North Burnsville Local Notes A Silent, Busy Rural Patch
North Burnsville reports health for most residents with colds and measles noted. Obituary mentions Mrs Walker dying on the 23rd. Several names appear: Mrs George Walker sick, Mrs Roby Ashcraft visiting, John Walker ill, Myrtle and Bessie Walker in town, Jesse Skelton planning to leave, Allie Johnson visiting her aunt, Joe Robson improving with cleaning, measles active at Rasco Higginbottom Jim Power and William Manler. Two Dennis Cnums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnsville
Walker
George Walker
Roby Ashcraft
Ee Walker
John Walker
Myrtle
Bessie Walker
Jesse Skelton
Rasco Higginbottom
Jim Power
William Manler
Dennis Cnums
Springtime visits and a local schoolhouse debate
Local notes describe Mr Jim Randolphs house being roofed, visitors from Cherokee and nearby towns, and a schoolhouse debate on whether girls or boys are more useful to their parents, with the boys winning. A marriage at the church and assorted social visits follow, ending with an advertisement for Herbinu liver medicine at Model Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Randolph
Felix Ham
Messrs
Rube
Jessie Turberville
W W Kilpatrick
Oscar Gaisser
John Cromwell
John M Taylor
Austin
Robert Woodfin
John Lair
Charles Blanton
Fay Roberts
Raymond Aker
Melvin Harris
Thomas Roberts
George W Short
Minnie Ward
S E Maples
Hunter
Wright School Beats Paden Girls in Basketball 30 to 1
Near Paden health is good though colds are common. Wright school hosted Paden basketball girls last Saturday March 20 and won 30 to 1 under girls rules. Rufus Slack and Judson Neal chose teams. Judson’s side won 89 to 2. Wright closed Friday night March 26 as teacher Miss Leo Browning of Belmont departed after a farewell program with song and recitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paden
Wright School
Wright
Rufus Slack
Judson Neal
Judson
Leo Browning
Belmont
Mae
Highland News and Letters From Flatwoods Girl
From Near Red Bay reports health is good with a few exceptions. Mr Picketts twins are sick but improving. Mr Stirl Witt departed for Florida last Sunday seeking new opportunities. Weather worries farmers as winter lingers. Proving has occurred but slowly. Call for letters from Highland residents to read news. Highland organized a Sunday school with singing. residents hope it becomes a memory of a thriving community. A Flatwoods Girl signs off with affection for home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picketts
Stirl Witt
Florida
Highland
Dry Weather Banters Turn Sudden Well Tale
In a street chatter crowd, men compare droughts with humor. One recalls creeks drying and fish on dry land while another claims seeing a 395 foot well pulled from the ground and run through a clothes wringer to fetch water for a baby.
Garden Labor and Local Notices Spur Spring Hill Life
The piece recalls garden tasks and by proxy farming, with locals like John Legin and J W Turner visiting on Sundays. It covers social events from Spring Hill such as debates, basket ball between Prospect and Spring Hill, and a busy week of visitors, school news, and community chatter from Haynes Mill to Belmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude
Spring Hill
John Legin
J. W. Turner
Dana South
A .W Millsapps
Minnie Millsapps
Murry South
Hector Underwood
Louis Mann
Oscar Rutledge
Dora South
Misses Minnie
Dora Millsapps
Grace Millsaps
Emma Lough
Prospect
Prospect Beat
J R Mann
Iuka
Alton Nix
Jim Nix
Oscar Nix
Aney Mann
Budie Turner
Ena Morton
Amy Nix
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Corinth Furniture Gominary
Corinth
Corinth Furniture Co
R. T. Estes
Cruse St
Tisho
Mingo County
C. B. & F.G. Massey
M. M. Whitehurst
McKinney Place
Iluka
A. E. Simpson
Roach Shoe
Royal Grocery Co
Miss
H. J. Nelson
Arthur S. Cromwell
Eat the Model
Luka
Susan F. Milnes
Kansas City Journal
North Burnsville
Allie Johnson
Joe Robson
Model Drug Store
Red Bay
Tom Skinter
Sid Woods
Little Primrose
Haynes Mill
Mr. & Milam
Harry Houston
Liddie
Ella Eaton
Beulah
Myrtle Oaks
Tobe Eaton
Boliver Eaton
Joe Aldridge
John Elliot Eaton
E R Searcy
Nore
Citizens National Bank
Corinth, Miss
the Bank For
Broughton & McDougal
Limos Gertagl
Memphis
Tenn
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Chattanooga
Southern Conference For Education and Industry
Houston
Texas
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Sociological Congress
Washington, D. C
Daughters of the American Revolution
Continental Congress
Magee al Ete
Sheffield Granite & Marble
Sheffield
Ala
Jim Fepcing
J. FB. Marighal
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