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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
4
The piece weighs oculists against opticians, noting quality varies by education and equipment. For medical treatment seek a physician or competent oculist. for vision aid seek a well equipped optician with experience. Mentions Dr Saunders at ME Second Avenue, South, New Recitur, Ate ADT-wedtt.
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A long verse on wild roses and fleeting youth contrasts with reflections on life and love. Anonymous notes future events and social gatherings alongside brides, clubs, and theater chatter. Local society items include bridge groups, club meetings, and visitors in Birmingham and Florence.
A combined financial statement dated January 1 1914 shows figures of 1 119 046 25 dollars 258 991 97 107 917 12 16 504 12 totaling 1 501 459 46 dollars with allocations 150 000 00 50 000 00 34 884 74 adding to a grand total of 1 736 344 20 dollars.
Huntsville residents Sax Simmons and Jack Shackelford visit Decatur in a flurry of local calls. Recruiter Robt Travis, veteran U S Army officer, returns from Paris Tennessee. Various locals including A D Walker Florence Sheffield, Arthur Wilson Duplex Printing, and Judge Joseph Nathan Sheffield are listed as visiting or passing through. Born to Guy M Flautt a daughter Bee Wee. Johnson Bloomington visiting with the Stipp family en route to the gulf. McMillan returns from South Carolina. Abel to New Decatur to join Banks and Ewing commerce establishment.
Jan 8 report states James known as Oakland Sammy will serve eighteen months in federal prison at Atlanta Ga for the robbery of the bank or store as described in the sparse clipping.
Ottawa saloonkeepers adopt a temperance rule limiting patrons to four drinks per day. Notices show enforcement for habitual tipplers with one drink before meals and one at bedtime. The decision reflects local attitudes toward drinking norms in the city.
Police report strict enforcement of the Going liquor law in Little Rock and Argenta. Saloons are watched day and night, with no sign of attempted violations noted by proprietors and old veterans alike.
Brief notice reports Williams Manufacturing Company and Daniel Drug Company involved in a transfer in Cleveland. Details are minimal in the fragment. The item notes corporate activity and location without broader context or dates.
Militant suffragists announce a deputation to King George to protest the torture of suffragist prisoners and press for votes for women. They argue the king should hear their case directly rather than through the cabinet.
Washington January 8 a nationwide crusade against cheats and cheapeners of food products opened with a speech by Dr Carl Alsberg head of the bureau of chemistry at the Department of Agriculture. He urged extending the purity of food and drug act and cooperation with government officers. He called for legislation to permit federal inspections of all factories and warned such actions could fight epidemics of diseases and similar threats.
The Rush Distillery Company of Fort Smith Arkansas has surrendered its charter to the state and announced it will quit business. The retirement is attributed to the recent loan act and the firm cites January 1 as the effective retirement date.
New York officials report James Duitigo Smith, president of Radio Telephone Co, sentenced to year and a half in Atlanta federal prison and fined 5060 for conspiring to swindle investors. Burlingame agent of the subsid company receives two and a half years and 10,000 dollars. Court noted losses to investors totaling around a billion dollars through false representations by the company attendants.
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