Cold Bill High No Winter Sneezing Will Cost Hos Around $108,008,000
Chicago dispatch reports the nation’s winter sneezing bill near $100.9 million, with doctors urging prevention. Dr. Lloyd Arnold warns about common colds doubling illness costs October to April, noting high susceptibility in children and the need to keep fit and avoid overwork. Local items mention Christmas decorations, a Women’s Club meeting, and a police find of a still with rum seized near Spring Lake.
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Chicago
Basta Claus
Lloyd Arnold
Dothan Eagle
University of Dillnois College
Ondale
Arnold
Mogle Waeter
Avoid Close Contact With Them When Sick
A brief public health notice warns to avoid close contact if you have a head cold. It emphasizes staying away from others to prevent spread and suggests staying home until symptoms ease.
Hunting lodge theft at Minocqua sparks reward notice
A Minocqua lodging break in yields missing items including two staves four beds a table chairs cooking utensils windows doors and stove pipes. A reward notice tacked to the wall offers a reward for the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible.
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Wis
Doc
Treated Timber Bought for County Bridges
Howton county purchased 15,000 feet of creosoted timber to use on the Dothan Hodgesville road bridge at a cost of 850 dollars. Regular piling will be fed on the span. The note mentions the founding of the principality of Jind in 1703 and recognition of a Mogul emperor in 1168.
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Howton County
Commlantanore
Dothan-Hodgesville
Jind
Shy
Millicent Salm Ramos Weds Broker Balcom in Europe
Millicent Rog ra Salm Ramos heiress to the Rogers fortune wed Newcastle broker Rowny Balcom in a Europa honeymoon plan after a Reno divorce from Arturo De Peralta Ramos in 1927. Balcom, six feet tall with black hair, is connected to the Dresser family.
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Jilcent Rogers Salm Ramos
New York
Ily Knickerbocker
Nannier
New York Merican Today
Millicent Rogra Salm Ramos
Tate Co
H. H. Rogers
Seturdey
Rowny Balom
Balcom
Arturo de Peraltas
Ramos
Europa
Belcom
Old Bank Notes From Before 1800 Valued Small by Experts
J B Brewer of Whatley owns five dated pre 19th century bank notes prized as curiosities. He lists three Pensacola Bank $3 notes and a $2 Pensacola note from the same era, plus a $20 Bank of the United States note issued in Philadelphia dated January 1 1830 payable at Mobile. A Texas coin expert says they are worth about 10 cents each despite age. Such notes were issued before the modern banking system and are rarely reported in this region.
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Whatley
J. B. Brewer
Pensacola
Bank of the United States
Philadelphia
Mobile
United States
Geneva Women Elect Officers For Year In Mission Society
Geneva December 17 Special Mrs W P Taylor won election to head the Methodist missionary society for the year Officers elected include Mrs W O Mulkey honorary president Mrs D S Nash president Mrs C D Chapman vice president Mrs J C Barrett treasurer Mrs C O Alexander recording secretary Mrs N W Thornton corresponding secretary Mrs C A Hinson superintendent of social service Mrs W A Turnipseed superintendent of baby division Mrs Jake Purvis superintendent of publicity Mrs C Hightower superintendent of study Mrs J A Mulkey superintendent of supplies Mrs W M Woodham superintendent of local work Mrs C D Carmichael teacher of spiritual life and Mrs Roy Gitstrap local treasurer Rev W A Turnipseed spoke on the concluding chapter of the mission book Toward a Christian America Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting.
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Geneva
W. P. ‘Taylor
Methodist Missionary Society
W. O. Mulkey
Roy Gitstrap
W. A. Turnipseed
America
Parolees Home First Of 500 Resentenced For Christmas
In Alabama Governor Bibb Graven grants Christmas parole to 500 of the state’s most deserving convicts. Selected by wardens from a 6000-strong prison population, these men leave Kilby, Holman, Speigner, Atmore, and other camps to spend holidays with families under a man to man agreement. They must return to resume their lives after the holidays, with the rest to be released tomorrow and to report back January 4.
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Geutleman
Montgomery
Bibb Graven
Alabama
Graven
Kilby
Welumpka
Speigner
Atmore
Compa 4
Militarism in China Prompts Honor for Soldiers in New Order
Og McDaniel reports from Nanking on December 17 that China elevates a wartime ethos, urging every able man to learn warfare, fund a memorial to 1912 revolution heroes, and inspire youth through propaganda. Chiang Kai-shek backs the plan with substantial support and a New York architect designs a monumental memorial.
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New Order
McDaniel Nanking
China
Chin
Ching
Ew Yorker
New King
Generausaline
Chiang Kai-Shek
New York
Renry Killam Murphy
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Spring Lake
Coleman Beiter
A.J. Coleman
Frasier-Ellis Hospital
Anda
William Pabst
James M. Barrett
Bronx County
Young Pabst
Sonny
Pabst
Third Venture
Wms
Parolees
Bates
Chang Xal-Sher
Sam
Duncan Phyfe
Koner
Harris
West Main Street
Lane
Avery
Renme
Lana
Ona
Rhe Woral
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