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Jim Bradshaw

St. Landry soldier one of last to die

We celebrate Veterans Day on or about November 11, because World War I ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. If it had ended on the 10th day, a young man from south Louisiana would not have died far from home.
Jasper Joseph Neyland, for whom the American Legion post in Washington is named, was one of the last American soldiers killed in that “war to end all wars.” He died just hours before that fateful deadline.

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Bryan Golden

Dare to Live Without Limits: Overcoming Toxic Emotions

You’ve experienced one or more toxic emotions. Anger, frustration, fear, guilt, bitterness, resentment, and sadness negatively impact you. Toxic emotions cause you mental and physical harm.
Anger leads you to do or say things you’ll regret later. Frustration causes you to consider giving up. Fear holds you back by inhibiting action. Guilt makes you ashamed about what you’ve done. Bitterness and resentment cause you to feel sick both mentally and physically. Sadness can be all consuming.

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Jim Bradshaw

Fortune still awaiting a brave soul?

Fabacher Road, which runs west for several miles from Hwy. 91 near Iota is one of the few reminders of the settlement founded in 1871 by the man some claim to be the pioneer of the modern rice industry.
Little remains to mark just where the Fabacher community was, which will make it difficult if you want to look for the fortune supposedly buried there.
The monstrous ghost guarding it may also cause a problem.

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