Meeting of the W CGT at Footer Street Church
A note says a meeting of the W CG T group will be held Saturday at 3 PM at the Footer Street church. The Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving will be observed and all members are urged to attend. Mrs M B Byrd of Jacksonville Fla is visiting the city. Mrs Fred O'Brien is ill with influenza at her West Franklin Street home.
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Lafayette Street Society
Woman’s Missionary Society
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
J. W. Budd
H. M. Andrews
W. CG. T
Footer
Dist
Mrs. M. 2B. Byrd of
Jacksonvile, Fla
The
City
Fred O’brien
West Franklin Street
Prohibition Anniversary Rally Urges Public Support
On the tenth year of national prohibition, the Women's Christian Temperance Union campaigns to sell prohibition to the country. Members are urged to promote enforcement without force and to replace it with education in sermons and public posters urging people to give prohibition a chance and noting the liquor traffic had its day.
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Evanston
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
City boxing commission to control wrestling in St Louis
A bill presented to the board of aldermen would give the city boxing commission authority over wrestling in St Louis. The proposal includes a five percent tax on wrestling events.
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ST. Louis
Cri
The
City Boxing Commission
Board of Aldermen
Young People organize at First Baptist Church
The Young People’s Department of the Sunday School, now in the new church building, reports 143 enrolled. Mrs E N Loftin leads music with Miss Loaisa. J C Ezell and Claude T Cotton teach the boys and Miss Jane Farmer heads Mrs J U Hughes’ class which had the top average. The program for Sunday includes subject Sin and Its Consequences and songs There Is a Fountain and Nothing But the Blood.
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Paul Brett
EL N. Lefin
Loaisa
Os Amie Louw Brooks
Laura Giincer
J. C. Ezell
Claude T. Cotton
H. C. Bass
W. W. Avery
J. B. Hughes
J. Ju. Hughes
Jane Farmer
Lillian Fail
E.N. Loftin
Beatrice Parks
C. T. Cotton
Jesus
College youths face hearing in alleged thrill slayings
The prosecution claims the defendants acted from money motives as defense lawyers stay silent. Officials have conducted mental and physical exams on Harsh. state attorneys report similar evaluations for Gallogly. Police traced bloodstained trousers to Harsh and he confessed to robberies and slayings, naming Gallogly as an accomplice. Nearby, New Orleans Levee commission tours airports seeking data on operations and plan a further southwest trip for insights into simulating conditions.
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Georgia
Leo Frank
Mary Fagan
South
John Lowe
Harsh
New Orleans
Movie Star to Appear Here in Person at City Auditorium
Screen star Miss Lewis joins Richards the magician for a three day show starting Monday night at City Auditorium. Lewis known for work with Johnnie Mines and Pola Negri leads performances with a large company, 40 livestock, and extensive scenery in 19 scenes.
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Miss Lewis
Richards
City Auditorium
Johnnie Mines
Renald Colman
Pola Negri
Richard Bathermess
Maryion Davies
Mr. Richards
France Seeks Return of Exile Children Home
Paris announces that 195000 French abroad will be offered a homeland holiday this year. The Union of French Nationals Abroad plans yearly returns to foster eventual repatriation. Velvet bean touted as top improver for poor southern soils with low yields.
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France
Paris
Dickens Office Boy Chummy recalls Temple gatekeeper years
A London man once bound to Dickens as office boy and later a familiar Temple gatekeeper recalls his start at All the Year Round and Household Words in 1863. He describes duties delivering letters and proofs to Dickens’s publishers and secretary, Mr Wills, in Regent's Park Terrace.
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London
Frederic Edrupt
Charles Dickens
the Temple
Dickens
Wellington Street
Kay
Wills
Regent's Park Terrace
Tim
Henry County Schools Closed By Flu Epidemic In Beadland
Special note shows all Henry County schools shut due to flu amid widespread illness. Attendance light. Christmas holidays extended. Professor Yorourh urged children to stay home to prevent spread as a large share of county residents suffer. PTA meeting postponed due to the health crisis.
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Beadland
Ala
Henry County
Yorourh
Local notes and health update from Abbeville and nearby
Visitors stop by Thursday as Fred McGriff returns from Birmingham. Miss Jessie Bentley of Abbeville spends the day here. Howard Thomas is in serious condition after a week plus in an automobile accident and was taken to Dothan hospital. Pacific Sun in Los Angeles notes shifting racing activity and southern California warmth draws regional youths to the sun.
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Clyde Campbell
Denver
Colo
Honer
BE. Haynes
J. 2
Mitchell
Rembrance
Deseree
Solomon
A. L. McGee
J.P. Mitchell
KE. EE. Haynes
W. Wilkerson
D. G. Solomon
H. G. Hawking
John Davis
J. B. Davis
Chas. Carr
Clydeampbell
T. B. Woods
Roslyn Covington
Mary Alice Oates
Evelyn Kelly
Brenau College
Elinor
Rose Clendinen
J. F. McTyre
Columbia
Fred McGriff
Birmingham
Jessie ‘Bentley
Abbeville
Howard Thomas
Dothan Hospital
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Magician
Dothan
Congress of Nations
BIG Country
Young People's Department
First Baptist S. 5
Teorelis
Sankdal
Jean Lewis
AIPM
Tvle
Lipton Pure Coffee
Whales
G. A. Grocer
Pacific Sun
Los Angeles
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RECO
Houdaille
Lovejoy
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Della Comand
Lubes Cote
L. B. Hallman
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