Decatur UDC Considers Hosting State Convention
Leaders of the Joe Wheeler chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy weigh hosting the state convention in May. A letter from state president Gibb Graves says Decatur hotels are unsuitable, prompting chapter members to survey support among about 50 members. If merchants cooperate, Decatur could welcome several hundred delegates, the largest convention crowd ever hosted here. Alvin Silver at Nelson's.
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Joe Wheeler
United Daughters of the Confederacy
D.C. Almon
Gibb Graves
Decatur Violin Contest Wins Crowded Trinity Event
Decatur fiddlers won two of the three prizes at Trinity High School Improvement League contest in Trinity Alabama on December 20. Cyrus Rollings donated his cash prize to the league, while Charles Brown and W. H. Green also won prizes. about 35 dollars was raised for the school.
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J. KE. Blair
Trinity
Ala
Decaturs
Bow Kings
Trinity High School Improvement League
Farlier
Cyrus Rollings
Rollings
Dixie
Trinity Mountain
Shelton Boys
Senaca ‘Turr
Dac Broadway
J. L. Barnard
Trinity Public Schools
Nabors
Trinity M. E. Church
Margaret Thompson
W. F. Black
Budges
Collie Holesapple
W. H. Sewell
Russe Shemmell
Arthur Bolton
Jesur Jewell
Elizabeth Petty
Chas. Brown
Brown
Little Girl Undergoes a Serious Operation
Reports from Benevolent Society Hospital state 9 year old Maude Tiemans daughter of Mrs Grace Tiemans sustained a head injury when a slate toppled over her resting well after an operation yesterday morning The skull injury required removal of bone pressure near the base of the skull
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Benevolent Society Hospital Today
Little Maude Tiemans
Grace Tiemans
Minstrels to perform at Masonic Theatre Christmas
Manager Cogie announces Moredock and Watsons minstrels as the Christmas matinee and night attraction at the Masonic Theatre. The company will arrive tomorrow and spend the holidays in town.
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Cogie
Moredock & Watson's Minstrels
Masonic Theatre
Congressman Almon Returns From Capitol
Congressman E. B. Almon of this district passed through the Decaturs early this morning aboard the Memphis Special on his way home to Tusculumbia. He has just finished a congressional session that adjourned last week for the holidays and will spend several days visiting the Decaturs this week.
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E. B. Almon
Decaturs
Memphis
Tuscumbia
Congress
Almon
Notice of Administratrix Appointment in Miller Estate
Maggie Bell Bankston named administratrix of the John J. Miller estate by Morgan County Probate Court on December 18 1915. Creditors must file claims within the legal period or be barred.
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John J. Miller
Morgan County
Wm. &. Skeggs
Maggie Bell Bankston
Phone 46 and Subscribe for the Decatur Daily
A brief subscriber solicitation appears, urging readers to call 46 to subscribe to the Decatur Daily. The note emphasizes joining the newspaper readership.
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Decaturs
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The
White Palace
Decatur
Tiryh
Barry Mitchell
Nelson's
Alvin Silver
Odom Shoe Co
Second Avenue
Our
Dean Stock
New Decatur
W. W. Garnett
Bank Street
Decatur, Alabama
Fiddler's
Barnard
Senaca Burk
China
Silverwar
Brac
Hardware Company
Bank St
Congressman Almon
Capitol
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