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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1915
Page
4
Salvation Army plans to deliver Christmas Eve baskets to 100 to 150 people in Decatur area, a shift from past hall dinners. Captain Davis leads the effort with about twenty five baskets to homes, plus a Christmas tree for Sunday school children.
Berlin reports Kaiser William is ill and has postponed his visit to the Western front due to inflammation of the cellular system.
Ten prisoners in Morgan county jail will spend Christmas behind bars. Six are negroes and three of the four white inmates face well known charges. Names include T. J. Newson former justice of the peace of the Decaturs J. T. Tibbetts and Jim Murphy Ike Mays jailed for forgery may gain release on bond before Christmas. A big Christmas dinner will be served by the sheriff and deputies.
A greenhouse for potted and cut flowers will be built at the West Triangle intersection of Gordon Drive First Street and Fourth Avenues. German supporters back the venture and a skilled German horticulturist will lead it. The site choice aims to utilize a vacant parcel four blocks west of the L and N station.
Garnett's Holiday Sale at W. W. Garnett's store features a bright holiday trade with a vast line of toys and fireworks added to the regular merchandise. The firm, known across the Decatur area for bargains, aims to supply shoppers with a wide selection of Christmas novelties.
Paris dispatch confirms Sarah Bernhardt in good health and preparing an English tour to fulfill her American contract. A Daily Mail Paris correspondent had claimed she was dying, but international reports filed by the International News Service contradict the rumor.
Mark Tucker editor of the Scottsboro Progressive Age travels via Decatur to Birmingham to face publishing committees of Alabama conferences on the Alabama Christian Advocate. North Alabama conference rejects a plan to consolidate Methodist publications. Tucker helped secure Alabama paper support. Publication likely from Scottsboro with Birmingham mailing date.
Paris reports 1,200 German prisoners captured by French forces at Hartmann Swelerkopf in the Vosges mountains. Official war office release says French assaults on German positions were entirely successful with further details forthcoming.
London reports German agents based in Shanghai are attempting to ship arms into China. A Pekin dispatch notes the activity as part of ongoing covert operations.
The Anniston war munitions plant plans to hire only men currently out of work. Officials sent a telegram requesting 6 pattern makers and 10 machinists after Christmas, to avoid pulling labor from Louisville & Nashville and other Decatur-area shops. Beauchamp submitted several names of unemployed men.
Salvation Army kettles placed on street corners in Decatur to raise funds for Christmas dinners for the poor next weekend. Officers report particularly large donations last Saturday.
Tuesday ranked as the coldest day of the year in the Decaturs tying a prior record. The day featured the shortest daylight and a 26 degree low while the government weather bureau on the Tennessee river bank reported a 46 degree high despite bright sun.
Campaign buttons featuring President Woodrow Wilson in a central portrait and a red border with the slogan Safety First flood Decatur yesterday. The item is highlighted as a distinctive ad in the national contest, with Republicans the only group declining to wear them.
A collage of handwritten requests from eight year old children and toddlers addressed to Santa Claus. Each missive lists gifts such as toys clothing books and candy along with family notes and hometowns including Solon Grayson Edward Monroe Warrick Earl Braley Pauline Sparkman Maurice Sparkman Thomas Pointer Ruth and Ruby Newton.
Rhythmic exhortation to publicize a town. The verse urges residents to promote their town to the world, counting on communal effort to raise its profile and growth. The call encourages sharing news and achievements to boost recognition beyond local bounds.
A fragmentary excerpt contrasts beauty remarks with a farmer’s reputation and a misattributed Cato quote about agricultural people. The passage mixes social commentary with a brief nod to courage and prudence in rural citizens.
A humorous exchange recalls a church Sunday visit as a preacher notes the devil could excuse such acts by pointing to his own six days of services earlier in the week. The quip frames Sunday worship in a light, ironic turn of phrase.
The piece muses on why bells and music trigger joy on weddings and celebrations. It contrasts social reform views on cabarets with the uplifting power of solemn and lively tunes, claiming music soothes troubles and evokes laughter and happiness.
A gas buildup exploded under a stairway of a restaurant and meat market on Ninth street, injuring about a dozen people. The upper floors housed a boarding house, and emergency crews responded to the Chattanooga incident.
The first county officer to get a Christmas gift this year is Sheriff Forman of Morgan County. The box contained a large necktie he detests, found amusing by deputies who plan to press him into wearing it on Christmas day. The gift came from Marshall Hotchkiss of the Marshall & Bruce Co. in Nashville.
Local resident T. B. Potter reports lasting relief from back and side pains after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Potter urges others to try the remedy, stating no return of trouble since treatment. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York distributes the product priced at 50 cents.
A fragment notes wrist watches displayed at Nelson’s Heel store where shoppers may find timepieces. The item highlights a local retail display without further details.
Leave your Christmas orders early for cut flowers and all kinds of pot plants at Owl Drug Co. Shop.
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