July 2023

G.R. Moss Builds $3,300 Home On West Academy

One of wht prettiest of the newer bungalow erected in Jennings is under construction for G.R. Moss on West Academy. The 5-room structure will cost approximately $3300.

Krause & Managun Lumbar Company has the material contract and Henry Strickler is the building contractor.

S new Johns Manvill Rigid shingle roof has just been completed on the Elton high school building at a cost of $1,000, the Krause & Managan firm, report.

EDWARD THOMAS CASSIDY - AGE THREE MONTHS

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EDWARD THOMAS CASSIDY - AGE THREE MONTHS

RAIN RETARDS COTTON PICKING

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FREQUENT LIGHT SHOWERS FALLING DURING PAST FEW DAYS HOLDING UP HARVEST 1926 - Cotton farmers with fields of open cotton balls are finding it difficult during the past few days to gather the fleecy staple because of frequent showers that keep the plant wet continuously.

General Motors Smash Records

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Earnings Eclipes those of United States Steel Corporation NEW YORK, August 16 - The prosperity of the General Motors Corporation, which has placed it at the top of the country’s industrial enterprises on the basis of share capital, enabled it to eclipse the earnings of the United States Steel corporation for the first time.

Mermentau, Louisiana August 18th, 1926

My wife Modeste Landry having left my bed, and board. I shall not be responsible for any debt she may contract.

FORMER PRIEST TO SERVE FIVE YEARS FOR MOLESTING JUVENILES

COVINGTON (AP) — A former Catholic priest in Louisiana was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to two state criminal charges of juvenile molestation.

Home safety tips while on vacation

Safely securing your home and belongings can be difficult on a regular basis, much less when you’re not home to monitor your property while away on vacation. Louisiana State Police (LSP) officials say there are ways to ensure your home will be waiting for you unchanged when you return.

Cassidy, Higgins work to reform National Flood Insurance Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Louisiana representatives Senator Bill Cassidy and Representative Clay Higgins recently partnered with New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez and Representative Frank Pallone to introduce the National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization (NFIP-RE) Act of 2023.

Jennings native authors book

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Jennings’s native Joyce Broyles recently published a book about her life, called, “Feathers, Feathers, Feathers: Living Under My Father’s Wings.”

JDSB awarded state safety grant

The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) is investing over $20 million to secure the perimeters of schools across the state, including those in Jeff Davis Parish.