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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1915
Page
4
Missionary Bands Nos 2 and 4 of the Methodist Church announce a white sale on Bank Street with light refreshments and sale dates listed as m23 24 30 31.
Community notices list meetings and guests including Mrs. Chrissinger, Mrs. Seneca Burr, Miss Eleanor Harrison, and Mrs. Dyke Echols with events at Hotel Lyons and Westminister. Mrs. E. Netties Dean travels to Birmingham for an Order of the Eastern Star school. Visitors include Mrs. Vaughn of Louisville and Mrs. George Moores of Birmingham. Also poetry by Harriet Ives and local visits noted.
There will be an adjourned meeting of the D A R next Thursday and on Thursday April 15 the chapter will meet with Mrs James McNeill. Mrs Cason Parsons has returned from Nashville and Mrs J D Jervis has returned from Chicago where she spent the winter.
W B Knoreff of Town Creek and Dr W H Brannon of Sylacauga visit the city. Capt J P Gibson of Hillsboro and S H Welds of Florence travel to Decatur. André W Baker visits from Pulaski. A By Batley called to Tennessee for family illness. Roy Harris returns from Huntsville. A D Jervis improves after Hot Springs stay. Walter Holesapple of Lynnville stays with J Holesapple. Camedy family plans Memphis move. Five days till Easter. Measles reported. 2 26t
Berlin reports German troops pursuing Russian forces in Prussia seized Teuroggen taking 300 prisoners and captured over 1000 more in Krasnopel district. Western front described as quiet for the day.
A compact local appeal urges readers to call 46 for subscription details to the Decatur Daily, signaling regular reader engagement and circulation push.
Mary Maurice stars in a dramatic motion picture portrait of deep emotion. The film, winner of third prize in a Vitagraph Sun Scenario Contest, heads the Masonic Theatre program with an Essanay comedy following.
Florence Webber, featured in Mrs Aida Johnson Youngs Lady Luxury at the Masonic Theatre on April 1, rose to fame in The Climax and earned notice with Leona Watson Ann Swinburfie and Margaret McKinney. She later starred two years in Naughty Marietta alongside Emma Trentini, with Lady Luxury a reward for her work. Emilie Lea, dancer with Lady Luxury, admired for her singing and dancing in The Purple Road and High Jinks, plays Mme Mischkova a Russian dancer. The author plans a special tune for Lea to showcase her vocal verability.
London reports a resumed five hour bombardment by reinforced Anglo French forces against Turkish forts in the Dardanelles. Warships anchored near Gallipoli while others patrolled the gulf of Saros as smoke shrouded the strait.
News from Quincy Illinois reports the death of John M Lewis after months of illness. He resided in Quincy for the last period and was a brother of Mrs W R Smith of the Decaturs and cousin of W P Fogarty. A long time wholesale undertaker, he was 35 years in business. He was a Mason and Methodist. Funeral services will be held in Quincy with final interment there.
Petrograd says three Russian corps of 120000 men carved through Dukla Pass and took five Hungarian towns in the Saros district. Russian forces also claim defeat of German troops east of Skawa in Poland and capture of first line trenches. At Domanovice on the Pilica river Germans are said to have been routed after a three day battle. The retreating Germans abandoned large stores and correspondence.
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