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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1914

Page

4

Personalities and Travels Highlight Holiday City Visit

Local social notes list Frank G. Cook of Brothers Furniture in town with plans to depart January 6 for southern territories. O C Parker, R L Stephenson and Snodgrass of Decatur Coffee and Roofing Company are here during holidays and will head south after the holidays. Carter brothers from Nashville, plus several locals, holidayed with kin and prepared for studies at Alabama and Tennessee. Mentions of return trips to Montgom ery, Knoxville, Tuscumbia, Gurley and Amingham accompany notes on births and other visits.

O. C. Parker R. L. Stephenson Snodgrass Decatur Cofrie and Roofing Company

Four Lessons On Living A True Life

A compact moral excerpt cites Phillips Brooks and Henry Van Dyke on spiritual power, thoughtful action, sincere love, honest motives, and trust in God. The piece emphasizes personal virtue and the impact on others through everyday conduct and uplift.

Phillips Brooks Elerly Henry van Dyke

God be with you in the seasons

Poem blessing by Julien C. Cutler extols spring summer autumn and winter, noting violets roses and snow filled scenes. It speaks of nature’s beauty and comfort to guide weary hearts through each season.

God Julien C. Cutler William Tell Ohio

Miss Blanche Side Entertains with Card Party

Miss Lide hosted a Thursday afternoon gathering for sixteen friends with four tables of contract bridge won by Miss Carolee Speake who received a hand decorated china set. A hot luncheon followed amidst holly and mistletoe decorations.

Blanche Side Lide Carolee Speake Hattie Alexander Kewpie Holly Mistletoe Smilax Jackson Vine Rufus Pest‘son Mary Penick Mary Williams Frankie Hurtzler Helen Almon Marjorie Miller Vene Littlejohn Lucile Murphey Bessie Speake Henry Penn Blanche Todd Miss Carolee Miss Carolee Speake Miss Elizabeth Speake Miss Donovan Birmingham Mary Lee Skeggs

New Year Celebrations At Colonial Club And Local Socials

Mrs. and Mr. C. B. Elliott hosted a refined New Year gathering at the Colonial Club with a grand march led by Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Cortner and socializing among twenty five to forty couples. The report notes out of town guests, bridgeluncheon entertainments, and a New Year marriage of Miss Nancy Lewis to Mr. Ivan Hutson. A bridge luncheon for the Auction Bridge Club and various visits by local residents fill the rest of the social page.

C. B. Elliott Colonial Club Nancy Lewis Ivan Hutson R. S. Walston The Birds Weir Auction Bridge Club Blouette Wallace Kitty Bibb

A Watch Year Out Party Hosted by Mrs Wolcott

Mrs R H Wolcott hosted a year end gathering with C C O B members on a Wednesday evening. A dinner for twenty featured a satin damask table with a pink and white crake centerpiece and pink tulle bow. Afterward guests moved to the Colonial Club where Mr and Mrs Elliott entertained. Guests included Mrs P P Gilchrist and Miss from Lake Washington and Mrs C D Carter of Leighton with plans to travel to Athens afterward.

Farmer Grace Groove R. H. Wolcott C. C Colonial Club Elliott P._P_ Gilchrist-of-Lake Washington Martin Florence C.D. Carter Leighton Ww. H. Jarman

Chronic Constipation Cured by Chamberlain Tablets

A Brooklyns Mich resident S F Figh credits Chamberlain's Tablets with curing five years of chronic constipation. The notice states the product is for sale by all dealers and promotes the advertised remedy.

Chamberlain S. F. Figh Brooklyns Mich

Marriage Licenses in Hartselle Martins Fall

James Roden of Hartselle weds Ethel Mullens of Hartselle. Ivan Hutson weds Nancy Lewis. Thos J Black of Lacy Springs weds Sallie Jennings of Lacy Springs. Littleton Sandlin of Hartselle weds Lillie Summerford of Hartselle.

James Roden Hartselle Ethel Mullens Ivan Hutson Nancy Lewis Thos J. Black Lacy Springs Sallie Jennings Littleton Sandlin Lillie Summerford

White Boys Sent to County Convict Camp

Clarenes Lange and James Gilbert were sent to the convict camp today to begin a ninety day sentence for vagrancy issued by Justice T. J. Newsome.

Clarenes Lange James Gilbert T. J. Newsome

New York Tops London in Population by 1 Million

New York City leads London in population by about one million people according to Dr W H Guilfoy statistician of the Board of Health New York's population is placed at 5 376 965 based on presumptive growth since the first count not including London's suburban area London is reportedly retrograding while New York increases.

United States A. T. Stewart's New York Stewart's Boston Philadelphia Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago New. York New York City London H.guilfoy Board of Health

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