A Christmas Legend and Local Society Notes at Decatur
A Christmas legend performance by Decatur High School pupils is announced for tomorrow night to raise curtain for the stage. A wedding at noon today united Miss Annie Irwin Little and Edward Allen Houser of Dallas, Texas, with detailed decor and ceremony described. couple to live in Dallas after visits to Weatherford and duties at the American Exchange National Bank. Later, a Music Study Club gathering featured programs on Rossini and Bellini operas, with performances by Mrs. Rickles, Mrs. Dix, and others, and piano selections by Miss Jervis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur High School
Annie J. Sugars
Church Street
Decatur
Annie Irwin Little
Edward Allen Houser
Dallas
Texas
Wheatley Davis
Miss Sugars
Semmes
Chattaooga
Houser
Mr. Houser
American Exchange National Bank
Weatherford
Spielberger
Stipp
Norma
Bellini
Clark
Calumet Baking Powder Co
Chicago
Ill
Decaturs
E M.chapman
Calumet Baking, Powder Co
Chapman
Malone
2Nd Ave
Hildreth Printing Office
Decatur Light, Power & Fuel Co
Mary Reeder and Tom Pettey Wed In Mrs Reeder’s Home
At 3 30 pm at the mother of the bride Ada Reeder’s residence Mary Reeder married Tom M Pettey with Rev Ira B Hawkins officiating. Guests included Captain and Mrs Reeder of Smithtown and Mr and Mrs Tom Reeder of Sheffield. The couple left for New Orleans for a week then will reside with the bride’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Reeder
Mary Reeder
Tom M. Pettey
Ira B. Hawkins
Vivian Tillman
Mrs Cortner Hosts Bridge Club Afternoon
Mrs Baxter Crawford entertained the Married Ladies Bridge Club Wednesday afternoon with three tables in play. Mrs Cortner won the prize and will host the next gathering after a dainty salad was served.
Cataco Women Host Christmas Meeting Program Notes
A Cataco gathering with Miss Clark featured sketches and readings from Wordsworth Coleridge and Thackery, plus articles from Vanity Fair. Members discussed scriptures and Christmas customs with hostess Mrs Eugene Bailey, while plans for next year’s W C T U program were set at Central Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cataco
Miss Clark
Wordsworth
Elizabeth Clark
Coleridge
Humphrey
Thackery
Vanity Fair
Moebes
Pendenius
Hatton
Stranger seeks best hotel as train waits in Chicago
A traveler asks where to find the finest hotel in town while the train sits on the tracks. He offers a wary remark about being judged a liar after seeing the establishment, hinting at the town’s famed hospitality and the stranger’s wary mood.
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Buttrey's the Store of Fashion
Lampkin Insurance Agency
Lafayette Street
New Decatur
Kor
Earth
Alice Jean Cleator
W. A. Curry
R. O. Darwin
D. A. R—Mra
Needle Club
Willamson
Nash
Miss Collier
Little Houser
Bellinni
Masonic Theatre
Greater Minstrels
All the World’s Favorite Minstrel Organization
William Walter
Hal Reid
Cataco Literary Club
Berean Club
Eugene ‘Bailey
Christ-Child
Harwell
A. J. Miller
Birmingham
Juicy Baker
Tuscumbia
Jeff Minor
Kansas City
Tri-Cities
R. A. Carriger
The
Bismarck
la Grippe
Mary Sumpter
Bhinski
Wyker
Wade
Otto Moebes
D. D. McGehee
Central Methodist Church
Calumet Baking Powder Company of
Illinois
Calumet Baking
Powder Chicago, Illinois
Delite Theatre
Edward Coxen
Winnifred Greenwood
Chicago Record-Herald
United Amusement
Masonic, Delite, Star and Lyceum Theatres
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