Mrs Lillie Parks Dies Suddenly at Fifty in Lafayette County
Mrs. Lillie Parks, 50, wife of hk. dak Mocke seca abe omer dent of the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors, died suddenly Sunday morning from heart disease. Born Lillie Barry, she hailed from near Oxford and is survived by her husband and eleven children. Funeral set for Tuesday with interment at Old Liberty. The note extends condolences to the family amid reports of sewing, knitting, and hospital garment efforts by Bay St. Louis, Carroll County, Vaiden, and Poplarville chapters, plus committees and ongoing relief work into 1918.
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Lillie Parks
Dak Mocke Seca Abe
Board of Supervisors
Lafayette County
Parks
Miss Lillie Barry
Jesse Barry
Oxford
Old Liberty
Red Cross Bulletin highlights Mississippi chapters gains
February Red Cross bulletin reports Aberdeen Chapter adding 805 members in a recent drive with totals by branch and 263 garments shipped by the knitting department in January. Surgical Dressings sent 50 gunshot package sets to the battleship Mississippi. Amory Chapter adds 836 new members in the Christmas drive.
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Poplarville
Mississippi
S. C. Skatvold
New Orleans
Publicity Bureau
Gulf Division of Red Cross
Aberdeen
Prairie
Wren
Strongs
Hamilton
New Prospect
Stonewall
Boronzone Antiseptic Promoted for First Aid Use
Surgeons advise prompt antiseptic treatment for cuts bruises and wounds. Boronzone is marketed as the ideal antiseptic and healing agent for use on humans or animals. Available in 25 50 100 150 cent pricing through A H Kendal adv.
Quitman Chapter appoints committees for local work
The chairman named the Executive Committee and listed members to assist in the chapter's work. Members include Mrs. J. K. Kirkland chair, with Mrs. S. B. Kirkland, Mrs. J. A. Terral, Mrs. S. H. Terral, Mrs. M. E. Lott, Mrs. T. F. Williamson, Mrs. C. B. Weir, Mrs. B. H. Donald, Mrs. C. S. Edminston, Mrs. J. S. Dobbs, and Mrs. J. B. Thames.
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S. B. Kirkland
J. A. Terral
C. B. Weir
J. B. Thames
S. H. Terral
John W. McNeal
Quitman
Robert McLain
Meridian
J. K. Kirkland
Tunica County Chapter Reports Strong Christmas Membership Drive
The chapter earned a place on the honor roll for the Christmas drive by adding 528 new members, 313 above the 215 quota. An auxiliary for negro women was organized at Flower Lake with 110 members, enrolled by Mrs. Walter Harris.
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Tunica County
Flower Lake
Walter Harris
Washington County Chapter Elects Secretary in Greenville
The executive committee met January 18 with chairman H. P. Farrish presiding to elect a secretary to replace S. V. Anderson who resigned and to organize the chapter per headquarters. Mrs. Dorsey B. Richards was unanimously chosen.
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Washington County
Greenville
H. P. Farrish
S. V. Anderson
Dorsey B. Richards
Appointment of C A McCharen Confirmed
Mississippi post confirmations list C A McCharen of Oxford among named appointees alongside T P Barr Jackson Barbour Y Young West Point S B Thomas Terry J M King Durant J H Robb Greenville T L Walton Lexington.
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Mississippi
T. P. Barr
Jackson
Barbour Y. Young
West Point
Terry
J. M. King
Durant
J. H. Robb
Greenville
T. L. Walton
Lexington
C. A. McCharen
Oxford
Rolling Fork to Be Eclipse Center on June 8
The town of Rolling Fork Mississippi will be the focal point of the total solar eclipse on June 8 drawing hundreds of visitors. Prominent scientists will use the town as temporary headquarters to observe the event and take measurements.
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Rolling Fork
Miss
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
United States
Tupelo Journal
Miss Roudebush Leaves for France From Ole Miss
The University announces the resignation and departure of Miss Roudebush a dean of women and head of home science who has enlisted in YMCA service. She sails soon for France to lead domestic art and women’s work and is praised for her leadership in Oxford and at Ricks Hall.
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University
Roudebush
New York City
France
Uncle Sam
Miss Rowdebush
Ole Miss
Ricks Hall
Universiy
Miss Roudebush
Oxford
Hastings Seeds 1918 Free Catalogue Offer
Hastings' 1918 Seed Catalogue is offered free to readers who request it. The ad promises a variety of vegetable, grass, clover, and flower seeds, with guidance on sowing and beautifying homes. It emphasizes dependable Hastings seeds and urges readers to write Atlanta, Georgia, for the free catalogue.
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Free Flower Seed
Hastings’ Catalogue
Hastings
H. G. Hastings CO
Atlanta
Advt
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
A vintage ad promises one hundred dollars for a cured catarrh case and touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as the most reliable remedy for catarrh. It claims the medicine works through mucous surfaces and cleanses the blood, with reports of major health improvements after short use.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney
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Oxford, Mississippi
RBR
Chilton & CO
Carter's Drug Store
Mississipp
Patterson & Sharp
Rowland Drug Coo
Colonial Hotel
Yates Auto and
RP. Neill
Joe Parks
Lafayette County Board of Supervisors
Bay St. Louis
C. C. Evans
W. A. McDonald
A. R. Hart
Fed
Carroll County
Carrollton
Vaiden
Riverside
A. J. Scott
Edmund Taylor
E. D. Davis
Mary H. Trigg
S. R. Geise
Henry Staring
Hubert Crosby
D. D. Woodland
RED Cross Bulletin
Amory
Quick Rey
Write & CO
Louisville, KY
Lee M.rg
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