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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
2
Resolutions tributes obituaries and cards of thanks rates five cents per line. If you lack regular delivery telephone new Decatur. We aim for prompt service. notify us if the paper is late. Advertising rates available on application. advertisers must place copy by noon for same day publication to ensure good service.
Canada plans to invest half a million dollars in the Panam Pacific exposition effort. The country is an experienced advertiser and aims to maximize value from the expenditure with a strategic display.
In Chicago 640 street names were recently changed causing uncertainty among residents about their addresses until they reach home.
A rural and urban education discussion questions dropping school gardens as part of children’s studies. Proponents say gardens teach nature, growth, and practical farming insights, while critics warn losing a valuable hands on activity.
Westminster Aug 28 The postmaster general's bill for a London mail and parcel tube railway 64 miles long would run from Paddington to Liverpool Street via Mount Pleasant and Stepney with a nine foot diameter tunnel and two 2 foot gauge tracks. Trucks would be steel eleven feet seven inches long and motor driven under distant control. The line passes 30 feet below Lord Howard de Walden's St Marylebone property. committee approves deviation limits for subsidiary works.
Attorney Basly Smith for Representative McDermott testified contradicting I H McMichaels who accuses McDermott of corruption. John M Atherton a bank official is disqualified from acting for the Government in crop and loan matters. Caldwell Norton of Louisville considered for Treasury post. Scientists at the International Congress of School Hygiene warn silence on sex hygiene endangers the race. Eugene Berry Wal indicted for fraudulent use of the mails via the National Author's Institute in New York. Resolutions to improve rural life adopted by American Bank Association committee in Kansas City. A R H Vansant schedules Democratic state committee meetings in Frankfort. Governor Baldwin urges state regulation of nominations at the Colorado Springs governors conference. Whitman probes Tammany Hall activity in Sulzer impeachment inquiries.
The article extols youth garden programs in eastern cities and Memphis, noting gardens give healthy outdoor exercise and pride. It highlights prizes for best gardens and youths earning money from produce, with teachers and officials endorsing gardening as a practical school feature.
Buchneit Bottling Works installs a new Juitter Anoncatite machine with a capacity of three to four boxes daily. Built by Crown, Cork & Seal Co of Baltimore. Wm Pfaff, factory representative, to supervise erection and operation. Read the Creatures Daily.
The United States Office of Public Roads urges sustained maintenance to accompany road construction. Tens of millions will be spent this year with hundreds more in the near future, demanding persistent upkeep by federal, state, and local authorities to avoid waste. Europe and the United Kingdom show that maintenance, not just new work, secures lasting high quality highways.
William Orvis of Clare Michigan praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as the best medicine in the world after it cured his daughter's severe dysentery. Sold by all dealers.
Pittsburg Aug 28 Mrs Jessica Hardy Stubbs of Chicago argued for woman suffrage in a debate on the Schenly lawn stressing economic arguments and challenging the Genesis rib story. She urged reading Genesis 1 27 to support equality and criticized male pulpit voices for shaping the ages.
In wartime New Orleans many valuables vanished under General Butler. A clock possibly taken must be described and sent to Mayor Behrman who will forward to Mr. Francis for potential return. Advertisements will invite owners to describe and claim such clocks.
Miss Jennie Wilson daughter of President Wilson was found unconscious by the roadside near Plainfield New Hampshire after being thrown from her horse. Senator Bristow amendment to the Tariff Bill raising the income tax was defeated by 46 to 1 with several Republicans joining Democrats.
A thief stole 1000 dollars from the Bank of Hazlehurst Mississippi while clerks watched a parade. In Chicago two diamond samples valued at 25000 were stolen from C D Peacsex jewelry. Caminetti Mann Act trial jury secured. Bourbon Home Co bought by Home Telephone group at Paris Kentucky. Riot at Steubenville Pope Tin Mills left six injured. Kansas heat wave returns with 111 F in Manhattan.
New York Mayor Gaynor declares bid for re election on an Independent ticket. A mob in Jennings Louisiana shoots dead a Black man accused of assaulting an Italian merchant.
W D Magil a well known merchant of Whitemound Wisconsin purchased a stock of Chamberlain's medicines to supply customers. After receiving them he fell ill but valued one wall bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy highly, considering it worth more than the entire stock of medicines for sale by all dealers.
Mrs G Stengle of Plainfield New Jersey reports dramatic relief after using Chamberlains Tablets. She suffered stomach upset for over a month and could eat little before trying the tablets. After partial use she now eats almost anything and credits the remedy. Sold by all dealers.
An advertisement promotes McGees Baby Elixir as a healthful remedy for babies with delicate stomachs. It claims to have no opium or morphine and asserts improved stomach and bowel function. The Ow! Drug Co sells it for 26 cents and 600 per bottle.
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