and remove the survivors. the vessel was reported a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biarritz
France
Knebworth
Aotal
Woman Bitten After Gin Drinking Incident
Clive Sheplood recounted at an emergency hospital that Helen Shepherd, after tasting whiskey she mistook for bulldog gin, swallowed a large quantity and bit her husband four times during a quarrel in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Jan.af
Helen Shepherd
Clive Sheplood
Hearing Set on Dry Repeal Bills by House Group
Washington Jan 29 Graham of the House Judiciary Committee announced hearings would begin February 12 before its group on seven measures seeking repeal of the Eighteenth amendment. The hearings willhear all who wish to testify on the repeal measures as proposed. The package includes proposals to restore liquor control, Cochran resolutions, and alternative options for wine and beer.
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Washington
Chuaitna
Graham
House Judiciary Committee
Ham
Cochran
Foe Mekath
Clancy
Norton
Per
New Orleans and Mexico City Launch Air Service
New Orleans and Mexico City will connect by a new train plane service, with eastbound travel to New Orleans from Mexico City taking 24 hours and westbound trips at 38 hours after an overnight stop at Brownaville. The route, using the Mission Aire, will operate at a reduced rate of 5.12 cents per mile, pending Aviation Corporation of America review.
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New Orleans
Mexico City
Southern Air Transport State
Aviation Corporation of America
Brownaville
Mission Aire
Cold Wave Leaves Several In Ill Health In Natchitoches Parish
Across Natchitoches parish eight people suffer severe exposure from an intense cold spell. The Gibson O Bannon family, five at Provencal, and four others including visitors from North Carolina and Georgia were treated or sent to hospitals. Health officials report temperatures stayed below freezing for a week, with Saturday bringing a brief warmup.
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Natchitoches
Natchitoches Parish
W. W. Knipmeyer
Gibson O'Bannon
Provencal
Here
Eugene Yarborough
North Carolina
Golden Shelton
Monroe
Tzaiah Mitchell
Negra
Timon
Louisiana Purchase Highway
Parish
Charity Hospital
Shreveport
The
Red Cross
Tornado Unroofs Small Buildings in Mississippi
Chilling winds and gales swept the Atlantic and Gulf coasts as a cold wave moved southward. In Mississippi small buildings were unroofed and a tornado touched down in two north Florida counties, killing a woman and damaging a residence before dissipating over the Atlantic.
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Atlanta
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Bristol
Florida
Gangster Arrested Admits Many Crimes
Pittsbinph January 2 A man claiming to be Jimny Burke a Chicago gangster was arrested. He admitted involvement in the Wine Savings bank robbery at Cleveland in May 1947 the holdup of a rundruck in South Chicago in January 1928 and the robbery of the Pofis Havines bike at Detroit in the summer of 1928. He said he had been deformed and had only a few months to live. He claimed to be 20 years old.
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Pittsbinph
Jimny’ Burke
Chicago
Healigster
Wine Savings Bank
Clevelant
Detroit
sUmer
Ile
Priest Secluded Years Amid Busy City Heart
Coroboikinughe January 28 a priest long sheltered in the heart of a bustling street scene amid the Grande Rue in Constant Sinepie He lived quietly despite urban noise and public life and has never seen certain tram activity or heard the trolley bells in his years of seclusion within the Catholic church setting near Autoline on the Grande Street.
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Atouto
P Jean
Bidi Peutiette
Jauriig Usise
Europe
Hermit of Constan tinople Becomes Symbol of Faith
The Allied occupation authorities promised the Turkish government the hermit would not be forced to leave his chosen place of seclusion. Devout Catholics in Constan tinople leave food clothing books and newspapers at his cell door.
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Hermitage
Constantinople
Lorimer Sees Growth in North Central Barge Traffic
Senator William H. Lorimer of Illinois predicts rapid use of barges from Chicago to New Orleans within three years. He says 25 percent lower transport costs than via the St. Lawrence will boost barge fleets. With a $3.5 million federal canalization budget and Illinois River work ready to start, he expects an intensive push to complete the Lake to Gulf waterway.
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New Orleans
Chicago
Asilimar
St. Lawrence
United States
Wiliam H. Lorimer
Illinois
Benster Lorimer
Illinois River
Louisiana Gas Yield Rises in 1929 Across State
Gas production in Louisiana in 1929 reached 262.68 billion feet, up from 232.82 billion in 1928, per the minerals division of the state conservation commission. Monroe produced 170.57 billion feet in 1929 vs 157.56 billion in 1928, while Richland parish rose from 9.92 billion feet in 1928 to 42.02 billion in 1929.
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Louisiana
Minerals Division
State Conservation Commission
Monroe
Richland Parish
Bombs explode tearing Chicago area amid Roche attack
A bomb wrecked a one story grocery building wounding two as it shook blocks within half a mile. An attack on Patrick Roche, chief state attorney investigator, aimed to kill him with dynamite on his car starter. Roche, famed crime fighter, had just led a police ambush in a Gold Coast hotel before the incident.
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Chicago
Patrick Roche
Roche
Gold Coast
Joan Greer
East Delaware
Succession of human events and future cares described
The article muses on facing tomorrow’s troubles after today’s efforts. It notes the Department of Agriculture’s 1078 sugar crop estimate of 906000 tons as a world best projection amid broader reflections on labor and fate.
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Ehell
Department of Agriculture
Downsville Mercantile Burglary Reportf Tuesday Night
The Downsville store of Hinton and Hamilton in Unionport was entered Tuesday night by burglars who pried a front window and stole a Burroughs adding machine two dozen Remington pocket knives about a dozen men’s dress shirts and a small till cash. An attempt to open the safe failed. The same store was burglarized in December with over $300 in cash taken from an unlocked safe.
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Hinton & Hamilton
Downsville
Union Porte
Yeges
Burroughs
Remington
Louisiana Companies Yearly Statement Ad Page Highlight
A page advertisement highlights yearly statements from Louisiana companies. It outlines financial figures, corporate names, and notable metrics published for public reference in the newspaper. The notice emphasizes transparency and compliance with local business reporting requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Marriage Licenses White William Patterson Giver to Cecile Pace
In Venezuela a crarie bird species is used to guard sheep instead of a dog and these birds perform well, reflecting a curious animal husbandry practice noted in the region.
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White
William Patterson Giver
Cecile Pace
Venezuela
Reading Old Jim Good's cotton profit booklet
An advertisement urging every cotton grower to request Old Jim Good's free booklet on increasing cotton profits. It directs readers to send a postal order or payment for mailing to GOOD SEED & NURSERY CO. in Texarkana, U S A.
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Old Jim Good
Good Seed & Nursery CO
Texarkana
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A. MM
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Chatham
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