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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1916
Page
2
Publication notice indicates Second-class mailing from St New Decatur with carrier and mail subscription rates. It urges readers to report late deliveries by telephone and to ensure prompt newspaper service.
The ticket lists Woodrow Wilson for President with America First platform, Edward B. Almon for Congress, R. C. Brickell and C. Kyle for Circuit Judges, L. P. Troup for Probate Judge, James L. Draper for Circuit Court Clerk, Frank J. Troup for Tax Assessor, and Chas. C. Robertson for Tax Collector, among all other Democratic nominees.
Mrs. G H Mathis of Gadsden lauds Muscle Shoals as the best inland nitrate plant site and urges southern unity to win a federal plant. W P G Harding notes Muscle Shoals as a powerful triad of transport, fertilization, and defense potential amid nitrate policy debates.
Alabama boosters urge delegates to attend a July 14, 1916 convention in Nashville to advocate locating the government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River. They claim massive regional investment and industrial growth would follow, boosting Decatur and the wider South.
A column reflects on nostalgia for past eras and notes a Limestone county court house cellar discovery of 1826 price quotations. It argues modern costs are not as high as claimed and contrasts today with the so called good old days revealed by the 1826 books and accounts.
The Daily urges a sweeping city cleanup as rain ends and typhoid fever fears rise. It calls for weed cutting, disinfectants, and sealing damp cellars and outbuildings to prevent disease and mosquito breeding during the post rain period.
The piece mocks Fred Redman of Courtland for advocating Decatur consolidation and suggests he should publish opinions rather than practicing medicine or farming. It jestingly urges him to buy a major daily and share his public views from a booth in the newspaper, lampooning his argument as unanswerable.
The Southern Newspaper Publishers Association closes with a resolution urging Congress to site the twenty million dollar government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals Alabama. J H Allison of the Nashville Tennessean and American offered the resolution, with copies to President Wilson and Secretary of War Baker.
Advertises a scholarship savings at Decatur Business College with enrollment before opening date July 19. Contact Mr. Henry at phone 168 in Decatur for particulars.
Quotation notes the pathetically tragic view of a woman who rebels against growing old, highlighting the tension between aging and personal agency as selected reflection.
The longest telephone line in the world extends 3,390 miles from New York to San Francisco.
A brief reflection contrasts labor with idleness, noting the danger of temptation for workers versus the many temptations faced by the idle. The saying emphasizes diligence and vigilance in everyday effort.
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