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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1931
Page
3
Opening night attracts 3 500 visitors to the parish fair with extensive judging underway and a large Leader Booth presence. Officials record 121 visitors registering at the Leader station as exhibits and displays draw crowds and local deputies supervise.
Longshoremen resume duties at Gulf ports after a breakdown in work actions. Reports from Houston and Galveston indicate crews returned to the wharves as ships waited. Officials say operations should normalize this week as labor peace returns.
Fragmentary OCR from Reston coverage hints at a Rialto pageant with references to performers and stage acts. Names and clear facts are obscured, leaving only scattered hints of theater events and local figures.
East Side filling station on the Monreae highway near Ruston was robbed last night of candy and cigarettes valued at about $10.00. Thieves pried open a rear window. no money or other items were taken. No suspects named. this was the second robbery in the past month at the same station.
Y Davis dies at 76 after two weeks with influenza at Ruston Lincoln Sanitarium. Born in Decatur Georgia, raised by a widowed mother, he moved to Lincoln Parish in 1876, worked with S J Harris in a furniture business for 30 years, never quarrelled. Funeral at Cook Chapel conducted by Rev H M Mirvhiet and Rev J R Edwards with burial at Vienna Cemetery. McLure & Co. directed the funeral.
Fragmentary passage mentions electing new officers including Major Georea Hetessy as treasurer Major Cintass Owen as comptroller and Thorpsog in some observer role. Details and context are unclear due to damaged wording.
Lit. Tech Bulldogs, after a 38 9 win over Southwestern, sharpen for their third conference game against Millsaps on Friday at 2 30 pm at home. Local crowd of about 3000 saw strong play and grads praised the team as they head into a hard fought clash.
A historical article details LSU style pepper research and broader horticultural experiments at a state university. It notes trials, departmental involvement, and the aim to develop peppers suited for national production, with mentions of faculty participants and guest staff at the university.
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