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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
2
A newspaper notice urges subscribers to report late deliveries to Decatur Ness and states advertising copy must be in the office by noon for next day publication. readers are asked to help ensure prompt service and accuracy.
Announcements list Harvey Hy Wright and J A Yoreman as Morgan County sheriff candidates for the coming primary. Dr Green is named as a candidate for State Senate in the Second District covering Morgan and Lawrence counties.
Notice requests anyone holding tee cream tubs and bottles of the Decatur Tee Cream Co to phone Decatur 107 for pickup. The fragmented item references Decatur Web Cream Co and other boilerplate markings.
A piece warns of city temptations drawing rural girls away and the harsher pressures of urban life. It cites youth desires as powerful but potentially ruinous and recalls a California woman’s alarm over illness followed by relief from a cough remedy. The Westminster Presbyterian Church plans a Christmas Cantata in December.
A collection of holiday letters dated 1902 to 1915 from New Decatur Alabama children. Each child asks Santa for toys such as dolls, a workbox, a storybook, a drum, a bicycle, a toy phone, and a sewing machine, and includes affection for family members.
The Morgan County Sheriff announces a legal sale of property to satisfy a judgment against G H Berry. Lot 2, Block 2 in Freys Park Decatur Morgan County, Alabama will be sold at the courthouse on January 4 during legal hours.
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