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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1916
Page
4
Officials of the German admiralty declared that Persia carried British soldiers supplies and guns for defense on every voyage under British direction. They lament the loss of at least one American. No sinking details or confirmations are provided pending official word.
A New Year service at St John’s Episcopal Church featured Holy Communion and a sermon by Rev J J Cornish. He warned believers against apostasy, urged following God’s full counsel, and emphasized names given in heaven and their divine purpose. The sermon linked Jesus’s name to salvation and discussed how names reflect destiny in the Christian life.
Local talent presents a feature titled A Twin Romance written by Guy Whe | lan. The plot unfolds around Wilder plantation and a government surveyor’s camp with a gasol ine launch ride on the Tennessee. Miss Lillian Block and Henry Pappenburg star amid scenes of accident and romance leading to a hospital scene and a wedding acted by local residents and business figures. The show includes prefilm vignettes featuring Decatur High School and Irving Cummings with local pupils and townspeople.
Mrs. Bettie Miller, mother of Mrs. 0.0. Almon, beloved by thousands, died in Fort Worth Texas at age 76. The obituary notes her long life and wide community ties.
Funeral services for Bettie Miller mother of Mrs. David C. Almon in Fort Worth honor a life spanning Alabama Mississippi and Texas. She died at 76 after weeks of illness and is survived by nine children and many relatives. Her gentle Christian spirit and old south ideals defined a well loved Decatur figure with ties to Florence and Boonesville.
Weather forecast reports the river at 18.8 feet with flood stage at 21. Two more feet could push it over banks and flood nearby farmland. Farmers fear seasonal freshets, recalling September floods that ruined crops and caused major losses.
Gen Victoriano Huerta was pronounced near death in El Paso after gallstone surgery revealed gall bladder cancer. He has been delirious for days and is held for the federal grand jury convening January 11.
The first regular meeting of the Session of Westminster Presbyterian Church will be held Tuesday night at 7 15 in the pastor s study. Every elder is urged to attend as important business matters are to be considered.
The deceased mother is remembered by a list of her children and their spouses including Mrs. D. C. Almon of Decatur and Mrs. D. L. Irwin. Other survivors are Mrs. J. Earle Hill, Mrs. C J House, Mrs. Guy Elliott of Fort Worth Texas, Lewis Miller of Decatur Illinois, John Miller of New Bransfield Texas, Thomas KE Miller Jr and William Miller of Bloomington Illinois. She leaves a score of grandchildren and one great grandson.
The body of Associate Justice Joseph R. Lamar will leave Washington by special train tomorrow afternoon for Augusta Georgia. Messages of condolence arrived from President Wilson, who knew the late jurist well from Richmond Academy. The White House said no appointment would be made until Wilson’s return and a Southern successor was urged by the delegation.
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