Monroe High Stars Clash In New Year Football Game
Monroe Louisiana hosts a New Year’s Day football game at Forsythe Park pitting the all-state class A team against the all-state class B squad. About 35 to 400 players from across Louisiana will travel to Monroe for the event expected to draw 10 000 fans. Coaches Swanson Neal and Jesse Hair lead plans with many standout backs and linemen named from Rayville Ruston Glenmore Jesuit and other schools as scouts from southern colleges expected.
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Monroe
Louisiana High School Athletic Association
American Legion
Forsythe Park
Virginia
Louisiana
Red” Swanson
Paul J. Neal
Swanson
Neal
Jesse Hair
Haynesville
Hair
Arkansas
David Mitchell
Rayville
George Hubbard
Ruston
Edldie Townson
Glenmore
South Louisiana
Townsen
Tom Daigle
New Orleans
Daigle
Jelly
Bastrop
Dunn
Delhi
Cleveland
Tyler
Jonesboro
Witt
Winnsboro
G. Mitchell
Hargrass
Rayville High School
Milam
South
Gould
Hammond
Calhoun
Ouachita
Morgan
Morgan City
Holmes
Bolton
Torrence
Oak Grove
Bodenger
Warren Easton
Cefalyn
Carruth
Ponchartrain
Odcock
Camp
Homer
Crowe
Shreveport
Ward
Grigsby
Winnfield
Caldwalder
Baton Rouge
Port of New Orleans Foreign Trade Tops Five Hundred Million
The Port of New Orleans reported foreign commerce for 1928 at 10,033,227 short tons, about 40 percent of Gulf ports’ total, with a value of $555,633,602. It also led combined foreign and coastwise trade at 12,901,130 tons, and winter-borne commerce reached 16,248,172 tons valued at $924,732,509. Louisiana’s total cargo was 27,819,691 tons valued at $1,099,964,227.
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New Orleans
Gulf
United States Board of Army Engineers
Houston
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Loyola of the South gains membership in S I A A
Loyola University of New Orleans known as Loyola of the South has been admitted to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The Wolves’ final independent game is Sunday December 22 against Loyola of Chicago to support the Doll and Toy fund. Upcoming 1930 schedule includes several major local and interstate contests with likely 5 I A A opponents.
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New Orleans
Loyola University of New Orleans
Loyola of Chicago
The
Ramblers
Wolves
Gypsy Mother Is Not Allowed Her Babe Three Days
Memphis Tennessee December 24 Mrs Geo Gill a loyal gypsy saw her three day old baby today since customs prevent parents from seeing offspring until three days old and from knowing its sex. The father paced hospital corridors while nurses puzzled over the revelation. The baby wore no clothes and was fed by friends as the tribe’s ritual dictated.
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Memphis
Tenn
Geo. Gill
New Orleans Firm Displays Floor Covering Line for Buyers
New Orleans firm A Baldwith Company expands its venecern division to show a full range of sineleum and felt floor coverings. The display mirrors the New York market with the Spring line from Blabun-bandura of Philadelphia. Railroads pay 430 million more in taxes than last year per Railway Age.
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New Orleans
A. Baldwith Company
New York
Venecern
Blabun-bandura Company
Philadelphia
Accidents Befall Colvin Brothers Past Week End
Unfortunate incidents struck the Colvin family of Dubach as brothers Joe and Archie sustained injuries. Archie suffered a compound fracture in his left arm while working in the barn and was treated by a physician at home. Joe shot his right foot with a small gauge shotgun during a rabbit hunt. his wound was dressed by Dr. Smith. Both boys rest at home and are reported to be resting well.
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Joseph Colvin
Dubach
Joe
Archie
Elmer Colvin
Smith
Bride And Groom 1000 Miles Apart Married By Phone
In Waco Texas a bride and groom married by long distance phone for 9.50 to wed before Christmas Miss Ethel Pharr in the county courthouse and Homer S Rakin at his Cleveland home listened as Justice Aubrey Morris read the ceremony over an extension line The bride mother briefly interrupted with a caution before the couple agreed to meet in St Louis on January 6.
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Waco
Texas
Ethel Pharr
Homer S. Rakin
Cleveland
Pearce
Aubrey Morris
St. Louis
Jan
Two Fellows Fined For Snoring In Chicago
In Chicago on December 24, David Kanen and Walter Linguist were fined $5 each plus costs for snoring. They faced Judge Max Luster after Mrs. May complained their nightly noises disturbed their sleep and bathroom routines. The judge ruled a disturbance of the peace violation applied, ordered guardianship to enforce quick baths and a swift end to the snoring.
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Chicago
David Kanen
Walter Linguist
Arthur May
Karen and
Linquist
Max Luster
Mays
Kanen
Luster
Four Students Leap To Safety As Dorm Burns
Four Lipscomb college dormitory residents escaped after leaping from second and third story windows as a fire tore through the boys dormitory in Nashville Tennessee. Jef Bringham of Clarksville Arkansas awakened his roommate Carl Holt of Nashville and raised the alarm. James Rogers of Anniston Alabama and Janes Richardson of Columbia Tennessee threw a mattress to escape. Richardson fell short but landed in snow, avoiding injury. J B Copeland of Valdosta Georgia and David Neal of Nashville also jumped to safety.
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Nashville, Tenn
David Lipscomb College
Jef Bringham
Clarksville
Ark
Carl Holt
Nashville
James Rogers
Anniston
Ala
Janes Richardson
Columbia
Richardson
J. B. Copeland
Valdosta
David Neal
Capitalization Rise Reported Across Louisiana Firms
New Orleans reports an overall capitalization gain of $2 006 000 as listed in state charters filed in Baton Rouge. Louisiana Delta Hardwood Lumber Co leads with $1 000 000 capitalization, while Churchill Farms at Westwego is noted for $400 000. The increase includes theatre packing and bottling firms among expanding operations statewide.
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New Orleans
Wis
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Delta Hardwood Lumber Co
Milion
Wits
Lst
Churchill Farms
Westwego
Helpful Home Hints From U S Department of Agriculture
Brief home advice column notes washing techniques for onions and related produce. Tips emphasize proper cleaning, handling, and storage to preserve quality. Includes cautious guidance on cutting and avoiding spoilage.
Careful Laundry and Cooking Tips From Historic Column
Practical household guidance covers rayon care, soap use, and ironing heat. It advises gentle handling, avoid nails and rings, air drying, and avoiding pins. Also includes syrup prep with two parts sugar to one part water and a method to bake apples with pork chops for tender meat and apple flavor.
Sheriff Reports Tax Returns and Local Payments
Deputy Bryan Thigpen reports 2220 poll tax receipts issued with about six to seven hundred residents未 meeting voting prerequisites and over 50 000 in property tax returns received by mail. The Rock Island Railway and Magnolia Gas Company are among the largest taxpayers, with substantial checks including 35904.99 from the Illinois Central Railway.
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Bryan Thigpen
Sheriff's Department
California Sends Hoover Fruitcake to President Hoover
Washington dispatch reports a 60 pound fruitcake bearing California greetings was presented to President Hoover today by Representative Free of California. The cake baked by W. C. Baker of Ojai features a white icing with symbols of the American eagle the presidential shield and California poppies.
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Washington
California
Hoover
Representative Free of
W. C. Baker
Ojai
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Hubbard
Boston
Hebert
Lake Charles
Young
Sentell
Plain Dealing
Herbert
Catholic Baton Rouge
Lofery
Lisbon
Tinsley
Ruple
Richard
Abbeyille
Laurel
Glenmora
Scott
Colvin
Bankston
Speight
Fullbicks
D. Mitchell
Russo
Abbeville
Loyola of the South
I. A
Pathfinder
Colvin Brothers
U. S. Dept. of Aguiculture
Sheriff's Office
Rock Island Railway
Lincoln Pariary
Gahagan’s Cash Store
Coca-Cola
Ruston Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Ruston, LA
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