Local notes and social events fill a 1914 issue
Town society items mention visitors Widner and Munn, illness of Mrs. Morrow’s son, and Mr Berris’s surgical improvement. Carnations evoke a memory poem about first love. Mrs A Humphrey hosts relatives. Missionary Society meetings at Central Methodist and M B church with thanks given to local supporters. Mrs Crawford attends D A R Alabama conference. others return from Chattanooga and Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Central M.B. Church
A. Z. Bailey
Brentz Preuit
Alex Humphrey
Jno. Proctor
R. I. Walston
Capt. Vassault
J. L. Proctor
Brittain Bros
Electric Supcod
Lipscomb
Club Calendar Entries Mixed With Verses
We present a historical club calendar listing social bridge groups and gatherings. Names include Mrs. B. P. Wallace, Mrs. F. H. Pointer, Mrs. Zerm Mason, Mrs. T. O. Bowles, Mrs. Will Wyke, Mrs. Godbey, and Mrs. Hodge. Also features a Van Dyke verse about fortune and living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P. Wallace
Girld
Mercan Club
F. H. Pointer
Dh. C
Zerm Mason
T.O. Bowles
Priscillas
Will Wyke
Mrs. Godbey
Hodge
Local social notes include travel plans and visits
Miss Mary Penick left for Paris Tennessee to visit Miss Ruth Landelt. Miss Hattie Brenaugh of Madison will host the Girls Card Club after the holidays for Miss Allison. Miss Brooks and Miss Worthington are in Birmingham. The U D C meets with Mrs Zera Mason Thursday at 3. Mrs M A Dinsmore and children from Birmingham will arrive for holidays. Miss Tex Burleson is ill. Miss Julia Neville returns to Trinity with Miss Lutie Wilkinson. Pearl Widner improves after la grippe. Grace Widner ill at home. Miss Compton improving in health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Penick
Paris
Tenn
Ruth Landelt
Hattie Brenaugh
Madison
Card Club
Miss Allison
Julia Neville
Mary Banks
Trinity
Lutie Wilkinson
Grace Widner
Re ‘Compton
Debt over 46 cents ends in fatal stabbing
In Montgomery a debt of 46 cents led to the death of Tom Davis a Black man. Wes Upshaw another Black man is jailed awaiting a preliminary hearing for stabbing Davis in the Wendley road incident. Upshaw had loaned the money and received a razor as security before the fatal quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Tom Davis
Wes- Upshaw
Davis
Wendley Road
Upshaw
J.T. Davis
Its
Theatre News Announces Casts and Withdrawals in New York Market
Miss Janet Dunbar to lead in Rolling Stones by Edgar Selwyn as crowded New York play market prompts Cohan and Harris to withdraw The Big Idea from Hudson Theatre next Saturday They may present it in Chicago later Grace George ends The Truth tour and will begin rehearsals for a new comedy by William Hurlburt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Dunbar
Edgar Selwyn
New York
Cohan & Harris
Coast shipping damaged as storms hit New England ports
Reports from coast cities say ships have suffered heavy damage with a dozen liners predue and extensive disruption to telephone and telegraph lines along the coast. Boston and suburbs report severe impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Boston
Huge Barges Reposition River Bridge During Rebuild
Report from Hannibal Missouri notes massive barges and a river steamer moved the Mississippi river bridge on the Wabash railroad into a new alignment. The operation took two days with minimal traffic disruption as four barges and tall wooden towers were positioned and more towers built on floated platforms. Separately a New England storm disrupts coast shipping, while Eastern Kentucky coal firms lock in contracts for 900000 tons and Agriculture Secretary Houston seeks 2125000 dollars to combat foot and mouth disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reieve Land
Mississippi River
Wabash
Hannibal
Recapture of Klock Reported by Russian Forces
A dispatch from Warsaw says Russian troops recaptured Klock on the Vistula river between Warsaw and Wabelwek. The report notes the Russian right wing is trying to sever the German railway base in East Prussia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klock
Petrograd
Dec
Vistula
Warsaw
Wabelwek
East Prussia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Godhdf
Buttrey’s
Soc Doz
Gqodoqods
Riet
Athens
Moulton
Stutts
Florence
E City
Spoyt
Brecke Ett
AG. Widner
Mr. Munn
Chattanooga
Garret Mitchell
Mr. Berris
Adie
A. Humphrey of
D. P. Humphrey
The
Young People’s Missionary Society of the
Central Methodist Church
A. Z Bailey
C.L .Price
A. 2
Kinzer
Wheer
New Decatur
van Dyke
Club Calender
Avai
Moulton Street
New Decatur, Ala
Berean Club
Blanch Brooks
Loraine Worthington
Birmingham
Zera Mason
M. A. Dinsmore
Tex Burleson
Miss Pearl Widner
Theatre News
Bank Street
New England
Eastern Kentucky
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Congress
Walter
Beness
Rover
Valier
Brock & Spight Co
Decatur, Ala
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Reliance Stars
Irene Hunt
Robert Burns
Boyd Marshall
Mayre Hall
Marie Walcamp
William Clifford
Louise Fazenda
William Franey
Delite Theatre
Arkansas
Ozark Mountains
Missouri and North Arkansas
Decatur
Ala
Eureka Springs
Ark
Ark., (Through the Heart of the Ozarks
America
Decatur, Alabama
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