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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1930
Page
5
The hall will greatly relieve housing conditions at Tech with the opening of the fall quarter in September. The report notes the anticipated impact on student housing and campus life as new facilities become available.
Thomas Woodward a 13 year old from West Mississippi Avenue climbed a maple tree and stayed aloft for 100 hours aiming to set a local endurance record. He plans to continue beyond the century mark with support from friends, family, and a planned celebration by the New Astor Theatre.
Louisiana Tech reported its most successful year in the arts and debate. Miss Vivian Purner led the speech and debate program with notable events including a visit from University of Oxford debaters. The department expanded course offerings and the student newspaper, The Tech Talk, earned national recognition.
A community loan fund urges youth to apply for financial aid to Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas. The Student Loan Fund Association offers aid to qualified applicants with good references, promising to arrange plans so students can enroll despite limited funds.
Four candidates qualified for the Gineolr Parish School Board in the September 9 democratic primary. Ward one offers two seats with J. T. Folk and W. W. Durden as nominees. Ward eight provides one seat with Mosats, J. and Delany and B. Colvin as contenders. The remaining two candidates will face each other in the primary.
New Orleans bank growth reported by Continental Bank and Trust Company shows deposits exceeding 5000 and assets over a substantial sum in the first half of the year. The bank recently opened on Carondelet Street, opposite Wall Street of the South, with Portier serving as president.
Fragmentary OCR style text mentions boats to Majorca and weekly schedules. Limited clear facts present. The readable lines reference a weekly service and a person sending five dollars weekly, but no verifiable dates or concrete operator names.
Port Arthur experiences a brief heavy shower described as rain, with muted effects on local streets and businesses. The fragmentary text references weather conditions and timing but lacks clear details on impacts or exact dates.
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a daily mineral blend that purifies the body and aids kidneys and bowels to remove waste, claiming fat loss and renewed energy. It promises better skin and eyes, notes an 85 cent bottle lasting four weeks, and directs readers to Milam Drug Co for purchase.
Providence July 18 Aare Agha says he is 166 and that the first 100 years were the easiest He arrived from Turkey to provide researchers access to his records His great grandson Ahmet Mussa accompanied him The passport lists February 16 1749 as birth date His descendants include many children grandchildren and great grandchildren with one daughter still living aged 96 He worked as a porter for 112 years until age 83
An aged Agha recounts serving as a volunteer in wars against Napoleon in Syria and Egypt, then Greek conflicts and four Russian wars. He claims 103 as his age, defends his marital history, denies divorce for a match with a 66 year old Mdme Agha, and asserts a life free of alcohol and tobacco, living mainly on vegetables and sweets.
A two weeks revival continues at the Baptist church of Vienna with Reverend D. BD Cantrell of Homer preaching. Both day and night services attract good attendance as J. A. Talbert of Richmond, Virginia leads singing and Vienna citizens show strong support.
Lincoln Parish Farm Bureau re elected all officers for the new year at the Chamber of Commerce auditorium. Choudrant president L Smith Ruston vice president W W Brewster Simsboro director John T Henry J Alma Davis W C Callahan GA Colvin and J W Moncriel named on the executive committee. Secretary T C Alexander reported fertilizer purchases saving 8199.44 and 175 new cotton selling contract signers. Cotton shipments last season by parish unit rose to 2 023 bales. Ashdown Arkansas July 16. The trial of George W Davis age 58 for allegedly murdering his wife by pushing her into an abandoned well concluded this morning in Little River county Circuit Court.
Mr J E Blackstock was laid to rest last Saturday at Unionville at 3 pm Rev W J Bolin spoke the funeral words in the presence of family and many friends. He died in New Orleans where he had been treated and the body arrived in Ruston on the noon train.
Verne Liner, a fourteen year old Eastland boy, sits atop a backyard oak for tree sitting duties. He has lasted nineteen hours and is tended by two companions who bring ice water, food, and reading material as he maintains his position. The story notes his name origin from Jules Verne and imagines future writing ambitions.
The Ruston Leader papers announce Hon Walton Fe McBride for district attorney Third Judicial District Louisiana in Democratic primary September 9 1950. Judge E L Walker is a candidate for district judge in the same district in September 1930. Guy W Holloway is a candidate for district judge in Touisieer parish in September 1930. Hion Niley J Wilson seeks re election to Congress from Louisiana Sth district in September 1930.
In a newspaper note a man states he would undergo inoculation for a little known disease to obtain financial help for his wife Ruth Taylor. He says he is ready to sacrifice himself to secure funds for her, driven by need and his belief in the physician’s bounty.
A Seattle fire chief reports a blaze at a sawdust pile from an old sawmill latent since 1909. Firemen warn it will take weeks to control. Chester Taylor, unemployed and penniless, volunteers to undergo a scientific test with trachoma to study inflammable log remains in the pile.
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