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Moon of Delight and a Dothan Barbecue Echo
The clipping blends verse by Oscar Wilde with social notes from Dothan Alabama. It highlights a chicken barbecue hosted by Mrs C C Harvey with guests including Mr and Mrs Sol Bledsoe and many locals. A separate narrative fragment recalls a Moon of Delight party on a Mississippi river train with names like Juanita, Natha, and Erle Ledbetter amid wine and intrigue.
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Annie Sutlve
Dothan
Ala
C. C. Harvey
That City
Drer Ranch
Honor Gest
Sol Bledsoe
Jim Coleman
Clyde Dooley
E. Odom
B. W. Bloyd
Micnes Sue Harvey
Grace Wiles
Maurice Bledges
Frances Bledsoe
Eva Moe Houss
Mestre
Harold Harvey
Melvin Coleman
Buck Lord
J. Hollis Boyd
Bay Springs
Texas
Chipter
Deligat
New Orleans
Juanita
Phylis Carve
Steve
Kirk
Natha Preston
Marquess
Marques
Chan
Saree
Sue
Erle Ledbetter
Phylle
Dodd, Seed