Pat M Neff to Speak at Louisiana Tech Commencement
Former Texas governor Pat M Neff will deliver the commencement address at Louisiana Tech on Thursday May 28 at 10 00 am in the campus auditorium President G W Bond announced The baccalaureate speaker is not yet chosen Neffs educational and public service milestones are listed including degrees from Baylor University University of Texas and honorary doctorates He served as governor 1917 1921 and held several legal and state positions Local commerce official H L McKnight hosted Neff during a Ruston visit Pace Bros syrup is advertised in the end.
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Pat M. Neff
Texas
Railroad Commission
Louisiana Tech
G. W. Bond
Bond
Neff
Baylor University
University of Texas
Baylor
Howard Payne and
Austin Colleges
Waco
McLennan County
Texas House of Representative
Conference To Education
League
H. L. McKnight
Ruston
H. L
Baton Rouge
J. A. Shealy
A. C. Lewis
Students Enroll For Meat Story Meet At Ruston High
Mrs. F. E. Willis leads 50 entry blanks for the National Meat Story contest at Ruston High School. Girls study roasting broiling stewing and serving as they prepare essays for university scholarships and cash awards. The contest closes March 15 with winners chosen by a committee of home economics authorities from the U.S. Bureau of Home Economics and colleges. All states may share in the prizes and thousands of girls are expected to participate.
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F. E. Willis
Ruston High School
United States
U. S. Bureau of Home Economics
Funeral Held at Trinity for Mrs Johnston
Funeral services for Mrs. J F Johnston aged 77 wife of the late Dr J F Johnston former Ruston dentist were held at Trinity Methodist church with Rev H M Johnson and Rev R H Wynn presiding. She died at her daughter’s home in El Paso Texas after a short illness. A Mississippi native she lived in Homer and Ruston spreading to her daughters homes after her husband’s death. She is survived by her children and a brother Tom Weed of Houston and several grandchildren.
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J. F. Johnston
Ruston
Trinity Methodist Church
H. M. Johnson
R. H. Wynn
Johnston
John P. Yearwood
el Paso
Texas
Mississippi
Homer
Louisiana
Sonimston
Jduliston
Wood
Bfeddhitt
Shreveport
Julia Ciullatt
Stuston
George Woodward
Lite Rock
Arkansas
Yearwood
Juluuston
Tom Weed
Houston
Martha Vaught
W. M. Red
Funeral for Red ditt family in Shreveport
The obituary notes funeral services at a local church with interment in Greenwood cemetery. The service was directed by B. F P. McLure Undertaking Co. A large number of out-of-town relatives and friends attended.
N Y Woman Reports 14 Pound Fat Loss From Kruschen
A New York woman claims a 14 pound loss after using Kruschen Salts for four weeks. She notes reduced fatigue after work and recommends daily half teaspoon in hot water before breakfast with diet changes. The ad promotes the product at 95 cents per bottle and offers a money back guarantee.
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Milam Drug Co
America
McKnight to Address C of C at Mansfield
H L McKnight secretary manager of the Ruston Chamber of Commerce will give the principal address at the annual meeting of the local chamber of commerce to be held in the dining room of the college Tuesday in Mansfield February 15 193?
Business Spirit Shaping American Growth in El Paso Ad
A column extols American business vigor centered on Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas. It praises bold entrepreneurship in El Paso, contrasts US and Mexican development, and invites readers to request free catalogs detailing five major business courses: General Business, Private Secretarial, Junior Accountancy, Telegraphy, and Radio.
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Tyler
Editor Seeks Four Ruston Leader Scholarships
Bee Editor of The Ruston Leader seeks to award four scholarships. The notice calls for applicants, outlines eligibility, and requests materials by a stated deadline.
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Bee
Ruston
$129 An Acre Profit Derived From Potatoes
New York Empire state potato club rewards growers based on cost of production 50 percent yield per acre 40 percent and total yield 10 percent. The contest includes all potato acreage on each farm.
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New York
Empire State Potato Club
Premier New York potato producers listed with costs and yields
Last season ten New York state producers were named premier potato growers including Oscar Alberding of Oneida county leading with 96.74 points. His crop yielded 342 bushels per acre at 42.8 cents per bushel, while James M. Doran of Monroe county had the lowest cost at 40.1 cents. Nine winners produced 300 bushels per acre or more and all costs stayed under 67 cents enabling substantial profits if market prices rose. The NY farm price on September 15 stood at $1.15 per bushel. if the nine premiers earned as little as $1.00, average profit would be at least $219 per acre, per the National Association of Farm Equipment Manufacturers Research Department.
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New York State
Oscar Alberding
Oneida County
James M. Doran
Monroe County
New York
Research Department
The
National Association of Farm Equipment Manufacturers
Hold the Second Line of Defense and its Dangers
The message warns that the wets will not break the line this generation but a second line forms behind it. It alleges three sectors for infiltration through youth by wet propaganda. It claims the next generation must learn from experience and to protect boys and girls from corrupting influences.
Prohibition Truth to Reach Foreign-Born Voters
A decades old speech urges teaching and preaching Prohibition to the public, arguing liquor opponents must educate the immigrant masses from southern Europe. It emphasizes media campaigns and outreach to ensure foreign-born citizens hear the Prohibition message.
Drinking Causes Fewer Alcoholism Deaths, Census Finds
A Census Bureau review uses 1930 population estimates to show 1929 alcoholism death rates fell across all states from 1928 figures, with Atlantic and Southern regions showing the sharpest declines. Mountain States show a different pattern in late figures.
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Census Bureau
Atlantic
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Pacific
Prohibition Effects on Alcoholism Death Rates Decline
Analysis notes alcoholism death rate data from 1910 to 1916 shows lower Southern state rates and historical dips after 1918. It cites 24 deaths in a state’s 1999 rate and asserts opposition to prohibition correlates with higher alcoholism deaths, while war induced consumption cuts prior to 1918 are mentioned.
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Vada
Notice of Administration for Gene Carr Estate
O L White petitions for letters of administration for the estate of Gene Carr deceased intestate. Show cause within ten days why the petition should not be granted. By order of the Court dated February 4 1931. Ross C Neill Deputy Clerk of Court.
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Gene Carr
O. L. White
A. D
Ross C Neill
Sheriff Sale Notice in Third District Court Lincoln Parish
Sheriff A J Thigpen lists a March 21 1931 public auction in Ruston Lincoln Parish La of an undivided 1 4 interest in a 1 2 acre by 2 acre tract bounded by Sam Spencer Levi Hamie Charlie Harvey Jr and others to satisfy a Writ of Fieri Facias against Alfred D Dunbar cash with appraisal.
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Lincoln Parish
Towit
Sam Spencer
Levi Hamie
Charlie Harvey, Jr
Joseph Morgans
C. Harvey, Jr
Alfred D. Dunbar
A. J. Thigpen
Notice of Foreclosure Sale in Lincoln Parish La
By writ of fi fa issued in a stated case, I have seized and will offer at public auction at the front door of the Court House in Ruston Lincoln Parish La on Saturday March 14 1931. The sale includes two acres of land in sections in Lincoln Parish with details of parcels tied to Ned King from J W Williams and from A J Taylor and improvements and appurtenances on said two acres to satisfy a claim.
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Third District Court
Parish of Lincoln
State of
Louisiana
Third Judicial District Court
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
N. R
Ned King
J. W. Willams
Third Judicial District
Parish of
Lincoln
Sheriff Announces Cash Sale Terms
The document states terms of sale cash with benefit of appraisement. Dated February 11, 1931, by A. J. Thigpen, Sheriff.
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A. J. Thigpen
Public Auction Sale and Parish Ordinances in Lincoln Parish
Writ of possession directs sale of Lot Two and Lot Four, Block Eight, Dubach, to satisfy costs, at Lincoln Parish Court House, March 7, 1931. Sheriff A. J. Thigpen notes cash terms. Also Lincoln Parish Police Jury resolutions enforce stock law and impound stray stock, January 1981 ordinance levies annual license tax per Act 205 of 1924 with collections by Tax Collector.
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Lincoln Parish
Dubach
J. J. Wise
R. L. Williams
A. J. Thigpen
Tincoln Parish
Tatum
Sanderson
Louisiana
Yeal
Mills
Henry
Colvin
Donald
Foster
Partition Sale Notice in Lincoln Parish Court
Notice is given of a partition sale under a commission issued January 26 1931 by the Third District Court in Lincoln Parish Louisiana. Sale at the courthouse Ruston front door to the last and highest bidder Saturday February 23 1931 for cash with no appraisement of described property in Lincoln Parish including a lot in Section 14 Township 20 N Range West with 80 acres more or less and improvements. A J Thigpen Sheriff.
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Third District Court
Lincoln Parish
Louisiana
Ruston
Lewsiana
Girncoln Parish
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la. Tech
Monroe
Pace Bros
West Monroe
Them
Mrs. Johnston
N. Y
McKnight
C. of C
Mansfield
Mexico
South
Tyler Commercial College
School of Business Administration
Tex
Tyler Commercial College and School OF Business Administration
Tyler Texas
North Louisiana Negro Farmers’ Conference
Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institute
Grambling, LA
North Louisiana
North
P. Adams
Grambling
Europe
Liberator
Kansas City Star
Sheriff’s Sale
M. J. Kavanaugh
Sheriff's Sale
Ruston State Bank & Trust Co
Dan Brooks
Don Brooks
J. M. Wade
Jel Wise, P
Wright, Eugene Wright
R. J. Williams
Dora Colvin Et Als
A J. Thigpen
Sherif
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