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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
6
The death angel took baby Ware Sholnutt at 2 20 a m Thursday. He would have been nineteen months old on the fourth of July after pneumonia and dysentery. He was a loving child who accepted medicine without a murmur and left a grieving family. A friend signs the notice as Bessie Meerell.
Salem notices report visits to Tallapoosa a hospital discharge of Mrs. A D Tyson, births announced for June 6 and gifts from Mr and Mrs D W Copeland. Families Nixon McLendon Mote Stallings and Harman relate visits, a daughter Evelyn ill with whooping cough, a sick Harman child, and an all day singing next Sunday inviting baskets.
A string of visits and social events unfolds across Cross Plains and nearby towns. Mrs. Turner and families share time with relatives, birthdays are celebrated at multiple homes, and neighbors Mrs. Ogletren and Mrs. Burks host guests. Local evenings feature ice cream socials with music and friendly get togethers at several households.
An obituary for Horace Turner aged fifteen, a student at Miller's school, mentions his May 11 1918 death after a brief illness. The piece honors his moral character, noting his influence on family and friends, and reflects on faith and the hope of meeting him in heaven.
Last Thursday evening Sara Prowse Beall entertained many younger guests at a party in honor of Sara O Kelley of Grantville, marking O Kelley’s fourteenth birthday with progressions, cream and cake. Guests included Mozelle Sox, Mary Tanner, Charisse Mac Wolmes, Lucy Cobb, Antionette Pierce, Annie B Parrish, Lois Moeks, Bernice Hill, Florice Roberson, Euzme Heth Boykin, Mabel Aderhold, Bara O Kelley, Lillian Powell, Pauline Chap pel, Claude Hendon, Max Dorsott, Eds War Dodd, Harold Aderhold, Wilmer Tuff, Irvin Hamrick, Marvin Foater, John Hume, Bill Garrett, Mallory Garlisle, Milton Smith.
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