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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1913
Page
2
Public notice from the Watered as B newspaper outlines mailing class matter status, editor and manager details, subscription rates by carrier and mail, pricing for obituaries notices of respect and cards of thanks, and guidance to report late deliveries. It includes contact instruction for timely newspaper delivery and advertising deadlines.
The writer calls for city governments to employ plain clothes officers to catch sneak thieves and burglars. They argue uniforms alert criminals and that plain clothes enforcement could end the activity, warning that burglars may grow bolder unless action is taken promptly.
The business world anticipates active autumn trade with rising confidence in outlook. Tariff effects are discounted and banks restrict credit. Merchants hold smaller stocks, often half previous levels, aiming for even year round purchasing despite limited price advantages.
The article notes higher operating costs but better earnings trends, with McAdoo’s crop moving deposits easing money markets. Bank liquidity rises as funds shift from treasuries, securities activity increases, and Europe shares the improved mood. Labor issues persist yet are not as threatening, with an overall brighter forecast.
A blast of wind and rain caused downed trees and tangled lines. chimneys toppled at Mrs. Preuit's Grant Street home. Cook Bros. awning ripped. Masonic Theatre and New Decatur Hotel suffered damage. multiple shop windows blown out. Crow & Crow and Chandler's storefronts affected. Heavy rain varied by neighborhood with minimal impact in nearby Moulton Heights.
A god investment by W. D. Magli a Whitemound Wisconsin merchant to stock Chamberlain medicine for customers. He valued a small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy higher than his entire stock. For sale by all dealers.
Tyron Dunham shelters a frightened girl who calls herself Mary Remington. She hides a dangerous past with Richard, her abusive cousin’s son, who manipulated money and marriage plans. Dunham vows protection as the mystery behind her identity deepens through letters, travel, and a Vienna inheritance entanglement.
The narrator recalls her father’s death when she was young and the family’s poverty. Her mother's brother, who is her mother’s older brother, brings them to his home and cares for them, highlighting the uncle’s special affection for her mother.
Henry East, an Alabama prisoner known for multiple escapes, is serving in Indiana's state prison after three escape attempts from a saw mill job. The Bertillon system helps identify and track him, linking him to Alabama and prompting his transfer to Indiana to serve a term of two to fourteen years. East’s escapes have baffled Alabama authorities, making him one of the most remarkable inmates.
Theodore P. Shonts, president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, fell beneath a moving train at LeBreuil near Paris and was pulled free by a bystander. His hands and legs were cut but he appeared largely unharmed. Actress Lillian Russell assisted with a first aid kit after a passenger, Mrs. A. P. Moore, tended to him.
The Decatur Concert Band will play on Second Avenue each evening from 7 30 to 8 30 for the balance of the week starting this evening. The series features a selection of band pieces in a casual street performance setting.
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