Veterans Quail Supper Draws Large turnout in Ruston
McFarland Post’s American Legion quail supper drew about 35 die-hards despite rain, as Commander Perry Cole opened the meeting. Ex servicemen discussed adjusted compensation claims while committees reported on tree and holly planting projects and upcoming events for January 21, 1930.
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Harvey
Prattan
Planders
Burgundy
Grand Fleet
McFarland Post
Perry Cole
J. Fox
Havig
Dr. W. 8
K. H. Featherstone
J. A. Shealy
Louisiana
H. L. McKnight
Ruston Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Rutledge
Staples
Cole
F. A. Rockwell
L. J. Fox
Monroe
Fox
H. M. Johnson
Trinity Methodist
Johnson
S&s. L. White
Charles Ballas
Arthur Kupiter
M. E. Nappler
Featherstone
Beaucoup
Crowley Daily Paper Sold to Meridian Publisher
Crowley Louisiana reports the sale of the Crowley Signal daily and weekly to James H. Skewes of Meridian Mississippi. O S Priest ly of Perry Oklahoma assumes active management succeeding W W Duson Jr as former publisher. The Signal began before 1887 at Rayne and moved to Crowley after the Duson family founded the city. The elder Duson died in 1905.
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Crowley
Crowley Signal
Duson
James H. Skewes
Meridian
Miss
Star. O. S. Priestly
Perry Oklahoma
W. W. Duson
Rayne
W. W
C. C. Duson
City of
11 289 Crimes in State Half Year
Attorney General Percy Saint reports crime in Louisiana for the first half of 1929. Through June 1, 1929, 11,289 crimes were recorded with 3,689 in New Orleans. The city saw 1,725 robberies, 483 drug or drunken driving related charges, 479 larcenies, 134 shootings, 45 murders, and 20 manslaughter cases. Caddo Parish, including Shreveport, followed New Orleans in total crimes.
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New Orleans
Percy Saint
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
Riepeveport
Parsonage Report Details Broad Crime Counts
The report lists parish crimes including 450 drunken and disorderly cases, 225 liquor law violations, 246 vagrancy charges, 168 gambling charges, ten highway robberies, 168 larcenies, and 170 cases of disturbing the peace.
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Parish
Lincoln Parish School Board Regular Meeting 1930
The Lincoln Parish School Board met January 7 1930 in regular session with eight members present and President T C Alexander absent. The board accepted an invitation to visit Washington Heights School and discussed home economics lunch. A plan to aid Mineral Springs for more room was approved for cooperation. The liability insurance for parish trucks was estimated at 2500 dollars, deemed unaffordable now. Meeting adjourned subject to call by the president.
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Lincoln Parish
W. W. Durden
D. E. Ivy
J. H. Delany
B. B. Tatum
J. C. Owen
M. W. Hood
J. H. Frasier
G. W. Brewster
T. C. Alexander
Washington Heights
Mineral Springs
E. B. Tatum
Drivers Jailed By Motor Squad In 1929
New Orleans police motor cycle squad reports 8370 drivers jailed in 1929 doubling 1928. November arrests reached 1260 vs 122 in 1928 and December 1727 vs 213, highlighting a sharp rise in motor traffic enforcement.
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New Orleans
Henry Lennie
Ray
Lennie
Plaquemine Man Marries Before Surgery
Norman Babin a Plaquemine business man rushed to a sanitarium with appendicitis chose to marry his fiancée Miss Lolita Bourgoyne before the operation. The ceremony was performed by his minister just prior to the appendectomy. Babin is expected to recover.
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Baton Rouge
Norman Babin
Plaquemine
Babin
Lolita Bourgoyne
Choudrant Sees Rebuilding After Highway Move
The Kidd Service Station site is torn down as Herman Ford builds a large store and filling station. Mrs M EB Kidd relocates her Ladies Shoppe to the Masonic building. Town improvements continue with more promised in the near future.
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Kidd
Tixie-Ooyerland
Herman Ford
M. EB. Kidd
Choudrant
Cardus Restores Mother After Poor Health
A West Main Street mother of five describes severe back pain headaches and nerve trouble then credits Cardus with a full recovery after several bottles. She notes dramatic improvement after the first bottle and urges others to try the remedy.
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West Main St
Cardus
Cardi
Wild man eats live animals in carnival act
Deputy J W Adcock testified at Belcher last week that a carnivaI wild man named Ugo killed and ate raw animals in a cage. He described eating a chicken and a white rat with the rat’s head removed and filthily dressed handlers promoting the act. Others reportedly saw two cats eaten, with possible dog consumption. The show was ordered out of the parish after a complaint to Sheriff Hughes. Reports said it moved to Red River parish near Armistead. Guido Marburg of the North Louisiana Humane Society reported the incident to officials.
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J. W. Adcock
Gillam
Belcher
Ugo
T. R. Hughes
Adcock
Red River Parish
Armistead
Guido Marburg
North Louisiana Humane Society
Shreveport Journal
Tih
Leaders of M. E. Church Launch Huge Campaign
Chicago January 7 Leaders of the Methodist Episcopal church launched a ten million world service campaign for home and foreign missions. Collections begin in months but conferences approved first steps. The total is allotted among twenty one districts. Bishop Edwin H. Hughes chaired the world service committee meeting.
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Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church
Edwin H. Hughes
World Service Committee
Thrift Should Be Voluntary To Derive Benefit
A discussion on thrift argues it should be voluntary not forced by others. Educational efforts and self conviction drive thrift, while compulsory payroll withholdings and school savings plans provoke resistance and fail without inspirational motivation. Examples show voluntary schemes succeeding when employees consent to save a portion of pay.
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W. Straus
American Society For Thrift
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Choudrant News Notes
M. E. Church
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Fisher
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Flint, Michigan
Ruston Motors, Inc
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Dubach Auto Co
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