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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1916
Page
4
The Louisville and Nashville pay car arrived in the city this morning and will discharge one of the largest pay rolls in months. Pay days are set for today and tomorrow.
A Decatur reader Mrs J A Galyon reports kidney related rheumatic pains eased after one box of Deans Kidney Pills. She says back pain and stiffness improved, with kidney secretions normalizing and reduced irritability. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY ads note 50 cent price.
Alabama papers laud Grace Jones a ten year old heroine who saved her brother Homer and niece Pauline Lee from a freight train. She died instantly when the express struck the group near Traford station. Railroad men consider a monument or a trust for the rescued children.
The North Carolina Stores Company will operate a new five and ten cent store after renting 518 and 520 Second Avenue from Chas E Malone. One building is vacant and the other houses Schimmel's pool room which will move to 514 Second Avenue. The combined property will be a 50 by 100 foot store with plate glass front and steel ceilings. Improvements begin immediately.
S Echols of Decatur and Major Whitestone owned by TF Ashford Birmingham Alabama contest Paderewski Hutchinson Hunter ville Alabama in Derby and All Age stakes. Dock Roller and Joe Swift among past winners. Free For All stakes draws large crowd. Event opens 8:30 am with banquet at Hotel Lyons and a moonlight fox chase by car.
Shanghai dispatch says government troops sent to crush the revolution in Yeun Nan were completely defeated by rebels. Reports from Pekin claim 9,500 killed and wounded, and note the rebels gaining thousands of adherents while the government pauses to regroup until more troops arrive.
The southbound L. N. train was held 35 minutes yesterday when the draw bridge mechanism was clogged by snow and ice. The train was four hours late but resumed running after the bridge accident. Bridge watchman Kennedy issued the report today.
Washington Jan. 19 Senate leaders plan a vigorous renewal of pressure for congressional action against British interference with American commerce. A semi official note says Britain may proclaim a blockade of neutral ports in Europe, prompting swift action. Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia calls the blockade idea absurd and ridiculous.
Prescription advertised as a malaria treatment promises to break chills and fever with five or six doses. Promoted as a tonic, it supposedly prevents recurrence and avoids GI upset, priced at 25 cents.
Gunfire across the Rio Grande near Juarez sparked a near panic in El Paso. Bullets struck near the United States immigration station, police rushed to the scene, and firing ceased before officers arrived. Officials later denied trouble, but later reports claimed five killed and several wounded. A refugee train from Parral was awaited.
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