Featherstone Bottling Plant Housed In New Ruston Site
The Featherstone Bottling Company has moved into a remodeled brick building on East Mississippi Avenue, formerly Ruston Manufacturing. Purchased for 3500 dollars and remodeled at 3000, the plant now operates with eight employees and three trucks, producing about 68999 cases annually with capacity for 600 daily, serving a region from Junction City to Winnfield and Gibsland to West Monroe.
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Featherstone Bottling Company
Mississippi Avenue
Ruston Manufacturing Company
R. H. Featherstone
Junction City
Winnfield
Gibsland
West Monrose
Featherstone
Ruston
Merchandise Stolen From Monroe Grocer Freight Car
A half barrel of flour and one sack of oats were taken from a Monroe Grocer Company box car on private tracks Sunday night. The car door was pried with railroad spikes leaving fresh wagon marks. The theft was discovered by manager Louis Langford, who noted only these items missing. Clues to the raider’s identity emerged the following morning.
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Monroe Grocer Company
Louis Langford
Langford
Tech enrolls 714 students for new spring quarter
Louisiana Tech enrollment for the spring quarter reached 714 students this week, per treasurer Harry Howard. Fees paid total 714, up 37 from a year ago when 677 enrolled. With Tech training school adding over 225 pupils, campus population tops about 1,000 students.
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Louisiana Tech
Harry Howard
Tech Training School
Marriage Licenses Reported In Dubach
White Emmett L Hayden of Dubach to Ila Futheree of Dubach cited for marriage license filing in local records.
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White
Emmett L. Hayden
Dubach
Ila Futheree
Girls' Nurse At Tech To Return From Mississippi
Miss Louise M. Johnston, the Louisiana Tech girls' nurse, is expected to return to Ruston within a week from Kings' Daughters' Hospital in Greenville Mississippi, where she has been confined for several weeks after sustaining a broken spinal bone from a winter fall. Information comes via Dr. Hugh Gamble who heads the Greenville hospital.
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Louise M. Johnston
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Kings’ Daughters’ Hospital
Greenville
Miss
Hugh Gamble
Miss Johnston
8 Children In One Family All Adopted
Seattle march 15 the Woods couple celebrate adopting Sally Ann their eighth child the 19 month old girl with curly hair and brown eyes. Mrs Wood joyfully declares children are all there is to live for as the judge notes the large adopted family.
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Seattle
Richard Wood
Sally Annn
Woods
Verner Colvin of Dubach Dies in New Orleans
Verner Colvin age 27 son of earlier prominent Du bach merchant Calvin died in a New Orleans hospital Monday morning. He had been ill over a month and his death surprised friends. Funeral services at Dubach Baptist church at 3 30 this afternoon with Pastor Joe Hinkey. Burial in Unionville cemetery. Survived by widow and one child.
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Verner Colvin
Calvin
Dubach
New Orleans
Ruston
Colvin
Dubach Baptist Church
Joe Hinkey
Unionville
J. L. White
Mgr. White
Ruston Sanitarium
Mr. White
Vienna
Mrs. White
Woman’s gun threat reply shocks Shreveport family
In Shreveport Louisiana on March 17 Mrs H F Hinton fired four shots at an unidentified man who had delivered a fourth warning to the home threatening the family with death if they did not move out by Saturday night. She fired once from a window then three more shots as the man cried out and was helped into a waiting car. Hinton said the visitor had not been there before.
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Shreveport
H. F. . Hinton
Sisters Beat Father Then Sheriff in Arkansas Row
Two sisters Thelma and Bonie Hubbell of Bay Arkansas were jailed after a fight with Deputy Sheriff Holmes in which the sisters say Holmes came off second best. The incident followed a claim they whipped their father amid a broader city distress. Funeral notices from Dubach honor J. L. White who died unexpectedly after a prior illness. A marriage notice from Bastrop lists Vivian Civay and Flint Reed wed in Monroe with a double ring ceremony. Independence means having more money than you need, not having the largest salary in Ruston.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Thelma
Bonie Hubbell
Holmes
Vivian Ca‘ay
Charles Civay
Flint W. Reed
Guilt Coast
Mr. Reed
Wiggins
Mississippi
Harrington Avenue
Ruston
North Louisiana Optometrists Form New Society
A Monroe meeting led to the creation of The North Louisiana Optometric Society. Founding aims include advancing optometry knowledge, fostering fellowship, exchanging ideas, and cooperating with state and national bodies to promote eyesight conservation. Founding officers are Dr. S R Clay president Dr W R Brown vice president and Dr B Heinberg secretary treasurer. The group plans twice monthly meetings with the next set for Thursday night March 27.
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Optometrists
North Louisiana
Monroe
North Louisiana Optometric Society
National
Optometric Associationa
E. O. Strahan
Winnsboro
C. C. Fryant
T. A. Bruke
A. Goetschel
W. R. Vinson
C. E. Binford
B. Heinberg
W. R. Brown
L. C. Brewerton
Shreveport
8. R. Clay
Ruston
S. R. Clay
Louisiana Cattle for January Report Totals 103614
Louisiana's January tuberculin program lists 103 614 cattle in 9 006 herds under supervision. The U S Department of Agriculture report notes 5 545 cattle in 229 herds tested with 106 reactors. One thousand three hundred sixteen cattle were listed as once tested free and 921 on the accredited list.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
U. S. Department of Agriculture
E. P. Flower
State Livestock Sanitary Board
G. T. Cole
Hardin addresses Mansfield U D C meeting
J Fair Hardin of Shreveport spoke to the Kate Beard Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Mansfield. He described government plans for marking parks and historic sites across the state and noted possible federal aid for Mansfield Battle Park, with officials expected to visit soon to finalize arrangements.
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Kate Beard
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Chamber of Commerce
J. Fair Hardin
Shreveport
Mr. Hardin
Mansfield Bat le Park
Mansfield
Louisiana Senator backs ONeill for Supreme Court vacancy
Senator Ransdell said he would convene Louisiana lawmakers to act on presenting Charles A. ONeill, chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, for the Sanford vacancy. Endorsements from the state bar associations and local banks and trade groups would be filed with Louisiana's congressional delegation to back the recommendation and show regional support to the President.
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Washington
Mar
Ransdell
Louisiana
Congress
Charles A. O'Niell
Louisiana Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
State Bar Association
Bar Association of
New Orleans
Judge O'Niell
Sanford
Justice O'Niell
Dog saves master in Kragnes blaze
Kragnes Minnesota police dog Psi woke the owner by sniffing smoke and arousing him from an upstairs room early one morning, allowing him to save both his store and his dwelling from fire.
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Kragnes
Psi
Boy Wounds Woman on New York Street
Mrs. Rose Corbesiero, 18, was approached by a five year old boy who claimed he could shoot. He drew a pistol that sounded like a snap when triggered and she found herself wounded minutes later.
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New York
Rose Corbesiero
No More Winter Observed by Bear Mountain Park
Six bears at Bear Mountain Park emerged from hibernation in Stoney Point New York and settled to forage. Attendants predict mild remaining cold spells are unlikely after last year's early opening and return to dens following a cold snap.
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Stoney Point
New York
Bear Mountain Park
Cystex 48 Hour Test Ad for Bladder Irritation Relief
An advertisement promotes Cystex as a quick relief for bladder irritation with symptoms like burning itching backache and leg pains. It urges trying the product at drug stores with a money back guarantee if there is no quick improvement and satisfaction. The price is listed as 60 cents.
Randell Aids C A ONeill Endorsed By Bankers Group
Members of the Group D conference of bankers in New Orleans on Thursday afternoon unanimously adopted resolutions endorsing the president of the group C A ONeill Randell will assist in the effort as the meeting closes and the record of support is filed.
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Bankers
New Orleans
Pictures Of Christ In Book Of Numbers Theme Of Dr. Dodd
Dr. Dodd at First Baptist Church led Sunday evening service with six pictures of Christ from Numbers. He described Numbers as a pilgrimage and warfare text where disobedience leads to wilderness wanderings yet God preserves his people toward the land of Canaan. The six images cited are pillar of cloud, pillar of fire, silver trumpets, water of separation, the scepter star and brazen serpent.
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First Baptist Church
Dodd
Christ
Canaan
Shreveport Journal
Strange Sounds: backward speech and car abundance in 1930s
Rochester scientists studied how a man would sound speaking backwards by reversing a movie soundtrack. Washington reports that at the start of 1930 there was one automobile for every 4.5 people in the United States and nearly eight cars for every mile of road, highlighting rapid automobilization.
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Strange
Rochester
N. C
Washington
United States
Detroit Sergeant Freed in Fatal Arrest Attempt
Sergeant Joseph Poggionne acquitted by a jury of killing Private Stanley Prusinowski 16 during a drill arrest. In Hankow China, poverty drives mothers to sell babies at five dollars as freezing weather bites.
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Detroit
Joseph Poggionne
Stanley Prusinowski
Hankow
China
Widowed mother awarded $5,000 amid controversial notices
The Daily Leader faced questions over anonymous submissions as editors discarded several unsigned communications. Critics argue some authors chase fame by publishing sensational material, while readers echo the trend. Tiwatate’s $5,000 award stands out in a murky dispute over anonymous tips and editorial choices.
Strange Beast Skeleton Frenzy Ends In Hay Machine Find
London report says African workers found a prehistoric animal skeleton near Tangier but locals returned with the claim that bones were ribs and teeth from an American hay-making machine abandoned there. Prior Lake dairymen form new association with a kicking mule badge and motto for wild jackasses.
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London
Tangier
Setendlats
Prior Lake
Minun
American Naval Conference Delegation Cost Drains Funds
London reports the American delegation at the Naval Conference cost almost 3000 dollars per day, highlighting a heavy daily expense as talks continue.
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London
Slips and Dies in Sioux City Street Car Collision
Sioux City Iowa report says Dr L Foster slipped on the snow covered street and was killed by a street car. The incident occurred amid winter conditions with no immediate witnesses. Police and investigators examined the scene for cause and safety implications.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Dr. L. Foster
Student Whips Professor in Notre Dame Incident
Harold Simpson, a Notre Dame student, was expelled from the school dance after a dispute with Father P. J. Heiser. He later returned and assaulted the priest, inflicting cuts and bruises with a horse whip in South Bend Indiana.
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South Bend
Ind
Harold Simpson
Notre Dame
P. J. Heiser
Mis Kidnapped? Misses Self, Fatal Shooting in Newark
In Newark an 18 year old girl, Haith Brown, was killed when her cousin Carl Weinman, 40, attempted suicide with a high powered rifle. The gun went off while Weinman slept, waking officials to find the tragedy. He was too drunk to steady the rifle. The bullet ripped through the room fatally striking the girl.
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Newark
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