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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
3
Telegraphic briefs note Henry Lane Wilson criticizes the British Foreign Office while President Wilson weighs resigning dates. Foreign powers back the Washington peace policy. Debates on tariff and wheat duty surface as Senate talks.
Late yesterday the prominent agent Pride and Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co executive Dysart were seen touring the residential section of the city. Dysart favors Decatur above others and has decided to settle there, a sign of the district’s growth and popularity.
The piece notes visitors from Chicago’s Auditorium Hotel C Earnest Walker and E K Izlar of Nashville with the Philip Carey Co visiting Lyons to discuss fall goods. Izlar touts 52-branch asphalt roofing warehouses and a ten year roof guarantee. Other guests include F I Blair of Leslie syndicate and J Leon Meyers the photographer discussing climate and local produce and fishing tales.
T. H. Warren brought in an ear of early corn that the announcer called the equal of any grown anywhere. The full grained white brittle corn was raised by Mr. Warren on the Allison Dairy Farm.
In Hoba Tasmania on August 14 Dr Roberts senior surgeon at the general hospital says he has achieved remarkable cancer cures by Roentgen secondary rays filtered through silver copper or plates. He reports treating 40 cases with no recurrence to date.
By the decisive defeat of Montgomery in the series just closed, Mobile has probably evicted the Southern League pennant for 1913. The fight now lies between Birmingham, Montgomery, Atlanta and Chattanooga for second place. Atlanta is coming strong.
C Gil lam, manager of the Y M C A baseball club, urges need for an organizer to form a first class basketball quintet from the Y M C A as growing approval for the league spreads. Will other members assemble teams.
Members of the tennis club report that serving will begin on courts soon. The call to action urges players to wake up and practice in readiness for the opening.
The owners announce immediate demolition of the historic baseball grandstand. The landmark structure fades as Cook, Menges, and Vickry once thrilled Decatur fans at the Southeastern diamond.
The Atlanta Crackers overcame a long winning streak by Mr. William Prough but at a tragic cost as he was killed yesterday. The event marks a grim incident tied to a failed bid to secure a rowd vision, ending in his death and leaving the community in shock.
A Chicago sun piece notes how left handed pitchers Rucker Marquard and Russell are famously bashful about publicity. It counts nine teen straight wins for Marquard and praises Rucker as among the decade’s best, while Russell is seen as a possible successor.
J M Rainey announces a first class barber shop offering cleaning, pressing and transformation of clothes with satisfaction or money back. Phone number 238 listed for calls.
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