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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1920
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Medical Discovery tablets and Catarrh Tablets as a blood improving tonic for colds and catarrh. It highlights herbs like cherry bark and Oregon grape root, claims to strengthen digestion and blood, and invites readers to request trial packets from Dr. Pis Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
A state meeting on April 27 28 and 29 will use the Certificate Plan. Delegates pay a straight ticket to Selma and obtain a certificate from the ticket agent to secure a return ticket at one third of the regular rate. A special agent will stamp the certificates at the location and authorize the reduced fare.
Historical account traces sightings before 1890 by Stanley and later confirmation by Sir Harry Johnston. A Swedish officer collected skins in 1901 and sent them to Johnston, who recognized a new species in the giraffe family. The animal was named okapi after scientific study in the Belgian Congo region.
Vera Cruz, a city of contrasts with painted houses and grated windows. The article notes Orizaba on the distant horizon, the San Juan d'Ulioa fortress, a grand plaza, a cathedral, and a band concert scene where youths and girls walk in opposite directions, sparking local flirtations.
The Hunter-Trader-Trapper notes trappers rely on muskrats for forecasts. Large winter houses mean a cold season, unusually high houses hint at wet weather, and active animals signal an approaching storm. Humans also sense changes before a storm, especially those with rheumatic ailments.
The text recalls the desert’s toll and its compensations as Mary Austin notes in The Land of Little Rain. It speaks of deep breaths deep sleep and communion with the Stars as desert voices and a silent service of the heavens move overhead.
A night trip on a lonely Tennessee road was followed by five white men in a car. They slowed and blocked the road, one asks for a light gas as they claim they cannot reach town, easing fear without violence.
The article notes green brown red and other colored pearls in abalones along the California coast and in freshwater brooks of several states. It lists major pearl fisheries in Ceylon the Persian Gulf western Australia Torres Straits and the Sulu Archipelago.
A doorway is repurposed as a built in bookcase with the door locked and used as the back. Shelving can span the full car space or occupy only the lower half for storage and display.
An advertisement claims Cownee DISRSy Deeeete Tonnes erlooked to remove catarrh by cleansing blood and eliminating germs. It asserts a thorough course purges catarrh from air passages and promises permanent relief, directing readers to write for free medical advice to Chief Medical Adviser at 101 Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
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