D K Brown Dies After Two Week Sickness
D K Brown aged 62 a Ruston business leader died early this morning after a two week illness. Born in Monticello Arkansas he moved to Ruston in 1916 to work in stave and lumber. He was active in church civic and business life serving as Presbyterian elder and Red River Presbytery vice president. He led the Ruston Chamber of Commerce as president and was a director of Ruston State Bank. Survivors include his wife Sue Hampton and son Don, plus his mother and four brothers and two sisters. Funeral services Wednesday at First Presbyterian with burial in Fordyce Arkansas.
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Twesday
Brown
Monticello
Arkansas
Ruston
Presbyterian
Red River Presbytery
Gms
Ruston Chamber of
Ruston State Bank
Sue Hampton
Don
Sge
M. Brown
Fordyce
Slaters
W. L. McCullough
Jim Neldon
Austin
Texas
E. D. Brown
Stamps
Negro Wanted Here Caught By Officers In El Dorado Ark
Sim Ellison, a negro wanted on a charge of obtaining merchandise under false pretense from a Dubach merchant, was arrested in El Dorado Arkansas yesterday after sheriff’s deputies traced him there. Deputy Clyde Frasier brought the prisoner back and he is jailed in Perish awaiting trial.
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Sim Ellison
el Dorado
Arkansas
Clyde Frasier
Arkanasa
Perish
Hillcrest Pupils Pass Into City High School
The following named young pupils from Hillcrest grammar school passed into high school last week Robbie Cheatwood Nelson Garvin Cary Leggett Mary Frances Norris Mildred Simmons LaVerne Spencer Charles Taylor Shelton Staples Nellie Chole White
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Hillcrest Grammar School
Robbie Cheatwood
Nelson Garvin
Cary Leggett
Mary Frances Norris
Mildred Simmons
LaVerne Spencer
Charles Taylor
Shelton Staples
Nellie Chole White
Fire destroys old Hodge school office building
Hodge Louisiana January 20 special the old two story frame building used as a temporary office by Southern Advance Paper Bag Company was totally destroyed at 11 oclock Saturday night by a fire of unknown origin. The structure housed the paper company office since the new Hodge school was completed over a year ago. Loss included office furniture fixtures and supplies owned by the company.
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Hodge
Southern Advance Paper Bag Company
AEO
Paper Company
Ruston Women Suffer Injuries From Saturday Falls
Two Ruston residents were injured in separate Saturday falls. Mrs. Gus Thompson twisted her wrist and bruised her back after slipping on an icy sidewalk before Ruston Hardware and Furniture Co. she’s improving at Ruston Lincoln sanitarium with no fractures. Mrs. G M Glasgow broke a wrist after falling on East Arizona Avenue around 6 30 in the afternoon, though injuries are not believed serious.
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Gus Thompson
Ruston Hardware and Purniture Company
Ruston-Lincoln
Sho
G. M. Glasgow
East
Arizona Avenue
Marriage Licenses List Includes White Leon Pennell
A marriage license shows White Leon Pennell of ChoidrantPlans to wed Annie Lou Evans of Ruston. The record notes the couple's intention to marry and their residences as published in the civic notices.
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White
Leon Pennell
Choidrant
Annie Lou Evans
Ruston
White-G Davis of Chestnut Mary New of Monroe
White G D Davis of Chestnut Mary is reported as a new resident or figure connected to Monroe per local notices. The brief item mentions Davis and location relations, indicating a transfer or arrival in the Monroe area with Chestnut Mary cited as origin or association.
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White
G. D. Davis
Chestnut Mary
New
Monroe
Heating Plant Blast Halts Dubach School
A steam boiler at Dubach High School exploded early this morning, prompting Superintendent H. L. Campbell to rush to the scene. If the boiler cannot be repaired, classes may be suspended for several days while a replacement is installed. Principal Bert Warren reported to the superintendent.
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Bert Warren
Dubach High School
H. L. Campbell
Campbell
Dubach
Reopen Choudrant High With New Gas Heating Plant
Choudrant high school will reopen Wednesday morning after a Friday boiler explosion cut heat. Superintendent H L Campbell says gas heaters installed throughout the building will maintain proper temperatures during cold weather. Water boilout is blamed for the blast. officials plan to convert more schools to gas heating where available.
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Choudrant High School
H. L. Campbell
Campbell
Fall On Icy Street Kills W. M. Davidson
W. M. Davidson, 72, prominent north Louisiana figure and member of the constitutional League of Louisiana, died after slipping on an icy St. Joseph street. He died two hours later from a fractured skull. He is survived by his widow and two daughters.
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St. Joseph
W. M. Davidson
Constitutional League of Louisiana
Large Per Cent of Ruston High Grads Will Attend Tech
All 33 mid term graduates of Ruston High School will attend college this week. H E Townsend says thirty will enroll at Louisiana Tech in April spring quarter, while the remaining three will study at other colleges.
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Ruston High
Tech
Ruston High School
H. E. Townsend
Louisiana Tech
Coord-Davis Johnson and Hazel Mayfield Connected
Coord-Davis Johnson of Simsboro is linked to Hazel Mayfield of Ruston in a noted social update reflecting a connection between the two residents.
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Coloord
Davis Johnson
Simsboro
Hazel Mayfield
Ruston
Forty Children Blinded by Doctor's Error
London report says forty children were blinded at an eye clinic near Athens after attendants mistook a cauterizing fluid for medicine and applied it to the youngsters. The incident prompted health officials to order prosecutions of the oculists and raised fears of permanent blindness amid reports of unclean conditions at the clinic.
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London
Athens
Greece
London Daily Express
Capital
Kesarion
South Bound Rock Island Train Hits Man Near Ruston
Johnnie Williamson, a former wing on the Dr. Bennett farm two miles south of Ruston, was struck by a southbound Rock Island passenger train Saturday at 2 PM. He suffered bruises to the hips and shoulders, was thrown about fifteen feet, and taken to the Ruston Lincoln Sanitarium in stable condition. Officials cited likely defective hearing as the cause.
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Johnnie Williamson
Dr. Bennett
Ruston
Rock Island
Ruston-Lincoln
Williamson
Sheriff Urges Licenses Paid By March
Sheriff A J Thigpen urged residents to pay parish and state occupation licenses, noting only about four percent have been paid. Licenses are due January 1 but can be paid by March 1 without penalty. a deputy will visit businesses to remind them of the duty.
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A. J. Thigpen
Pariuh
Fertilizer Returns High for Louisiana Farmers in 1927
A Louisiana survey of 734 farmers shows average fertilizer returns of 4.08 dollars per dollar spent across all crops in 1927, with cotton returns at 4.44 and corn at 2.14. The study, conducted with US Department of Agriculture data, highlights significant value increases from commercial plant food and is presented at the American Society of Agronomy meeting.
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Louisiana
Loulalana
National Fertilizer Association
H. R. Smalley
American Society of Agronomy
Chicago
Canaumer
Fortier
United States Department of Agriculture
Louisana
Louana
Chia
North Carolina
South Car
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
State Aroused by Road Move in Louisiana
Controversy on federal aid roads in Louisiana centers on a protest letter to the federal Bureau of Public Roads in Washington. The note seeks state highway maintenance by federal funds, claiming roads are in deplorable condition and threatening loss of about 1.04 million dollars for 1930. Officials debate authority and current maintenance duties while the public dispute unfolds.
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New Orleans
Lousiana
Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
Louisiana
Thomas H. McDonald
Department of Agriculture
A. H. Henderson
Louisiana State Chamber of Commerce
Federal Bureau
Henderson
Wyatt Lumber Company
Ruston
O. K. Allen
State Highway Commission
Herbert Bayliss
State Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
McDonald
Inga Department
W. H. Norckauer
Baton Rouge
Feders
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Local Doctor Reports Stolen Instrument Case
Dr. G. C. Patterson informs the sheriff that his leather instrument case was taken from his car last night. The theft may have occurred during an auction at Marbury Drug Company or while the car was parked in his driveway. He discovered the loss this morning with no clues yet as to the thief.
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G. C. Patterson
Sheriff's Department
Marbury Drug Company
Fire damages Hinton shoe store in New Astor Theatre building
Fire discovered about morning hours in the Tinton Shack store within the New Astor Theatre building. Don Davis of the local telephone exchange reported the blaze and the Ruston fire department arrived quickly, extinguishing the flames before major damage. The origin is undetermined but suspected to be from a stack of empty boxes near the initial seat of the fire. The store, owned by L. C. Hinton, had not opened when it started. Fire chiefs and responders broke a glass door to reach the fire.
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Tinton Shack
Astor Theatre
Don Davis
L. C. Hinton
Ruston
J. H. Parnell
Miss Sliffe Visits Lincoln Parish Schools This Week
Miss Helen Sliffe of Baton Rouge assistant state supervisor of elementary education will arrive in Ruston tonight or tomorrow and spend the rest of the week with Superintendent H. L. Campbell visiting Lincoln parish elementary departments. This is her first visit to the Lincoln parish schools after years with the state department of education. Campbell praised the high quality work and conditions in the local schools as the state worker is guided through the system.
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Helen Sliffe
Baton Rouge
Ruston
H. L. Campbell
Lincoln Parish
Judge Delays Case In Bride Shooting Death
Municipal Judge Thomas Ambrose hears the case of John McManus aged 64 accused of shooting his 29 year old bride. Attorney Arthur C Webb states the defendant died after becoming frightened following the shooting, claiming he was not present when police arrived.
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Los Angees
Thomas Ambrose
John McManus
Arthur C. Webb
Webb
B Y P U Work Advocated By Temple Church Unit
The B Y P U to visit underprivileged Lincoln parish area churches as part of a newly launched outreach by Temple Baptist Ruston. Rev W D Wilbanks says monthly non affiliated Southwide B Y P U visits foster spirited programs supervised by Webster Buckner, with recent shows at ice Baptist church drawing positive response. Fifteen Hico church youths also performed before a large Ruston congregation last Sunday, and more visits to Downsville and nearby communities are planned.
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Amon
Temple Baptist Church of
Ruston
Lincoln
W. D. Wilbanks
The
Temple Baptist Church
Wilbanks
Webster Buckner
Ice Baptist Church
Temple
Hico Church
Hico Baptist Shares
Downsville
Buckner
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Jane
Eimaboro
J. W. Williamson
J. J. Bennett
el Dorado, Ark
Hillcrest
City High School
Dubah
Choudrant
Man
Fetzer PE Eh
Hinton Shoe Store
Squill
UV. 3. Dept. of Agri
U. S
Squill Kill
Ruston, Louisiana
Hart Schaffner & Marx
the Vocue, Inc
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