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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1913
Page
4
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Tuesday opens the D A R convention with an informal tea at the D A R home and a Mrs Calvin dinner. Wednesday features Auction Bridge at Decatur Hall with a D A R dinner at Hotel Lyons. Thursday includes a Be Dinner at Lyons with Dr and Mrs Neill and Mr and Mrs Crawford. Entertainment by the Y M C A.
A narrative of poetic fragments and local social life in Decatur includes spiritual reflections on blindness and work, a quiet wedding led by Rev. C. P. Hamby at Ninth Street M. E. Church, and lists of visiting guests and residents from nearby towns.
The meeting of the music study club scheduled for Wednesday December 3 is postponed to Wednesday December 10 with Miss Clarkson.
Mrs Thos Day of Memphis was guest of honor at a formal reception Saturday afternoon hosted by Mrs O Kyle. The hall featured red carnations and palms while Mrs C Payne greeted guests and introduced Mrs Day in black velvet and diamonds. A tea table and a decorator plate prize followed a bridge party with three tables. Miss Marjorie Workman hosted a daughter class party on Saturday with prizes for the children and refreshments served by the hosts.
An experienced fire and casualty broker with local and special agent background has moved to Decatur and seeks established agency interest or partnership. Also a real estate man aims to form a new agency. Address B-3 this office.
A Presbyterian Christmas sale at Mrs Will Wyker’s features hand embroidered imported handkerchiefs as a specialty. The event is set for Friday December 12 with proceeds benefiting church activities.
A Nashville Tennessean note lambasts excessive ads across foods drinks mattresses cigars and events saying advertising dominates daily life. It questions the value of ads and ridicules the omnipresent promotions encountered by readers.
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