Jefferson Davis’s life shaped by father and brother
A Ruston writer reviews Elisabeth Cutting’s Jefferson Davis biography, tracing Davis’s Welsh ancestry, Kentucky and Louisiana roots, schooling at Nashville Bardstown and Transylvania, West Point career with Lee and Johnson, marriage to Varina Howell, Civil War leadership, and end as a prisoner at Fortress Monroe. The piece notes Davis’s aristocratic, decisive character and ties to his family, plantation life, and Beauvoir.
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David W. Thomas
Jefferson Davis
Elisabeth Cutting
Dodd, Mead & Company
Davis
Miss Cutting
William Penn
Artirginia
Far South
Samuel Davis
South Carolina
Jane Cook
Jane
Augusta
Todd County
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
Louisiana
Bayou Teche
Woodville
Miss
New Orleans
Jackson
Louisiana Line
Nashville
Tenn
Hermitage
General Jackson
Bardstown
Jefferson College
Natchez
Trannsylvania University
Lexington
Race of Giants
Andrew Jackson
West Point
Robert E. Lee
Joseph Johnson
Albert Sidney Johnson
Leonidas Polk
Thad Stevens
Dartmouth
Ben Butler
Maine
Phillips and
Garrison
Varina Howell
Mississippi
U. S
Union
Brierfield Plantation
Woodrow Wilson
Pleasing Scenes Only Rule Shakes China Photo Tourists
Shanghai on January 23 reports a new Chinese rule restricting tourist photography to scenes deemed pleasing and beautiful. Officials discourage images of beggars bound feet huts and naked children as harmful to national interests.
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Shanghai
China
Lincoln Parish Schools Begin 2nd Term Today
Lincoln Parish schools started the second semester of the 1930 1931 session this morning per Superintendent H L Campbell. Graduation exercises were held in Ruston City Schools Friday with about 25 students finishing high school and about 50 completing at the two grammar schools, entering high school this morning.
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Lincoln Parish
H. L. Campbell
Ruston City
Couple Held Here Charged In White Slave Violation
Eli Wallace and Mrs. Lucy Malmay of Sabine parish were arraigned before United States commissioner T. O. Brooks on Mann white slave act charges. In default of bond they were jailed. Wallace bond set at 1000 dollars and Mrs. Malmay at 700 dollars. They allegedly left families in Sabine parish to go to Beaumont Texas. Both are married. Mrs Malmay is disabled with one leg missing.
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Shreveport
Eli Wallace
Lucy Malmay
Sabine Parish
T. O. Brooks
United States
Wallace
Malmay
Beaumont
Texas
First Loans To Farmers May Be Made Next Week
Washington announces that emergency drouth relief loans totaling 45 million dollars will start next week. Dr. C W Warburton said exact immediate disbursement is undetermined and forms are being distributed across several states including Arkansas and Mississippi Valley areas. Farmers may borrow up to 600 dollars, with landlords in the valley able to obtain 2000 dollars if they aid tenants.
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Washington
Drouth Relief Fund
C. W. Warbuton
Drouth Relief Committee
Memphis
Arkansas
Mississippi Valley
Warburton
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertisement Claims
An old newspaper ad touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a pure vegetable extract remedy for constipation and torpid liver. It emphasizes no substitutes, a 32 ounce cleansing claim, red bottles, and availability at all druggists.
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Carter
Silent Mike Confused By Admonitions
Dear Mr Editor I read the papers and feel torn by advice about spending saving and buying things from many writers One columnist urges saving for a rainy day while another pushes purchases and new comforts This reader laments mixed guidance and asks what to do with money and household purchases amid conflicting counsel.
Former Peace Officer Elopes with 14-Year-Old Lover
In Jackson Parish on Tuesday night Dorothy Massey 14 ran away with William W. Oglesbee 61 a longtime peace officer and married father of seven. Mexican border patrols watched for the couple as the pair vanished from the Massey home near Eros after Dorothy slipped from her room for a final tryst.
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Dorothy
Chatham High School
Eros
Ogiesbee
Arcadia Man Shot at Texas Louisiana Power Plant
In Arcadia on Sunday between noon and 1 pm Val Garrett 36 died and Jim Roberson 34 was arrested for murder. Roberson a night engineer at the plant reportedly surrendered after calling Sheriff Currie claiming he “just had to do.” Garrett was chief engineer. Roberson used a .38 revolver with at least three bullets, one through Garrett’s head and one below the nose.
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Arcadia
Val Garrett
Jim Roberson
Texas-Louisiana Power Company
Roberson
John Currie
Garrett
Gunfire at power plant ends life of local veteran Garrett
Garrett, a World War I veteran and longtime Hamp Michael post American Legion member, was found fatally shot in the power company plant workroom. Roberson was the only other person present. no witnesses. Survived by a widow, a sister in Arcadia, and a brother in San Diego. funeral plans incomplete.
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Garrett
Power Company
Roberson
Garret
Company A
One Hundred Fifty-sixth Infantry
Hamp Michael Post
American Legion
F. B. Barnette
Arcadia
Chester Garrett
San Diego
Cal
Canning Equipment Moves From Choudrant to Ruston
Canning gear recently purchased by Lincoln parish school board and used by Miss Sophia Stone will be moved from Choudrant to Ruston today to allow demonstrations. The parish program began in Choudrant two weeks ago with several beeves canned, and after Ruston demonstrations the equipment will likely go to Dubach for further canning.
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Lincoln Parish
Sophia Stone
Choudrant
Ruston
Dubach
Meteor Seen Over Alexandria and Pineville
A large bright meteor flashed across the sky from north to south just after daylight in Alexandria and Pineville. Mrs. W. E. O'Donnell likened it to the headlight of an automobile, while R. A. Hargis reported the blaze appeared at 6 40 oclock.
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Alexandria
Pineville
W. E. O'Donnel
R.A. Hargis
Louisiana Drouth As Severe As Arkansas
Jan 25 New Orleans The drouth in Louisiana is as serious as in Arkansas where a mob demanded food and was labeled Reds. Agriculture Commissioner Harry D. Wilson said relief is needed from Red Cross or other sources as farmers struggle to feed themselves and his state north of Alexandria is notably affected.
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New Orleans
Drouth
Louisiana
Arkansas
Harry D. Wilson
Red Cross
Alexandria
Divorces 11 Percent of Marriages Here in Lincoln Parish
A Lincoln parish report shows 25 divorces granted in the past year and 222 marriage licenses issued. The divorce rate stands just over 11 percent, small versus other sections and the nation.
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Lincoln Parish
Winn Parish man and two children die in crash
A Winn Parish man Thomas Cave 33 of Winnfield and his two children Donald 3 and Margaret 2 died when an automobile overturned on the highway to the Delta ferry landing in Delta Louisiana. Cave's sister-in-law Ida Hogan 23 of Birmingham also died and Mrs Nora Cave, wife of the deceased, was seriously injured in the early morning crash.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Delta
Thomas Cave
Winnfield
Donald
Margaret
Cave
Ida Hogan
Birmingham
Nora Cave
Funeral trip ends in fatal wreck near Winnfield
A party traveling from Winnfield to Birmingham to attend a funeral left Winnfield around o'clock Last night. The accident happened about 3:00 this morning and was not found until nearly 7:00 by passing motorists. Injured wart an received aid after discovery.
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Winnfield
Birmingham
Warttan
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Hurricane Plantation
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Haeg
America
Tri-State Transit Co. of
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Meteor
Thedfords Ong Ge
Winn Parish
Ian
Ruston, Louisiana
Hillcrest Poultry Farm
P. O. Box
E. D. McCallum Seed Store
Hawk
Hawk Brand
S. M. Richardson & Son
Lincoln Parish Police Jury
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