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Library of Congress1915

Image 2 of The true Democrat (Bayou Sara [La.]), October 30, 1915

The True Democrat ELRIE ROtINSON MR8 MAY E ROBINSON Editors Official Journal of the Parish of West Fellciana the Towns of Bayou Sara and St Franclsville and of the School Board We also own and publish the Felici ana Record a weekly newspaper for the town of Jackson La Advertisers will do well to get joint rates for both papers Entered at the Post Office at 8t Francleville La as secondclass mail Subscription 150 a Year in Advance Saturday October 30 1915 A THOUSAND YOUNG DEMOCRATS A movement is on foot to call a mass meeting of a thousand young Demo crats five hundred from the city and the same number from the country to declare their support of Mr John M Parker and a business administration The term young Democrats is one to conjure with as for example in the triumphs of the Young Mens Demo cratic Association in New Orleans years ago and it is this recollection which has probably inspired the pres ent call But any young Democrats who may respond should consider carefully sev eral vital points Briefly these are that by Mr Parkers own request the moment they do respond they cease to be Democrats

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Library of Congress1891

Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), June 27, 1891

The steamship El Sol on her last trip from New York to New Orleans made the run between the bars on the ocean and gulf course in four days and twentyone hours the quickest on record She ran from Eads Jetties to New Orleans wharf in sevenl hours making six teen miles an hour against the cur rent a speed equal to that of the great R E Lee when she made her famous run from New Orleans to Cairo and St Louis in July 1870 now nearly twentyone years ago It costs one of the swiftest ocean racers 85000 to make a round trip voyage from Europe to America and return and the coal expense is from 15000 to 18000 A Womder Worker Mr Frank Huffmao a young man of Burlingtdn Ohio states that he had been under the care of two prominent physicians and used their treatment until he was not able to get around They pronounced his case to be Consumption and in curable He was persuaded to try Dr Kings New Discovery for Con sumption Coughs and Colds and at that time was not able to walk across the street without resting He found before he

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