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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1913
Page
2
Public notices and classifieds detail five cent per line tributes and obituaries and cards of thanks. Readers are urged to report missed papers to New Decatur 46 and to place ad copy by noon for timely publication to ensure good service.
Theological Survey bulletin reports 735 mines in the United States each producing over 200 tons annually. In 1911 Ed W Parker notes 269 bituminous and 168 anthracite mines in Pennsylvania alone exceeded this, with Pennsylvania leading in large mine output and Illinois second. Total output from these first class mines reached 253,459,639 tons.
Four masked robbers halted two stable hands at gunpoint then entered the Roche & Bros warehouse on West Thirty Sixth Street in New York. They forced four employees to surrender the day’s receipts totaling $700 and fled before passersby could intervene.
Heavy rains push water into upper Mississippi tributaries as Memphis flood worsens with forecasts of 38 to 40 feet on the local gauge. Refugees from low-lying areas arrive, but organized aid remains minimal as industrial districts brace for inundation.
Hickman Kentucky reports the Cairo gauge at forty eight feet this morning signaling a major overflow and flood risk. Water nears three feet over flood stage with upstream sewer weakness in the levee area prompting sandbag defense and ongoing vigilance against possible river rise.
An old advertisement claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures colds and is widely reputed. It promotes buying from S. M. Thompson in New Decatur and Decatur Drugs Co. in Decatur.
A classified note from Decatur lists a loan offer of 1500 dollars on improved city property by T M Dix with contact phone 438 3 11. The item also advertises ordering a roast or steak from J A Bunch Son, 23 28.
Nashville January 24 Duke C Bowers of Memphis advocates abolishing capital punishment. Charles C Gilbert introduces a bill to end the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment as the maximum sentence. He argues hanging takes life and cannot be returned, urging punishment that cures the cause rather than killing.
Decatur postoffice building listing offers rental space with a large store on the ground floor and elegant rooms above in first class condition. Immediate possession available. Phone 435.
Advert shows Zemo soothing wash for itching burning eczema and scalp eruptions. Ingredients listed Thyimos glycerine witch hazel boracic acid and others. Money back guarantee if not satisfied after first 25 cent bottle. large bottle $1. Sold in New Decatur by Dillehay Bros. Drug Store. Be W Rose Medicine Co. St. Louis guarantees as good as gold.
Mrs A R Tabor of Crider Missouri suffered five years with sick headache tied to stomach issues. After taking two bottles of Chamberlain Tablets she was cured. Advertises through 8 M Thompson New Decatur and Decatur Drug Co Decatur.
A sheriff sale to collect a judgment against Jno W Johnson is set for February 17 1913 at the Morgan County Alabama courthouse. The property described is NW 3 of 8 W Section 4 Township 6 Range 5 West lying in Morgan County.
Bowling Green Ky Jan 24 The body of Lester Bryant a young corn grower who died in Washington while a guest of the national government was buried in Clear Fork graveyard beside his sister. Pallbearers were six of Bryant's schoolmates and O N Benson of the Department of Agriculture accompanied the body to Bowling Green.
Local theater announces 22 1 2 cent prices to Delite Saturday with Kay Bee and Thanhouser programs listed. Patrons urged to attend showings featuring classic shorts and a feature screening.
Miss Belle Clemons aged 14 and Otto A. Moore aged 18, both of New Decatur, were married yesterday afternoon at the courthouse with Frank J. Davis officiating. The pair are believed to be the town’s youngest married couple.
A Montgomery Adver tinger editorial laments how readers gain knowledge from daily papers, noting how education fuels curiosity and awareness of the world’s movements. It argues that reading broadens minds and heightens mental status as knowledge grows.
A reader offers a loan amount of 500 dollars secured by an assortment of items including an improved Phone 438 3-tf 7 Pork loins all port sausage our own make link sausage wines jet and other goods from J. A. Bunch & Son with date 23 2t.
A. C. Banks and Jameison, chief of records Sachem, report regular council gathering every Monday by the Red Men organization.
In Morgan County Alabama Probate Court on January 16 1913 C T Royer filed a claim that a writing is the last will of Mrs Jane E Robinson and a hearing is set for February 17 1913 to prove execution and admit the will to probate notice to J R Roger of Chattanooga Tennessee published weekly for three weeks in Decatur Daily to appear and show cause why the instrument should not be admitted as the true will of Mrs Jane E Robinson deceased.
Dr H T Bracken told a courthouse audience about a county jail prisoner who pretended to be ill. He described how the man drew a shaving knife and later a bottle of disinfectant, then how a hose water did not long quell the inmate’s anger and left him calm as a lamb.
An unclear newspaper ad fragment titled The Great Sacrifice mentions A Roo Relagon and a DR. The readable text suggests a promotional item with unfamiliar names, prompting questions about the product or event advertised.
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