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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1915
Page
4
A 1914 column argues women are strong shoppers and crucial to home economy. It contrasts gender roles and praises women for thrift loyalty to local merchants, urging readers to buy locally and support community businesses over mail order houses.
Petrograd reports Bulgarian Black Sea coast attacked again by Russian warships. Submarine attack on the destroyer Gronkil repulsed. one submarine believed sunk. War office cites minor engagements favorable to Russia in the eastern theaters and more Persian successes.
The University of Alabama Glee Club returns to Decatur for a December 30 performance at 8 PM in the New Decatur High School auditorium under the Athletic association. Local stars Joe Woods and Allison McNeill will perform, and a dance will follow the show.
The Tom C Powell of the St. Louis and Tennessee Packet Co arrives in Decatur once a week. It docks Mondays and departs Fridays, linking with vessels at Paducah for St. Louis. The steamer carries freight and a passenger list. for details contact Twinity Teller at 117 New Decatur.
A storm meeting of fifty gathered at 1114 4th Ave South on Saturday night. Five adults accepted Christ as savior at the inter denominational gathering led by Rev. C. P. Hamby of Ninth Street church. New hymn caplets were sung celebrating unity among churches.
Mr and Mrs R M DeFord return from Tennessee after the death of J C Halbert, father of Mrs DeFord. The death occurred early Thursday December 23. E C Halbert, present at the end, will return home soon. Mrs DeFord had been in Tennessee two months earlier for her mother's death.
Mrs Laura Bratcher of Ready Kentucky says after six months of illness and three months bedridden she found help with Cardui the woman's tonic. She credits eleven bottles with restoring health and energy and urges others with similar troubles to try the remedy from Chattanooga Medicine Company urging prompt action.
The film adaptation of Frederick Orin Bartlett's novel stars Ernest Glendenning as a disillusioned lawyer who injects a fatal poison with a seven day timetable. He seeks one last spree before death, enduring strange adventures and at one point rescuing a crime-bound brother before the end.
Hector Turnbull's original photoplay follows Helen Scott owner of the Scott Cannery who loses memory after a Florida boating accident. She works with Harvey Brooks to reform brutal factory conditions and thwart a damaging strike. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. Tuesday afternoon and night showings.
A federal grand jury indicted Congressman Frank Buchanan of Illinois and eight others for pro German activities. The group linked to Labor's National Peace Council allegedly stirred trouble among munition workers with funding from Franz von Rintelen and David Lamar. Buchanan vowed to pursue impeachment against the district attorney despite the case.
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