Old Fashioned Square Dance at Elks Club Elevates Tech Fund
Several hundred Ruston residents attended an old-fashioned square dance at the Elks hall sponsored by the Music club for the Tech scholarship fund. The event featured calls by O K Davis T E Raley and Bill Cook, Hood fiddlers Hood family tunes, period costumes and a reception committee led by Mrs Deila Lomax. Also noted were local ads and notices including a syrup maker promotion and political talk on race tracks.
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Ruston
Elks Hall
Music Club
Tech Scholarship Fund
W. H. Cook
O. K. Davis
T. E. Raley
Bill” Cook
Arkansas
Fisher
Sally Cooden
Georgia
Hood
Hilly
Sebe Hood
Claud Hood
Fred Hood
Hoods
Deila Lomax
A H. Henderson
Tignor Conger
R. W. Davis
Eooles Breed
H. L. McKnight
Long Men Map Anti Chain Bill
State House notes Long wing lawmakers prepare a Georgia styled bill to tax chain stores heavily in Louisiana. The proposal, said to be near confiscatory, targets stores in the same line of business under common ownership. Gov Long and ally Henderson have been vocal against chain retailers, with session opening next Monday.
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Hermann B. Deutsch
State House
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State Assembly
Georgia
Gov Long
W. K. Henderson
Shreveport
North Louisiana Optometric Society Plans May Lecture
The North Louisiana Optometric Society met in Monroe to discuss a lecture by Dr. R. M. Peckham of the Los Angeles School of Optometry in Alexandria on May 15. Dr. Peckham will lecture on a nonoperative method for correcting crossed eyes, with Dr. E. O. Strahan and Dr. B. R. Clay involved in planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. L. O. Society
Monroe
North Louisiana Optometric Society
Heinberg
E. O. Strahan
Winnsboro
8. R. Clay
Ruston
R. M. Peckham
Los Angeles School of Optometry
Los Angeles
Otootan Soy Beans Promote Hay and Fertilizer Use
Farmers urged to plant Otootan soy beans for hay grain and fertilizer as a superior field bean. Claims include higher feed reliability than corn, preference by stock over alfalfa, cost efficiency per acre, and 100 percent germination in state tests. The Frank Grocery Co Inc seed department lists stock in Shreveport Minden and Mansfield.
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Frank Grocery Co., Inc
Shreveport
Minden
Monroe Man Secures Leases On Federal Gas Property
H Green of Monroe won bids for 417 acres of government gas land in Ouachita and Morehouse parishes. The interior department representatives accepted the bid at the federal building on Saturday. The deal includes a $15 per acre bonus for the first 40 acres and $2 per acre on the remaining land with royalties set by statute from 16 2 3 to 33 1 3 percent.
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H. Green
Monroe
Ouachita
Morehouse Parishes
Department of the Interior
Tte Federal Building
Green
Capitol Clean-Up Underway Ahead of 1930 Legislature
A large crew sweeps the State Capitol in Baton Rouge for spring cleaning as convicts assist landscaping and electricians ready the House chamber for the 1930 legislative session opening Monday. Desks, voting machine seating, and impeachment paraphernalia are being reset while the Senate gets a fresh coat of paint.
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Baton Rouge
State Capitol
State Penitentiary
Senate
State House
U S Banks Pile Up 27 Billions Report Reveals
Washington on May 7 the aggregate resources of 7,316 national banks in the United States Alaska and Hawaii were 27,348,498,000 on March 27 John W Pole comptroller of the currency announced today The total was a decrease of 1,533,985,000 since December 31 and down 1,673,414,000 from March 27, 1929
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Washington
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
John W. Pole
Drowned Boy Halts Search For Own Body
In New York on May 6, Nassau County police hunted for a teenage boy’s body. Warren Beneville, 15, son of Roland Beneville the secretary, stopped his own search as authorities pursued the missing youth.
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New York
Nassau
Warren Beneville
Roland Beneville
Ridgewood Queen Rescues Boy After Boat Fall
A Ridgewood Queen of the United States liner America sighted at Jamaica Bay at noon Sunday. A boy fell from a rowboat and asked grapplers whose body was being searched. A county officer answered it was the boy’s own body. The boy swam unobserved to a friend's boat.
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Ridgewood Queen
Chamber of the United States
Plans Outlined For 15 Levee Projects In Louisiana
Federal engineers outlined plans for 15 levee projects in the Second New Orleans District costing about 1 250 000 dollars. Bids are due May 27 with work to start after contracts are signed. Projects cover nine parishes as 6 200 000 cubic yards of levee work are planned.
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New Orleans
New Oreleans
Hail Wind And Snow Wreck Havoc In Texas
May 7 Texas weather brought hail high winds rain and snow across the state. Snow fell near Alamore on the Texas and Pacific railroad between Sweetwater and El Paso. Two inches of rain at Austin. high winds unroofed horses and one man was injured. Hail damaged plate glass windows and Sweetwater faced a severe sandstorm with blackout conditions and halted traffic.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Alamore
Texas and Pacific
Sweetwater
el Paso
Austin
59 Percent Of World's Telephones In U S
New York May 7 The New York Telephone company announced a census showing 59 percent of all telephones worldwide are in the United States. The global total is 32,712,284 with 19,941,295 in the United States.
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New York
New York Telephone Company
United States
Gold Star Mothers Sail For France Graves Visit
In New York on May 8, Gold Star Mothers sailed aboard gray battleships with an escort plane group to visit the graves of their sons in France. The farewell included dropping poppies as the fleet headed home, marking the end of the voyage.
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New York
France
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Elks Club
Hood Boys
Pace Bros
West Monroe
Them
Robert Maestri
Col
John P. Sullivan
V. Rabb
Capitol
U. S
Mmattress
Nachman
Kavanaugh Furniture Company
United Furniture Stores, Inc
Mgr
George Reyer
City of
Newfeetem
Orleans
Toronto
T. S. Wamsley
Tom
A. C. Wilkins
Chevrolet
Agsurea
Agadster
Ciunaale
Casaate
Aden Dallivery
Mich
Ruston Motors, Inc
Ruston, la
Dubach Auto Co
Dubach, la
Burlington
Star Brand
Gaar & Evans
Hawk Brand
S.M. Richardson & Son
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