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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
2
The Decatur Daily lists subscription prices for carrier and mail delivery, with annual rates of 4.60 and 2.50 respectively, six month, three month, and monthly options, plus a weekly option. It also states five cent per line for tributes and notices and provides a phone number to report missed deliveries.
Advertisers must submit copy by noon on publication day to ensure first class service and timely placement of ads.
Cities and towns investing in playgrounds face the challenge of directing play. The article argues for a play director and assistants to supervise activities, teach group ethics, and channel children's energy into constructive, well guided activities rather than chaotic mass play.
Social workers urge ampler provision of play directors to keep playgrounds constructive rather than breeding promiscuous youth crowds. Supervised sport centers educate youth in obedience, loyalty, and truth, with towns praising coordination with civic agencies to promote disciplined play and character building.
The report notes the camera makers gain access to the supreme court decision showing the government seeks obedience to the law rather than dissolution, highlighting the ruling’s implications for industry and governance.
Art lovers debate the meaning of LL D awarded to the portrait painter. Does the degree remain Doctor of Laws or reflect recognition of Mr. Sargent as a practitioner of liberal arts in this moment of public ceremony.
A fragment from a historic newspaper notes the Senate members show extreme frankness in disclosing their conduct, reflecting a period tone of candid public official examination.
Summer guidance warns mothers to monitor for unusual looseness of bowels in young children. Early care can prevent serious trouble. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is recommended and available from S M Thompson New Decatur and Decatur Drug Co Decatur.
Notice of a special stockholders meeting of the Commercial Savings Bank and Trust Company to consider increasing capital from eighty thousand to one hundred thousand dollars and converting from a state bank to a national bank. The meeting is set for June 28, 1913, at 4 p.m. at the company office in New Decatur Alabama. Proxies accepted and notices to be published in Decatur Daily and Twin City Telegram.
An aged merchant dreams an angel guides him to glory but points to a hellish scene where debtors burn. The tale shifts to a health ad urging housewives to daily outdoor sunlight and proper digestion with Chamberlain's Tablets, advertised by S. M. Thompson and Decatur Drug Co.
New York reports the death of Della Fox the opera soubrette at age 41 from acute indigestion. Born in St Louis she began on stage at seven and rose to fame as a boyish impersonator. She later starred with Bennett Moulton Hoppe and in Wang before retiring after 1897.
Mattings and Rugs Britain Bros. advertise Chamberlains Liniment for soreness of muscles from exercise or injury and rheumatic pains. Sold by M. Thompson in New Decatur and Decatur Drug Co. Decatur.
New York June 18 Dr Friedrich F Friedmann the Berlin physician who claimed a tuberculosis cure sailed home after his institute was shut following a health board ban on its use. He did not indicate if he would return.
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