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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1930
Page
8
Lincoln parish celebrates an unprecedented empty jail on clean-up day as local officers praise lawfulness. Citizens show readiness to abide by Esineiptes norms, with officials noting the absence of prisoners and hope for continued peace and stronger citizenship in the community.
The piece argues that India's push for dominion status and independence threatens British authority and the wider world. It notes that passive resolutions look good on paper but may fail in practice, predicting boycotts, arrests, and potential conflict as diverse Indian groups question self-government viability.
A New York inventor claims substitute talking voices can dub American stars for foreign markets. He says foreign actors would voice films shipped abroad, enabling American stars to speak other languages. The idea seems plausible amid numerous unlikely advances.
Prof Ernest Horn of the University of Iowa argues that the word circumference could be phonetically spelled in 396 000 000 ways. The writer notes the English language’s quirks and the difficulty for schoolchildren and stenographers to spell correctly.
Richard T. Moore writes to the Lincoln Parish Police Jury urging no new hard surfaced roads until current dirt roads are passable for mail delivery and school access. He notes 16 mailboxes and 15 white children plus several colored children rely on the two and a half mile route, with 1928 dragging and 1929 only one wooden culvert added. He cites $12,000 invested in a dairy operation serving about 200 families and appeals for relief and critique.
A local column argues against a two hundred thousand dollar court house with a jail atop. It praises existing facilities as adequate, questions spending, and urges Lincoln Parish voters to cast their ballots by exercising independent judgment rather than following officials. It notes the tax burden on average taxpayers and defends the Police Jury’s competence.
A quoted saying reflects a mindset of shared burden and mutual consideration between local officials and residents. The phrase suggests that what benefits one group will help the other, while adverse effects can be borne together if necessary.
The United States government will open a new hospital for disabled war veterans in Alexandria within the next thirty days if plans materialize. The $2 million facility, two years in construction, will be among the largest in the nation and will restore the health of disabled service men. It will boost Alexandria’s status as home to a major humanitarian project and inject about a million dollars annually into local circulation, with patients receiving compensation checks.
Major Perry Cole presents two rare Rhind's Mathematical Papyrus volumes to Louisiana Tech. One is a British Museum photographic copy, the other an English translation. The set, limited to 500 copies, marks the oldest known written document and details ancient Egyptian arithmetic and fractions.
The Manchester Guardian notes import of American idioms into English speech, praising vivid usage while observing certain American terms like I guess remain unused in Britain. It contrasts modern phrases such as fed up and up against it with Chaucerian echoes in language.
During the 1927 flood a Louisiana committee member discussed tick eradication with Mr. Hoover. The press cites Louisiana as slow in tick warfare, yet federal support is ready while state action lags. Extension Service urges legislation to advance cleanup and redeem the state's image.
Alabama Senator Heflin protests being expelled from the Democratic Party for bolting the national ticket. He argues a Democrat can vote Republican and still stay loyal, recalling past expulsions of bolters. In the Congressional Record he cites Catholics bolting in 1916 1920 and 1924 and questions his own eviction. Our idea of trouble is a resolution from India for independence from Britain.
Mrs. Hugh Riser wife of substantial Lincoln parish farmer died in a Shreveport hospital after a two month spinal illness. Funeral at the Riser homestead near Ruston with Rev. A. M. Johnson officiating. interment at Bonner cemetery. Survived by husband and three daughters Bessie Olive 13 Mary Agnes 4 and Hattle.
Two years old. Three sisters, Mrs C J Allen and Mrs Spence Tomlinson of Ruston, and Mrs Luther West of Imberro, survive with two Ernest Causey of Ruston and Plyod Causey of Texas.
White J L Matthews of Ruston wed Martile Grigsby of Ruston. Colored Hosen Love of Vienne tied to Merta Mae Bedford of Vienna. Lley Feaster of Ruston married Lucy Christine Hills of Ruston.
Colored Homer Davis of Ruston and Myrtis Singleton of Ruston are linked in a local recognition event in Ruston as community ties are celebrated.
Consored George Ellis of Ruston plans to wed Lola Belle Johnson of Lisbon in a formal union. The notice lists the couple as engaged and seeking county marriage approval.
Texarkana Arkansas January 7 Fire of undetermined origin last night swept over 700 bales of lint cotton in a shed at Farmers Cotton Oil company on the farm causing about ten thousand dollars damage. Firemen fought the blaze for hours. The report notes 220 uses of electricity on the farm and questions what a farmer should do without it. Also mentions oil discovery in South Dakota and a reflective remark about wives of successful men.
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