Deer Park notes busy cannas dasheens and visits
Deer Park Alabama reports a busy flower farm shipping cannas and dasheens amid rising dasheen demand. H H Best, government farm demonstrator, plans several days in Chatom to show crop diversification. Local social and travel notes include visits, a school meeting, a party hosted by Mrs. B Leon, a Citronelle marriage, and a stock company performance en route to Florida.
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Deer Park
Ala
H. H. Best
Government Farm
Chatom
Chamber of Commerce, Mobile
Patterson
Mobile
Gale
C. E. Rhew
Pope
Miss
N. Moore
Picayune
J. L. Wright
Marion Martin
Lula Baerfield
Citronelle
G. W. Turner
E. A. Combs Stock Company
Florida
McGlathery Hall
Purdue Hill Sunday School Nears Closure
Special to The Item. Purdue Hill Ala March 13 The Sunday school led by Miss Lucile Jones will soon close as she returns to Girard Ala. Several residents are noted for visits and ill health including Mrs J T Galloway and Mr L M Whisenhunt with extended family members present in Beaumont Roy and Lufkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdue Hill
Ala
Lucile Jones
Della Whisenhunt
Beaumont
Hunter Galloway
North
Alabama
Robert Blanton
Wiley Sawyer
Roy
Ethel
Delia
May Belle Sawyer
Annie Lou Brooks
Irene Moore
Lufkin
Hattie James
Mexia
Thames
W. R. McKinley
Purvis
Galloway
L. M. Whisenhunt
Greenville social notes highlight visits and meetings
Miss Louise Minnis returns from Montgomery while many Greenville residents host or visit friends in nearby towns. The piece lists numerous social visits to Georgiana, Andalusia, Selma, Forest Home, Pensacola, Montgomery and Evergreen, plus a revival at the Baptist church led by Mrs. Eddins. Clubs gather for meetings with programs on Sicily and literary activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Ala
Louise Minnis
Montgomery
Fred Winkler
Lelia Traweek
Georgiana
H. Z. Wilkinson
Andalusia
D. D. Metcalf
Denver
Col
Mae Stiner Grommelin
J. E. Barnes
Ariton
A. T. Ramage
W. R. Ramage
J. G. Reynolds
C. H. Thompson
Forest Home
Jack Bolling
Frances Ellen
Gladys Reynolds
Harmony Club
R. Huntington Woodman
Sarah Thompson
Toulminville Community Notes Prompt Local Efforts
Little Bessie Stone leads Young People's Missionary Society at the Methodist church. Mrs. Autry Crier hosts Bible class. Mrs. Osborne to host next Friday. Study Class meets with Mrs. J. Stone. Frances W. Hayes and her son travel to Beaumont, Texas before returning to Rhode Island. St Marks Mission plans an entertainment to benefit the poor. Bingville Fair committee to resume event this summer. Ditch work near Schuse Lane affects sidewalks. Mrs. Mary L. Fisher of Loxley visits Toulminville. she heads the Loxley Woman Suffrage Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulminville
Ala
Little Bessie Stone
Young People’s Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Autry Crier
Osborne
J. Stone
Frances W. Hayes
Little Son
George B. Toulmin
Beaumont
Tex
Rhode Island
St. Mark's Mission
Hugh Ralston
St. Stephens Road
School Improvement Association
Bingville
Charlie Rosette
Schuse Lane
North Street
Mary IL. Fisher
Loxley
Fisher
Woman Suffrage Club of
To Cure a Cold in One Day Ad
A vintage ad promises a one day cure for colds using LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets. Druggists refund money if not effective. The box bears FE. W. GROVE’S signature and is priced at 25 cents.
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FE. W. Grove
Coden Club News and Local Visits Highlight Community
The Ladies Aid Society of the Oden Methodist Episcopal church elected officers led by President E. Davis and planned monthly meetings. Various visitors from Mobile, Uniontown, Cleveland and Montgomery vacationed in Coden, with ex Governor Jelks among guests. A Tin roof upgrade progresses at the Coden schoolhouse, and a Leatherbury house party with local chaperones adds social bustle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coden
Ala
Ladies Aid Society
Oden Methodist Episcopal Church
Will Bridges
E. Davis
Gertrude Shépard
Harriett Clark
John Pritchett
Charles Michialoffsky
M. Deakle
W. McCrary
Sallie Rabby
Mobile
Rolston’s
A. L. Morgan
Uniontown
F. H. Rose
Cleveland
Darris
Montgomery
Will D. Jelks
Eloise Harmon
Grand Bay
FE. W. Scammell
Tulley
N. Y
M. G. Gardner
Dora Coleman
Factoryville
I. Dan Gester
Colland
Florence Browning
Hattie Gould
J. Benedict
Davenport
A. K. Givens
J. W. Maynor
Birmingham
Leatherbury
Miss May Leatherbury
Loraine Cunningham
Mary Knight Rush
Eula Walsh
Alba Gower
Martha Brackhan
Gabriella Barret
Isabelle Norwood
Margaret Blacksher
Edna Manning
St. John Wilson
Local Happenings In Vinegar Bend Area
Friends of S B Jones glad he is out after injuries from an engine strike two weeks ago. N F Turner returns from Chicago business trip. E L McDavid and family back in State Line after visiting relatives. Jessie Blair and Beth Moodie visit Chatom to see Blair’s mother. Vinegar Bend high school delivers temperance program last Friday. Sara Turner visits friends in Marion. George Rockwell and family visit Lambert to see Rockwell grandparents. Joe Ollie Waldorf visits aunt Fannie Sweeting in Whistler. Alla Turner returns from Lexington Kentucky after school. Mrs Henry Ozark returns to New Orleans after visiting her parents. Rev Riley Scarbrough preaches at Methodist church Sunday night. G F E Wood spends Sunday in Mobile with his mother. Guy Turner visits friends in Selma. Sam Jones of York visits relatives here. H S Turner returns from Tennessee business trip. F E Daffin back from Grove Hill after stepfather’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinegar Bend
Ala
S. B. Jones
N. Ff. Turner
Chicago
E. L. McDavid
State Line
Jessie Blair
Beth Moodie
Chatom
Miss Blair
Vinegar Bend High School
Sara Turner
Marion
George Rockwell
Lambert
Henry Ozark
New Orleans
R. D. Busbee
Busbee
Riley Scarbrough
G. FE. Wood
Mobile
Guy Turner
Selma
Sam Jones
York
H. S. Turner
Tennessee
F. E. Daffin
Grove Hill
Local Social and Community Notes from Crary Alabama
Residents and visitors are listed in a Crary Alabama column. Names include Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Schultz and Mrs. H. Gellein of Kansas visiting Fred Schultz, Miss Mattie Stewart at Indian Springs, and gatherings at Mobile events with the Flying Squadron and Semmes Club. Multiple short visits, illness recoveries, and relocations are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stringfellow
Wilmer
Ala
Ida Patrick
C. M. Jiartsock
Semmes
Fred Schultz
Mobile
Rose Williams
Walter Lord
Hoffman and
Krasin
Flying Squadron
Walter Havens
Etta Lord
James Roberts
Semmes Club
Burnis Graham
Mattie Stewart
Indian Springs
A. G. Golden
Local Notes From Chicora Mississippi March News
Mrs Julia Shaw leaves Chicora for Enterprise with niece Mrs A N McInnis. Masons meet as Rev B L Sutherland takes Master degree. Families move to Lockhart and Enterprise as sermon on The European War From Prophecy is preached. Mills close except planet limited days left. Delegates from Chicora attend W O W convention in Natchez. Various residents visit relatives in Meridian, Moss Point, Winchester and Bucatunna.
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Chicora
Miss
Julia Shaw
Enterprise
A. N. McInnis
Masons
W. O. W. Hall
Bb. L. Sutherland
Lula Barnacastle
Escatawpa
Ala
D. Barnacastle
Lockheart
Lula Snow
Winchester
McCowan
Helen Smith
Meridian
J. J. MclIntosh
Moss Point
B. C. Barnes Jr
Eutaw
Mamie Gordon
Bucatunna
Ruth Waller
Shubuta
Kate Barnacastle
K. Richie
C. D. Barnacastle
Atrue
Edna Rogers
Ladies Pioneer Club Discuss Cemetery Plan in Dawes
Dawes Alabama regular meeting at Highland Inn chaired by Mrs. Knapp discussed cemetery improvements. A committee Junker Rosenquist Downer will call a mass meeting Sunday at 3 PM at the school to organize a cemetery association and invite every Dawes family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawes
Ala
Ladies’ Pioneer Club
Knapp
Highland Inn
Dawes Cemetery
Mesdames Junker
J. M. Kroner
H. C. Dickerson
Akenhead
Leona Wright
Richard Smith
Mildred Akenhead
Clarence Burns
Miss Akenhead
R. A. Macy
Irma
Delechamps
A. Max
Flo Lathrop
Mobile
Gale Lathrop
Miss Martin
Miss Newman
Bayou la Batre
Downs School Social Highlights at Stringfellow Home
A Friday night party at Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Stringfellow in Downs School Ala honored Mr. George Stringfellow of Mobile. Beauty contest crowned Miss Lula Stringfellow as the most beautiful with cake prize. Community program on soil sharpening and seed selection followed.
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Downs School
Ala
Rudolph Stringfellow
George Stringfellow
Mobile
Lula Stringfellow
Stringfellow
George Penoyer
Louis Crabtree
John Miller
Walter Hart
Harvesters Enjoy Warm Weather In Lenox Alabama
Lenox Alabama residents revel in the pleasant spell as farmers plant corn and tend gardens. Social news includes a Tuesday evening party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stinson with a long list of attendees and visits from relatives in Range.
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Lenox
Ala
Ralph Stinson
Eula
Beckie Nall
Ella Andrews
Ethel Boling
Mary
Willie Brantly
Jennie Pierce
Bertha
Jessie Corner
Mae Belle
Lula
Lena Countryman
George Stinson
Harry
Range
E. M. Musgrove
A. J. Butler
Local Notes from Wilmer Alabama Community
Revy J M Kallin filled his regular appointment to a large attendance both services. The Sunbeam Band met and had a good session. A baby girl arrived for Mr and Mrs Hardy Speed. Mrs F M Snow buried in Wilmer after coming home for burial. Mrs Lula Evans cared for her mother in Mobile. Miss Martha Emmons Miss Lottie Moody and Mr Onie Moody visited Calhoun home Sunday. Literary Society met Friday afternoon. Jim Cowart injured by stretching a fence wire. Mrs P E Miller visited Mrs Oliva Long. Mrs Sam Lee visited Mrs A B Brown.
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Wilmer
Ala
J. M. Kallin
Sunbeam Band
Stork
Hardy Speed
F. M. Snow
Lula Evans
Tums
Mobile
Martha Emmons
Lottie Moody
Onie Moody
CC. S. Calhoun
Literary Society
Jim Cowart
P. E. Miller
Oliva
Sam Lee
A. 8. Brown
Illness in Theodore and local notes mix
Mrs J KR Wells of Theodore Alabama on route 2 is seriously ill at home. Blue Springs school reports a good year. A baby girl was welcomed to the home of Mr and Mrs George Lund. Mr Gibson has his mill operating steadily with several cabbage crate orders.
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Theodore
Ala
J. KR. Wells
Blue Springs School
Stork
George Lund
Gibson
Social notes from Howison Mississippi and nearby towns
Miss Annie Barthes of Biloxi visits Mrs. H. F. Wells. Mrs. A K Jeffries and son visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. W K Ramsey at Dantzer. Miss Mary Davis hosts a Thursday evening gathering for Miss Barthes. Merle Jeffries of Lower Peach Tree is visiting A K Jeffries. Mrs. B E Ruble visits relatives in McHenry. Mrs. H G Wells and Ruth visit friends in Sander. Miss Annie Gains of New Orleans and Virginia Switzer of McHenry were guests of Mrs. B P Cox last week.
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Howison
Annie Barthes
Biloxi
H. F. Wells
A. K. Jeffries
BE. A. Ruble
McHenry
H. G. Wells
Ruth
Sander
Annie Gains
New Orleans
Virginia Switzer
Mce Henry
B. P. Cox
Local Wilcox stores close amid weak trade in March
In Owassa Alabama a leading Wilcox county mercantile store of W P Houston closed temporarily due to the dull business season. Another large store plans reopening in about thirty days. Q T Bowden expanded his shop with goods valued over 3000 dollars. Fishermen camped on the Sepuega river catching a large number of fish. John S Searcy visiting relatives will depart Sunday for Marion to work as linotype operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owassa
Ala
W. P. Houston
Wilcox County
Q. T. Bowden
Sepuega River
John S
St Elmo Hews: New Cottage Under Way and Local Appointments
E Bouchard is building a new cottage for newcomers in St Elmo Alabama. J J Dawson arrived to oversee the St Elmo section of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. Church services and visits are noted, with residents travel and purchases mentioned including a six horsepower gasoline engine for farm use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ane Elmo
Ala
E. Bouchard
St. Elmo
Daffin
Elmo Baptist Church
Blace
J. J. Dawson
Louisville and Nashville
Lutheran
John Hancock
Swanlund
W. S. Parker
Sylacauga
McGee
J. M. Wright
R. M. Dodge
A. C. Watts
John Pfleger
Grand Bay
Mobile
R. B. Bouchard
Nellie Wright
Mary Bouchard
Long
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