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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1912

Page

4

WANTS WANTED Two or three salesmen and collectors

Wanted two or three live awake salesmen and collectors with salary and commission. Apply Singer Sewing Machine office New Decatur Saturday or Monday. Also real estate offering lots in various blocks at $75 to $150 each for quick buyers near New Decatur Alabama. Call phone No 9 for details. Additional notices: WANTED bookkeeper with good referees Jno W Minor New Decatur, Ala. FPOUND home made meal Riverside Gristmill. Orange Julep advertised.

Singer New Decatur Stroup Ala Bureli

Social Notes From Summer Auction Club Meeting

The Summer Auction Club met Thursday with Mrs. R. B. Sathers. Substitutes Mrs. W. R. Smith and Mrs. J. W. Cunningham filled in for others. Mrs. Will Wyker had the high score. Upcoming events include the Married Ladies' Bridge picnic to be held Wednesday at Curtis Wells. Several social visits and travels are noted among local residents and guests from Selma Chicago and Trinity.

R. B. Sathers W. R. Smith Louise Darwin Harry Gill Will Wyker William. McNeil Ladies’ Bridge Club Curtis Wells J. B. Tschudi Chicago J. D. Wyker

Local Residents Visit Across Towns This Weekend

Mrs. Phil Pointer is expected home from Atlanta tomorrow after an extended trip. Mrs. J. L. McCormick and daughter Mrs. A. T. Koke will spend the weekend in Pulaski. Mrs. R. Cortner and daughter Carrie B. returned today from Courtland. Mrs. Julia Neville is here today from Trinity.

Dr. Emens Trinity Phil Pointer Atlanta J. L. McCormick A. T. Koke Pulaski Julia Neville

Moving Day Refers To New Edwards & Yergin Address

The note announces a move to 414 Bank Street across from the current site, indicating Edwards and Yergin as the associated firm. It specifies the new location and relative position to the present place.

Bank Street Present Place, Edwards& Yergin Edwards & Yergin

Relief fund grows for flood sufferers in Decatur Daily drive

W J Grubbs turned over 6.60 to Decatur Daily for Mississippi Valley flood relief. The paper forwarded the amount to Governor L H Hall of Baton Rouge. The gift, collected by L N shop men, brings the total fund to nearly 300 for relief efforts.

W. J. Grubbs Decaturs Mississippi Valley L. Hu Hall Baton Rouge

Water at meals praised by university study

A University of Minnesota professor after seven years of study finds that drinking water with meals aids digestion. Fluids help digest fats and calm bacteria along the digestive tract, opposing the older belief to avoid water during meals.

Hawk University of Miineis

Chamberlain Liniment Promises Quick Relief

An ad claims a sprained ankle may heal in three to four days with Chamberlain's Liniment and strict directions. Sold by 8. M. Thompson in New Decatur and Decatur Drug Co. in Decatur.

Chamberlain 8. M. Thompson New Decatur Decatur Drug Co Decatur Thompsom

L N Shop News Folds Time Inquiries And Local Visits

In the o 0 L N shop news note, Jones the night watchman defends order as a drunken woman resists removal and bites him. Other items list axlemaker Tivvit called home for a dying wife, and various workers and families visiting or traveling to Columbia Athens Miami Mariana Shelbyville Florence Parlaski Cullman.

Jones

Coal Delivery Demand Intersects Kitchen Door

A grimy man at a kitchen door asks for help unloading coal. The young kitchen lady insists she cannot assist. He persists, claiming to be the coal man and calls for directions to the coal cellar, while she guides him inside.

Amendment proposal to six year presidential term

The piece argues for a six year presidential term and bans consecutive terms, claiming it would curb demagoguery and masturbation of power. It also includes an advert for Chamberlain's Tablets with local pharmacy sales notes.

United States Congress Republic

Broadway Beano Sparks Pay Day Festivities

With ideal weather, crowded shops and theaters, L. and N. workers and families spend pay day money. 1700 employees received about 90000 dollars as the DeKalb brass band played a lively outdoor concert. Pay Day Night proves the community’s solid prosperity and downtown gaiety.

Decaturs Brass Band Broadway

Farmer's Calling Shapes Outlook On Cooperation

The passage argues farmers resist associative action due to independence and preference for open-air work. It notes farmers are conservative and private about business, distrustful of others' interference, and hostile to changes in method. The author suggests that collective organization fails because cooperation does not fit farming.

United States Atlantic Monthly

Arithmetic Puzzle Causes Laughter in Class

A schoolmaster recalls a remark about students reading papers and shares a brain teaser. A rich man dies and leaves 1 000 000 dollars with portions to wife son daughter brother and foreign missions. The problem asks what each receives. The tale ends with an ad for Orange Julep beverage from Buchheit Bottling Works.

Beware Coca Cola Brand Guard Against Imitations

A fragment warns readers to verify the Coca Cola brand to avoid counterfeit products from Buchheit Bottling Works and similar imitators, urging careful selection of genuine sources.

Zemo promises quick skin relief with tip application

Describes Zemo a liquid treatment from KB. W. Rose Medicine Co. for pimples eczema and rash. Claims rapid disappearance of blemishes and states trial bottle available for 25 cents with guarantee. Sold by druggists in large bottle for one dollar.

Zemo KB. W. Rose Medicine Co St. Louis Diljehay Bros

Personal notices and health ad from Decatur area

Justice Henderson of Somerville sits in a city case with Eugene Ferris. W K McNeil has malaria from the East tour. William Henstory ill with hand infection at Lafayette Street home. C B Pearson of Richmond Va, guest of Mr and Mrs Dean. Bank Street across the Yergin. Exchoice of our lives joys. Chamberlains Tablets aid digestion and regularity. Sold by Thompson Decatur and local druggists.

R. L. "Henderson Somervilleg Beat 9 Eugene Ferris William Henstory Lafayette’ Street Chamberlain M. Thompson New Decatur Decatur Drug Co Decatur

Coca Cola promotes fatigue relief at Buchheit Bottling

An unclear OCR fragment mentions Coca Cola and Buchheit Bottling, suggesting a slogan about fatigue relief with a bottle. The readable text is fragmentary and does not specify a clear event date or outcome.

Coca Cola T Buchheit

Also Mentioned on This Page

Buttreys Store of Fashion Sheppard Chong Doe L. B., Boegsen Decaturs Daily Jno W. Minor Riverside Gristmill Buchheit Bottling Works Society Will Farrell Cullman L. A Miss Kite ‘Smith Selma H. T. Bracken Tampa, Fla W. A. Bibb J. J. Hatton and Son Thomas West Denver Salt Lake City Edward McBride Josephine Rodgers GC. C. Club Cornelia Elizabeth Kuhn Elsie Hauk Louise Klener Willie Frieda Rex Lottie Josephine Rodgrs Alma Wallace Miss Novella Smith Luton Charles Emens Melvin ‘Hutson Johnson Street Lucile Murphy Arkansas Annie Davis Annie Liza Minor Mrss. Smith Huntsville W. L. Dinsmore Cartwright’s Drug Store S. S. Nichols West Vine Street E. C. Payne Lumber CO Fourth Avenue New Decatur, Ala L. & N. Shop News J. Tivvit Bis F. H. Wells Columbia J.C. Rogers Air Man In the Round House Miami M. A. Mittiweed Mariana, Fla BE. H. Farrish Axxle ‘Forge Mirgie Lively Florence Carden Ear Pepaleet Wife Parlaski Pis W. N. Walker Hig Might Farmer’s Trust Florida Featuring Lettie Briscoe Eleanor Blanchard Hell In Marten John Halliday National Woolen Mills Gordon Gilbert Mgr Second Ave W. K. McNeil C. B. Pearson Richmond, Va Mrs. Dean Espa Society Brand Sam Spielberger Hughes & Tidwell Supply Company Morgan County National Bank A. B. Lampkin Bell H. Papenburg Moulton Street Malone Coal & Grain CO The Missouri State Life Insurance Company Morgan Co W. J. Nesbit Decatur, Alia Decatur Ice & Coal Co Decatur, Ula
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