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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
4
John Cook, prominent Decatur baker, says he must expand his oven facilities as his home made bread business grows for six weeks. He contrasts homemade bread with imported or railroad bread and praises local pluck and progress.
In a society notice, Mary Grace Sanders will entertain guests, as the column highlights upcoming social hospitality. The piece blends reflections on labor, hope, and seasonal beauty framing the event in a genteel context.
L. D. Ginger, president of the Diamond Realty Co. of Birmingham, called at the Democrat office Friday to discuss Pinehart street grading. G. Hertzler of Madison visits Decaturs with friends. W. P. Harrison and family from Florence stop in. W. Friedman and Jno. Wells of Tuscaloosa are present. Henry Barclay, Echols day clerk, visits Birmingham. Emil Phiefer of Montgomery was here yesterday. T. D. Wells of Austinville in Decaturs today. S. Simmonds of Huntsville in town. O. B. Clark of Tuscumbia on business. Jackson Granberry of Maury County, Tenn., calls in Decaturs. W. Woods in Nashville on business.
Miss Lillian Alexander plans a picnic supper at Oakland Park Friday evening. Mrs. Jno M. Minor returns from Sheffield. Miss Margaret Clarkson back from Huntsville. Mrs. R O Darwin to visit Mrs. A J Miller for the weekend. C C O Es and friends plan an Oakland Park picnic supper tonight. Virginia McCulloch hosts Miss Carrie Hill and Miss Edith Gibson. Mr and Mrs Earl Phinizy visit Decaturs. Mrs Pulaski remains unchanged at bedside. Earl Wilson and wife return to Huntsville after Decatur visit. Apollo Glee Club rehearses with new fall music. attendance remains high. New members are joining at each meeting. Carrick Farris and wife return to Columbia Tenn.
James Napier, 15, son of E W Napier, was struck on the head by lightning while feeding stock at his father s Mt Pleasant Pike farm. The bolt scorched his hair and destroyed the barn, two horses, two mules, and much machinery in a severe Wednesday storm. He ran to the house as the barn burned in the aftermath.
A blaze engulfed a weathered wagon yard and its stored feed, causing about 1800 dollars in damage. No insurance coverage was available. The fire destroyed coats stock wagons and implements stored in the shed.
In Morgan County probate court in 1913 Lara L. White administratrix of E. D. White deceased files for final settlement with vouchers. A hearing date August 26, 1913 is set to examine and audit the account and to show cause why it should not be passed and allowed. Judge William E. Skeggs presiding.
A traveling salesman comments on the town without a baseball team while a prominent citizen notes the town’s lack of representation on the baseball map. The piece urges immediate plans to build a pennant winner for next year as Sulzer and Lind vie for attention and the big clubs continue to play championship ball.
Telegraphic notes report a habeas corpus writ delaying a fugitive’s fate until next Wednesday. Attorneys plan the delay, aim for deportation with entry point nomination. US government urged to press Britain on Thaw’s deportation to a NY boundary point. Brya n alerted British ambassador Edward Morton, an inmate killed Bartle at Jeffersonville reformatory. Morton claims no ill will and sought transfer to Michigan City prison for tobacco.
Mrs. W L Velie of Moline and her traveling companion Miss M J Lillie were held in 509 bail on a smuggling charge in a New York court. Federal Judge Emery F Speer of Georgia wired that he will attend any hearings as the House Judiciary Committee may hold on the case.
Fire from the night in Georgia New York spread to two islands destroying the servant quarters of Mrs. Spencer Trask's home. John Mitchell AFL vice president to speak to copper miners in Calumet Michigan tomorrow. Tariff Bill fight waning as Republican Senators tire of the effort. Wool debate postponed. Seven new Standard corn grades announced by the Agriculture Department as official. Leo M Frank murder case in Atlanta nears closing as two of four arguments finished. Illinois Central derailment at Roque Chitto Mississippi injures four. Maj. J C French new Memphis postmaster dies suddenly at breakfast.
A Tennessee river bridge watchman faced a disorderly Negro youth who resisted his remonstrance. A fight followed, the youth was beaten, arrested, and arraigned before Mayor Skeggs. The mayor fined him $2.50 plus costs.
A fragmented elegiac verse mourns a teacher and Brother Lampkin with images of dawn, daisies, and a hoped reunion on the eternal shore. The speaker bids the departed GM a final sleep until awakening to a healed world, addressing a Chief and Tribesmen in a somber tribal tone.
Blisters on the hands scalds burns old sores and rheumatism respond to Ballard's Snow Liniment. It is advertised as a marvelous pain relief with prices 25c 60c and 1.00 per bottle. Sold by Ow! Drug Co.
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