Seawall and Five Mile Bathing Beach Planned for New Orleans
New Orleans Levee Board announces bids for a concrete seawall along Lake Pontchartrain from the New Basin Canal to the Industrial coast. The five and a half mile lakefront includes a bathing beach with steps to the water, at an estimated cost of about 2 million dollars. Work to start by year end, with beautification and tax-roll value gains expected. final completion date not announced.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
New Basin Canal
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Death
We express appreciation to friends and kin for assistance and sympathy during illness and death of our husband and father. Thanks for Mora offerings. Sincerely Mrs F B Hood and Hood family names listed.
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Hood W
Hood M
Hood A
Hood
Ola Roland
Local social notes from Hico area church and families
Rev Wilbanks of Ruston filled his regular appointment here Sunday afternoon. Numerous visitors and relatives gathered over the weekend, including Misses Louie Barmore and Margle Alexander, Mrs Chloe Skinner of Shreveport, Mrs A K N Young of Lisbon, and many Hico area residents. Activities included visits among family members, guests at J R Beckham’s home, and a B D P U gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs W W Farley Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubach
Thomas Moncrief
Henrie Owen
Point
J. W. Owen
Estee
Annie Maud Murphy
Dayton McCiee
John Foster
Homer
A. P. Foster
W. W. Farley
Sheriff Sale in Third District Court Lincoln Parish
Notice of public auction of all furniture fixtures and office equipment seized under a writ of fieri facias. Property located at G. A. Adams building West Mills Ave Buteton Lincoln Parish Louisiana formerly owned by Pratt Typewriter Exchange to satisfy court writ. Sale set for November 30 1929 at Ruston courthouse front door.
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Third District Court
Parla
Lincoln
State of
Louisiana
Fieri Pacias
Third Judicial District Court
Ie Court House
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
G. A. Adams
West Mills
Buteton
Lincoln Bansh
J. M. Pratt
Pratt
M. Pratt
Benedit
Jamboree on Friday’s List in Shreveport Scout Event
The Norfella council Boy Scouts jamoree brings troops from Texas and Arkansas to Fair Grounds football clubps for a Friday afternoon event. The program opens at 2 30 with 10 field trial events from flag signaling to grip by friction. A review by a judging stand precedes the trials and the high scoring troop wins the yet to be announced Dumboree cup.
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Shreveport
Norfella Couneil
Texas
Arkansas
Jamboree Cup Awards and Morse Signalling Events
The article declares the Jamboree cup to be awarded to the winner with second and third place troops earning a Council cup and Commission ere cup respectively, each to be won three times by the same troop before permanent possession. It covers Morse signalling, tent pitching, knot tying, dressing race, friction fire, water polling, semaphore signalling, and wall sealing, with troop-wide scoring and age restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trop
Brotherhood Of Man Begins At Home By Basil King
A McCall's Magazine article by Basil King before his death urges immediate action for world brotherhood starting at home. He argues brotherhood begins with the individual and that the Kingdom of Heaven is a present state of mind guiding present life, not distant. He stresses personal effort to help others and to save oneself by aiding a brother in need.
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Brotherhood of Man
Basil King
McCall's Magazine
Earth
Tye
Bankruptcy Notice in Western District of Louisiana
Bankrupt HOMER Ht HINES of Ruston Lincoln Parish was adjudged bankrupt on October 22 1920 The first meeting of creditors will be held before J M Crimmet Referee Monroe Louisiana on November 23 1929 at 10 am Creditors may nominate a trustee examine bankrupt prove claims and transact business J M GRIMMET Referee Shreveport La Creditors should file proof of debt and may consider immediate sale of property at the meeting.
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Homer
Ht. Hines
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
J. M. Crimmet
Monroe
Louisiana
J. M. Grimmet
Shreveport
Succession Notice for Mascalin Fields Deceased
Creditors and interested persons in the Mascalin Fields estate must show cause within ten days why the final account of Lewis F. Pields, administrator, should not be approved and the funds distributed. Court order dated October 30, 1929 by Ross C. Neill, deputy clerk, Third Judicial District Court, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.
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Mascalin
Fields
Third Judicial District Court
Parish
Lincoln
State of
Louisiana
Lewis F. Pields
Ross C. Neill, Dy
Louisiana i
Parish of
Public Auction Notice of Property Seizure in Lincoln Parish
Albert L. Wilson versus Hood in the Third Judicial District Court Lincoln Parish Louisiana. By writ of fieri facias sheriff A J Thigpen seals and offers at public sale the principal front of the courthouse in Ruston on the last Saturday, November 30, 1920, the described land being SE quarter of the SE quarter Section 26 and N E M of NE M Section 35 Township 10 North Range 4 West in Lincoln Parish. Property seized as the defendant Hood's and will be sold to satisfy the writ with costs and appraisement. Sale date October 30, 1929. Sheriff's name: A J Thigpen.
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Parish of
Lincoln
State of
Louisiana
Kuston
Lingoln Parbh
Bom Hood
Lerma
A. J. Thigpen
Township
Albert E. Moulin
Ontary
McCloskey & Benedict
Third District Court
Parish of Lincoln
Third Judicial District Court
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Trained Nurse Praises Sargon Endorsement
A nurse named Mrs A M Young from Atlanta reports personal recovery after the flu using Sargon. She describes improved strength, digestion, sleep, and nerves, and plans to resume work as a trained nurse. Marbury Drug Co. is listed as agents.
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A. M. Young
Boulevard Drive
S. B
Atlanta
Marbury Drug CO
Judicial Advertisement of Property Sale in Lincoln Parish
Kernaghan Cordill announces a public auction by order of Civil District Court Judge M M Boatner. Dated February 25 and October 22 1929 the sale includes Edw Sims Land in Lincoln Parish totaling 65 13 acres plus 40 acres in Township 19 North. Cash with 10 percent down. buyers assume 1929 taxes. Auction at Real Estate Exchange 826 Perdido Street New Orleans.
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Kernaghan & Cordill
W. A. W. A. Kernaghan, Aucr
Baronne Street
New Orleans
Perdido Street
Louisiana
M. M. Boatner
Civil District
Parish of
Orleans
W. B. Thompson
Lincoln
Sims
Public Auction Notice in Lincoln Parish Louisiana
In Third District Court Lincoln Parish Louisiana a writ of fieri facias directs sale of an undivided one sixth interest owned by Nellie Powell in described lands in Section 8 and Section 7 plus 5 acres in Section 5 Township 19 North Range 2 West. Sale at Ruston Court House December 14 1920. Property of defendant Nethie Powell sold to satisfy writ and costs. Cash with appraisement. November 13 1929.
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Linco
Parish
Towit
Nellie Powell
Nethie Powell
Community thanks in Jubach and Ruston tribute
Coy Colvin expresses gratitude to the people of Jubach and Ruston for kindness after a broken leg. He thanks teachers and business men, noting their support eases his pain and aids recovery.
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Dubach
Jubach
Ruston
Modern Girl Flapper Seeks Public Service Role Says Ruth McCormick
Ruth Hanna McCormick, Illinois congresswoman at large and daughter of Mark Hanna, argues modern girls are turning toward public service and healthy living. She cites balanced diets, education, and ambition beyond marriage as keys to intelligent, useful careers for women and mothers.
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Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illnois
Mark Hanna
McCormick
Hilnoia
Lfe
Atlanta Minister Drives 10618 Mile Chevrolet Tour
The Rev G W Gasque rector of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation led a seven week 10618 mile loop from Atlanta to Seattle and back in a new six cylinder Chevrolet coach. Accompanied by Mrs Gasque and their daughter Anna Lee, the trip averaged 22.3 miles per gallon, with fuel cost 476 gallons used and 107.18 dollars initial expenditure, no mechanical repairs recorded. The journey included Pike's Peak ascent and visits to major Episcopal churches.
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Atlanta
G. W. Gasque
Episcopal Church of the Incarnation
United States
Chicago
Nashville
Evansville
Indianapolis
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Arizona
New Mexico
Pike's Peak
Gasque
Chevrolet
Hegan Bih
Message of gratitude from Coy Colvin to friends
Coy Colvin thanks friends for thoughtful support and expresses love after an unspecified event. The note highlights appreciation for kindness and ongoing friendship.
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Coy Colvin
Mexico Bans Women Voting In Presidential Election
Mexico announces women will not be allowed to vote in the upcoming presidential election despite a suffrage campaign. Officials cite the constitution defining voters as persons, while observers see the move as boosting opposition candidate Fasci tal Ortis Rubio.
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Mexico City
Jose Vasconcelos
Mexico
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3. M. Smatt
B. King
U. S. District Court
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OM. Hood
Sargon
Culbertson
Sheriff’s Sale
S. J. Colvin
Mathew Powell
Congress
Mrs. McCormick
Mabel Love
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Speaker Longworth
House
Katrine McCormick
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