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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
4
The article outlines new selective service rules allowing reasonable excuses for temporary idleness or non productive work. It lists non productive occupations and urges registrants to seek productive work or military service, noting hardships for domestic dependents and the war need.
Hugh B. McKeown of Thomasville died in Savannah after a Saturday home assault left him unconscious from 6 PM until his death Sunday morning. He was transported to Savannah Hospital and died there. Police held three men as the coroner's jury prepared to hear inquest evidence at Fox and Weeks.
Rain brings relief as farmers rejoice while residents share news of relatives from Metcalfe Cairo and Valdosta. Visits to Lake Amenia Pelham Concord Barnes Creek and Summerville underscore local social ties and ongoing canning club activities.
Citizens note timely showers revived cotton and corn crops while community members report church services by Rev. H. B. Nesmith and visits of friends across nearby towns. Local residents include Annie Mae Pinson from Ochlocknee and H W Hayes returning from a railroad job for a brief stay.
Beulah residents welcomed Sunday rain aiding crops. Rufus Bullock Paul Merritt and Misses Mayme Willis Ida McMillan attended Union Church Sunday night. J F Bullock’s wife visited her mother in Ochlocknee. Several from Beulah attended preaching in Ochlocknee. The Bullocks Merritt and Miss Ida McMillan hosted a birthday party Monday night.
An ad touts Grove's Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron and a 60 cent price. In a separate report, Dunham describes Barry beating McKeown with a ginger ale bottle during a drunken fight at a boarding house, with McKeown later placed in an ambulance and an inquest expected. all three men were Foundation Shipbuilding Company employees newly in town.
Farmers across the Coolidge region busy seting out potatoes after a welcomed rain. Local visits include Lois McGraw with Lois McGmw visiting Susie Bell Redding and Mary Alice Redding with Mrs. W. R. Hagan. Ice cream supper at Sam Howell home enjoyed by many.
An advertisement touts a 50 cent bottle of LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN. The liquid laxative is described as pleasant to take and is advertised as produced and recommended to the public by a pharmaceutical company, with mentions of Chee Quinine and Groye's in the text.
A 1918 memorial notice from Boston Georgia mourns Vera, describing a sister taken to a heavenly home. It laments the vacant place in the family, recalls a gentle voice, and speaks of a blessed awakening at Christ’s return. The obituary-style verse closes with faith in a joyful reunion.
A large Miller Springs gathering on the Ochlocknee river hosted by B R Clark of Ochlocknee united Mrs A J Clark and six sons with two daughters and extended Clark families from Smithville Shelby Baxley Ochlocknee Quitman and Moultrie. Four generations were present amid a joyful reunion with a grand dinner and plans for a group portrait.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a funeral or community notice with names Mamie Kennedy Brooks County and scattered phrases about a gathering or event. details are unclear and several words are garbled. The readable fragments imply a local social or memorial notice without complete context.
Obituary tribute for a grandmother who died June 4 1914 leaving six children and many grandchildren. Funeral at Enon cemetery conducted by Rev H B Nesmith. Also a Campbell Association Woman's Missionary Union rally notice at Salem church June 26 with program details and invitations for members and guests.
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