Yesterday's News

- For Sale -

$2,500 will buy a furnished home nicely located in Jennings, $500.00 cash down on easy monthly payments.

ZIGLER PLANS TO BUILD SHIP WAYS

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1940 - Zigler asks War Department permission to construct slip South of S.P. Bridge. They would move old timber boatways 220 Ft.

BIG POTATO YIELD CITED BY ALBERT DUDLEY

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1940 - This is the best potato growing year Albert Dudley, chief of police and veteran gardner, has ever seen. He displayed at the city hall a half bushel of fine sound spuds, the biggest of which weighed a pound and a quarter and the smallest three quarters of a pound.

Save Stocking Tops

Don’t throw away old silk stocking tops. Send them to the Red Cross which will see that they are used as linings in caps and leather garments.

FOOD RATIONS IN THE U.S.A.

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August 1, 1918 ALLOTMENT OF SUGAR REDUCED TO TWO POUNDS PER MONTH FOR EACH PERSON

Thornwell Dance Netted $32.10 for the Red Cross

One of the most enjoyable social gatherings was the dance at Thornwell for the Welsh Auxilliary of the Red Cross.

CHOICE OF COLORS

In costumes the beauty of a color should not be considered alone, but in relation to the effect it has upon the complexion of the person who is to wear it, observes a fashion critic. The instinctive craving for color is natural and should be gratified, but not at the sacrifice of harmonious appearance.

DOCTOR URGED AN OPERATION

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Instead I took Lydia E.

HELP OUTFIT SOLDIERS

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1917 - When the United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917, the military scrambled to secure the materials and industrial capacity necessary to outfit the soldiers heading off to Europe. While enlistees were issued the basics required for survival, including stockings and a heavy overcoat, this uniform included no sweaters, hats or gloves necessary to keep them comfortable.

Zabolio Store

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Zabolio Store at Main and Academy where old Piggly-Wiggly was located