Old Camp Song and Local Social Happenings
An old camp song about parting with Sally closes with longing to return to Brighton Camp. The column also notes several social visits and wedding preparations, including Mrs. Noble’s guests, Miss Sadie Dell’s wedding, and the listing of local residents visiting relatives in various towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warlick
Janie Bell
Atlanta
John B. Long
Martha Bell
Lake City
T. W. Crump
Emily Bell
Montgomery
Sadie Dell
Smith
Graham Bell
Marshallville
Miss Noble
Poisoner Mrs Gilligan Sentenced to Hang
Mrs Amy E Archer Gilligan was found guilty in Hartford Connecticut of poisoning Franklin B Andrews in May 1914 at the Windsor Old People’s Home she ran. She was sentenced to be hanged on November 6. She faces additional indictments for other inmate deaths and for her husband Michael W Gilligan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy E. Archer-Gilligan
Hartford
Conn
Franklin B. Andrews
Old People’s Home
Windsor
Gilligan
Michael W. Gillgan
Women and girls in public roles across the nation
The piece lists numerous milestones for women including park commissioners in Gary Indiana, new female inspectors at Springfield arsenal, leading suffrage advocacy plans, and women in transportation and education. It notes highlights such as Mary Bradford leading the National Educational Association, Elizabeth Dana funding Smith College through shoemaking, and Orphan Moss as a rare female railway passenger agent. It also mentions bathing dress rules in Fort Worth and honors for Clara Georgiana Sheldon and Alice Hay Wadsworth in related efforts.
Plan to Enforce Child Labor Law in Montgomery
Montgomery plan assigns Paul Rapport a role with the police to enforce the child labor law. He will ensure no young children work in street trades, especially delivering and selling newspapers, under state supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Paul Rapport
Montgomery Police Department
W. W. Dinsmore
State Department
Suffrage Daughter Honored by Government for Heroic Rescue
Dora June Wheeler of Hollis Long Island daughter of John Hay and wife of James Walett Wadsworth Jr is named an instructor in the Federal Live Spring Corps in New York City for her rescue of a drowning man two years ago becoming the first young woman to receive such an appointment from the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hay
James Walett Wadsworth, Jr
United States
New York
Dora June Wheeler
Hollis, S. 1
Federal
Live Spring Corps
Huntsville Man Invents Gasoline Machine Gun
Huntsville July 24 The Quick McLain Machine Gun Company has been formed to market the gasoline gun devised by Robert McLain and Will Quick of this city. The weapon fires 100 shots a minute and uses gasoline as an explosive. A gallon of gasoline is said to replace a wagonload of powder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
McLain Machine Gun Company
Robert McLain
Will Quick
Arizona girl follows husband to France in disguise
Hazel Carter of Douglas Arizona tried to enter the trenches with her husband in France. She smuggled aboard a train to New York and a transport to France but was detained before sailing and sent back to Hoboken New Jersey where she posed in her army uniform before a recruiting poster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
France
Hazel Carter
Douglas
Ariz
New York
Hoboken
N. J
Scalloped Fish and Hominy and Leftover Meal Dishes
Uncle Sam offers thrift kitchen tips from the Department of Agriculture. Scalloped fish and hominy layers boil or steam hominy with seasoned flavors, then blend into soups or gravies. Also suggests combining leftover cereal mush and yesterday's meat into a scalloped cereal and meat dish with milk as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Markets Clerk Appointment in Wade’s Department
Montgomery July 24 1924 F O Hooton formerly of Alexander City appointed Markets Clerk in Commissioner Wade's department to succeed Emmett A Jones, who was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
F. O. Hooton
Alexander City
Wade
Emmett A. Jones
Ham Gravy or Bacon Fat Too Greasy for Ordinary Use
A reader asks Madam Housewife whether to discard ham gravy or bacon fat when it seems too greasy for regular cooking and notes a recipe variation using rice macaroni instead of hominy.
Star Want Ads Market Place for Everybody
Classified notice highlights Star Want Ads offering broad listings for buyers and sellers. Includes opportunities for jobs, services, real estate, and merchandise with emphasis on accessibility to community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jne
Treasury Budget Seeks Five Billion War Funding
The treasury department asked Congress for a new war budget totaling five billion dollars. The request emphasizes army and navy needs and promises a broad overhaul of existing legislative plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. B. Walsh
Brighton
Wren Mare
Charles Noble
Henry Jeffers
Calera
James Garber
Birmingham
S. L. Galbraith
Tyler Hill
Lucy Maury
Roanoke
Katharine Keith
Keith
Christine Place
Maury
Anniston
Julia
Hattie D. Russell
LaGrange
Theodore D. Maybank
Mary Pope Maybank
Hendersonville
N. C
Mrs. Campbell
Nashville
Stanley
Margaret Y. Brewer
Major 8. B. Brewer
Misses Brewer
Walsh
John C. Wayt
Washington, D. C
Carl A. Walker
Surrey Hill Home
Major Duiln
Cantonment
Mrs. Walker
Irvin
Trinity Earcher Gilligan
Kate Wood Ray
Gary
Ind
Paris
Princess Mary of England
Union
Elizabeth M. Dana
Worcester
Smith College
United States Arsenal
Springfield
Mass
Madison
Wis
Mary C. C. Bradford
The
National Educational Association
Colorado
Atlantic City
Amy di Winship
University of Wisconsin
National American Woman Suffrage Assocation
Confederate Soldiers’ Home
Beauvoir, Miss
Winnie Davis
President Jefferson Davis
Orphan, Moss
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Fort Worth
Georgiana Sheldon
Madison, Wis
Florence
Italy
Alice Hay Wadsworth
National Association
Mah
Lace
Sport Oxfords
Patent
Malone-Woodruff Co
U.S. Army
Thazel Carer
Uncle Sam
U. S
Department of Agriculture
Jones
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