Socials and Weddings Highlight Selma Weekend
A flurry of entertaining at the Cowan home and Alba Club marked a Selma weekend with guests including Misses Minnie Lee Williams Margaret Gaillard and Ed Paeayece Williams. The Hinton Tagert wedding was held at eight o clock with Rev W E ier officiating.
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Cawthon
Selma
Birmingham
Hughes
Minnie Lee
T Williams
Margaret 2
Gaillard
Paeayece O Williams
Oe Cees, Sr
Sunner
Margaret Williams
Lon Franklin Colemnan
Alba Club
Mr . Caffey
Fleet
Willian Hinton Tagert
Suburban News Highlights from Mobile Community Church
Trinity Church pastor C McMaster led chore services at Community Church last night but no splendid sermon was enjoyed. Mrs Richard Redwood sang a beautiful solo for the congregation. Mrs Marks from Mobile visited her mother in Chickasaw. Hal Easterling recovers well after tonsil surgery. Mrs A H Proudfoot and son Emmett return from Chicago trip.
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WY. C. McMaster
Trinity Church
Mobile
Richard Redwood
Marks
Chickasaw
Little Hal Easterling
A. H. Proudfoot
Emmett
Chicago
Ill
Prichard Council Plans Meeting and Local News
Prichard Council No 24 Junior Order United American Mechanics meets tonight in the W O W Hall. Mrs Clara Mathews has recovered and is home. Misses Ora Dearing Montgomery Bell Dearing Jackson Mrs C Dismukes and child visit Fairhope. Dearing sisters rode from Montgomery to visit Mrs Dismukes. Mrs Joe Webster’s friends celebrate her improvement. Frances Bahorich Mobile returns home after a week with Mrs Webster on Edison Street.
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Prichard Council No
United Amegosa Mechanics
Regu
W. O. W. Hall
Clara Mathews
Ora Dearing
Montgomery
Bell Dearing
Jackson
C. Dismukes
Fairhope
Joe Webster
Frances Bahorich
Mobile
Edison Street
Whistler Social and Labor Announcements
WHISTLER members of the Modern Woodmen of America plan their regular monthly meeting tonight. Mobile and Ohio Railroad officials expect to recall about seventy laid off employees to work in the Whistler shops on September 1. Mrs L A Hawkins and daughter Lauretta of Bay City Michigan visit her brother Ed Ross. Mrs Thomas Kelly of New Orleans visits Mrs Peter Peterson this week. John Wallace of Gary Indiana visits friends in Whistler this week.
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Modern
Woodmen of America
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Histler
L. A. Hawkins
Lauretta
Bay City
Mich
Ed. Ross
Thomas Kelly
New Orleans
Peter Peterson
John Wallace
Gary
Ind
Whistler
Fire roars through Dismal Swamp likely caused by moonshiners
A massive blaze torn through the Dismal Swamp near Norfolk driven by suspected moonshine activity. Three hundred men labored 36 hours to halt the flames, digging trenches and felling trees to protect timber valued in the millions as wildlife fled the area. early estimates put property loss above $600,000.
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Norfolk
International News Service
Cotton Crop Prospective Up 424000 Bales
Washington August 24 A P An increase of 424000 bales in this year s prospective cotton crop was announced by the department of agriculture in its semi monthly report forecasting production at 1399000 equivalent to 500 pound bales The crop s condition improved in the half month in all states except South Carolina Alabama and Arkansas
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Washington
A.P
Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
Alabama
Arkansas
Memorial Observance For Bill Nye At Cavalry Church
A three day celebration in Ssten North Carolina marks the birthday of Bill Nye the humorist. The dedication of a memorial window and unveiling of a bronze tablet and boulder honor Nye whose body rests in the church yard. Dr Clarence S McClellan calls for cleaning humor in public life.
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N.C
Cavalry Episcopel
Bill’ Nye
North Carolina
Edward Wilson Nye
Clarence 8. McClellan
Personal notices of guests and visits in Alabama and nearby states
Mrs. George W. Raines hosts Mrs. W W Lindsey of Whatley Ala. Miss Ray Norville returns from Asheville N C after three weeks. Mrs J A Carpenter and family back from ten days at Bladon Springs. Mrs T H Whitfield of Birmingham visits Moreno family on Georgia Avenue. Mrs Sam Kojak and children return from Beaumont Texas after a month with her mother Mrs John Saad. Miss Virgiline Rivers visits Miss Fannie Karl in Thomasville for a week. Lydia Sherman leaves for travel with friends in Galveston Houston and Arthur Texas. Mrs R T Potter returns from Long Beach Miss after two weeks with sister Mrs Frank M Hetenant. Mamie Goldsmith goes to Biloxi Miss for two weeks at Biloxi Hotel. Alphone Latty and Joseph Fermany depart for Beaumont for school, plan to return soon.
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Rives Boykin
M. B. Osborne
Juanita
Newton
Rives H. Boykin
Sam Kojak
Beaumont
Texas
John Saad
Lydia Sherman
Galveston
Houston
Ef Arthur
R. T. Potter
Long Beach
Miss
Frank M
Youth Star Man who “Took” Girl in Tragic Death
Frank W. Nye, son of Bill Nye, pledged to return to his boyhood land after reviewing his father Nye’s life in Fletcher. The report notes a jealous quarrel ending in the stabbing of Powers, who died hours later.
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Beniady
Hubert Powers
Re Powers
Nye
Frank W. Nye
Bill Nye
Fletcher
Coolidge Plans Quiet Week Amid Vacation Pause
President Coolidge begins another week of vacation with indications it will be the calmest since his arrival last June. He will confer with officials and church leaders but has few appointments planned and may stay in the capital region through Memorial Day.
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Swampsco
Coodge
Washington
Anderson Believed Safe on High Seas
Reports from Gulfport Miss indicate seaplane and wireless searches failed to locate the schooner Idea linked to George Dutch Anderson in a high seas escape. The nationwide hunt for the Detroit Wayne, tied to the same gang, continued as a boat suspected to be Ida Q was sighted about 500 leagues offshore heading northeast.
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International News Service
Idea
Gulfport
Miss
George “Dutch” Anderson
Ben Hance
Muncie
Ind
Anderson
United States
Detroit
Wayne
Gulf of Eee
Acar
Johnston tops Casino bowl in San Francisco
William M. Johnston of San Francisco, No. 2 U S Davis Cup team and former national champion, won the Casino invitation singles bowl by defeating Brian Norton 6-3 6-3 6-3. Johnston had previously won two legs of the trophy in 1922 and 1924.
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Newport
United Press
William M. Johnston
San Francisco
Brian I. C. Norton
St. Louis
Johnston
Coral Gables Riviera offers pre development profits
Florida investors savor Coral Gables growth as buyers seek affordable Riviera section plots. Read on for details and a coupon to visit Miami and Coral Gables with transportation cost waived.
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Coral Gables
Miami
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