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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1916
Page
2
Notice from the Tennessee Valley Press Association listing managers and editors and providing subscription rates. It requests readers report missed deliveries by telephone and notes postal service timing and matter of second class mail status.
The ticket lists Woodrow Wilson for President and Edward B. Almon for Congress with candidates for Circuit Judges R. C. Brickell and C. Kyle, Probate Judge L. P. Troup, Circuit Court Clerk James L. Draper, Tax Assessor Frank J. Troup, Tax Collector Chas C. Robertson, and all other Democratic nominees.
John M. Parker the sole Progressive candidate decries confidential information from Hughes at a Bull Moose gathering in Chicago. The piece ridicules the Republicans gumshoe campaign and questions Hughes’s real stance on peace versus war and Germany first, urging transparent policy positions.
In a Daily front page message the writer condemns the 99 percent of Decatur inhabitants unfit for war while praising the one percent able to serve. The piece urges support for soldiers and their welfare during wartime and mentions a proposition to send eighty papers to aid a war effort.
Editors of the Daily will donate five dollars of the twenty dollar ary to send eighty copies of the paper to the soldiers. The public is asked to provide the remaining balance so the boys in camp at Montgomery can have home news each morning during their stay. Look for the proposition on page one.
The article argues Afro Americans are American to the core and fiercely loyal to the United States. It asserts they would volunteer in a Mexican or any future war, rallying to the colors and defending the nation without aiding foreign foes.
The Birmingham Ledger reports Morgan County night riders destroying cattle dipping vats and barns to resist the new dipping law. Officials have arrested over 100 for refusing to dip cattle, amid anarchy in parts of the county and widespread damage.
A rallying message urges all groups and merchants to join a preparedness parade on July Fourth. It promises a grand spectacle and asks every individual to participate, calling for broad organizational representation across North Alabama.
The Fourth of July prize list was expanded today with new donations. Quality Laundry provided three seven piece berry sets. Twin City Pharmacy and White Palace each donated a one dollar box of candy. Chero-Cola Co contributed one case Chero Cola, and Mrs. F. S. Graves donated a five dollar hat. Buchheit Bottling Works supplied one case Coca-Cola.
Hughes and Tidwell report about 175 pairs of slippers priced at 98 cents remain. Neighbors are urged to ask about the bargains and visit to inspect the stock.
At a regular meeting last night the New Decatur city council debated overdue public improvement assessments and decided to take decisive action to collect the delinquent sums. The remainder of the session covered routine business.
A rousing address proclaims the flag as the nation's soul and a beacon of peace. It contrasts pride in liberty with warnings that unpreparedness could invite foreign domination, urging readers to act and not be slackers.
Unsubstantiated chatter fills the Decaturs with various rumors over ten days. A claim that a Japanese warship was sunk by an American vessel during arms delivery to Mexico proved false. Another tale alleged D B Overton’s capture in Huntsville and jail in Decatur, provoking a sheriff's emergency to guard Huntsville supporters.
Workmen have spent days demolishing the old livery stable on lower Bank street across from Wade's stable to clear space for the new federal post office in Decatur. The building, owned by C. N. Robinson of Flower Hill farm near Hillsboro, Alabama, was moved per government terms and will be removed by August 1. Postmaster Crawford could not say when construction would begin.
Notice states that the signer Thomas L. Marshall will not be responsible for any debts or contracts made by his wife. The document is dated 27-61 and bears the signature.
Friends of Miss Willie Feist Price congratulate her on winning the Junior Epworth League banner at the state convention in the Decaturs. Price, president of the Central Methodist church Juniors, read the league report showing thorough work that earned the top prize. the Senior banner went to an Anniston church.
The Decatur Daily notes wedding invitations emphasize design, style, and quality as key themes in contemporary celebrations. The notice highlights refined typography, tailored motifs, and personalized details reflecting couples' tastes.
In a wry exchange the doctor explains that after returning home he faced only one sickness in town which he themselves had. He attributes the ailment to homesickness rather than illness from his time away.
Randolph Rose remembers Rube Waddell the eccentric ace of the Browns and the American League who once hit a dramatic home run in 1908 and shared a strike out record with Walter Johnson. His career included a famed 16 strikeouts in a St Louis game and a 25 strikeouts indoor exhibition in New York.
Chicago Cubs star Heinie Zimmermann created a phantom double play on a hot summer day. With runners on base no one was on first, making the play both stylish and useless as an out conundrum. He is noted as a top hitter but sometimes slips on outs and base situations.
Dialogue snippets reveal courtroom humor with Moments on flirting bets and a gambling tale. Characters discuss risk and luck as legal minds debate truth. Judge remarks frame the exchange as a retro streetwise vignette from a late era.
A writer recalls a pasted motto about staying pleasant until ten, then chronicles how daily life after ten explodes with housework, visitors, calls, meals, and chores. The piece muses on whether early pleasantness shapes a busy homemaker’s day.
Apublic tip describes making a decorative window obscuration using a gum arabic and epsom salts solution applied with a camel hair brush to create a crystallized glass effect that admits light but blocks visibility. It also notes a pin ground glass variant using linen rag and pigment for a thinner coating.
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