Spring brings birds and busy farmers to Dothan area
The note from Dothan Bagie describes welcoming spring and its effects on farming as residents report pleasant weather and active planting. It mentions Hon. B. A. Forrester and family visiting, local preaching, and residents attending events with ministers like Deal of Ozark. A list of neighbors and readers follows, noting visits, openings, and a funeral, with sympathy to the family of Miss Barefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farg
B. A. Forrester
Ottie
Cowarts
Deal
Ozark
Julia
Mary Louchirom
Cool Springs
Robbie McArthur
Ashford Social News Buoyed by Visitors and Family Trips
Ashford residents note visits from Mrs Richard Davis and the McIntyre brothers Jno AW and C C McIntyre. Big Thompson and W T come up from Pansey. Mrs H C Kirkland ill. Dr Pate active. Mrs David Scott visits from Lake City Florida to see her parents Joseph and Mrs Harper. Mamie Jordan and family visit J J Constable. J G Sexton attends official business. Parmelia Calhoun joins a weekend trip with Cleveland Bruner and Todd to Macon Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Davis
Mess
Jno
C. C. McIntyre
Dr. Pate
David Scott
Com- Ms Lake
Fla
Joseph
Harper
Sallie Jordan
Charm Mg
Mamie
J. J Constable
J. G. Sexton
C.C. Garrod
Wettie Williams
J.C. Bro
Parmelia
Jolly
Cleveland Bruner
Todd
Men
Ashford
Will
Macon
Smyrna Farming Progress and Local News
Smyrna residents report active corn planting and some cotton seed near Cowarts. Prof Graen teaches in a sinking school and is a noted singer with a normal certificate. Many visitors come and go from nearby towns while a local blind tiger operation is suspected. Grand jury meets in April. community gossip follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowarts
Graen
Wat Smyrna
Gissendane
Tiger S. E
Smyrna
Lowe
Red Johnson
Probate Court Houston County Grants Letters Testamentary
In the matter of John S. Forrester deceased the probate court grants letters testamentary to the undersigned on March 4 1907 by Judge Georges Leslie. All persons with claims against the estate must present them within legal time else barred. Mrs Fannie Forrester. March 6 to A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges Leslie
Houston County
Fannie Forrester
Notice on Probate Authority for Jones Jones and Co Lands
KR D Crawford as administrator of A B Jones Dec filed in Mouston Alabama Probate Court to join surviving partners in Jones Nichols Co for four acres at Cottonwend site and to join Garrett Co in sale of Bob Adams Place Ashford with Jones holding one fourth in each firm. Hearing set March 20 1997.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KR. D. Crawford
A. B. Jones
Mouston County
Alabama
Jones, Nichols Co
Cottonwend
Plaid Jnes, Nichols & Co
Garrard & Co
Ashford
Adams Street
Third Ave
Jd. Fs. Williams
Bob Adams
A. B .Jones
Strange minister reads notice in church service
In a Maryland church the sexton recalls a sermon when the visiting minister read a notice asking for sympathy for John Q. Griggs who recently lost his wife. The tale notes Griggs had remarried the previous week and sat near his new wife as the paper was used as a bookmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
John Q. Griggs
Sexton
John Q. Grigga
A Castle in Ireland And The Irish Sense Of Place
A fragment discusses Irish place names and social signals in country houses and visiting cards. It notes Ireland preserves the word castle in local usage while France influence is minimal, and comments on how Celt women use visiting cards when addressed in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Scotland
London
London Clirentele
English Traveller Seeks Local Wit in Tree Land
An Englishman in Tree land cannot find farsome dried wits and is told to speak to the next farmer or teamster he meets. He later meets a peasant guiding a horse loaded with turf. He remarks on the horse’s blaze, and the Irishman retorts that the Englishman’s own face will whiten in the same way after time in the halter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham Post
Serpent Venom Research At Bacteriological Institute
In autumn 189% Colmelle as director of the Bacteriological Institute of Saigon began experiments to neutralize cobra venom. A cobra attack prompted venom collection from ninety snakes sent from Wetriet. forty arrived alive for gland extraction and testing on animals to determine lethal doses. Calmette previously failed to study venom systematically. the work sought precise toxicity and dose effects across species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colmelle
Bactenological Institute
Saigon
Cochin China
Baclivu
Oder
Wetriet
Institute
India
Burma
Sumatra
Java
Malacca
Cochin
Dytil Calmette
Calmette
Weetmineter Gazette
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Mey
Im, Lori
Ashing
Bluff Springs
John McArthur
Agriculture
Ogee
Business College
E. A. Bivins
R. M. Jackson
Barefield
J. T. Rodney
Eddie Strong
Kate Buckhart
Columbia
Geo. W. Collins
Colomokee
W. B. Braswell
M. P
Ting
Green
Enterprise Sunday
J. R. Dawsey
Ralph
Ollie North
Gordon
Jasper Bracking
Blackwood
D. S. Johnson
Minnie Cruse
Carrollton Ga
Mess. C. L. Neely
van Clayton l
Thos. Jones
Webb
Probate Court
John S. Forrester
Geo. Leslie
New York
Virginia-Carolina
South
Virginia-Carolioa Chemical Co
Richmond
Atlanta
Norfolk
Sevannah
Durham
N.C. Montgomery
Als
Charleston
Vicksburg
Tindall
Heaven
Foster Street
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