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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
2
Publication details for New Decatur Alabama outline subscription rates by carrier and mail, terms for tributes obituaries and cards of thanks, and phone contact for delivery issues. It notes acceptance of ads with copy due by noon and offers prompt replacement if delivery is late.
The excellence of the pictures and music and the comfort of the houses controlled by the United Amusement Company warrants our people in giving liberal support. It provides employment to numerous skilled workers at good wages and benefits the community.
Local committees announce plans to contract with Redpath for another season of story and song in Decatur. The public is urged to support and appreciate the committees' efforts as Chautauqua returns in 1915.
Citizens emphasize harmony across the city as they reject division between two towns. The message calls for all people to work together, stressing unity as practical governance.
The text foresees a smooth merging of diverse views into a single city named Decaturs adopting a commission form of government. It presents optimism for unity and orderly governance as the process progresses.
Wording notes a Hot Springs Virginia society wedding linking Ambassador Willard and Belle Wyatt in a high profile social event. It profiles Willard’s career from Virginia governor to Washington hotel owner and mentions Kermit Roosevelt a Harvard alumnus with travel and hunting exploits. The piece lists siblings and marriages within the Roosevelt family.
A column argues against the Oslerian view that aging limits achievement. It cites Sir William Osler, Gladstone, William de Morgan, and John Burroughs, noting substantial work after forty or eighty and urging belief that age need not signal decline. The piece praises ongoing creativity and calls to discard age-based limits.
Mrs. Diana Watts, a physical culturist, promotes a revived Greek ideal of fitness after five years of study isolated on an Italian isle. At forty seven she appears on stage and has lectured at the Institute Marcy in Paris, with further talks planned at Yale and the British embassy in Washington. The photo shows her in the Regina Archer pose.
Walker at 315 Second Ave New Decatur advertises safe prompt service for moving household goods. The notice invites customers to call Phone New Decatur 9 for prompt service or transfers and mocks a horse and buggy delivery idea.
Mary Lou and Unity D. Dancey of New Decatur Alabama issue a restriction barring automobile parties picnics private gatherings at Cave Springs on the Dancey plantation. Deathly quiet and legal language mark the notice from R F D No 2.
Attorney John Cronin exposes a witness’s fanciful description of a pickpocket and presents Exhibit A showing the defendant’s large hands. The six foot prisoner stands with heavy, gnarled hands as Cronin argues the alleged dexterity could not match the subway theft claim. Jury returns verdict of not guilty.
A village church during Lent hears a solemn exhortation on self examination abstinence and repentance. The beadle famed for a large mouth yawns during a dramatic moment prompting a tense pause and a suppressed titter in the pews. The pastor warning of an abyss elicits mild consternation from the congregation.
A political letter written in hard to read handwriting causes a misread postscript confusion. The secretary’s absence leads to a deciphering joke when the postscript warns don’t let anyone see this letter, a line that everyone misreads.
The fragment shows inconsistent values and units related to prices and time. It contains multiple phrases about 26 cents and 60 words with repeated mentions across weeks and months, but no coherent event or subject to summarize.
A stingy yet successful factory owner heard a workman’s group present an illuminated address. The designer added a corner sketch of the boss giving his workers a supper, which the man denied, but the artist hoped would prompt a playful reaction. The farewell supper proved a success.
A scholastic journal notes a classroom quip about how Matthias was chosen. The bright student quips that everyone jumped on him after the teacher referenced the biblical phrase the lot fell on Matthias, prompting amused reactions.
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