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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
2
In Second Class matter 1912, New Decatur Alabama post office. Rates listed for carrier and mail subscriptions, with prices for 1 week to 1 year. Also policy on resolutions tributes obituaries and cards of thanks at five cents per line. Advertisers must place copy by noon for timely publication.
Authorized notices announce Harvey H. Wright and J A Foreman as Morgan County sheriff candidates and PD Fr Green as State Senator for the Second district, all subject to the upcoming Democratic Primary.
A local supporter vows to contribute 500 to 1000 dollars to help plan and fund a bridge across the Tennessee river at this point. The paper backs the project and urges the community to organize a concrete plan to generate interest and enthusiasm for the bridge, highlighting its benefits to the people.
Dayton Ohio shifts to a city manager form with elected commissioners as shareholders and Waite as manager responsible for daily operations. The change marks a shift from traditional politics toward a businesslike municipal approach, seen as ahead of some cities and a test for others in adopting more practical governance.
A concise editorial note argues that reform efforts can improve governance in nunter bpal administrations, with a purpose to yield valuable results for communities seeking civic improvement. It emphasizes good aims and practical outcomes from reform exchange.
Educational leaders arrived at Battle Creek Michigan yesterday for the opening today of the National Conference on Race Betterment. Chicago public schools halted sex hygiene lectures pending public expression and annual merchant losses in New York from commercial frauds total 25 million dollars per a businessmen's committee.
The Bank of Eufaula, Alabama, votes to enter the national reserve association under the new currency law. President Wr Lawrence Wild wires the Washington treasury for papers as the bank with $100 000 capital must deposit six percent of capital and surplus. The bank expects Atlanta or Savannah to receive the reserve bank in this district, with Atlanta favored.
The city grants North Alabama Traction Company authority to remove cross ties and rails from Fourth Avenue between Gordon Drive and Moulton Street and from Moulton Street to its Gordon Drive intersection. The company may relay tracks later and must lay cross ties and operate electric cars along Gordon Drive between Fourth Avenue and Moulton Street. Adopted January 5, 1914.
A fragment advices that stomach troubles may end and claims Dermitus TM can permanently cure indigestion. It appeals to readers to believe recovery is possible and suggests others have been cured.
New Orleans society notes Eleanor Wilson daughter of the president Mise Helen Woodrow Bones and Wheeling naval officers attended the tableaux and ball opening the 114 carnival season. Miss Elizabeth Clarke drew the golden bear from the mystic cake and was crowned queen. The tableaux theme Pee Gy nt with weekly entertainments planned at the French Opera House.
The New York suffragette marchers completed their six and a half day 169 mile journey to Albany. Among them General Rosalie Jones Colonel Ida Craft Corporal Martha Klatschen walked the entire distance. They met Governor Glynn and assembly members while some hikers rested in hospitals or returned home.
Decaturs stage hosts a busy program with "Broadway Jones" and Cohan comedies "Fine Feathers" and "When the Road Forks" along with star reels from Vitagraph Kalem and Reliance. Miriam Powell stars in Where the Road Forks a two reel allegory of ambition and love guiding a singer toward home happiness. The Masonic stage buzzes as to nights big show unfolds with scenery and props installed.
A young chemist Bob Reynolds earns twenty five dollars weekly and resists a bribe to approve inferior cement for a dam. His wife conspires with a college friend to enlist him, they move to a stylish suburb, and the plot unfolds through a sequence of vivid scenes toward a dramatic climax.
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