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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1912
Page
4
A young couple seeks two or three furnished rooms in either old or new town for light housekeeping. References available. Respond to Box 6 Falkville Alabama.
Classifieds seek experienced picture man and sales staff with district manager duties with salary or commission. Property lots priced from 75 to 150 dollars in blocks 7 4 3 1 5 6 near New Decatur Alabama. Also requests for two bookkeeping helpers and a bookkeeper with references.
Mrs. Emmette Sanders hosts Melson Sanders birthday party with 24 friends as national colors and flag decor light the Fourth. Mrs. Henry Skeggs and Miss Mary Lee plan visits to Missouri relatives. Miss Florence Tillman returns from Tuscaloosa. People visit, play bridge, and attend park dances. Central Baptist ladies offer July cake orders. Notable guests include Miss Kate Smith, Miss Florence Tillman, and architect visitors J. W. Frahn and R Clark.
The Masonic Theater will present a fine bill tomorrow with superior features. Management promises a large air conditioned auditorium and an advantageous setting for motion pictures in the afternoon and evening. See the pictures on the Glorious Fourth.
Five burley men pled guilty before Mayor Patterson to attempting to beat their way on freight trains. The group brings the city lockup roster to about fifteen, now assigned to streets and vacant lots for cleanup, weed cutting, and opening storm sewer catch basins.
County commissioners establish box 24 at Sum Point in the southeast for a new voting precinct. They consider a second precinct for New Decatur with possible locations near the shops or Mayor’s office. A Southtown site could become the new precinct if secured.
A dramatized western tale follows the Gooper family as they face treachery and capture of Helen Cooper. Her lover's daring rescue leads to torture and a dramatic breakout from a wild Indian camp. Star performances and grand scenery mark a sensational Civil War era frontier saga.
Tonight's services conclude a two week revival at the Chrissian church. Pastor and assistant Elbert Holland join the congregation in thanking faithful attendees and the Decatur Daily for coverage. Subject: Was Jesus Narrow. All welcome.
In an elevator on the ninth floor Mr. Bryan and his brother encounter financier Perry Belmont on the third floor. Belmont, once hostile toward Bryan, pretends indifference as Bryan openly asks about Belmont’s presence at the convention and Belmont offers a cautious, noncommittal reply. Baltimore Telegram notes the awkward exchange.
Mr John Snodgrass will spend the Fourth in Birmingham. Wallace and Boyd Culpepper of Priceville visit Mrs Cy Re Roger on Sixth Avenue. J E Locke of Columbus Georgia visits his brother R C Rhodes of Decatur. Skeggs Crawford visits his grandmother Mrs J W Crawford in Athens. John L Brock returns today from Chattanooga. R W Short of Birmingham in Decatur. H J Hendgergon of New Orleans spending today and tomorrow in the Decaturs. John L Foote of Hartselle is here today. Buy Chamberlains Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy now. For sale by S Turley Decatur and Decatur Co. Bring your Sob Work to this office.
The paper advertises Chamberlain's Colle Cholera and Diarroea Remedy as a cure for Dyacatery, claiming success even in malignant and epidemic cases. Sold by B. M. Thompson in New Decatur and Decatur Drug D. Degitur.
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