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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1915
Page
4
The Decaturs report about two inches of rainfall over the past two days with 1.48 inches in the last 24 hours and 0.41 the day before. The Tennessee River has fallen all week but is rising fast, expected to crest soon as the valley rains swell the stream. A high wind and rain last night caused fallen branches but little damage overall.
Merchants of Decatur are still counting votes from the pony contest. It will be several days before final results are announced as counting continues. The contest was very popular with heavy voting. Found a pair of gold rimmed eye glasses at City National Bank. identify owner. Ryan Walker, Athens attorney, not seen today.
The state committee outlines delegate and alternate allocations for Congress districts Alaska DC Philippines Hawaii Porto Rico and calls for primaries to express elector preferences for national presidential candidates. It directs incorporation of primaries in nominating convention calls and sets committee member selection to begin upon credentials. William F McCombs chairs.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness shown during our bereavement. Mrs. W. J. Thompson, Mrs. T. B. Huddieston. Wilson Thompson. Dimple Thompson.
Oscar Napps, 8, son of F. B. Napps, won the pony and cart offered by ten New Decatur merchants as a business stimulus. Judges Brooks and Nix tallied the votes last night and delivered the pony today. Final votes: Oscar Napps 2,683,715. Lucy Haywood Binford 1,862,380. Louise Marie Noakes 1,562,654. Rene Petergon 1,055,045. Maud Hendrix 88,720.
Lorenzo Lucero, head of the Pueblo at Sandia New Mexico, traveled to Washington to meet the president and view sights. He bears a cane given by Abraham Lincoln in 1833 to the tribe’s chief, passed down as an emblem of chieftainship.
Congressman Almon of the Decatur district says President Wilson will be renominated and reelected. He cites longheld Democratic support and argues the nation favors a second term for the public servant. He avoids discussion of the Athens post office issue until officially addressed.
Paris reports Mme Sarah Bernhardt, famed French actress, arrives from Bordeaux denying illness rumors and looking well. International News Service says the star arrived December 29 and dismissed reports she was seriously ill.
Thos. Shevlin, a millionaire lumberman and Yale football coach, died in Minneapolis this morning from pneumonia. The veteran sports figure was renowned for leading Yale teams and his business success in lumber.
Mayor Hardage fined Peg Townsend nineteen for writing ten outlawed words on walls of a public school. She pleaded guilty and was fined six dollars and sixty cents. The city treasurer expects a revenue boost from fines for obscene language and related conduct at the school.
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