Lincoln Parish Grand Jury Hears Four Murder Cases
The Lincoln Parish Grand Jury met four times in four months, returning three true bills. Defendants were convicted in two cases with sentences under three years. Notable indictments included murder and manslaughter charges related to incidents near Hico and Clay, with Sheriff Thigpen defending his actions in a fatal shooting during a bust. An obituary note and a stray horse/mule notice follow the items.
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Lincoln Parish
8. D. Pearce
Third District Court
George Anderson
Ruby Anderson
Hico
Here
Thal Bub
Crus Robinson
John Kavanaugh
Ta Merchant
Kavangurh
Kavanaugh
Clay
Robinson
Baton Rouge
Shep Forks
Louis Frazier
Forks
Fravier
Sherala
J. ‘Thigpen
Phillip Harris
Truston
Harris
Plunkett Harris
Sherif
Caty Braswell
Clyde Previer
Grand Jiry
Ao Dently
W. M. Sherrard
Thigpen Natde
Jury's Right to Drink Evidence Upheld by Court
A court upholds the jury’s right to consider drink evidence in a high profile case. The ruling centers on admissibility and implications for how jurors evaluate witness credibility and motive.
Nine Die When Tein Hits Bits At Ohio Grace
An unclear item reports a fatal incident at Ohio Grace with multiple casualties. Names and specifics are garbled but reference to nine deaths and violent events are implied, with scattered fragments of possibly involved parties and locations. Further readable context is minimal, leaving uncertainty about exact causes or actors.
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Burbank
Big Prairie
Ohio
Here
Pennsylvania
Shreve
Wonsler
Tein
Ohio Grace
New Church To Open In Clay M B Church South
The new Clay M B Church South will hold its opening service Sunday January 19 at 10 am with Hey 1D. C. Barr expected to preach the opening sermon as senior pastor. The 1st quarterly conference is set for 2 pm. R V Fulton P C.
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Clay M. B
South
Hey
C. Barr
R. V. Fulton
P. C
Fugate Terrorizes Livingston Court in Kentucky Scene
In Smithland Kentucky on January 7 Jesse Fugate, described as insane by doctors and court officials, stormed the Livingston county courtroom wielding a shotgun and gesturing wildly. He seized control for about an hour, forced officials to sign an order restoring his property, was finally disarmed and jailed, while spectators reacted with fear and panic.
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Smithland
Jesse Fugate
Cort
Livingston County
Fugate
Stockholders Meeting Notice for Dubach Lumber Co. Ltd.
Stockholders of the Dubach Lumber Company Ltd in Dubach Louisiana are summoned to a meeting at the company office on February 12, 1930 at 10 o'clock AM to elect a board of directors for the coming year and to transact other legal business. Dr W James, President. A H W Wagner, Secretary.
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Dubach cLamber Company Ltd
Dubach
Tia
Welock
A. My
Heflin asks Alabama committee to lift primary ban
Sen Heflin urged the Alabama Democratic executive Committee to rescind its February ban on candidates who opposed the 1928 Democratic nominee. A mass meeting drew several thousand as Bert Ray defended the ruling and warned of a possible independent challenge at the polls. Mush A Locke, a gubernatorial hopeful, echoed Heflin and Locke spoke for Hoover in 1988.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Democratic Executive Committee
Thomas Merlin
Oyders
Bert Ray
Sveral
Toth
Mush A. Locke
Hefshi
Locke
Ifeiin
Hoover
Gas After Meals Case Signals Patent Remedy Use
Kansas City Mr Peter Seeger a Missouri Pacific railroad engineer describes after meal distress and gas. He attributes relief to Black-Draught and Thedford's products while noting prior remedies failed and his digestion improved after continuing use for weeks.
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Kansas City
Peter Seeger
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Elmawood Street
Seeger
New Lap Dog Rumor Sparks Jungle Expedition
New Orleans report says the Williams expedition into Honduran jungles ended with Capt. F M Williams Mrs Williams and Phil Bernstein arriving. Mrs Williams described a new pet the Pisote a raccoon like creature known in Mexico as snoo kum or honey bear promising it will sit on a shoulder fight dogs and put out fires with thick fur and a long tail.
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New Orleans
America
Williams
Honduran
F. M. Williams
Mexico
Aged Tremont Couple Wed On January First
Mr J Woodruff aged 82 and Mrs R h Sims, twenty years younger, of Tremont, were married January 1 and will reside at the bride’s home near Tremont station. There is no bank vault in the country that can’t be opened from the outside by burglars who know how, though most bank failures stem from inside jobs.
Northwest hit by first real winter storm
Portland, January 7. A cold northwest wind brings rain and snow across the Pacific Northwest, with southern Oregon bearing the main impact. Telegraph lines, rail and stage travel disrupted from Glendale to Grand Pass as snow blankets highlands. Shasta Limited delayed five hours due to snow and landslide in Cow Creek canyon. ice pavements halt South Bend travel. service south of Portland interrupted. weather shifts into wintry conditions in Washington and Yakima valleys.
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Portland
Ore
Cascade Mountains
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Glendale
Grand Pass
Southern Pacific
Shasta Limited
Cow Creek Canyon
Biskiyou
United States Jury Exonerates Capital
Washington Jan 7 federal grand jury concludes after three months and a special liquor inquiry that the nation’s capital is not the vice ridden, lawless community it has been pictured.
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Washington
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Lincoln Grand Jury
Pownsyile
Hassear
Tseral Loyd
Celiabag
Dean
Amir
Creare Prareki
Hoptup
Stockholders’ Meeting
W. James
A. H W. Wagner
Sen
Heflin
State Committee
New York
Saga
New
U. 8
Williams Party
Tremont
Northwest
United States
Jacquard
Davenport
Pullman
Younis
Kavanaugh Furniture Company
United Furniture Stores, Inc
Mississippi Avenue
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