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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1920
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Calotabs as a liver remedy and laxative. It claims a single bedtime tablet purges bilious matter, with no taste or griping, leaving the user feeling cleansed and hungry by morning. Sold only in sealed packages for thirty five cents with a money back promise.
Pomane ag Sean om Co reveals terse notes about local figures and a small business matter. Readable lines indicate community context and brief financial or organizational details without sensational content.
At the Automobile show a corn planter award offered by Sivley and Senn drew 1299 grains of corn and beans in a jar. Nearest guesses came from A G Withite Talkville H F Brice Albany R 4 Tom Johnson Albany R 3 H N Reid Danville R 4 and Miss Annie Campbell Courtland Ala who guessed 1300 and 1298 respectively. A committee of award E G Payne T H Alexander and W G Anderson will devise a settlement method.
A hair color product named Q Ban promises to restore gray or faded hair to a dark lustrous shade. It claims to be harmless as water and to increase hair length perceptibly. Albany Drug Co Albany Ala offers mail orders.
Public notice from Mery Alabama dated April 9 1920 states the State Democratic Executive Committee resolutions set a May 11 1920 primary in the State of Atavia for selecting Democratic candidates D NESBITT chairman Office Democratic Executive Com April 19 26
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor says the strike is a big mistake and blames lawmakers like Senator Cummings and Governor Allen for provoking unrest by denying workers the right to quit to pursue redress for injuries. He adds union leaders have tried to keep men in line but human nature will assert itself.
Lonnie Henderson of Louisville Kentucky was Sunday guest of West Albany friends. Dr W A Rickles left for the Alabama Dental Association sessions in Mobile Bay Manette outing planned after the convention. Rickles returns Monday. Wilma Wise ill with influenza. Lieut and Mrs Thomas Bentley Hendley and son Ted left for Key West Florida where he is stationed.
Local club activities fill the page with meetings and social notes. Missionary Society sessions, bridge and card club nights, and literary gatherings are announced alongside open charter memberships for the League of Women Voters. Attendees and hostesses, plus a stream of personal notices, mark a busy week. Master Jack Moebes celebrates his ninth birthday with friends and supper, with guest lists and party tributes included.
J. E. McClure won the auto show paint drawing from Sivley and Sandlin Hardware Co. The lucky number cited was 197 at the event location.
Miss Marjorie Pointer hosted the Junior Music Study club with Miss Daphne Graves presiding in her absence. The afternoon featured a business session, a varied program, and a social hour with an Educational contest and a salad course.
Doctors recommend Kellogg tasteless castor oil to spare children the bad taste. The flavor is removed while strength and purity remain the same as the old remedy. Available at druggists in two sizes priced 35 cents and 65 cents.
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