Local notes on visits and illnesses in Cross Plains
Weather remains severe in Cross Plains Mississippi as residents report guests and illnesses. Social visits include Lilla Hinsley with Laura Latimer and many men and women from Hinsley, Latimer, Ward and Lasseter families visiting each other last weekend and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilla Hinsley
Laura Latimer
Clicie Wilson
Tollie Hudson
Mattie Lee
Ethel Key
Myrtie
Lallie Ward
Lilla Hinesley
Thanks His Friends, I Wish to Say
W. S. Harris expresses gratitude to friends who saved his house from a fire that started in the cook room roof while he was away on Sunday morning en route to church, noting the help of both white and black friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Press
W. S. Harris
How One Woman Won Cardui Revival in Tampa Ad
A Tampa city letter extols Cardui as a tonic for worn out women and nervous exhaustion. It claims Cardui strengthens weakened organs, rebuilds nerves, and aids overworked minds and bodies. The ad promises a 64 note home treatment booklet from the Chattanooga Medicine Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Mia
Corum
Cardui
Cardus
N. Bo
Chattalyous Medicine Co
Chattnooga, Tenn
Piano contest fuels second count push in Carrollton
The Free Press promotes its piano voting contest with double counts and new vote bonuses. Readers urged to vote by March 25, urging subscriptions and merchant coupons for extra votes, listing 13 contestants led by May Puckett and Annie Lassetter, with prizes of gold for top gains and a Chicago shipped instrument on display at The Free Press office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Press
Carrollton and Vicinity
Carrollton and
Vicinity
Enterprise Rising
Cree & Harper
Heaton Bros
S.C. Kytle
Slade-Tyus Co
Johnson Drug Co
Chicago
Free Press Office
May Puckett
Carroll
The Forty Year Test of Chamberlain Cough Remedy
An old patent medicine advertisement extols Chamberlain cough remedy first offered in 1872. It claims worldwide reputation and lasting efficacy for coughs or colds, promising relief and care, with Red Cross Drug Store as a seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
P. H.beck
Wakelee, Mich
Red Cross Drug Store
Nabama Mayor Sentenced For Year On State Farm
Phenix City Alabama faces a crisis as Claude B Gullatt the recently installed mayor is convicted as an accessory in an assault with intent to murder and sentenced to one year on the Georgia state prison farm. The community debates how to replace him while a rival group and council members seek the next step. The piece also chronicles Gullatt’s rise from mill worker to mayor and hints at personal scandal shaping his fate.
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Phenix City
Ala
Claude B. Gullatt
Columbus
Georgia State
Gullat
Pra Tem
First Baptist Church
Rural Telephone Line Work Begins Between Bowdon and Hill Crest
Our town reports progress as Monday saw crews start cutting and placing posts for a Bowdon Hill Crest rural telephone line. Sunday sing ing in Sacred Harp at Poplar Springs drew many despite rain. Several illnesses dot the area while a Kansas visitor, Mr. J. B. McGuire, stopped by Monday. Road overseer inaction worries locals over deteriorating roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdon
Hill Crest
J. F. Garrett
Poplar Springs
J. B. McGuire
Kansas
Preaching and social visits fill weekend in ourville
Rev T J Whitehead preached at this place Saturday and Sunday. Mrs Caught Stephens and others spent nights with local families. A singing at Mr Dunlap Musics Sunday afternoon drew many. Several residents visited and attended services, with future preaching by Rev C Dial scheduled next Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommie
Paul Williams
Alice Boatright
Pleasant Hill
Ville
Albert Williams
G. E. Latimer
Little Bethel
Vera
Coweta
F. L. Wager
C. H. Latimer
Karl Lassetter
H. G. Almon
T. J. Whitehead
Caught Stephens
Mittie Hammond
Vara Knott
Misses Belle
Beula Shoemake
Dunlap Music
Belle
Pearlie Hammond
Miriam Stephens
Peggie Ray
Ourville
Dave
Delia
J. A. Hammond
Rev. C. Dia
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Cross Plains
Prof
J. J. Hollaway
Denny Hollaway
Homer Hinsley
Bob Horsley
Odie Hinsley
H. G. Alman
J. H. Lasseter
Minnie Williams
Annie Lassetter
Carrollton
Cora Hanson
Florence Cruse
Mrs
Maggie
Charaberes
Jod
Mite
Donnie Lee
Lula Beck
Nabama
Shiloh
C.f.simmons Medicine CO
ST. Louis, Missouri
The
Bradley Tailoring Co
Royal Barber Shop
Alabama Street
Citizens Bank
A. K. Snead
L. .S. Sims
W. W. Heaton
Grady Cole
W.W. Heaton
L. S. Sims
IRM
C. M. Tanner
J. M. Johnson
J. H. MCCLELLAN _ CARTER
Hell
J. F. Robinson
G. L. King
Folsom
Marietta ST
Atlanta
KODAK
Georgia Kodak Finishing CO
Cherry St
Macon, Ga
Ebit
Loui
Morris Feremzer Company
Oklahoma City
Supreme” “Southern Big” and “Packing House” Brands
Lol Doe Ccu
Atlanta, GA
Morris
Petey Ni
W. J. Stewart
Kenney & Stedham
Temple
W. T. Johnson
W. M. Talley
Villa Rica
John W. Driver
Clem
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