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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1915
Page
4
International News Service reports May 22 that Dixie Highway commissioners hear Florida delegates today as Kentucky Ohio Indiana and Illinois are scheduled to present. A decision is expected Saturday on the Chicago to Miami route plan.
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The Coser County Arkansas sheriff arrived to take custody of a mule team and wagon seized from Decatur locals. The team, allegedly from a mortgageed Arkansas farmer, was rented to L. B. Wyatt by I W Wil, with Wilson and his brother said to have supplied and fled toward Alabama after a dispute over pay.
Beautiful hands described as aged yet beloved by a speaker who remembers childhood and longed for reunion with departed kin. The piece interweaves reflection on mortality, hope of victory, and a religious vision of heaven. Dr. R. L. Walston travels to Russellville Alabama to deliver a sermon at the County High School.
Queenstown May 22 The British steamer Glenholm sailing from Chile to Liverpool with nitrates was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic off the Irish coast by a German submarine. Twenty seven crew members were unable to take to the boats as the vessel went down after an initial shelling followed by a torpedo.
A special song and prayer service will be held at the Central Baptist church at 11 o'clock on Sunday morning. All cordially invited.
Geo Hodges, popular Echols Hotel day clerk, spent yesterday in Birmingham. Dr B L Gran will deliver the sermon to the graduates of the New Decatur High School Sunday evening at Wetminater Church.
London reports from the government that three weeks of German artillery and infantry assaults against Ypres failed to drive the British forces from the city. The attacks, begun in late April, were described as strong but unsuccessful.
Dixie highway will run from Indiana to Chattanooga by two routes via Cincinnati and Louisville to the river city. The southern leg to Chattanooga remains undecided. May 22 Chattanooga report from International News Service notes the plan and routes in brief.
A terse schedule lists results and venues including Little Rock at Birmingham, New Orleans 4 Chattanooga, Mobile hosting Memphis 5 Mobile 2, and Atlanta 5 Nashville 2 at Atlanta.
Afternoon and evening Pallaria Band sessions marked the fifth day of the Chautauqua week with an intermission noted between segments.
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