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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1924
Page
6
Mrs. T. A. Copeland of Cryattville Georgia testifies at home that Cardui strengthened her after two late births leaving her weak and nervous. She credits Cardui with restored health and recommends it to others based on her experience.
Photoplay Ashes of Vengeance starring Norma Talmadge and Conway Tearle screens at the Princess theater. Frank Lloyd directs for Joseph M. Schenck Productions in a dramatic romance of 1572 France with Catherine de Medici behind the throne and a vast cast of principals and extras.
Margret C Shelton and other Decatur social clubs meet at homes for bridge and literary events. Ladies groups including Canal Street Silk Stocking Club and W C T U schedule gatherings with members such as Mrs Jeffries and Mrs Spencer in sessions across Canal Street venues.
Mr and Mrs We Bcome host a dinner and dance on June 3 at Wilder to honor Florence Bickley Tennisan and Miss Caro Lee Speake, bride elect and attendants. Guests are members of two wedding parties only. dinner at eight, dance at ten with the dancing contingent. Mrs John Connor of San Antonio visits relatives in New York before joining Walter Schoellkopf at the Buenos Aires embassy. Mrs H McDougald of Huntsville stays with her parents. The Married Bridge Club meets this afternoon with Mrs O Kyle. Mrs BR Ganter of Chattanooga arrives to visit her brother S D Johnson and Mrs Johnson.
Mrs Will Wyker hosted the Tuesday Club with only members present. Mrs W N Cowden won the club prize a pair of silk hose after the bridge game. Sandwiches and tea were served at the close of the afternoon.
Mrs. John W. Jones hosted the Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club at her Ferry Street home where the club trophy was awarded to Mrs. D. G. Perkins followed by refreshments. Kathryn Reece, a soprano, studied at Florida State College for Women and Gia Camerata Conservatory, under John A. Hoffman, and is a faculty member at the Conservatory. She has concertized for three years and sang at the First Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati and now appears with a major city choir.
The community notes list the W C T U meeting at three with Mrs A L Spencer and guests from Chattanooga. Several residents, including Miss Julia Little and Mr and Mrs J R Gray, move or visit relatives in Kentucky and Tennessee.
G W Humphrey of the Live Site Southern Railway met in Columbus with Maer lumbus. Former local citizen now Atlanta resident received congratulations on his marriage to Mrs Carbel Venable Kellogg of Atlanta. W Y Malone of Athens was in town on business. S P Rice of Huntsville reported Madison County’s newly elected county judge as Joe Caldw...
Advet 2 asks readers to report sightings of Mary and Helen Bootfe with contact details and location clues. promotes a missing persons appeal in a local notice style.
The Shubert group of New York theatres led by Lee Shubert breaks from the Producing Managers Association and signs with the Actors' City Association for a closed shop and plays in Weist's houses where strikes were feared. Mary and Helen Boone are at Cook Bros Furniture Co. Advt.
President Coolidge presses for postponement of the Japanese exclusion provision in the immigration bill. The White House supports delaying the exclusion amid diplomatic concerns, with Secretary Hughes presenting the administration’s views to House leaders.
Mary and Helen Boone appear in a small city advertisement notice. The brief item notes their names and location in a local class or service listing.
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