Reunion of the Owen family at Greensport household
A reunion of the William Thomas Owen family brings 15 to 16 of 18 children together in their father's Greensport home. The old Civil War relics include a pin cushion, a breast pin, and a cameo brooch once in a Yankee soldier’s possession. Farmers face the bell weevil as crops and hay look promising with late August plantings advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Rorprson
William Thomas Owen
Greensport
T. O. Jones
Mead
T. J Roberts
Sporting Notes on Baseball Stars and Trades
Dithoefer the Cubs catcher shows promise as a regular big league backstop. Magee with the Browns hits better than with the Yankees. Duffy Lewis of the Red Sox endures a hitting slump despite a healthy habit. Walsh the former White Sox star believes his arm is strong for the Braves. Twombley joins Providence IL. Man drops from Cubs heavy hitting squad. Detroit weak in right field and Jennings tests prospects. Mathewson appears to reverse Cincinnati’s luck. Pitcher Alexander is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browns
Leo Magee
Yankees
Duffy Lewis
Red Sox
Big Id" Walsh
White Sox
Braves
Les Man
Cubs
Detroit Tigers
Hughey Jennings
Crawford
Baseball Standings and Notes From The Season Snapshot
The piece surveys National League heavers led by the Phillies star and Dodgers fading from the 1916 chase. It notes Yankees struggle to stay in first division, umpire Kitty Branafield's rise, and trio Browns Mackmen Senators battling for escaping the cellar. It highlights Giants pitching strength and McGraws batting weakness amid Milwaukee’s pleasant year and Pat Patterson with Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillies
Yankees
Kitty” Branafield
Klein
Phil Pastimer
Browns
Mackmen
Senators
Sox
Dodgers
Giants
McGraws
Milwaukee
Roy Patterson
Minneapolis
Pat
Comiskey
Roman
St. Paul
Chicago
White Sox
Jacksonville News Items of Interest
Local notes list residents and visitors connected to the State Normal school and area towns. Enlistees from Alabama National Guard and naval service are featured along with weddings and travel between Jacksonville, Atlanta, Rome, Birmingham, Talladega, and Cedartown.
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Jacksonville
Vick
Lafayette
State Normal School
Benjamin Wyley
Birmingham
Caldwell-Heindel
Byron Nixon
Nan Davis Key
Raymond Marshall
Atlanta
Marshall
Chambers
Talladega
Billy’ Graham
W. L
E. O. McCormick
Cedartown
E. McCormik
Timmett Crook
Columbus
James Crook
J. M. Tumlin
Margaret
Emily
Russellville
Ft. Payne
J. M. Cannon and
Sylacauga
Cannon
Lawrence Hollingsworth
Woodlawn
Pelham Heights
Frank Wood
John Wood
Revived Jacksonville Chamber names officers for community plans
Jacksonville Alabama July 28 The City Chamber of Commerce was revived by fifty professionals and businessmen with A Whitemore as president C W Dau ctiee first vice president Dr John Rowan second vice president Officers to be elected next meeting Plans to entertain soldiers also announced The Confederate Veterans Reunion set for August 8 and 9 with Kilby and Watkins as orators
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Heindel
Charlotte
N. C
Gus Edwards
Florence
Augustine Dean Edwards
Jacksonville
Ala
Chamber of Commerce of
A. Whitemore
C. W. Daucette
John Rowan
Sulphur Springs
Thomas FE. Kilby
Anniston
George Watkins
Birmingham
Theodore Nathaniel Green
Pekin
A. GC. Whitemore
Misa Florénce Weatherly
Talladega
C. W. Dougette
Normal
Nisbett’s Lake
Elizabeth Robertson
Emmett Ledbetter
Savoy to Feature Ann Pennington in The Little Boy Scout
At the Savoy, Ann Pennington stars in a Famous Players production The Little Boy Scout. The romance and adventure tale follows a young American girl, ward of a scheming Mexican, who runs away to marry a soldier boy. She escapes on a priest’s mule and is chosen through the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Pennington
Famous Players
Savoy
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Relief
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable remedy to replace calomel. It claims to cleanse the liver and bowels, cure sluggishness, and avoid salivation, with a money back guarantee if not effective. It suggests giving it to children and warns calomel can cause sickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Todron
Edith Blair Weds Lieutenant Commander Adolphus Station
In Baltimore on July 28 a large gathering of naval officers and families witnessed the marriage of Edith Blair, daughter of Mr and Mrs Montgomery Blair and granddaughter of the late William F Draper, to Lieutenant Commander Adolphus Station U S Navy. The ceremony occurred this afternoon on the lawn of Falkland, the Blair residence at Silver Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Misa Edith Blair
Montgomery Blair
William F. Draper
Massachusetts
Adolphus Station
U. S. Ny
Washington
Falkland
Silver Spring
Shrewsbury Prepares For 200th Birthday Celebration
Shrewsbury Massachusetts completes plans for its two hundredth birthday with anniversary services in all churches tomorrow. Week long events include entertainments carnival illumination bonfires searchlights a civic parade and an historical pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrewsbury
Mass
Wisconsin Loafers Doomed to Work
Madison announces a state wartime policy requiring all able bodied males age sixteen and over to work. Officials including sheriffs deputies town and village officers have been instructed to enforce the decree statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
State Council of Defense
Mary Pickford Stars in A Romance of the Redwoods
Mary Pickford as Jenny Lawrence in A Romance of the Redwoods explores the West in a role unlike any before. Cecil B. De Mille directed this Artcraft photoplay, touted as the cinema art’s latest word with Pickford portraying a new character.
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Gwen
Mary Pickford
Jenny Lawrence
Boston
Cecil B. de Mille
Artcraft
Mary
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George Twombley
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Lozier
Chalmers
Anniston Auto Co
Alabama Motors, Inc
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Joseph Aderhold
Alabama
Mal School
Harlie Petty
J. F. Petty
National Guard
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Ohio
Lester Ferrell
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Horace Johnson
Rome
Marie Burke
BE. D. Ferrell
Grover Campbell
First
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Montgomery
J. R. Pierce
Martha Brewton
Alexandria
Ada
Martha
Sadie Weir
Louise Edward
Miss Hann
Reyn
Mrs. Martl
Auce
Dr. Stan
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Charlotte Alexander
Papyrus Club
San Carlos
Cal
Burg, N. C
George Grey
Sarah Caldwell
Alleghbaney Hotel
John Knox Fleming
Mary Greer Caldwell
Addie Hammond
Nashville
Tenn
S. H. Bennett
Royal Ambassadors
R. Arnold
Treadaway's Mill
Wises
Anne Rowan
Sara Fitz
Lma Alexander
Willie Hudson
Lores Douthit
Alice Roebuck
Alfred Roebuck
Alton Crow
Henry Bennett
Ralph Alexander
Jack Douthit
Ernest Thudson
Clyde
Cecil Williamon
Hubert Manning
Hubert Lester
Lyttelle McCormick
Paul Morris
Jack Sewell
Richard Ide
Will Hammond
Adolphus Whitesides
Lewis McGinnis
Bre
Ente
Benjamin & Doantiies
Warren Street
Newark
N. J
Wisconsin Loafers
Theato
Polar Ice & Coal Company
J. W. Mallgry
Gen
Anniston City National Bank
Anniston-City National Bank
Anniston, Ala
Thos KE. Kilby
Jac Keith, Jr
D. Woodruff
Wm. H. McKleroy
First National Bank
United States
State of
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City of
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W. W. Stringfellow
H. A. Young
J. T. Gardner, Jr
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