Local Bowdon Notes Highlight Carrollton Visitors and Community Events
Hon Chas E Roop of Carrollton and Col B F Boykin spent time in Bowdon as residents and guests. Several locals including Hugh Barrow from Gordon Institute and L W Reaves traveled for business and visits. The community reports sales, housing moves, millinery arrivals, a Baptist missionary society meeting, and plans for an evening singing on the fifth Sunday. Two hundred bales of cotton were sold to Mandeville Cotton Co of Carrollton. Various locals from Cedartown to Bremen are noted with social visits and daily life details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Barrow
Gordon Institute
Barnesville
L. W. Reaves
Tennessee Chemical Co
Bowdon
Contiguous Territory
Messrs
G. W. Burson, Jr
Waco
Steve Pace
Carrollton
J.R. Daniel
Miss Mason
Tallapoosa
Tom Harper
Bremen
Miller's Academy and local farming progress noted
The farmers face delays due to heavy rain while Miller's Academy reports about sixty five pupils and steady attendance. Mr Tillman Broadwaters visited relatives near Burwell then returned home near Miller's Academy. Miss Janett Smith and sister visited relatives near Roop-21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillman Broadwaters
Burwell
Miller's Academy
Janett Smith
Roop
Local residents and visitors share events across towns
Hulett and J M Wallace visit Banning with John Wallace while Embrys from Villa Rica spend time with Jesse Embry. George E Sewell returns from Washington after attending the inauguration. W B Burnett visits Douglas relatives. A broken arm injury described with hope for recovery. Joe Horsley family visits Tyus. Mollie Kinney leaves Temple after stay with J N Sewell. Jim Lumsden family visits Carrollton. Kirkland Ayres announce birth of a daughter on the 14th. J N Sewell trips to Atlanta for business. Ruth Fletcher and Earnest visit Burwell with her parents. Annie Lasseter of Cross Plains, a Free Press contestant, did work locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Wallace
John Wallace
Banning
Linton Embry
Villa Rica
Joe Horsley
Tyus
Mollie Kinney
J. N. Sewell
Temple
Ruth Fletcher
Mr. Earnest
Burwell
Annie Lasseter
Cross Plains
Free Press
Tip-Top Bread Ad at Cook Grocery Co Trial
Local notice notes Tip-Top bread, a brand once favored by a mother, being offered or promoted at Cook Grocery Co. The terse fragment implies a marketing or product placement in a grocery outlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook Grocery Co
Salem visitors and relatives gathered across towns
Salem residents including Mr Henry McLendon and family visited relatives at Victory Sunday. Albert Nixon and sister Miss Myrtle of Bowdon joined relatives. Prof Glenn Threadgill visited Oak Grove. W B Nixon and family stayed with Roopville relatives. Andrew Scott and wife visited his father J W Scott. Bonner and Treadaway prepared to saw on the Treadaway farm. Bernard Rigsby of Roopville stayed with cousins Oscar and Olin Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McLendon
Victory
Albert Nixon
Myrtle
Bowdon
Brown Nixon
Glenn Threadgill
Oak Grove
Nixon
Roopville
Andrew Scott
J. W. Scott
Bonner
Treadaway
Bernard Rigsby
Oscar and
Olin Nixon
GROVE'S Tasteless Chill Tonic Bold Ad Copy
An old Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic advertisement promotes quinine and iron as a powerful general tonic. It touts malaria and fever relief, notes no bitter taste, and guarantees satisfaction with a 50 cent price. The copy mentions the signature of W Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
South
W. Grove
Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil Proclaimed Remedy
Thousands of families rely on Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil for wounds burns sores ulcers and skin diseases. The ad claims it relieves pain and heals at the same time with new uses continually found. Priced 25¢ 50¢ and 1.00, guaranteed by your druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas E. Roop
Col
B. F. Boykin
Jim Jeter
John Fullilove
Sallie Tarpley
Lucy Ward
Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
J. W. Barrow
Hettie Holland
Atlanta
Vance & Griffin
Lewis Wood
H. J. Reaves
Joe Styles
Bowcon
Roop Bros. Grocery Co
Mandeville Cotton Co
J. W. Branch
Cedartown
Hugh Russell
D. P. Holmes
Medlock
Jacksonville
Fla
Charlie Holmes
W. ©. Rosser
Electric Light Company
Essie Johnson
Graham
Our City
Bob Bell
Haralson
Jim Bell
G. A. Bell
Union Crossroads
B. F. Bell
Tillman Broadwater
J. W. Bell
T. W. .J. Bell
Charley Smith
Bowdon Junction
Miller’s Academy
Hulett
W.B. Burnett
Douglas
County
Jake Ayres
L. J. Holland
Jim Lumsden
Mrs. Kirkland Ayres
First National Bank OF
Carrollton, Georgia
Salem
R. R
Citizens Bank
Carrollton, GA
A. K. Snead
Grady Coli
Iste
Zoologig Congress
Regal Blue Ribboned Horse Fair
Joe Geuble
Shire
Shaw
P.m. Nana
caRent
Tallulah
Georgia Railway and Power Company
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