Webb Named for Mayor's Father in Historic Alabama Town
Webb in Houston County Alabama traces its name to Mayor W C Webb after the Central of Georgia railroad chose the community for the depot and insisted on naming it Webb. The town once boasted twelve stores, three cotton gins, two doctors, and a thriving watermelon trade, now slowly rebuilding with growing postal service and renewed business interest.
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Webb
Houston County
Bory
W. C. Webb
Frank Webb
Central of Georgia
Dothan
South Alabama
Central
South
Councilman Shelby Thomas Jests on Webb Growth Mail Zone
A town councilman, Shelby Thomas, made a witty remark about Webb's growth. He said Webb is growing and he was getting a zone number from the post office to have his mail directed to him at Webb.
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Shelby Thomas
Webb
Fresh Blood for a Free Energy
An advertisement touts 883 Tonic and 658 Tonic as remedies for low blood count and non organic nutritional anemia. It promises increased energy, appetite, digestion, and overall vitality with vigorous blood flow, urging readers to start taking the tonics and visit their drugstore for bottles.
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BSS Tonic
Wade Sells Hogs and Expands Trailer Load
In Webb Otho Wade arrives with a trailer twice. He adds ten hogs at twenty cents a pound on the first trip and notes that price may not last as bacon could reach a dollar. He says twelve hogs have been killed and he has a good supply. He heads back toward Dothan to load more hogs.
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Webb
Otho Wade
Dothan
Tomato Grower Seeks Experiment Station Near Ashford
Ingram Buster Ingram, a tomato grower and grocer, advocates establishing a vegetable experiment station near Ashford to help local growers. He cites last year’s tomato blight that caused about 200000 dollars in losses and notes his own small profit from two and a quarter acres. He hopes the station will provide disease and insect control answers.
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Buster Ingram
Sheller Thomas
Algo Farms
Ashford
Tm Gang
Editor admits error in past column after council review
Clark recalls an error in a prior column while at Ashford with the interim agriculture committee. C. C. McEaschin once county road supervisor and L. C. Boswell, a current Revenue Board member, challenged the report and said it was inaccurate.
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Ashford
C. C. McEaschin
L. C. Boswell
Board of Revenue
Clinics To Be Held By University Group
University of Alabama faculty and staff will conduct guidance clinics in high schools across the state from this week through May 13. In the Wiregrass, clinics are set for Troy and Ozark on April 21 22, Hartford Geneva and Opp on April 28 30, and EuFAula Union Springs and Tuskegee on May 5 6.
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Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Wiregrass
Troy
Ozark
Hartford
Geneva
Opp
Eufaula
Union Springs
Tuskegee
Navy opens late movie showing at recruiting office
Navy recruiting office in the Dothan post office building will host free movies until 9 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays to boost Naval Reserve enlistments. Filmmakers include war action and educational films. Navy recruiters visit Geneva tomorrow and Enterprise Tuesday. Some equipment is tested by hammer on an anvil simulating battle shock.
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Navy
Dothan
Naval Reserve
Geneva
Enterprise
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