McFadden Speaks to Minden Men’s Club at Presbyterian
Forty five men gathered at the Minden Presbyterian Church for an evening of songs talks and an address by Rev S E McFadden of Ruston on stewardship and serving God with our abilities. Judge Harmon C. Drew moderated with out of town guests from Ruston Chicago Monroe and Kansas City attending. A supper was served by church ladies under Mrs M H Sanchin and a band show urged attendance for the Laymen's Convention in Choudrant.
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Minden
Presbyterian Church
Harmon C. Drew
Otis H. Dye
E McFadden
Ruston
McFadden
M. H. Sanchin
Messrs
M. M. Cragon
Frank Bogard
H. C. Shoup
Chicago
A. V. Williams
Henry Schroeder
Captain Tilton
Monroe
Laudemann
Kansas City
E. McFadden
Alabama Church
Choudrant
J D Holland Attends State Insurance Convention
J D Holland, local insurance agent with Holland and Brooks, left for New Orleans to represent his firm at the Mutual Life Insurance men state convention. The trip honors salesmen who exceed quota, and Holland is understood to be well over it.
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J. D. Holland
Holland and
Highway Bridge At Rigolets Opens April First
New Orleans announced that the Rigolets tree bridge will open to the public on April 1, joining the Chef Menteur span already in use. The routes from Slidell to New Orleans via Pontchartrain Bridge and the Rigolets and Chil bridges are highlighted as main options during ongoing highway paving and repaving work.
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New Orleans
Highway Department
Chef Menteur
Slidell
Gulf Coast
Florida
Pontchartrain
Tigolets
Clothes Fired In Fierce Duel Near Spartanburg
In an early morning incident near Spartanburg a Negro man, Sem Bird, killed a constable Melton J. Shubids and wounded another officer during a clash as officers attempted to arrest Bird at his home. Bird fled then opened fire at the back door and both men were shot as their clothing ignited. Bird was dead when responders arrived. the scene involved a tin pistol and an intense gun battle.
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Spartanburg
Melton J. Shubids
Sem Bird
Bird
Rabies Threat Linked to Bienville and Nearby Areas
A historic brief notes canine rabies concerns in Bienville and nearby communities including Webster and Claiborne. Reports mention a single dog attack without broader spread, with authorities noting no other animals involved and the case remaining under investigation.
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Bienville
Claiborne
Webster
Community Dog Bite Panic Prompts Inoculation Drive
The Minden Signa Tribune reports a suspected dog attack with as many as fifty bite injuries. Serium has been ordered and almost every dog in the area will be inoculated. Residents in the immediate area and Webster Parish nearby are urged to inoculate their dogs or confine them closely.
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Webster Parish
Minden Signa
Tribune
Bilbo Fights Mississippi Banking Bill In House and Senate
Jackson Mississippi February 19 Governor Bilbo denounces a proposed Woolfolk banking bill as a $4 000 000 tax shift from taxpayers to banks and bankers urging small bank depositors to lobby against the measure The House passed the bill and it awaits Senate action despite attempts to amend it The governor also proposed bank surplus exemptions to protect depositors as banks address 5 000 000 in guaranty deposit certificates announced today
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Bilbo
House
Senate Banking Committee
Senate Committee
Homer Castil
Senate
Baton Rouge Opens Land for A-1-A Airport Project
Baton Rouge parish police jury acquired 200 acres on the city edge for the A-1-A airport at an estimated cost of 150000. The property was bought from C J Brown John T Laycock and L A Rabin for 50000 via Joseph Gebelin. Additional land was donated to build streets and a 60000 hangar and administration building is planned, with airport opening hoped by summer.
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Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge Parish
C. J. Brown
John T. Laycock
L. A. Rabin
Joseph Gebelin
Local youths chase endurance kite record at Ruston High
Billy Wabbard aged 14 and Billy Lewis aged 13 built a newspaper and cane kite at Ruston High School and flew it for 22 hours 45 minutes. They aim to beat the 27 hour world mark set by Germantown youths, planning another attempt likely Saturday afternoon.
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Saturay’s Daily
Billy Wabbard
Billy Lewis
Ruston High School
Germantown
Pennsylvania
Black Rat Colony Surprise In New Orleans Area
New Orleans reports reveal a black rat infestation anomaly observed by Nichules of Baltimore who tracked two black rats in a wholesale district. He notes the rats on specific blocks resisted rut killing efforts, with two specimens taken in a pauper box and findings suggesting regional variation in rat behavior.
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New Orleans
Jet
Nichules
Baltimore
Wiliams
Rola
Aim
Ovnerd
Nicholas Wind
Atria
Catmley
Farm Gossip and Seasonal Growth Wonders
A column mixes science and home lore with notes on aphids’ explosive breeding, ladybugs as control, and the growing season for children tied to sun and warmth. It also covers southern yam sweet potatoes rising in demand after World War I camps, plus a tragic tale of a father who ingested poison to test an antidote for his five month old daughter.
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Nell Griffith Wilson
Kenwood
California
Deamland
Orlamoma
Orla
Clarethe Jely
Defies Dry Agents Pays $100 Fine in Texarkana
In Texarkana Arkansas on February 18 two prohibition officers confronted a man named J. W. Wilson of Shreveport Louisiana who walked the hotel lobby with a whisky bottle and a second bottle in his pocket. He admitted the liquor and paid 100 dollars plus court costs in municipal court for his nonchalant attitude.
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Texarkana
Ark
Prohibition
J. W. Wilson
Shreveport
Wilson
Federal Naval Stores Officials To Attend International Meeting
The Food Drug and Insecticide Administration unit of the U S Department of Agriculture will be represented at the International Naval Stores Conference in Jacksonville Florida February 24 25 and 26 by Dr F P Veitch in charge of naval stores control and W E Grotlisch associate naval stores classifier The conference will draw naval stores representatives from around the world Discussions will center on producing marketing and using turpentine resin and by products Veitch will visit Savannah and Waycross Georgia on his way to the conference Grotlisch will visit Federal naval stores classifiers in Florida Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Georgia to arrange for any increased work indicated by producer requests
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Food, Drug and Insecticide Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
International Naval Stores Conference
Jacksonville
Fis
F. P. Veitch
Naval Stores Control
W. E. Grotlisch
Naval
Doctor Veitch
Savannah
Waycross
Georgia
Mr. Grotlisch
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Round World Vessel Delivers Large Coffee Cargo to New Orleans
The Buenos Aires Maru on its maiden around the world voyage docked at New Orleans Monday evening with about 115 passengers, 52 000 bags of coffee and other goods for the port. It inaugurated a monthly round-the-world service with New Orleans as a port of call and reportedly set a record for the Brazil run, finishing in five days. The ship departed Osaka on November 13 and is slated to sail again from New Orleans on February 17 or 18.
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New Orleans
Osaka Shosen Kaisha Line
Brazil
Osaka
Japan
Steamship calls at Los Angeles before Yokohama
A Panama Canal voyage bound steamer stopped at Los Angeles before crossing the Pacific to Yokohama, its home port. A Duluth man found old silver pieces while cutting a log, possibly loot from long ago theft. In Atlanta, lightning burned a bed after two Jones children left their room. Liverpool University Vice-Chancellor condemned students as hooks worms for low athletic participation.
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Panama Canal
Los Angeles
Pacific
Yokohama
Firewoold J. Swanson
Duluth
Minn
Frank Jones
Atlanta
J. G. Adams
Liverpool University
When a Wife Speaks, a Man Learns His Own Mind
A succinct adage notes that a man’s true opinion of himself is revealed by his wife’s ire. The saying captures domestic tension and the candid mirror of spousal critique.
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John Makela
Brooklyn
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Guaranty Bank Bldg
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