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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1914
Page
4
Will Ritcher of Cullman is in the city today on business. B L Rainey left today for a business trip to Huntsville and other Alabama points.
Neighbors discovered 900 dollars in bags secreted in walls of the late Geo Hawkins brick mason’s Flint area home. Hawkins who died days ago was well regarded for decades in the Decatur building trade. The administrator will manage the funds with a daughter reported as beneficiary. prior rumor cited 1200 dollars hidden.
Portland reports rising anxiety for the safety of Capt. Roy Donaldson, pilot of the Springfield balloon. The missing airship and its bag have not been located after initial disappearance while four gas bags started a few days earlier, with the Springfield last seen hovering over a jagged area and no trace found.
A literary excerpt celebrates the man and woman, their journey together across time and place, and their shared humanity. It lauds clubwomen and personal ties, then shifts to local social notes about Catherine Cabeene, Miss Marjorie Rainey, and Miss Lillian Alexander, followed by D A R June meeting reflections and social hospitality observations.
The sixth Munday Lorimer state bank, the State Bank of Marine capitalized at 25000, was closed and taken by state auditors. Officials report multiple banks may be affected and a federal grand jury inquiry will begin promptly, sparked by a 75000 postal savings deposit at LaSalle Bank.
Businessmen of New Decatur agree to close their shops at 7 o clock in June July and August except on Saturday nights and four L N pay days starting Monday June 15. Named firms include Morgan Furniture Co Britain Bros Cook Bros Furniture Co Smey & Sandlin Crow & Crow John W Sherrill B F Holmes Thomas & Mainard Moore Supply Co Banks & Ewing Pointer & Rauschenberg
In the Chancery Court of Morgan County Alabama Edward T McBride against J B McBride and others a derrac rendered June 1 1914 directs sale of Lots 44 46 and 48 in block 23 addition 3 of the Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company to Decatur Alabama. Sale on Monday July 13 1914 at the courthouse door for cash to the highest bidder. Register Marvin West signs June 8 1914.
Fifty members of Gen Kellys army convicted at Grafton West Virginia will be put to work on county roads under a work sentence.
The interdenominational Sunday school convention for the Decatur district met at First Presbyterian Church in Decatur with J W Bartee as chairman and Roy Ninger as secretary. Speakers included L Peck T H Williams W T Green and others urging renewed Christian effort and adherence to state standards. Officers elected: Bartee president Ninger secretary treasurer Green first vice president Garnett superintendent elementary Levin adult Blair missions Grodenendyke cradler Taylor home Graham secondary Black.
A promotional advertisement urges households to keep Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy during hot weather. It claims high value, no superior effectiveness, and urges buying now from all dealers.
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets for digestion and constipation, claiming rapid eating causes illness. It also includes a legal notice for the sale of Decatur Morgan County real estate in 1914, detailing two lots and property lines, with special registrar J. H. Green signing June 13, 1914.
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