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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1914
Page
2
Entered as Second Class Matter February 26 1912 at Decatur Alabama post office under Act of March 3 1876 W B Shelton general manager subscription rates by carrier and mail listed plus five cent per line for tributes and notices Readers urged to report missed delivery to ensure prompt paper service.
Advertising rates are announced with a noon copy deadline for the desired publication date. The notice urges advertisers to submit copy by noon to ensure quality service and hints at upcoming consolidation.
Voters express preference for a single city commission government replacing two towns with unified leadership. Officials see streamlined services and clearer accountability as key benefits.
The House Interstate Commerce Committee reports favorably amendments to the General Dam Act drafted with Secretary Garrison. The bill grants the Secretary of War broad powers to regulate interstate and intrastate electric rates, limits franchise duration to fifty years, and allows government takeovers for compensation. It aims to expand water power projects and canalize non navigable streams, ending long-fought delays since only three of one hundred projects were completed.
Harper's Weekly argues state waterway improvements will reduce strife and yield high profits for capitalists. The plan, with safeguards, could bring vast benefits to many, despite possible hardship for a few, reshaping regional growth and prosperity.
A fragmented excerpt from Titus chapter two outlines duties for aged men and women, young men and servants, urging sober conduct, reverence, and good works. It emphasizes teaching virtue, self restraint, and fidelity to masters, aiming to adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.
Telegraphic reports Lionel Brown the son of Jack Brown was killed when his father’s home near Rockport Kentucky was destroyed by a cyclone. Fifteen thousand delegates are expected to attend the twelfth convention of Women's Clubs in Chicago starting June 9. Degrees awarded to seventy four graduates at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary annual commencement. The Clayton anti trust bill finished in Committee of the Whole and awaits a final vote.
The program lists daily events from Thursday to Wednesday with concerts lectures and monologues by groups like Dunbar Bell Ringers, Harmony Concert Company, and Bohumir Kryl. Notices include final settlement for the estate of Clarence Bailey in Morgan County Alabama with hearing set for June 8, 1914.
U S Department of Commerce issue examines South American markets and how Germany and the United Kingdom build trade. It notes German education and networks abroad, private associations, and financing as keys to their success, with suggestions for U S exporters to adapt to local demand.
The ad extols Chamberlain's Tablets as a grand remedy for stomach and liver troubles. It claims daily wide recognition and notes they are for sale by all dealers.
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