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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1914
Page
2
Public notice text from a 1912 New Decatur Alabama publication lists mailing and carrier subscription rates, deadlines for advertising copy, and instructions for submitting resolutions tributes of respect obituaries and cards of thanks. It notes that the paper is printed as second class and provides contact guidance for timely delivery.
The piece touts Decatur as the best spot for holiday gifts and presents Gen Luoemanski as the sole military genius from Europe in this wartime promotional text. It also proposes Made In The Decaturs as a successor to Made in Germany.
Press agencies reporting on European nations at war agree that no ceasefire will be declared during the holidays. Authorities caution that hostilities will continue as negotiations stall and wartime efforts persist.
The 16,000,000 bale crop lowers cotton prices while the mule that pulls the plow gains in market value daily, reflecting farm labor demand and agricultural practices of the era.
The veteran fighter Y Carranza has established a headquarters at Vera Cruz to assess customs duties while awaiting the sailing boat. The remark praises his sagacity and strategic foresight.
The national council of Trained Nurses protests the heavy use of society women as nurses on European battlefields. They claim these social sisters are often incompetent and untrained. The issue centers on the time and cave drills given to recruits before they hear cannon roar.
An article blends holiday shopping advice with a 1914 New Decatur Alabama sewage ordinance. It discusses supporting local merchants and warns against mail order gifts, then outlines the city’s connection mandates, penalties, liens, and delinquency rules for sewer connections with adoption dates in December 1914.
Col Charles H. Slack long time editorial figure of Nashville papers joins Washington in the Census Bureau as a statistician. His shift from a Democratic editor who mocked federal officeholders to a federal employee is noted with irony. He will be succeeded by Dixon Merrit from the Nashville Banner whose writing has drawn wide attention.
Inclement days pressure owners to hitch horses to withstand winds while left exposed for hours. Local officers are urged to intervene to prevent suffering, noting several recent examples and calling for an end to mistreatment of strayed or driven animals.
The New Decatur Alabama City Council ordains all owners or firms with surface or dry water closets within 100 feet of a sanitary sewer to connect them to the city sewerage system. The Mayor must issue written notices to affected parties within 101 feet of the sewer.
British report says German warships bombarded the British forts at the mouth of the River Tees and attacked West End held by Kaiser's troops. Belgian forces repulsed a counterattack at St Georges and held the embankment on the Yser. Russian advances near Eilen were noted but less pronounced amid artillery duels in several sectors.
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