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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1931
Page
2
The Ruston Leader lists publication details with President C. E. Faulk Jr as a note, mentions second class matter at the post office, and provides office address, telephone, and subscription terms. It also names E. O. Meyer as managing editor and notes that resolutions of respect and personal bank cards follow advertising rates.
Watermelons shipping from Rustan reach markets as farmers report 5,000 dollars in early income and plan further shipments. The new crop diversifies the parish economy, showing how a single product can unlock outlet markets and steady revenue, with more shipments to follow in the week.
An editorial reflects on King Cotton's rise and fall in American history, urging diversification and reform. It cites Carl Williams of the federal farm board proposing a path where cotton remains key export if credit is reformed, production trimmed, and farming shifted to home needs and soil improvement. The piece notes foreign market shifts and hints at growing industrialization in the South as a solution to cotton dependence.
Gertrude invites Philip Lord as Harvey Lennox rushes to a fire at his office. Amid escapes and threats, Doris and Philip reveal former ties. Harvey’s fate becomes linked to a building blaze and a sudden family revelation.
A historical text extols cows as humanitys greatest blessing and key to stable agriculture, wealth, and civilization. It contrasts healthy communities with grazing care, noting fewer debts and richer lands when cows are kept. A separate brief mentions a will provision for a memorial banquet after a death in Newark and a Belgian thief scandal alongside a bellhop’s honest recovery in El Paso. A Los Angeles traffic violator is ordered to serve a weekend jail sentence.
The Louisiana Highway Commission announced a contract with the Highway Lighthouse Co New York to install and maintain flashing safety lights at dangerous highway locations in return for advertising rights on one side of each base. King George sold 48 Windsor pigs to a London butcher for 5860 dollars prompting the Gazette to note the editor’s quip about urging locals to buy away from home.
Commerce News editor Shannon, a longtime community booster, laments his lack of appreciation for urging local patrons to buy at home. He recalls writing an earnest editorial two weeks ago urging readers to patronize home merchants, yet no businessperson has offered thanks.
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