Oxford social rounds fill day with visits and parties
Miss Annie Cooper hosts a spend the day gathering at Coldwater with Fidelis class members from Birmingham. Mrs Leonard Self and Mrs Annie Luttrell host separate parties for visiting friends and relatives. Local residents travel, hostesses entertain, and guests include Mrs G A Cryer Mrs J M Cryer and others while mail carrier changes accompany vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Cooper
Ina Jordan
Coldwater
Miss Cooper
Leonard Self
Brownshome
Tex
Fr. Irwin
McPherson Street
Annie Luttrell
C. J. Dodd
G. A. Cryer
Newman Cryer
J. M. Cryer
Drayton Barnard
A. J. Johnson
Railroads Break Records In Volume of Traffic
Railroads in America show record traffic and earnings for January to May 1917, with gross totals up 11.2 percent from 1916 and 28 percent from 1913, while operating expenses rose 18 percent from 1916 and taxes jumped 16 percent. Net operating income for the period was 25.9 million dollars lower than in 1916 due to higher costs and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Railroads of America
Mother of Nine Children Gains Strength with Pill
Springfield reader Mapame Hucene Bepago writes of recovering after her ninth birth using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports improved strength enabling her to do housework and suggests sharing her experience for other mothers. The ad promotes the remedy as a tonic for women's ills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Springfield
Mass
Main Street
New Calotabs Calomel Label Promises Gentle Cleanse
Modern pharmacy presents Calotabs a purified calomel tablet that ends nausea griping and danger. One tablet with water each dose, next morning liver cleansed system purified appetite hearty. Genuine Calotabs sold only in sealed packages twenty doses for thirty five cents with money back if not delighted.
Maryland drafts registration acts start soon
Baltimore Maryland reports a drastic draft law set to take effect next Monday with a general registration of all able bodied males aged 18 to 50. Exemptions from military service will lead to drafting into state county or city service for industrial or agricultural work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Printers Hold Silver Jubilee at Union Home
The Union Printers Home in Colorado Springs marked its silver jubilee founded in 1892 with an all day program. National officials of the International Typographical Union delegates and their families joined in the celebration along with guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Union Printers’ Home
International Typographical Union
Blood Cleansing Remedy Promoted by Evansville Drugist
An advertisement touts Number 40 For The Blood claiming to prevent malaria and typhoid germs, cure blood poisons and various ailments, and cause nodes, tumors, sores and scrofulous swellings to disappear. Made by J C Mendenhall a 40 year old Evansville druggist, sold by Scarbrough Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J C. Mendenhall
Evansville
Ind
Scarbrough Drug Co
Baseball chatter links players and teams across leagues
A Pittsburgh rumor points to ownership changes before the 1918 season. Notable players in the Pacific Coast League hit .300 or better including Rath Miller Pick Ryan Kenworthy and Fournier. Cravath and Hornsby chase home run honors while Baker Speaker and Casey spark clutch play. Ty Cobb remains fast and Fabrique shines in the American association. Demaree returns to the Giants and Lajoie’s hitting draws major league attention as Toronto eyes a big return next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Rath
Miller
Pick
Ryan
Kenworthy
Fournier
Gray” Cravath
Phillies
Hornsby
Cardinals
Phil Slugger
Frank Baker
Yanks
Tris Speaker
Cleveland Star
Max Casey
Pirate
White Sox
Red Sox
Ruth
Bader
Russell
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
St. Louis Browns
Clark Griffith
Senators
Jones Boys
Dodgers
Braves
Ty Cobb
Tigers
Jinx
Fabrique
Brooklyn
American Association
Toledo
Larry Lajoie
Toronto
News of Mahlep Social Notes and Local Visits
G H Wakefield and Dean Walker visit Mrs Wakefield. J B Backus improves and Annie Pearl Backus returns home from Gadsden hospital. A Sides better after illness. Fred Backus and sister visit Anniston. Peaceburg singing draws crowd. Marie Woodruff of Alexandria begins Birmingham training. Jimton Boozer returns from Gadsden. Katherine Howell of Anniston visits Dick Nabors. Erkekine Lloyd of Cane Creek is very ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahlep
G. H. Wakefield
Dean Walker
J. P. Wakefield
J. B. Backus
Annie Pearl Backus
Peacebore
Gadsden
A. Sides
Fred Backus
Anniston
Peaceburg
Ali
Marie Woodruff
Alexandria
Birmingham
Jimton Boozer
Katherine Howell
Dick Nabors
Erkekine Lloyd
Cane Creek
Negro Business League Convenes in Chattanooga for Annual Session
In Chattanooga Tennessee the Eighteenth Annual Convention of the National Negro Business League opened for a three day session. Racial relations law enforcement and the northern migration are among five topics to be discussed as leaders from across the country gather for the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
National Negro Business League
How Long Must I Suffer From the Pangs of Rheumatism
An old advertisement claims rheumatism is caused by germs in the blood and promotes S. S. S. as a remedy that reaches these germs. It promises personalized guidance from the Swift Specific Co. Chief Medical Adviser in Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
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News OF Oxford
The
Clase
Charles Elder
Columbus ,Ga
Shuford
Mr. Henderson
Mr. Swans
BE. H .Hannah
Nannie Whiteside
Frances Cooper
Willie Mattison
Hester Falkner
Choccolocco
Elon Walker
Talladega
Clairmont Springs
John Benton
Oxford
J. W. Alexander
Sellers’ Hospital
George D. Pollock
Lulu Warnock
W. R. Norton
Triumph of Modern Pharmacy
Printers Home Jubiler
Ers
Death Valley
Jim Scott
Presidio
Cal
al Demaree
Giants
McGraws
Boston Barry
Pennantville
Negro Business League
MEG
Granger Liver‘ Regulator ‘ A
Pieride
Fignet
Rowland
Druegiste
Palm Beach
Mens Clothing Sale
Price
Cryer Clothing
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