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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1924
Page
2
The fragment lists teams from the Southern and American leagues, with scattered city names such as New Orleans Birmingham Little Rock Chattanooga and Detroit and mentions National League clubs New York Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Philadelphia. The legible bits hint at standings or matchups but no clear events or outcomes are readable.
A compact record lists several games with final scores. Nashville 3 Mobile 2, New Orleans 2 Chattanooga 0, Memphis 8 Atlanta 1, Little Rock 12 Birmingham 4, Washington 9 Detroit 7, Cleveland 6 Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 5 Boston 2. Three games played include Chicago 6 New York 4, Cincinnati 6 Boston 4, St. Louis 2 Brooklyn 6, Pittsburgh 2.
A listing of scheduled games across major leagues and cities including Nashville New Orleans Little Rock Atlanta Memphis Birmingham Chattanooga Mobile American League matchups New York Chicago Washington Detroit Philadelphia Cleveland Boston St Louis St Louis Philadelphia Cincinnati Boston Chicago New York Pittsburgh Brooklyn.
An advertisement extols Re-Cu-Ma as a seventeen-medicine prescription that cleanses the colon, activates the liver, purifies blood, improves skin, relieves rheumatic pain, aids digestion, and promotes deep sleep. Sold by Morris Drug Co. and local druggists.
An assortment of brief notes mentions a self declared death ray discussed as a weapon, a suit in Westchester County against Dr Adolf Lorenz for alleged negligent operations, a New York artist’s wife backing a political nomination, and a federal grand jury charge against William Silkworth regarding bucketshop activity.
Noland MacDonald, farm boy, admits shooting Miss Louise Gerrish, 19, Amherst Maine, firing buckshot as she walked along the Maine Amherst Highway. He then dragged the body to a roadside burial, ate supper, slept, and later buried the grave with a shovel. He blames no motive, saying he simply saw her and decided to shoot.
Through courtesy of Miss Mattie Banks a copy of A Story of the Original Ku Klux Klan is shown. It was written by Mr and Mrs W B Romine of Pulaski Tennessee long known as editors of The Pulaski Citizen.
Eighteen years of rib injuries and later leg trouble followed by typhoid fever and severe stomach liver issues left the narrator gas filled and nearly unconscious during colic. A stranger's recommendation of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy provided immediate relief. The product claims to cleanse catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract reduce inflammation and help stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis with a money back guarantee.
The article recalls the Klan to its beginnings in Pulaski Tennessee in a lawyer’s office and its rise to power before General Nathan Forrest ordered its disbandment. It notes honors for poet laureates and state chapters of the U D C and the D A R amid historical context.
A fragment from a 19th century column recounts a bishop’s wife addressing East End women about making home life happier and more peaceful. She hints at marital routines and personal details, sparking audience curiosity about methods used when a husband returns home.
Mrs Newbride phoned a grocer claiming they sent ducks eggs instead of hens eggs. The grocer argued the ducks eggs were labeled as such. Mrs Newbride maintained she tested them by floating in water and found they fed.
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