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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1912
Page
4
Miss Alexander hostess to the Young Ladies' Card club in Decatur this morning. Mrs. Henry Zeitler won the prize, Miss Mary Bibb the consolation. New club members include Mrs. Paul Crawford, Mrs. William Wyker, and Mrs. Henry Zeitler of Moorsville.
Fragmentary box score style notes list players Robertson Pierre Nolly Giiteres Bauer Matthews Sanders Rolley and Priest Wells Woodruff Brown, with teams Bessemer Huntsville and Gadsden in action across Selma Huntsville and Anniston venues.
In Atlanta Nashville leads the first game with a 6 to 0 result as batteries Gardner Fireharty and Elliot Russell Litton and Donahue. Chattanooga secures a 7 to 2 victory with Ferguson Tannenman More Hannah in the lineup. Memphia beats Chattanooga 10 to 5, Merritt Tanneman Boebling Noyes in action. Birmingham shows a 5 to 0 result with Demaree Dunn Prough Yantz supporting the effort.
Little Miss Catherine Carter visits relatives in the area while Mrs. Pauline Blair and Mrs. Meta Turley Bush of Morristown attend a reception hosted by Mrs. T. F. Turley on Line Street. Guests include Miss Lucy Lyman Powers of Birmingham and Miss Bia Bgowder of Sweetwater. Various local visits, departures, and society items are noted with mentions of families, events, and anniversaries.
Mr B L Malone will depart from Savannah tomorrow with W H Brooks. The Birn family guested his grandparents Mr and Mrs W H Brook on Sherman Street yesterday. Capt W T Rowden left this morning for Louisville Kentucky to take charge of the steamer City of Florence. We invite readers to visit and see the battle between Coca Cola and Soda Water at Buychhett Bottling Works.
In Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston and New York city lists officials and battery names. The record names 60 batteries with multiple personnel including Camnitz Gibson Rucker Miller Fromme Fletcher Mel an Severoid Seaton Doom Sallee Woodburn Wingo Hess Kling Richie Brown Lavender Reulbach Archer Wilse Crandall Meyers and others.
In Chicago Detroit Cleveland St Louis roundups the article lists batteries and players for multiple teams including Ford Sweeney Engie Cashion Williams Malin Onslow Bender Thomas Easterly O'Brien Carrigan Brown Stephens Krichell. A closing note warns readers to demand Coca Cola from Buchheit Bottling Works and not an imitation.
A reader notes Dor samples a bottle labeled Orange Julep and praises the punch as excellent. The brief mentions Buch Ett Bottling Works as the maker.
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