Locals and Personal Notes Highlight Community Visits and Illness
Rev J W Jones Baptist pastor left for Birmingham for treatment and operation in ten days accompanied by others. Paul White suffered flu days last week. Circuit Court drew a large orderly crowd with no arrests. C N Robinson of Hillsboro visited. Bud glad about pike road Morgan county line to Courtland and Moulton link. Miss Bettie Irwin confined to bed this week. Dr W R Taylor from Hatton visited Tuesday. Orren Campbell and C P Eggleston from Courtland doing spry service here. Children's Missionary Society met Sunday afternoon with Mrs Jim Stewart in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Jones
The
Baptist Church
Birmingham
Ce. “Jones
C.N. Robinson
Hillsboro
Bud
Pike
Morgan County
Courtland
Moulton
Orren Campbell
C. P. Eggleston
Children’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Jim Stewart
Miss Cowan and Miss Masterson Open Millinery Shop
Miss Arrie Cowan and Miss Addie Masterson hosted the Tuesday millinery opening in their rooms over the Bank of Moulton. A large number of friends attended and praised the hat display as superb, saying the line would honor a town many times larger than Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrie Cowan
Addie Masterson
Moulton and
Bank of Moulton
Moulton
For a Bad Cold. Take Chamberlain's Cure
An old time cough remedy claim by Qowes Drug Co. and Forssle vy Bendhin, urging use for a bad cold and asserting its tested, lasting efficacy in a period tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Forssle Vy Bendhin
Qowes Drug Co
Mrs Farley’s Spring Millinery Opening Draws Crowds
Mrs Farley’s Spring Millinery Opening was held last Friday despite bad weather and drew a large audience. Attendees praised the display of millinery and ladies ready to wear as the best and most varied yet shown locally. Delay in transport kept Mrs Farley’s pattern hats from display but they are now on view for inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Farley
Resolutions on the death of Clifton Reeves
The Lee Society of Lawrence County High School notes the February 26 1919 death of Clifton Clovis Reeves. They express sorrow for the loss of a bright youth, pledge submission to God, extend sympathy to the family, and request publication in The Moulton Advertiser and minutes entry. Committee members Horace Holland Hattie Long Lizzie Rylant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Reeves
Lee Society
Lawrence County High School
Clifton Clovis Reeves
Moulton Advertiser
Horace Holland
Hattie Long
Lizzie Rylant
Pointed Paragraphs About Talk and Taste
A satirical collection notes that talk outpaces demand and asks if bad fish deserve the hook. It contrasts immortality for wireless politics with empty heads full of useless information, and jokes about preferences for looks over intellect. It wryly notes borrowers, cheerful givers, and women envied rather than pitied.
Southern Aviator Digs From Prison And Swims Rhine
Lieutenant George Puryear of Memphis joins Harold Willis of Boston and Isaacs of Portsmouth in a daring escape from Villingen prison camp on October 6. Sixteen men attempted the breakout. three survived the journey, swimming the Rhine into Holland. The trio praised Y M C A aid, noting books and sporting goods, and saying games kept them fit during captivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Puryear
Memphis
Tenn
Villingen
Puryear
Harold Willis
Boston
Isaacs
Portsmouth
Lieut
Rhine
Holland
Money Sent Home Before Big Battle by Doughboys
W J Baker of Portchester New York, a Y M C A worker with the 26th Division, recalls soldiers “cleaning their pockets” to send money home if they did not return. He handled about 8,000,000 francs, over $1,500,000, through YMCA services before the St Mihiel attack. Baker served with the 103rd infantry third battalion, from St Mihiel to Verdun.
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Paris
W. J. Baker
Portchester
N. Y
103Rd Infantry
St. Mihhiel
Chateau Thierry
St. Mihiel
Verdun
Baker
America
Southern Y Man Blinded in Service
A Southern Y M C A worker, DeRoy Fonville of Birthington NC, blinded in action while serving with the Ninth Infantry after shellfire in the go trenches near Chateau Thierry. General Upton commends his uncomplaining service. Fonville notes the YMCA role aiding soldiers and reflects on war’s costs and the broader support network behind victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
DeRoy R. Fonville
Birtington
N.C
Upton
Gifts From Y Helped Doughboy
Corporal Irving Abrahams of New York returns from France praising the Y M C A for aid on the front lines. He recalls chocolate cigarettes and pears carried to troops under shell fire at Chateau Thierry the Argonne and other actions, and notes the Y M C A guided funds homeward.
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Irving Abrahams
New York
France
National War Work Council
New York City
Red Triangle
Chateau Thierry
Argonne Forest
Argonne Woods
Red Triangle Man Describes YMCA Service at Chateau Thierry
Ernest C. Bardwell of New York recounts joining a YMCA group at Chateau Thierry on July 22 delivering supplies and aiding troops under German counterattacks. He says the last German prisoners were removed at 8:20 that morning after a day of strenuous work.
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Chateau Thierry
Ernest C. Bardwell
New York
France
Mr. Bardwell
Ateau Thierry
Y M C A Work Expands in the Far East and Balkans
The Y M C A drives rapid expansion in Macedonia and Serbia with Bates overseeing Salonica operations. Centers open in Vranja Nish Monastir and Belgrade, with Whitley guiding efforts in Northern Bulgaria and Howard Bradley coordinating the Red Triangle toward Constantinople.
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Macedonia
W. Bates
Salonica
Serbia
Vranja
Nish
Monastir
Belgrade
Percival Whitley
House of Commons
Bulgaria
Howard Bradley
Red Triangle
Constantin
Spring Term of Circuit Court In Session This Week
The Spring term of the Circuit Court convened here Monday with Judge Robert OC Brickell presiding. Civil docket occupies this week. next week handles the criminal docket. The large docket includes jurors and citizens named for grand and petit service. notice of former Alabama official Henry Coffey death and editorials close with hometown musings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Robert OC
Brickell
C © Prince, Foreman Dock Robbins
Joe Richardson
Jas A
Aston Frank
A McMillan
Orren Campbell
John Jackson
Eugene Heflin Rush Stockton
HS Delashaw
Ed L Hurst Emmett Mitchell
M B
Home Remedy for Sour Stomach Ends With Sleep Tablet Advice
A vintage health note recommends slow chewing of fat rich foods and thorough mastication for sour stomach. It advises eating little meat and avoiding supper, then taking one Chamberlains Tablet before bed if symptoms persist. Sold by Sandlin Cown Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandlin-Cowan
Reflections of a Bachelor on Women and Society
A humorous essay contrasts male and female behavior and stereotypes. It critiques flirtation norms, parental expectations, gambling versus work, and late adolescence beliefs. The piece notes distrust in both men and women, mocks social foibles, and lampoons gendered vanity. It closes with a wry quip about betting on water not running uphill.
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Paul White
W. R. Taylor
Hatton
Miss Cowan
Miss Masterson
Russia
Eeeeteernee
Germany
Brance Eeeweerertre
Austria
England
Turkey
Belgium
United States
Money
Amex
Mr. Bonville
M.C. A
Soistons
Sage
James A. Bischby
YM. C. A
Pasadena
Cal
Re Triangle
Thomas W. Wilbut
New Britain
Conn
Fonville
Hays
Ninth Infantry
Riad
Far East
Charles M Crow
Otho Scruggs
J Elijah Wiley Spence Hardin
Oscar P Eggleston
James J
Sibley
J Tom Howell
William J
King John W
Tatham
Jasper A
Osborn George A
Barrett Richard B
Taliaferro Hearn Gibson
Reason Dutton
John J
Brock John A
Bracken L
Frank James James Riddle
Albert
Sheats
Chut
Bracken
Clay Appleton M
Clarence Bragg
J Benton Smith
Oscar M Kelly Jarves
R Sockwell
Wade G Smith
James H
Martin Tom D, Yarbrough
Henry Coffey
Rupert M Montgomery
Claude Vaughan Clifton Long
John D
Armor Able Coffey
Walter Stephenson
John W Key
Luther Proctor
Henry B. Gray
Alabama
Slaith
Ala
Red Hill
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