Sunday Morning Services and Local Social Notes
Clocks were set ahead one hour for early morning services. Dr. Graves to lead preparatory morning services at Presbyterian church ahead of communion. Mrs. Ruben Tubbs and children weekended with relatives in Buhalia and Memphis. Numerous residents and visitors from Water Valley, Memphis, Moscow, and other nearby towns are noted for funerals, visits, and family gatherings.
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Acow Presbyterian Church
Ruben Tubbs
Buhalia
Memphis
Josephine Chilton
Brown and Son
Water Valley
Stan Logan
Moss
W. H. Simith
Moscow
Tenn
Gladys Luwshee
Julia Bennett
Addie Laws Baird, Wise
M. 8
Paul Turpin
Taylor
Turpin
Ottoway Foust
Isabella Dunlap
Alcorn County
Oxford
Atollege Hill
Fielder Webster
Herman
Cornish
Tubbs
Myrtle Smith
Culley’s Hospital
Pennsylvania Wins Round in Bell Telephone Rates Injunction
In Burleson v Bell, Judge Kunkle in Dauphin County rules Pennsylvania’s bid to block Attorney General Burleson from setting Bell Telephone rates while acting as federal operating agent remains in effect until final hearing. The judge rejects the premise that wartime line use nullifies state rate controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearusburg
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Burleson
Bell Telephone Company
Kunkle
Dauphin County
Bell Company
War Power Limits Forfeiture of Private Property Questioned
A court questions the reach of presidential war powers to seize private property for nonwar aims. It argues the president must show a lawful constitutional end and that rates approved by the public service commission are presumed fair without concrete findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junkle
Public Service Commission
Oxfor d Mississippi urges clean city administration
A reader accuses Oxford Mississippi leaders of neglecting sanitation. The letter asks why an enforcement ordinance is not applied, noting the town’s unsanitary state and demanding a decent administration before visitors see the filth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Heath
Oxford
T.afayette
Mississippi
Tuberculosis in Mississippi in 1915
The year 1915 saw 5860 new TB cases reported by Mississippi physicians. About 600 men were sent back from the army and navy for TB and 2500 rejected by local draft boards. Estimates say 2000 to 3000 died in the state. The Extension Department of the State Tuberculosis sanatorium in Sanatorium, Mississippi urges prevention and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theyeae
Asiissippi
Miss
Notice of Trustee Sale on Oxford Property in 1919
In Lafayette county Mississippi a deed of trust by Sam and Lillie Morgan for Mrs Cora Gideon secures debt. The substitute trustee J R Roach will sell the Oxford property at public auction on May 6 1919 in front of the county courthouse to the highest bidder for cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Lillie Morgan
Cora Gideon
Lafayette
Mississippi
Court House
Oxford
Miss
S. W
John Powell
Lafayette County
Women and electricity ventriloquism diagram
Fragmentary text outlines roles such as Exciter Interrupter Converter Receiver linked to a woman’s behavior and engagement. Mentions approximate phrases about excitement talking too long and coming halfway or all the way. Lacks coherent narrative or clear event details.
Government Campaign Against Venereal Disease in War Time
The American Expeditionary Force and U S Army led a major drive against venereal disease to keep troops healthy and fit to fight. Extensive education for soldiers and civilians accompanied medical surveillance and penalties, with a parallel push by a Women’s Section of the War Department to educate and protect women and girls. The article notes the scope and impact of the campaign and promises a follow up on ongoing civil responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. National Army
Army
Navy
Vienna
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Taley
Albert Neisser
Frankfurter Zeitung
Gorgas
Europe
United States
War Department
Become a God Parent to a French Orphan in League of Nations
The League of Nations invites readers to fund a French orphan’s future by becoming a god parent. President Wilson described the ideal of friendship among nations and the opportunity to join this effort by sending a subscription. Donors will receive the village name and child’s name to foster in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League OF Nations
Jesus Christ
Wilson
Peoples of Nations
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