Local citizens gift lot for club building in Ruston
Cosmos and Pierian clubs plan a parish community house using 1000 dollar gifts from T Li James as nucleus fund. James offers a 100 foot Florida avenue lot where the John Brown tabernacle stood. The project aims to provide a home like space for visiting women and club activities with a meeting room kitchenette rest rooms and conveniences. A special committee was named to finalize definite plans with a progress report promised soon.
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Cosmos
Pierian
Jamies
Johm Thurman
T. Li James
Ruston
James
Florida Avenue
John Brown Tabernacle
Culture Club
Louella Warren
Ed McCallum
B. H. Talbot
John Thurman
Cosmos Club
W .B. Hale
R. H. Brooks
Floyd Pearce
Harry Howard
T. H. Bryant
J. G. Davis
Co. C. Goyne
Pierlan Club
P. D. Neilson
D. 8. Calhoun
Louella, Warren
W. B. Hale
Mexico Would Purchase Part Of United States
Mexico City reports a group of Mexican congressmen plan a resolution to seek the purchase of Arizona California New Mexico Texas and New Orleans with public subscription funding. The move follows Senator Ashurst’s Washington proposal to buy Lower California and part of Sonora. A second item notes Galveston officers seizing $45000 in imported liquor from a frame house. one man arrested.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Texas
New Orleans
Perermanent Congressional Committee
Rafael Melgar
Oaxaca
Henry F. Ashurst
Congress
Washington
Lower
Sonora
Galveston
Prohibition
Prayer for Governor Long at Shiloh revival
In Shreveport on January 18, at Shiloh Baptist Church colored revival led by Rev. J. Jones, worshippers prayed for the quick recovery of Gov. Huey P. Long. Jones urged Negroes to stay on farms to avoid contributing to city unemployment, and announced special round trip rates of one fare plus 25 cents.
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Shreveport
Huey P. Long
Shiloh Baptist Church
J. Jones
Jones
Shreveport Baptizing Service At Shiloh Church Discussed
A bus company offered passage for African American attendees to Sunday services at Shiloh Church in Shreveport, highlighting transportation arrangements for the congregation’s baptism ceremony.
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Shreveport
Shiloh Church
Police Jury Minutes Reflect 1931 Lincoln Parish Actions
Lincoln Parish Police Jury met January 5 1931 with members Mills Henry Tatum Sanderson Colvin Donald Foster and Thompson presiding. The body approved pauper disbursements road petition funding forthright stock law enforcement and a 1931 license tax ordinance for trades and businesses. It created a relief committee with School Board and Town Council and set adjournment for February 1.
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O'Neal
Frankie Millsaps
Nath Dunneol
Ward
Henry
W. A. Henry
Sarah Henry (White
Susie Mitchell
Cdl
J. M. O'Neal
W. C. Barnettes
Emmette Barnette
J. T. Beckham
Newt Barnette
J. J. Fuller
Jodie
Arcadia Dubach
Lincoln Parish
Tatum
Sanderson
Lousiana
Louisiana
Yeas
Mills
Colvin
Donald
Foster
Add Thompson
W. R. Rinehart
T. H. Mills
W. Tatum
J. H. Donald
W. A. Cul Vin
Blinville Parish
Arcadia
Oak Circle
Ward 3
W. KR. Rinehart
Moretary
Mayor backs police duty after Shreveport killings
Shreveport on January 20 heard claims from Mayor J G Palmer that police were faithfully discharging their duties after the fatal raid on Lemon McDaniel’s Hotchkiss Street store left Patrolmen Teddy Williams and Lee Allen Williams dead and Lemon McDaniel wounded. Coroner Willis P Butler will hold an investigation Tuesday at 10 am into the killings, with witnesses urged to attend. Palmer defended Chief D D Bazer and the officers, saying there was no evidence of improper conduct and urging public support for the police during a time of stress. He called for eliminating past conditions of vice that tarnished the city’s reputation, backing measures aimed at restoring law and order. The civil service board, meanwhile, was urged to proceed only on written charges when investigating officers.
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Shreveport
Willis P. Butler
Caddo Parish
Will Degin
Lee Allen Williams
Teddy Wllams
Lemon McDaniel
McDaniel
Hotchkiss Street
J. G. Palmer
Civil Service Board
Sidney L. Herold
Teddy Williams
Lee Allen Wilsons
Lethon McDaniels
Palmer
D. D. Bazer
Civil Service
Herold
T. C. Dawkins
Public Safety
Dawkins
Bazer
Teddy
Mazer
Engineer Gave Up Pulaski Man Tells Black Drawf?urd Revival
A Pulaski railroad engineer recounts relief from long stomach trouble and chest tightness after taking Thedford’s Black-Draught. He describes severe symptoms in 1917, a West Virginia work train incident, and credits the botanical remedy with returning him to work and preventing later episodes.
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Pulaski, Va
K. Nelson
Fourth Street
Nelson
West Virginia
Littl
Notice Of License Sale Reported Six Months After Date
The Leader reports a marriage license sale error involving Fynton Simpson and Katie Riser. Simpson had requested secrecy when buying the license on July 14, causing a clerical misprint six months later. The paper apologizes and confirms the marriage occurred July 14 last year.
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Leader
Fynton Simpson
Simpson
Katie Riser
Bids Sought on Harvey Canal Lock Link to Intracoastal
New Orleans January 19 Army engineers will seek bids for the Harvey Canal lock completing the Intracoastal Canal system with the Mississippi River at New Orleans. Three contracts will be let: excavation and lock wall construction, machinery for operation, and placement of the lock gates. Work is expected to start under contract within 90 days.
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New Orleans
Army
Harvey Canal
Tt Ja
Navy Chief Quartermaster Ate 9 1 2 Tons Of Food Sans Fare
Leon Winder of Baltimore, over 17 years and five months, consumed 9 1 2 tons of food costing $6,667.50 while serving as chief quartermaster on the battleship Wyoming. He traveled about 600,000 miles at no personal expense.
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Washington, Jan
Leon Winder
Baltimore
Navy
Wyoming
Red Cross Volunteering for Relief Work Confirmed
Washington Jan 19 The Red Cross said it would remain a volunteer organization and continue to meet relief needs as Senate approved 25 million dollars for trouth and other distress areas. Feiser noted at the White House the grain and cotton stabilization boards would sell commodities to aid relief. A coroner ruled Storey death in Central freight yards accidental with survivors including widow two sons and two sisters.
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Washington
The
Red Cross
Senate
Central Committee
Hoover
James L. Feiser
White House
Farm Board
United States
Coroner's Jury Reports Storey Death An Accident
Monroe January 20 The body of Joe B Storey 45 freight train conductor was killed beneath wheels of a tank car here late Sunday and shipped by rail to a destination not stated in the report.
Illinois Central Pays Taxes in 1930 on New Orleans Properties
Officials of the Illinois Central railroad announce it paid state parish and municipal taxes in Orleans parish during 1930 totaling 122,476.22 with levee taxes of 46,295.22. The carrier states it is the third largest tax payer in Louisiana, with total 1,087,000 in 22 parishes where its properties lie.
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New Orleans
Tninois Central Railroad
Orleans Parish
Tilbots Central
Louisiana
Riley Wilson Speaker At Flood Conference
Riley J. Wilson of Ruston Louisiana representing the fifth district addressed the navigation and flood control conference in Chicago. The speech stressed coastal waterways harbors and hard streams improvement as national priorities and flood control as a top national issue. The address won praise from Democrats and Republicans, according to reports reaching Shreveport.
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Siuleveport
Riley J. Wilson
Ruston
Washington
Louisiana
Chicago
Shreveport
No Substitute For True Love Carter's Liver Pills Ad
Vintage advertisement urges readers to choose Carter's Little Liver Pills for bile flow and a feel good boost. Red bottles are highlighted while warning against substitutes and urging to ask for Carter's by name.
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Carter
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