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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1913
Page
4
A Decatur daily asks readers to phone in the name of visitors and arrivals in the city. The ad urges residents to share any guest names with the newspaper for personal mentions, signing with a phone number and encouraging broad participation.
A jumble of society items notes visits by Mrs. Philip Gilchrist in Nashville, travels by Mr. and Mrs. S W Surratt to the West, Miss Annie Lou Spight returning from Trinity, and gatherings hosted by Mrs. J H Calvin and the Embroidery Circle. Also mentions Dr Olin West visiting, a Ladies Bridge Club, and ongoing Community events and gossip.
A stream of visitors and residents arrive and move through the Decatur area. Names include Handley of Mooresville Mizes of Tuscumbia E. B. Smith Huntsville T. D. Wells Huntsville W L Rosenbaum Mydian J L Stanley Huntsville Walton Kelly Huntsville Dannie Gilchrist Courtland Les P F Tynatz Nashville Henry Harting en route to Mobile S S Broadus Decatur Frank G Cook president of Cook Bros Furniture in the city Aris Raines Birmingham and Dr F V R Benson Nashville are listed among those in town. One and a half million textile workers cited in Italy. Fort Smith Ark guests Maloge family noted.
Mrs Olin West of Nashville welcomed guests for a Tuesday dinner for ten with fall roses adorning the table. Attending were Mesdames Harris, West, Lynne, Echols, Cornish, Misses Jones and Spght. Miss Pearl Bracken hosted a small gathering Wednesday evening.
The marriage of Miss Eva Sirley and Mr. P Johnston will be consummated this evening at Ninth Street Missionary Baptist Church. Hazel Clason of Gadsden and Mrs. W P Reeves of Tuscumbia are mentioned among friends in Town Talk.
Anniston Alabama October 21 Wy Fisher the new mysterious witness in the Frank murder case says a prominent Alabama businessman killed Mary Phagan. Fisher and C W Burke were seen in Anniston but declined to talk. Rumors say lawyers for Frank seek a new trial by raising doubt about who killed Phagan and about the testimony of John Body in the Pope case.
All parties indebted to the late A B Lampkin for fire insurance or any other debts must pay Samie to the undersigned. If paid to anyone else we will hold you responsible.
Refugees from Tampico recount a midnight withdrawal of 33 Catholic nuns from a convent near Torreon. They say unarmed men were killed for gold and churches looted as the region endures fierce guerrilla fighting and widespread suffering.
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