Ball Play era in Calhoun County remembered in old this and that
An account recalls tribal ball games in Ball Play region of Calhoun County. It cites Springs and camps, lands once held by Tommie Dowdell, now owned by A J Stoddard, and historic sites at Jim Prater Silas Robertson and Charlie Littlejohn places. The narrative notes caves, old log structures, and long-vanished era activities.
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Calhoun County
Tommie Dowdell
North Carolina
A. J. Studdard
Dowdell
Sam Dowdell
Jim Prater
Silas Robertson
Charlie Littlejohn
Prater
Dowdell Place
Bilas Robertson Place
Charlie Littlehn
Bart Watit
Great Cave
A. J. Stoddferd
Calhoun
Piedmont
Hich
French and American war leaders in Paris article tribute
Springs, now seventy four, a cripple since childhood, is praised as a brave veteran. He endured fever paralysis, a fall from a tree, and a broken back from a horse, yet built a life as a shoemaker and later a county commissioner candidate in Jacksonville. He later peddled for health, facing age and infirmity with independence and resolve. The tribute notes many risks overcome and honors his steadfast spirit.
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Cedartons
Board of County Commissioners
Jacksonville
McCormick
Anniston Red Cross grateful for numerous donations
The Anniston Chapter of the American Red Cross thanks donors for items for the work room in Alabama Power Co office. Listed gifts include scissors bucket broom from Anniston Hardware, safety pins thread and boxes from Ory's, a large table from Malone Woodruff, white oil cloth from Doltos Whitford, sixteen rubber stamps from Norwood Printing, thimmed tacks from Russell's, a large table from Murphy Furniture, yard sticks from Paint Glass & Building Supply, and a black book from Montgomery's Book Store.
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Anniston Chapter
The
American Red Cross
Star
Alabama Power Company
Anniston Hardware Company
Ory's
Malone Woodruff
Doltos Whitford
Norwood Printing Company
Russell's
Fifty Years Afterward Finds Marriage Illegal
Denver July 14 Pitty Pears after her marriage to Mr Mary D Er win learned she had not been legally married to the man who died eleven years ago and fathered her three children The discovery came when Mrs Erwin sought a widow’s pension for Civil War veterans Records show Erwin began a divorce suit from his first wife before remarrying but the decree never signed until after the second marriage in 1867.
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Denver
Col
Pitty Pears
Mary D. Erwin
Erwin
Monkeys Used to Fight Snakes at New Castle Resort
New Castle Pennsylvania July 14. To clear the site of an old hotel at Nee hamnock Falls a summer resort north of here of blacksnakes infesting the place since the building was destroyed by fire some years ago the owner has trained two monkeys. The monkeys will catch and kill the snakes.
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New Castle
Neehamnock Falls
Here
Candy spending in 1916 and 1917 in the United States
Atlanta figures show Americans spent over 250.66 million dollars for candy in 1916 and forecast more than 300.01 million dollars for 1917. The rise in candy consumption continues a several year trend while candy remains labeled a luxury and noted for limited food value.
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Atlanta
United States
Forty Eighth Highlanders to Tour U S for Recruiting
A detachment of 100 men from the Forty-eighth Highlanders, part of about 200 total, will depart Toronto for a week long visit to the United States. The brass and pipe bands will march with the unit as it aims to aid the British recruiting mission, with New York and Chicago as principal stops.
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Toronto
Ont
Forty-eighth Highlanders
United States
New York
Chicago
Odds and Ends of Crisp News From All Over the County
Williamson of Oxford experiments with sudan as a forage crop and displays a notable exhibit on growth. Corn remains the standout crop. prospects look strong if weather stays favorable. Potatoes from set vines prove healthier, and cotton shows less promise with root and boll issues. Farmers face storage limits and varying yields across the region.
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J. A. Roberson
T. 3. Williamson
Oxford
Sudan
Morning to night I drive and talk among the songs
The speaker describes a daily routine of driving and talking from dawn to night, filled with folk songs and night sounds. He mentions Old Bob White and a Whippoorwill lullaby at night, then hints at a theory about sweet potato vines thriving when planted at a specific season.
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Bob White
Southern Baptist board status committee to meet in Richmond
A special committee of the Southern Baptist convention will meet in Richmond to study the legal status of the Foreign Mission Board in Richmond the Home Mission Board in Atlanta and the Sunday School Board in Nashville. Clifford Walker Georgia attorney general and Baptist layman chairs the group.
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Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
Ricmond
Foreign Mission Board
Richhmond
Home Mission Board
Sunday School Board
Nashville
Clifford Walker
Georgia
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J. D. McCormick
Meat Schenck's
Paris
France
Mr. McCormick
Et Sk
Ae Marshall
OPERT
Pershing
Joseph Joffre
Paria
Thes
Anniston City National Bank
First Natorial Bank
First National
First National Bank
W. H. Weatherly
W. W. Stringfellow
H. A. Young
J. T. Gardner, Jr
Anniston
Such and Such
Southern Bell Telephone
J. E. Cherry
Hale Buggy Manufacturing Company
West 15Th St
REG Ny
Fimes
Pune
Hale Buggy Mfg. CO
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