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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1916
Page
5
The annual parish meeting of St. John s Episcopal Church will be held Wednesday night at the guild house where the vestry for the coming year will be elected. Rev J J Cornish announced the event and full attendance of the congregation is requested. Refreshments will be served.
Cate announces the birth of a baby in engraved cards carried by the Decaturs Daily. Local readers hear of the new addition to the community and family.
The DeCaturs celebrated Katharine Crocheren Bibb and Charles Harris Eyster’s marriage at St John’s Episcopal Church with a full ceremony. Details cover bridal party, music, reception rooms, and a later eastern tour for the newlyweds.
The Cotaco Literary Club will observe Education Day Thursday afternoon with Mrs. E. R. Wolf as hostess. A planned program includes literary readings and music.
Dr H H A Minor from Columbus Mississippi visits relatives in the Decatures area. A native of Mooresville and former surgeon of the Ninth Alabama regiment, he left nearly sixty years ago and is brother to Mrs Lile of Trinity and Mrs Dan Walden of the Decaturs. P P Gilcrest of Lake Washington is visiting the Decatura.
The senate and house conferees on the army bill reached a broad agreement on a standing army of about 150000 peace strength and about 250000 war strength. The agreement comes from International News Service reporting Washington on May 1.
Berlin May 11 German airmen heavily bombarded French concentration points and ammunition depots behind the Preneh line west of Verdun an official German war office report said. Violent fighting near Dead Man's Hill was reported but the west front situation remained generally unchanged.
A London Tit-Bits quip about aero meets drawing on gravity. A misc dialogue features a touring company member, a landlady, and a street scene with Genevieve noting hair color as auburn red.
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