State Land Office Reports 1920 Revenues From Oil Leases
The state tin realined a little more than dollars In revenues from oil royalties and leases in 1920, with annual totals near $658,789.76 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929. Fred Feglater released figures showing half year receipts of $946,020.76 and notes for future needs include a proposed annual maintenance appropriation of $29,200 and projected biennial revenues above $400,000.
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Wenge
Fred Feglater
The
Yeport
Louisiana Mission
Sid
Éipta
Grace
Tax Commission
Land Office
New Orleans Girl Wins Typing Award at Spencer College
New Orleans Louisiana Miss Gladys Stoltz of Spencer College won first prize for the state in the Royal Typewriter Company accuracy contest with a perfect e1 words per minute. She will receive a Royal typewriter as her reward on February 21. The contest was national in scope.
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New Orleans
Gladys Stoltz
The
Spencer College
State of Louisiana
Royal Typewriter Company
Royal Typewriter
Cotton ginned in Louisiana 1929 vs 1928 totals
The Department of Commerce through the Bureau of the Census released a preliminary report showing Louisiana ginned cotton by parish for 1929 and 1928. State total was 796,511 bales in 1929 vs 682,489 in 1928. Lincoln Parish recorded 20,027 bales in 1929 and 24,563 in 1928.
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Department of Commerce
Louisiana
Lincoln Parish
Collision of Two Freight Trains Near Tremont Halts Traffic
A collision between a through freight and a local freight near Tremont eight miles east of here halted Illinois Central Lines traffic between Ruston and Monrose for over three hours. The No 297 freight rear-ended No 271, toppled an engine and five cars, but no injuries were reported. Officials did not disclose the cause.
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Illinois Central
Ruston
Monrose
Tremont
Here
Drunken man involved in brawl near Vienna
Sam McGuire, a Black resident about a mile off the highway two miles north of Vienna, is jailed after a drunken Saturday night collapse. He fought a visitor named McLain, and others restrained him. White man Vesta Rabb helped transport McGuire to the sheriff. McGuire possessed liquor. McLain’s injuries are serious but not critical.
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Sam McGuire
Vienna
Jall
McLain
McGuire
Vesta Rabb
Rabb
Clyde Frasier
New Orleans Homesteads Show Amazing Growth Ten Year Period
New Orleans homesteads in operation exceed fifty as figures released show growth over a decade. Resources at the year’s start stood at 130 million dollars, while twenty years earlier in 1910 the total was 12 million.
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New Orleans
Dispute Ends as Authorities Approve New Orleans Bridge Plan
Secretary Hurley approved Hero-Hackett plans for a Mississippi river bridge at New Orleans on January 31, ending a protracted fight. Major General Jadwin had balked the earlier design as a navigation hazard. The promoters revised the plan raising the span about 12 feet and extending the approaches to meet recommendations. Colonel George A Hero expressed satisfaction at the approval.
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Washington
Hurley
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Hero-Hackett
Mississippi
Edgar Jadwin
Bridge project funding details revealed in brief statement
A brief statement from Col. Here outlines the start timing for the bridge work pending final details with the financiers. The bridge will be underwritten by N. Bullasby and Company of Chicago and the Illinois Central Bank, also of Chicago.
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Here
4. N. Bullasby, and Company
Chicago
Ilinois Central Bank
Hero
Exhibition of 641 Paintings by Gertrude Roberts Smith
The Art Department of Louisiana Polytechnic Institute invites the public to view an exhibition of 641 paintings by Gertrude Roberts Smith. The show runs February 3 to February 15 in the Exhibition Room on the second floor of the Main Building, open daily from eight to five except Sundays.
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Art Department of
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Gertrude Roberts Smith
Art Department
Health Commissioner Outsmarts Snooper
Evanston Illinois January 31 A snooper was outsmarted by John W. H Pollard health commissioner After days of peering through windows Mrs Pollard urged action He posted a sign near the door the snooper used and waited The intruder read the sign kept out Smallpox and fled the neighborhood
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Evanston
Ill
John W. H Pollard
Couple Stranded Five Months Rescued Off Equator Island
Dr Charles Ritter and his German wife were found safe after five months marooned on Charles island in the Gala pagos group west of Ecuador. Eugene F. McDonald of Chicago and scientists on a expedition located them and supplied provisions for a year. The ship they traveled on had not returned for supplies.
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Chicago
Charles Ritter
Berlin
Germany
Pacific
Eugene F. McDonald
Equator
Charles Island
Galapagos
Equador
McDonald
Notice of Final Account in Cole Succession
Final account in the succession of Herman and Fearly Cole, No. 1391 P. D. Third District Court, Lincoln Parish Louisiana, to creditors and interested parties to show cause within ten days why A H Sims as administrator should not have the account approved and homologated and the estate funds distributed accordingly, by order of the Court dated January 24 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman and
Fearly Cole
P. D
Third District Court
Lincoln Parish
Louisiana
A. H Sims
A. D
Doss Estate Final Account Hearing Notice Louisiana
Thomas Alton Doss deceased in Linvol Parish Louisiana probate docket. The court requires interested persons to show cause why the final account by Mary Jane Doss as administrator should not be approved and homologated and funds distributed accordingly on the 23rd day of A D 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Alton Doss
Third Judicial District Court
Linvol
Parish
Louisiana
Mary Jane Doss
A. D
Notice of Succession Sale in Lincoln Parish Louisiana
John L Hogan estate in Lincoln Parish will sell February 8 1930 at his late residence. Real and personal property listed includes beds sewing machine chairs table stove cotton seed corn two cows two mules plow gear wagon and more. Sale subject to appraisement for cash to highest bidder to raise debts. inventory on file with court.
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Third Judicial District Court
Lincoln Parish
Louisiana
John L. Hogan
Gether
Burch
Pontalba Buildings Under City Consideration for Trust Offer
New Orleans historic pair of buildings may pass to municipal care as owners offer to place them in trust. The council will decide if the city accepts, taking on low mortgages removable within years. Exteriors are drab red brick but interiors boast marble mantels chandeliers and rich decorations. Balcony scrollwork likely handwrought by slaves with initials AP in each main division.
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New Griound
Lather
Pontalba
New Orleans
Commission Council
City of
Insomniac Survivor in Budapest Since 1917
Sandor Endret, a Budapest clerk, has not slept naturally for 12 years after a 1917 head wound from shrapnel. Newspapers recount monthly miseries as doctors failed to cure his incurable insomnia. Despite narcotics, sleep remains elusive, turning nights into a continual struggle.
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Budapest
Sandor Endret
Endret
Dullet
Cille
Ray McDonald Recovers After Swamp Ordeal
Ray McDonald son of Dr and Mrs C J McDonald was confined at home for days after being lost in Dugdemonta swamp Monday night while bird hunting. Rescuers heard his cries after firing his gun and found him on a knoll surrounded by water waist deep. He was exhausted and taken to a farmhouse for care as neighbors continued the search.
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Ray McDonald
McDonald
Dugdemonta
Hank Bryant
Jackson
Railroad Conductor Dies by Suicide at 75
The body of Mr. R. O. Mitchell, aged 75, a retired railway conductor, was found in his room last Saturday morning. The coroner reported the man killed himself, with despondency over ill health blamed for his act.
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R. O. Mitchell
Work in U.S. Shows Increase in Employment
Washington reports a 3.3 percent gain in employment for January 13 over January 6 based on surveys from 8,000 establishments employing 2,456,345 workers. Most industries show increases with few exceptions, signaling broader hiring gains.
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Washington
Hoover
Department of Labor
Weck Hiner Ae We
Cermicals
Perenni
Sane
Labor department notes broad employment rise after crash
The labor department reports a large 68.3 percent rise in confectionery and a 114 percent jump in confectionery employment amid shifts as war between candy and cigarette makers ends. President Hoover notes a pendulum turning from the stock market crash mood, with January 6 showing initial gains and many industries still down on December 30. By January 13 only three or four industries lacked gains.
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Hoover
Labor Department
Fourth Corps Area Has Largest Prep School
The Fourth Corps Area of the United States Army, including Mississippi and Louisiana, notes the largest preparatory school for West Point aspirants. Major Charles C. Gans reports thirty five men enrolled at Fort McPherson Georgia and fifteen graduates from the class of 1929. West Point exams are set for March 13.
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West Point Military Academy
Fourth Corps
United States Army
Mississippi
Louisiana
Charles C. Gans
New Orleans
Forst McPherson
Georgia
Army Preparatory School
West Point
Gans
Dieg of Burns On Eve Golden Wedding Date
Shreveport Louisiana January 29 On the eve of his golden wedding anniversary J B Stothart 81 of Coushatte was fatally burned The accident happened when his night clothes caught fire as he lighted a gas heater
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Shreveport
J. B. Stothart
Coushatte
Poor Boys Among Fifty Foremost Business Men
B Forbes finds among the country s fifty top businessmen twenty four were born poor seventeen in moderate circumstances and only nine born rich. Fourteen began as store clerks five as bank clerks four as grocery boys. Forty were born in the United States and they now head many large firms.
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The
Portland Journal
B. C. Forbes
United States
America
Optimism as America's Priceless Asset
The piece extols American character as the nation's key asset surpassing resources wealth and power. It contrasts American optimism with British stoicism, citing relentless initiative, confidence, and a bright outlook that envisions better days ahead and drives progress despite adversity.
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America
New Orleans Board Approves State House and Road Projects
The Louisiana Board of Liquidation voted to approve a first atepe for a 14 to 18 story state house at LSU costing 1 260 000, plus 1 675 000 for the state board of education, a 6 000 000 bond issue for hard surfaced roads, and nine paying contracts totaling about 72 miles. Governor Huey P Long pledged road paving on major highways and bridge constructions by next December, including the Old Spanish Trail Divie Overland New Orleans Hammond and Chef Meuteur and Rigolets bridges.
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New Orleans
Atepe
Louisiana State University
State Board of Education
Board of Liquidation
Baton Rouge
Govenor
Huey P. Long
Hammond
Chef Meuteur
Indictment Signals Large Rum Violation Conspiracy
Almost 400 individuals including many public officials were federally indicted for conspiracy to violate prohibition laws in four vast rum rebellions across Idaho Wyoming Oklahoma and Texas. The cases target alleged liquor rings as part of a nationwide enforcement drive.
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Western
Idaho
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Texas
Adjourning Yesterday Marks Liquor Conspiracy Case
About 120 residents of Sectrence ay faced indictments in a liquor conspiracy case. The final act included charging a Gaivéeion group with a former coast guardsman and two policemen among those indicted.
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Gaivéeion
Coast
2000 Fowl Watered And Fed In 20 Mins Perry Kan
Labor saving device has made the poultry yard in Jefferson County one of the most equipped in the state. A stock of 2000 birds are fed and watered in 20 minutes daily with ced water litter and eggs handled by equipment. Total U S telephone wire mileage rose 10 percent in 1929 over 1928 to about 174,310,000 miles.
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Perry
Kan
Jefferson Country
United States
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Tinois
L. A. Downs
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Cincago
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