The Procession and Palatial Echoes in May 1927 Peking
A long poem excerpt describes ancient marble stairs arches, jade brooks, and a royal procession fading into gold as willow shade falls. It is followed by a local social note: Joe Merriweather returns to Montgomery after a weekend with friends and Mrs. Nellie Ruth Geiger hosts a Saturday evening gathering with many guests enjoying games and a marshmallow bonfire.
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Peking
Nellie Ruth Geiger
Estelle Baxter
Hattie
Ruby
Tommie Perryman
Estelle Benton
Grace Woods
Seaman McCurley
Lois
Lizzie McDonald
Mary Harris
Doris Geiver
J. J. Perryman
Eddie Woods
Practice Wednesday at Lafayette Street Church
Primary Department children meet supervisor Mrs J W David Wednesday at three for Promotion Day practice. Classes taught by Miss Mery Brown Eleanor Lewis and Maud Baughman. Kiwanis Club AML members to attend luncheon at Houston Hotel Wednesday at twelve fifteen with program and announcements. Several local residents arrive or travel for family events and visits across Dothan including funerals and social calls.
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Lafayette Street Moethodist Church
J. W. David
Mery Brown
Eleanor Lewis
Maud Baughman
AML
Kiwanis Club
Houston
Peacox Takes Stand Today in Murder Trial
Earl Peacox testifies in his own defense in the New York trial for killing and burning his wife Dolly after a runaway marriage. He describes quarrels over her friendships with other men while his mother, Mrs. Catherine Peacox, takes the stand to explain stress led to the killing. Separately, Mrs. Efla A. Poole of Brooklyn is re elected president of the national WCTA in Indianapolis.
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White Plains
N. Y
Earl Peacox
Dorothy
Dolly
Catherine Peacox
Local residents and travelers in Pinckard and nearby towns
Miss Lofts Threlkeld Eva Flowers and Bonnie Snellgrove, teachers at Pinckard High School, spent the past weekend in Ozark. Several locals visited Birmingham Sneads Fla Atlanta St Louis and Dothan with family and friends. Ralph Segrest leaves for Emory University. J W Darby and others enjoyed weekend visits in Ashford and Daleville.
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J. L. Snell
R. L. Snell
Ruth Snell
St. Louis
Ruth
McLain‘s
T. M. B. Teeple
Cora Teeple
Birmingham
Marie Harris
Marie Culpepper
Dothan
J. W. Harris
L.R. Segrest
Sneads
Fla
Ralph Segrest
Atlanta
Emory University
P. P. King
Abbeville
Grace Rountree
Joyce Ivey
A. D. Rountree
J. WK. Darby
Ashford
Ralph Andrews
Chattahoochee
Tom Wells
Daleville
N. B Dowling
John and Florence Weds in New England Honeymoon Plans
John and Florence celebrated a brief ceremony as a minister led the vows. The bride wore a ring set with 13 diamonds, and the couple planned a honeymoon in Moosehead Lake Maine after a reception at the Trumbull home. Gov. Trumbull attended, with relatives and guests arriving by car and plane.
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John
Florence
New England
Calvin Coolidge
Trumbull
Gov. Trumbull
Moosehead Lake
Maine
Fiwin G. Stevens
Stevens
Plainville
Governor Trumbull and the Maine Camp Vacation
A railroad company employee, John, is granted a two week vacation to visit Governor Trumbull at a secluded camp in the Maine woods two miles from a telephone. He must return to New Haven after the vacation.
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Gov. Trumbull
Maine Woods
John
New Haven
Girl of Own Age To Greet Ishbel
Washington note: Ishbel MacDonald, daughter of the British premier, will meet two American youths of similar age during her White House and embassy stay. Allan Hoover, son of the President, and Miss Gytha Stourton, niece of Lady Isabella Howard, secretary to the ambassador. Both enjoy athletics, matching Miss MacDonald. The Howard family has no children. Miss Stourton adds youthful energy to the embassy.
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Washington
White House
Ishbel ‘MacDonald
Allan Hoover
Gytha Stourton
Isabella Howard
Miss MacDonald
Miss Stourton
Lady Isabella
Howards
Largest Motor Yacht Ties Up In New York
The Orion, billed as the largest motor yacht ever to enter this port, arrived from Kiel via Havana and tied up at the Columbia dock in New York.
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New York
Julius Forstman
Orion
Kiel
Germany
Havana
Columbia
Nueht Club's Pier in The Neti Sive Aboard Yacht
A fragment describes a 330 foot yacht with a 44 beam and displacement. It mentions occupants including Mr. Fortsmang, his daughter and two sons, and Mr. William Bianchi. The vessel sailed from Kiel shipyard following a southern route.
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Nueht
Neti Sive
Fortsmang
Anf
William Bianchi
Eiests
Kiel
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