Local Notes and Gossip From Battle Creek and Beyond
Miss Kate Pegram of Battle Creek visits Mr and Mrs W W Little then plans Bay City family visits before returning to Michigan. Rumors and remarks pass through a Worth Worth column with a divorce suit. A Curtis Publishing stock sale valued at 1 600 000 prompts comments on media investments. US and Great Britain dispute battleship counts while peace talk dampen preparedness. A black man attacked near EL Dorado prompts a large posse search. Local humor about cats dogs and grammar plus cotton crop notes and remarks on Ford and Sapiro. Constance Taluadge seeks another divorce amid movie fame. A Kentucky man’s morals tale inspires gossip about perfume and a Dallas affair.
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Kate Pegram
Battle Creek
Michican
Eagle Lake
W. W. Little
R. Q. Pegram
Bay City
Michigan
Visit by Willie Westmoreland to Houston family
Willie Westmoreland of Houston spent Sunday there visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Westone.
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Lee Porter
Houston
W. PL Dorter
Margaret Porter
Willie Westmoreland
Westone
Masonic Cemetery Grounds In Splendid Condition
Alderman G. Thomas deserves credit for supervising cemetery improvements at the Masonic cemetery. John Karlson tends the grounds, and Thomas receives compensation for his services. Crepe myrtles flank the south and east, with double rows along the driveways thriving. in a year or two full blooms will make the grounds very beautiful.
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G. ¥. Thomas
Masonic Cemetery
John Karlson
Thomas
First Bale Premiums Awarded to Local Grower in Wash Norris Belonging Farm
Wash Norris, a colored farmer on Miss Kate Griffin's place, brought in the season's first bale Monday morning and received multiple premiums. Merchants and firms including Lone Star Market, Frank Stephens Co, Gen. Harder Store, Universal Motor Co, Eagle Lake State Bank, Paines's Drug Store, and Central Power & Light Co contributed cash and merchandise prizes.
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Wash Norris
Kate Griffin
Lone Star Market
J. F. Ulery
B. H. Daily
J. Bo Smith
Frank Stephens Co
M. Steinweis
Gen. Harder
Merchandt
J. Ben Johnson
M. D
Wy Welford
Paines’s
Poem Valley
Oliver Boc
Hex Theatre
Sam Austin
Central Filling Station
Davis
Campbell
Mingus Town Restricts Negroes Around Old Bill 18
A historical note describes Mingus a white town near Ranger Texas with one black employee at the railroad station. Neo segregation persists as residents claim Old Bill 18 is old, around ninety, and that the town keeps outsiders of color away while he does odd jobs.
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Minsne
Ranger
Ulbu
Mingus
Mingusites
Hig
Frank TB Rowne and Meld West visit Tonston
Frank TB Rowne and Meld West spent Saturday and Sunday visiting in Tonston with Morelind Jr. and other locals enjoying a quiet weekend.
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Frank TB
Rowne
Meld West
Morelind, Jr
Stunday
Tonston
Mrs Wright and family visit Eagle Lake clerical nurse remembered
Mrs Wright of Whatton and daughter Miss Mrunees spent Monday with Mrs Cartes and family at Eagle Lake. Longtime resident and former postmistress Mrs Waldo Perrell has been visiting relatives and has returned home. Hugo Holton won the $35 prize at the Hex Theatre drawing last week.
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Eagle Lake
Waldo Perrell
Llouster
San Antonio
Hugo Holton
Hex Theatre
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Bruce W. Tcarty
Stigue
Axle Lake
Colorado
Texas
Exgty Lake
Loesi
Fis
Euammiendt
Wwe
Roth
Curtis Publishing Company
Saturday Evening Post
United States
Great Britain
Sam
Dove of Peace
Ob Kaye
EL Dorada
Ark
Jim Jimocebt
Clerksville Times
Mt. Ararat
Hity
Tennessee
Nefighbor
Natteriny
Henry Fowl
Deardown
Ford
Constance Taluadge
Constance
Hymen
Jas
Winuin
Jong
Dallas
Steel
Indal
Putin
Will Holford
The
Garand News
Pertuaye
Lily Wita
Ann
Bill Holford
Strickland Insurance Agency
W.S. Strickland
Mer
Ssri Cha
Masonic
Brown’s Dairy Garden
L. Anderson
W. M. Bam L. Little
Richard Ney
N. G
N. C. Ney
Emanuel Roos
Norcia
T. P. Gordon
Norris
Eagle Lake Furniture Co
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