Social Roundup Highlights Visits and Parties Across Town
Society notes recount Miss Blair of Sweetwater in a bridge game won by Miss Turley with a cut glass ink well prize. Guests include Miss Steele of Virginia and Miss Browden, plus many local visits, trips, and formal entertaining at homes on Gordon Drive and Ferry Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary .Turley
Miss Blair
A. P. Hanson
Harold Hildrethe
Miss Steele
Virginia
Miss Browden
L. J. Ramage
Banks letter shadows Taft Roosevelt feud in GOP
A Republican dispute unfolds over funds and letters from Banks amid Taft Roosevelt tensions. McKinley urges readers to study Banks’s letter and anticipate further material from Taft headquarters. Also notes church notices for First Baptist Decatur with service topics and school events.
Steamroller Kicks Roosevelt Texans Out
Mississippi to Director McKinley of Taft headquarters announced support for Roosevelt. Senator Dixon, Roosevelt campaign manager, released a letter detailing funds used to defray travel for delegates. Taft delegation opposed Roosevelt contestants from the state. Banks said money came to him in Washington weeks ago despite protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Taft
Mississippi
McKinley
Roosevelt
Sippi
Dixon
William B. McKinley
Banks
National Committee
Washington
Local residents listed among visiting and travel notes
Nash vill e architect PERSONALL Y. J. Frahn visits his parents while A P Hanson heads to Waverly Alabama and Charles Sanders returns to Ensley for duties as chemist. John Armstrong acts as postal telegraph manager in the absence of J W West. Deford leaves for Tupelo to lead McCalla projects. Ezzell Craig and W L Graber are noted travelers. Fire at a Madison merchant’s store is believed to be arson after robbery. Gentry departs for Chicago to attend the Republican National Convention and favors restoring the New Decatur post office to Second Class or supporting Joseph Schlitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Gentry
New Decatur Post Office
Chicago
Gentry
Joseph Schlitz
Have you tried a bottle of Orange Julep
A brief note asks about trying a bottled beverage named Orange Julep produced by Buchheit Bottling Works. The fragment mentions the bottling source but provides no events or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchheit Bottling Works
Baseball Results At Bessemer and Huntsville
In Bessemer a game ended 76 for one team with Adams and Guiterez batting, Williams and Pierre catching. rain halted further play. Selina had a 62 run game with Nelly and Guiterez on the mound and Ery with Pierre behind the plate. In Huntsville Anniston matched the scoreless or delayed contest, batteries Lelivelt and Brown with Reese and Riggs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
R‘h BR
Oie Hc
Sos Ae
Adams
Guiterez
Williams
Pierre
Selina
Tessie
Nelly
Ery
Hauntsville
Rhe
Anniston
Hunteville
Lelivelt and Brown
Reese and Riggs
Sermons and Bottling Remarks at Epworth League
Rev Carey preaches at 11 am and Dr Glenn at 8 pm with the Epworth League gathering at 7 pm. Visitors are invited to inspect Buchheit Bottling Works Coca Cola and Yoda Water. Chief Electrician Ward Barnum visited from Nashville. The body of N B Hodges was accompanied by Woodmen of the World. Car repairer Richard Grant injured by a fall from a box car. S J Johnson and wife to depart for Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
Epworth League
Glenn
Buchheit Bottling Works
Richard Grant
S. J. Johnson
Chicago
Southern League Scores From Birmingham New Orleans and More
In Birmingham RHE Birmingham defeated Montgomery 3 0 89 with batteries Foxen Jlardgrove Dilger Paige and McAllister. At New Orleans RHE New Orleans beat Mobile with Winnie Haigh Demaree and Dunn. In Atlanta RH w Atlanta faced Memphis with Litton Donahue Newton Tanneman. In Chattanooga RH NashVille 6 5 and Chattanooga 4 Batteries Fileharry Glenn Allen Noyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Deen
Montgomery
Foxen
Jlardgrove
Dilger
Paige
McAllister
New Orleans
Rhe
Mobile
Winnie
Haigh
Démaree and Dunn
Atlanta
Memphis
Litton and
Donahue
Newton and Tanneman
Chattanooga
NashVille
Poral
Fileharry
Glenn
Allen and Noyes
Baseball Battery Lineups Across Cities
At Brooklyn RHE and Boston RAL lists of batteries appear with players named for Woodburn Willis Powell Dale Bliss Rucker Miller Hess Gowdy Fromme McLean Camnus Gibson Wiltse Tesreau Meyers Wilson Reylbach Lacvader Archer Seaton Wallace Curtis Killifer Graham. The fragment mentions New York and Philadelphia lineups and game details with multiple pitchers and catchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn - Rhe
Brooklyn
Woodburn
Willis
Powell
Dale
Bliss
Rucker and
Miller
Boston
RAL DE Sasa
Cincinnati i Iicheis
Hess and _Gowdy
Fromme
McLean
New York
Owl
Camnus
Ands Gibson
Wiltse, oTesreau
Meyers An Wilson
At Nee
Philadelphia
Reylbach
Lacvader
Archer
Seaton
Wallace
Curtis
Killifer
Graham
Unclear city battery listing and beverage ad fragment
Fragmentary notes show battery lists for St Louis and Cleveland with names such as Fisher Quinn Street Sweeney Mitchell Brown Krichell and Blanding Steen Kahler Baskette ONeil Hughes Henry and references to soda water and Coca Cola from a Buchheit Bottling entry. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent narrative or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Rhue New
Cleveland
Rhe
Washington
Blanding, Steen, Kahler
Baskette
O'Neil
Hughes and
Henry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buttreys
Store of Fashion
Manhattan
Decaturs
Decatur Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Decatur
A. B. Lampkin & Co
F. L. Chenault
Postoffice
Ino
New Decatur
Ala
Riverside Gristmill
News of
The
Society News
Mrs. Emmette Sanders
Bell Phone
Miss Fitzpatrick
Miss Maud Fitzpatrick
the Hos
Tess
TP. Turley
Sweetwater
Tenn
Mrs. J. D. Wyker
Pulaski
Helen Almon
Mr. Curtis
Clifton Almon
Booneville
Miss
Nan
Annie Powers
Florence
J. J. Cornish
Caroline Cortner
Courtland
James Echols
Trinity Mountain
Mamie Baker
Winchester
C. C. Parker
Mable
Harper
Birminghamham
City
Moulton
Lawrence County
Auction Bridge Club
Will
R. E. Sanders
Gordon Drive
Ladies- Missionary Society of the
Central Methodist
Hirch
J. F. Levin
Ferry Street
Eugene Morrow
Huntsville
Mrs
Mare French
Margaret Frahn
Walter Todd
George P. Todd
George
Grace Nowiin
Mattie Ashford
Nancy
Mica Martin
Mary Penick
Athens
Tracyne Baker
Annie Liza Minor
Tuscumbid
Chandler
Gan Underwear
Church Announce
MENTS
First Baptist
Sindsay School
Sun
Elbert. Holland
Brother Holland
Steam Rooler
Roosevelt Texans
Y. J. Frahn
Waverly
Charles Sanders
R. B. Sanders
Ensley
Tennessee Goal
Tron Co
John Armstrong
L. and N. Shops
Postal Telegraph Co
J.W. West
Tennessee
J. T. Deford
MecCalla
Tupelo, Miss
Mr. McCalla
Ezzell Craig
W. L. Graber
Kentucky
Indiana
Herizler
Madison
W. A. ‘Cisry
Mr. Curry
Livingston
M. L. Hardage
L. G. Thigpin and Bridge
Miss Young
Grant Sree
Delite
Marion Leonard
Marguerite Snow
Hauk
First Methodist
L. & \. SHOP NEWS
Ward Barnum
N. B. Hodges
Bikmont Yysterday
Southern League
Issane
Johns, Bonner and McAllister
National Woolen Mills Fiordon Gilbert
National League
Delite Theatre
Sam
Spielberger
OWL Drug CO
Rexall
Second Avenue
Union Motor Sales Co
D. C. Johnson
Alabama
Missouri State Life Insurance Company
Morgan Co
W. J. Nesbit
J. L. Green
Decatur Ice & Coal.Co
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