Jacksonville Mourns Miss Martha Douthit
Miss Martha Douthit, a former Jacksonville postmistress, died Sunday in Tuscaloosa. Her funeral was held Monday at her late residence with Rev. S Heanett officiating and pallbearers named. She was remembered for a charitable, Christian life and service to Jacksonville.
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Jacksonville
Ala
Martha Douthit
A. J. Douthit
S Heanett
Tt. Myrick
W. A. Nunneily
C. A. J. Hollingsworth
Bill Sargent
EB. R. Currier
J. R. Arnold
Effie Hunt
T. J.hunt
Birmingham
Sim Weaver
Grandview
Martha
Sadie Weir
Pell City
Frank Jones
Civic League
W. W. Weaver
Anniston
Jay Weaver
Cedartown
Nelle Morris
Odenville
Alabama
Frances Stone
Mary Goodlett
Georgia
Emma Agee Mattison
Mary Bowling Stewart
Jefferson County
C. R. Stewart
Lou Douthit
Martha Brewton
Alexandria
Geo. Rowan
Fisher
Winup
Taylor
Margaret Crow
Mulga
Martha Dean Crow
Piedmont
J. F. Crow
Anticaloonists to Make Fight in France
Washington sees the Anti Saloon League announce an immediate drive to keep American troops in France bone dry after General Pershing allows beer and wine with hard liquor banned. Dinwiddie asserts Pershing overstepped policy and vows to seek legislation to overturn or modify the order amid tight congressional opposition and fears of anti prohibitionists gaining leverage.
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Washington
Antisaloon League of America
France
Pershing
Dinwiddie
Congress
League
Baker
Poth Horoes
Farmers Week at Penn State opens for wartime program
State College Pa Dec 26 The annual Farmers Week a winter school for farmers and their wives at Pennsylvania State College opened today and will run through the week The theme stresses cooperation among farmers to boost food production and conservation Wartime topics will be covered in addresses and discussions by noted experts.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
Touch of Nature Prompts Kind Letters About Help
A note on how sharing remedies shows human kindness. People write to manufacturers praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and request publication so others may know what to do in similar situations. Behind each letter lies a warm wish to help fellow men.
Peace movement in Russia crushed by Bolsheviks says Belgian socialist leader
Camille Huysmans, Belgian socialist and International Socialist Bureau secretary, told Stockholm readers that Lenine rule blocks a democratic peace. He warned German terms and a separate peace would advance Central Powers, disorganize Russia, and let Hindenburg reinforce France.
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Joseph Shaplin
United Press
Stockholm
Camille Huysmas
Russia
Hindenburg
France
Westnotil
Germany
Proletarii
Training Haste and Hate Fueled by German Atrocity Reports
Washington dispatch reports soldiers in training fed a steady diet of German horror stories to harden resolve. Officials note bayonet tactics and kill-first rules, citing treachery by the enemy as justification. Army leaders aim to inoculate troops against German acts in Belgium and France.
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Carl
Groat
Washington
Americas
Sammiee
Teutons
Baker
Belgium
France
Sammy
Sila
Congressional War Party
Europe
Pershing
Women Club Initiative Promotes Morale and Mutual Aid
A committee proposes local women form clubs to share anxieties and patriotism, support families, circulate libraries, and assist with home economics and child care. They cite French examples of friendly unions among officers’ wives aiding civilian morale.
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France
Famous Horses at Auction To Open at Durland’s Riding Academy
New York December 6 list includes many celebrated stew horses to be sold at auction opening tomorrow. Principal consignment comes from Hamilton stable owned by James Cox Brady featuring big winners from the Madison Square Garden show attracting attention of noted horsemen nationwide.
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New York
Durland
Riding Academy
Hamilton Stable
James Cox Brady
Weather Forecast for Anniston and Vicinity
United States Weather Bureau forecast for Anniston today and Thursday calls for generally fair skies with a likely light frost. Local data show a high 57 and low 37 degrees, average 0.47 for 24 hours, with 0.17 inches of precip present in the past 48 hours and 0.64 inches since January 1. Sunrise at 6 47 and sunset at 4 41.
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U. S&s. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Anniston
K. H. Dean
Local Christmas Visits and Illness Noted
Miss Brun R News reports holiday visits with relatives here and in Vincent and Vincentia. Several residents travel for Christmas while illnesses rise as Dorothy Mead fights pneumonia and Jack O Dell and others assist family members in Ragland and Rome.
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Eris
Jack Lee
Vola Jennings
Paul Mead
Marie Reid
Hugh
Fenden
Dorothy Mead
Simpson
Anniston
W. T. O'Dell
Jack O'Dell
Ragland
Lee
Rome
Linean
Football Star Marries at Garden City
Captain Leroy Huntington Jr a famed Colgate quarterback tied the knot with Miss Heater Gordon Gibson at Garden City L I today Huntington serves with the 57th Field Artillery at Camp Dix and has led the Camp Dix football squad during the war era.
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New York
Itlerly Huntington, Jr
Albh
Colgate Varterback
Garden City
L. L
Mies
Gordon Gibson
Huntington
Camp Dix
Members of Methedet church to hold supper at home
Women of the Methedet church South will host a “supper house” gathering at Mrs DT RK Luttrell's South Main street home this afternoon from 2 to 5. Camp Mc Clellan enlisted men will be guests for the event.
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Methedet Church
Epee
Mra DT
RK Luttrell
South Main Street
Camp McClellan
Dowie Fire in Massachusetts Damages Residence
A blaze in Rowlre, Ma endangers a residence with a reported $40 000 loss. Fire crews battled the flames as investigators inspect the scene for the cause and any remaining hotspots.
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