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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1929

Page

5

Sneed Elmer wedding ties families in Alabama church setting

Miss Louise Frances Elmer wed Luther J. Sneed at St Pauls Lutheran church in a simple ceremony officiated by Rev R W Hahn. Attendant Miss Alma Fricke wore beige and carried pink Killaray roses. After a honeymoon to Tennessee and Kentucky, the couple will reside with the bride’s mother in Birmingham after August 20. Also visiting are Mr and Mrs Ben Collier and three daughters of Clarksdale, Miss.

Sneed-Elner St. Paul's Lutheran Church Louise Frances Elmer Luther J. Sneed Ernest Mittewede Hartselle Alma Fricke J. C. Pirtle Bowlder Miss Fricke Rev R. W. Hahn Ben Collier Clarksdale, Miss E. W. Collier

Personal notices share travels and visits across states

Charles Williams and Billy Martin spend days in Nashville and Union City Tennessee. Ed Hefner returns home to Florence after visiting friends. Miss Thelma Clarke of Birmingham visits Elizabeth Vaughan Ruth Ross. Mrs. Olinger of St Louis visits Birmingham, then Birmingham.

Charles Williams Billy Martin Nashville Union City Tenn Ed Hefner Florence Thelma Clarke Birmingham Elizabeth Vaughan Ruth Ross Grace Landers St. Louis Decatur E B. Ross Athens B. B. Ross Clanton

Wounded men and gigolos populate latest reads and notes

WORN AT RACES fairs recounts a moribund London and continental gigolo driven to ruin by love. Brackett's American Colony follows a similar tale of seduction and disillusion in the south of France. Annie Mae Gardner suffers malaria at East Vine Street. Claptons to return from Brevard NC.

Charles Brackett France Annie Mae Gardner East Vine Street

What is a Murderer A Crank Public Riddle

A Chicago lawyer walks as police chase a fugitive. Through a joke dialogue the question What is a murderer is explored with clumsy misdirections. The punchline arrives when another murder occurs, leaving the answer unsettled.

Chicago

Wiggins Host Sundry Guests At Limestone Creek Outing

Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs B K Wiggins entertained a group at Limestone Creek. Guests included Mr and Mrs A B Dodd Dr A J Dinsmore Miss Dorothy Paul and Messrs Charles Hardiman Wallace Meadows Curtis Smith and the hosts. The Canal Street Rook club met Friday with Mrs Em.

B. K. Wiggins Limestone Creek A. B. Dodd A. J. Dinsmore Dorothy Paul Charles Hardiman Wallace Meadows Curtis Smith Canal Street Rook Club

Homeplace by Maristan Chapman in the Tennessee hills

The review highlights Fayre Jones and his sweetheart Bess Howard in Homeplace, a Chapman novel set in a backward Tennessee community. Fayre seeks a home place as adulthood and marriage approach, facing uncertain parentage and environmental hurdles before finding happiness.

Maristan Chapman Tennessee Hills Happy Mountain Fayre

Omnibus of Crime collects 62 Sayers stories

Dorothy L. Sayers has gathered 62 crime tales into a single volume titled The Omnibus of Crime. The anthology showcases her detective fiction and horror themed stories, highlighting a broad range of suspenseful narratives.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Ex Wife and Chronicles of a Gigolo reviewed

Two book skits reveal the other side of divorced women and roving gigolos. Richard Maslock notes Ex-Wife as a candid tale of a woman who seeks multiple partners to forget her husband. Julian Swift’s Chronicles of a Gigolo follows a dancer who sells a cold romance to neglected women.

New York Julian Swift Eigolia

Alabama Democrats seek unity against Smith era

J Thos Heflin argues that Roman Catholic and Tammany influence pushed Smith nomination in 1928. He cites misused machinery, calls for party reconciliation, and urges Alabama Democrats to unite in the 1932 primary while defending clean government and Conservative principles.

Alabama Smith Louisiana Arkansas Kentucky Wisconsin Reed Missouri North Hoover Washington Houston Democratic Party Tammany United States New York Democratic “Party America Democratic State Executive Committee Senate House South Raskob Democratic National Committee Ed Hoover J. Thos Heflin

Quality Laundry Serves Tanner Community With Twice Weekly Trips

People of Tanner in Limestone County praise the Quality Model Laundry of Decatur for their new service. The local company runs two trips weekly to the farming area, providing this added service to the community.

Decatur Tanner Limestone County Ladry

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SOCIA Persona Elen Ballas F. S. Hunt Ferrow Himes D. C. Landers Ruth Helen Ross Victor Heard Mary Ala Mrs. O. Kyle Red Boiling Springs C. B. Elliott D. S. Echols Gene Collier Margaret Ann Marion C. O. King Williams Sherman Street The Central High School Lawson Davidson the Benevolent Hospital Pattie Kirkland Mr. and Mrs. Lacey Day Mrs. Cain Madison, Ala Mrs M. R. Rankin Miss Unity Dancy Mary J. Banks Mildred Barks C. C. Terre Mary Stuart Texas Jackson Dolly Porter J. R. Daniell H. E. Dryden, Jr H. E. Ill Fayetteville, Tenn Rex Rankin Stuart Hotchkiss Clearwater, Fla Lizzie Bankhead Hotchkiss Courtland Phillip Gilchrist E. L. Morrow Ruth Lee Gadsden, Ala W. B. Morrow F. H. Kirby Fayette, Ga A. R. Fortune M. A. Dinsmore Birmingents 8. D. Brock William McGwier A. M. Ferguson J. A. McGwier Eleanor Ramage L. J. Ramage Bowling Green W. R. Nelson A. T. Coke Clarksville Bill Nelson J. W. Ryan Bessemer Floyd Taylor Huntsville Mrs. Harris E. H. Nelson Fifth Avenue, South W. P. McSwean Katherine Sam Brantley J. M. McSwean John Jr W. W. Fussell Signal Mountain Charles Wade W. P. Stewart North Carolina Asheville Bryson City Songre Frank Duffey Gadsden Atlee Hoff N. B. Nimmerfall J. R. Daniels Mr. Dryden Fayetteville Jesse H. Hall Fort Meade Fla Macon Bainbridge, Ga Montgomery W. B. Markstein Greenville Virginia Speer Seymour Ind J. L. Broadway H. C. Motes H. Wohl New York City Mary E. Spence Mae Lentz P. G. Cunningham Nashville, Tenn E. B. Garner T. O. Lee Covington, Ky A. S. Lee Elizabeth Merle Crockett Fairs London Continent J. W. Clapton Brevard England Canal Street Rook Club Love and the Devil al Wohlman Pathe Sound News Pennywise Twins Nifty Thrifty American Cleaners E. Vine St Roszika Dolly BY Richard Maslock Ring of Decatur O. D. Simpson Allen’s Beauty Shoppe Grant St Milt Tolberts American Legon of Man God Cor. Line Davis Sts Electric Belle Range Company Electric Belle Range Company Iful Electric Belle
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