Legion Group Will Study Vital Child Welfare Problems
The American Legion and Auxiliary plan a Southern Area child welfare conference February 12 13 at the Carling Hotel Jacksonville Florida with representatives from 11 states and Porto Rico. Notable features include a school of instruction led by Miss Emma Puschner and reports on progress from each state along with talks by national officials and local leaders. A Friday dinner will feature speakers Dr J Marion Gorton Mrs Ira McConathy Forrest G Cooper and Marcus C Fagg, with an open forum on welfare issues and Sunday tours to ports of interest inviting all interested in child welfare work.
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American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Carling
Jacksonville
Fla
Mirs Emma
Puschner
The
Porto Rico
Jack Tyson
Jackson
Miss
F. Henry Cappelmann
Columbia
Legion and Auxiliary
Cilacomini
Ruth McCurry Brown
Reverdy J. Miller
Charlotte
North Carolina
Laurie Reinhardt
Children's Clinic
Oteen
N.C
Forrest G. Cooper
Indianola
Marcus C. Fagg
Florida Children’s Home Society
Veterans Administration
Washington
Letters From The People Continued From Page One
A fragmented plea to voters featuring names such as Ruston and Carroll Parish. The writer urges Governor G. Tore and district support, claiming belief in public service and loyalty to communities Lucuin and Unda Parishes while stressing citizen engagement and presidential backing.
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Ruston
Petunia
Peter
Viedt G. Tore
Goverma
Paul
Cuiishaa
Bivinig
Carroll Pafibbes
Lucuin Atu Unda
Kaiuw
Lincoln Parish Red Cross thanks all donors and volunteers
Mrs Frank S Price chair pays tribute to Mr Shealy ward chairmen and many committees for flood relief donations. Praise goes to Terrell Brothers Clarence Saunders Mayor Charles Gayne and others plus Brown Paper Mill Boy Scouts and Grambling and parish supporters. This note remembers drought aid last year and thanks all contributors.
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Shealy
Dubaen
Simsboro
Ruston
Grambling
Soch
Red Cross
Frank 5. Price
The
Lincoln, Parish
Eyes and the Ladies Beauty in Focus
Dr N C Geney secretary of the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners urges women at home and in business to consider their eye health and proper care. The piece discusses eye strain and how early signs appear, stressing timely examination and avoidance of overwork to protect vision and beauty.
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N.C. Genevay
Louisiania
Lovelle Griggs Funeral Today
A funeral is planned for Lovelle Griggs today as family and friends gather to honor the late individual. Details on visitation and services are expected to be announced by the funeral home.
Lespedeza: Farmer's two real friends for soil and feed
A Ruralist writer touts lespedeza as a key resource for hay pasture and soil improvement. He recalls a farmer who trusted God Almighty and lespedeza with success, noting seed harvests and the crop's hard, fibrous residue that enriches soil.
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God
Lespedeza
Offler
Rates Lowered at Sanitarium Reported
Fragmentary report states a Ruston Lincoln parish institution lowered rates by about 25 percent amid concerns for patient care. Officials mention an Indian East site and funding changes as the facility adjusts operations.
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Offetus
Ruston-Lincoln
Ruston
Lancoln
Indian East
Huge 643 lb Boar at Lincoln Parish Fair Draws Crowd
A massive boar weighing 643 pounds drew nearly a hundred onlookers at a Lincoln parish fair as owners planned the beast’s butchered sale. The animal’s size and sale weighed on local spectators and notes of funeral rites and community events surfaced in scattered reports.
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Whit
Toler Ollee Tauayy
Ats
Henny Mino
Terre Tanger
Buaton
Comb
Lincoln's Birthday Reflections on Lincoln and Lee
The 123th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln born February 12 recalls his greatness and cites Lee as a rival in reverence. The piece notes Lincoln's view to save the Union over slavery, cites his Second Inaugural Address, and mentions Lincoln’s death and a funeral guest in Arkansas with scattered local details.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lee
Lincoln
Congr
Congress
District of Columbia
Greenley
Sears
Abraham Lineal
Alexandria Invalid Kills and Wounds In Domestic Shooting
A man shot his daughter’s coffee, wounding her shoulder, and killed his granddaughter in Alexandria. He then attempted suicide, ending with nonfatal flesh wounds. Doctors report recent illness and fits of insanity. The case follows at a sanitarium as the killer expresses remorse and says he wished bullets had succeeded.
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Zina Asniny
Aqqari Ysey
Alexandria
Simon Rider
Fritz
Eastland P T A Plans Community Night Friday
Eastland school hosts a Patriotic community night on Friday the 19th at 7 30. George Washington Bicentennial themed pageantry features minuet dancing and pantomime of 1732 and 1932. Music by quartet harmonica band and orchestra. Founders of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers honored. candle lighting for Alter Birney and Phoebe Hearst. Admission funds the Book Fund. public invited.
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Eastland School
George Washington
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Alter Birney
Phoebe K. Hearst
New Orleans Golf Open At Metairie Club
New Orleans February 9 entry list for the free temper Open tournament at Metairie Golf Club features top pros including Fred Morrison Walter Hagen Wiffy Cox Tony Manero and Jimmy McParlanet as entries roll in for the $5,000 event.
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New Orleans
U.P
Metale Golf Club
Web
Trani Sted
Fred Morrison
Walter Dagen
Wiffy Cox
Tony Munero
Jimmy McParlavanet
Mardi Gras Gaiety Ends in New Orleans
New Orleans hosts a final Mardi Gras celebration before Lent with Twelfth Night festivities, the King Rex and Comus coronation, and a royal procession along St Charles Avenue. Miss Lorraine La Cour previously reigned as queen at the Twelfth Night Revelers Ball as revelers fill clubs, casinos, and private parties before the cathedral bell marks midnight.
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Barry J. Holloway
United Press
New Orleans
Lorraine la Cour
Comus
Canal Street
St. Louis Cathedral
Louisiana
St. Martinsville
Baton Rouge
Yvonne White Tops New Orleans Mardi Gras Honors
The article highlights Yvonne White as the top social figure in New Orleans with a storied Mardi Gras royal lineage, noting her 1932 carnival prominence and ancestral queenly titles across 1921 1925 and 1930 within the Mystic Club. It also mentions a Chicago court proceeding involving Miss Mabel Caughey and Samuel Bestown over false teeth. Mardi Gras origins are traced to Creole dandies two centuries past.
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New Orleans
Yvonne White
Chicago
Mabel Caughey
Samuel Bestown
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