Twenty One Years At The Same Ruston Post Office
J W Cheatwood marked twenty one years in Ruston as a city mail carrier on a day of city mail service debut. He joined as clerk after civil service, later routing on Route No 1. He recalls early days near B F McLure building, a pine thicket, and livery stable sites now James building.
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J. W W. Cheatwood
Ruston
Cheatwood
L. F. Flourntéy
Simsboro
B. F. McLure Undertaking Company
James
Ghentwood
J. L. Bond
L. F. Marbury
Billywis
W. J. Booles
P.' ‘Olgin
New Orleans Drinks Salt Water For First Time In History
New Orleans records a rare event as salt water from the Gulf mixes with the Mississippi due to low river flow. Officials expect the salinity to fade by month end, with sewerage and water department officials noting the likely temporary condition.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Tramp-rescued New Orleans men survive wreck
New Orleans attorney Rolf I. See rg and Paul Jeckie of 734 Delachaise Street escaped burial when their car crashed into a train near Ocean Springs at 4 a.m. both were seriously injured. Authorities say the men wished to hide their identities. Tramps dragged them from the burning car before help arrived at Biloxi hospital.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Biloxi
Back Bay Bridge
Ralph Beauger
Ocean Springs
Bud Hepler
Biloxi City Hospital
Rolf I. Seerg
Palmer Avenue
Paul Jeckie
Delachaise Street
Ocean Briggs
Winnfield Seeks Federal Post Office Building
Winnfield civic and business leaders report postal receipts around 13 000 to 14 000 annually with August 1930 showing gains over 1929. They expect a federal building under government funds and note Winnfield’s central Louisiana location, five rural routes, and authorization already granted. Local leaders push for construction soon to create employment.
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Winnfield
Alexandria
Monroe
Louisiana
Bandits Hold Up Express Office in Marianna Robbery
Two masked men assaulted H H McNeil an agent for the Railway Express Agency in Marianna Florida and escaped with a 7000 shipment of currency and silver plus about 600 of the company funds. The loot was from a local bank bound for the Federal Reserve in Jacksonville and was to be loaded on a train within an hour.
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Marianna
Fla
H. H. McNeil
Railway Express Agency
Express Company
Marianna Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Jacksonville
McNeil
Louisville and Nashville
The
Express, Company
All Louisiana Crops Hit By Long Drouth
New Orleans report by Lionel L. Jones shows drought this summer reduced yields across crops. Corn may average 10 bushels per acre, down from 18.2 last year, with total 12,980,000 bushels forecast. Cotton yields expected at 152 pounds lint per acre, totaling 649,000 bales. Rice figures incomplete.
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New Orleans
Drouth
Louisiana
Lionel L. Jones
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Cardui Cures Denison Woman After Side Back Pain
Mrs. Nannie Davis of Denison Texas says she was bedridden with side and back pain and weight loss until a friend recommended Cardui. After four bottles her pain vanished, she regained energy and can work again. She urges others to try Cardui for relief from nervousness or monthly suffering.
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Denison
Texas
Cardus
Nannie Davis
W. Woodard Street
Mrs. Davis
Sugar crops fall in 1930. highway links completed soon
The report forecasts crop declines from 1929 in sugar cane and Irish and sweet potatoes, with 1930 yields lower due to a backward spring and drought. It notes highway openings will connect Shreveport to Vicksburg via Monroe, with concrete paving near Rayville and a seven mile detour west of the Mississippi, making the Shreveport to Vicksburg route the first paved highway across the state.
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Louisiana
Jones
Monroe
Rayville
Otter
Jst
Mississippi River
Shreveport
Vickshoro
Highway Between Here And Monroe Nears Completion
Shreveport news reports the Dixie Overland highway from Minden to Gibsland nearly finished with concrete paving. A solid road from Shreveport to Monroe is expected to open Thursday morning, per the Shreveport Motor Club. Advices from Minden indicate all concrete between Minden and Gibsland is laid and the highway will soon be complete.
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Shreveport
Minden
Gibsland
Monroe
Shreveport Motor Club
Million Dollar Rum Plant Wrecked In Detroit
Detroit police announced the destruction of a large illicit whiskey operation during a raid. The plant, described as the largest in Detroit since Prohibition began, had been yielding about $1,000,000 a month. Equipment and materials seized totaled around $1.9 million with conservation estimates over $800,000. Operators reportedly escaped.
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Detroit
Distillery on Woodward Centered in Up Town District
Police batter doors as they raid a center near Woodward avenue and Grand boulevard once used by the fire department. The abandoned distillery stored 190000 pounds of raw sugar and 2000 gallons of molasses, with a ventilating stoppage exposing the operation. Nearby residents complained of odors while labor officials discuss cotton picker labor needs and potential transport from Mississippi planters to aid harvests.
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Uptown
Woodward Avenue
Grand Boulevard
Planters need cotton pickers in Mississippi
Shreveport Sept 19 A thousand or more cotton pickers are needed in Mississippi, announced here by T B Crabb head of the United States employment service. Crabb said he had received advices from Jackson officials regarding the shortage and response efforts.
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Fice
Labor Department
Mississippi
Crabb
Shreetport
Mississapi
T. B. Crabb
United States Employment Ser Ven
Jackson
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Pace Bros
West Monroe
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Amerieca
Hamodern Way
Tri-State Transit Co. of
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Eee” Rove, le W. H. Jahneos, Pree
Zardue
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Carter
Chevrolet
Fisher
Sport
Wupe Boors
Thor Pilar
Ruston Motors, Inc
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Maytityan, Spotiud
Jbaande
Roadater
Dubach Auto Co
Dubach
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