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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1914
Page
2
Publication details include Second-class matter date February 26 1912 at New Decatur Alabama with editor W B Shelton and city editor Ben M Bloodworth. Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail plans with per line pricing for tributes and obituaries.
If you do not get your paper regularly or on time please call 46 New Decatur. We aim for prompt delivery and ask readers to notify us if the paper is not received. Advertising rates are available on request. Advertisers must submit copy to the office by noon on the publication day to ensure good service.
Mayor James Nelson of Decatur presided at a city hall gathering for the Tennessee River Improvement Association. The Irish mayor impressed with hospitality and bearing, praised for citizenship and official service.
A Birmingham Ledger piece argues Jewish governors are rare in new Christian states and notes Jewish figures who held offices in U S history. It compares Moses Alexander of Idaho and Judas P Benjamin in the Senate to broader religious prejudice and finance reform.
Unable to determine clear event from the fragment. The line suggests a promotional or travel service reference to De Saturs Daily and leaving town, but lacks concrete facts or dates to form a summarizable item.
The Smart Set, a top noon negro show touring the south, will appear in the Decatur’s Lyceum Theatre on December 12 with a white audience section reserved. The company is said to include some of the best negro comedians and vocalists on the stage.
Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William III is seriously ill with a chest infection after a severe cold. Doctors say he will not visit the trenches again, signaling limited capacity to return to front-line duties.
Petrograd reports the Turkish warship Breslean reappeared off Sebastopol and tried to attack the ports but was driven off by Russian cruisers. The incident underscores ongoing Black Sea naval activity during the conflict.
With King Peter at the head Servia's offensive advances on all fronts. Official statement says the enemy retreats everywhere and Servia has taken prisoners guns and supplies.
Paris reports heavy combat near Rollers in West Flanders as Allied forces concentrate and renew night attacks. Terrific artillery and booming shells echo over the triangle of Wytsenete Hollebeke and Zormebeke amid violent, ongoing street fighting.
Snow blankets vast regions north of the Ohio and between Pennsylvania and the Rockies as a blizzard moves in from the northwest. Wyoming reports two degrees below zero while Winnipeg records twelve below, the coldest spot in the United States.
Houston audiences enjoyed Field's Singers noon and night as old favorites and new voices entertained with popular songs including When You and I Were Young Maggie and Burgundy. Jack Richards drew encores, Herbert Willison yodeled for repeats, and John Wor AP performed faith after the Roses Have Facaren Away. A burlesque moving picture drama In the Land of the Midnight Sun provoked laughter, centered on a North to South Pole Earth hole. Bert Swor impressed with Alabama Bound and long encores. The show offers a full night of popular music and stage comedy according to the Houston News.
A reader from New Decatur, J. A. Dillehay of 1115 Fourth Avenue, testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured his severe back pain and kidney trouble. He notes six weeks for full relief and ongoing use to regulate kidney action, endorsing the product since 1914. Price is 50 cents at dealers.
An advertisement touts Calomel’s past perils and promotes Carswell's Liver Aid as a modern vegetable liquid remedy for sour stomach malaria indigestion and coated tongue. It claims a large bottle costs 60 cents at Owl Drug Co. Decatur and New Decatur with a money back guarantee after trial.
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