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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1916
Page
3
The Decatur Daily carrier must deliver promptly and pay the Tennessee Valley Printing Co in full each week. He orders his papers for subscribers at wholesale cost, delivers them, and collects 10 cents per week or 60 cents per month from subscribers.
The text notes that a carrier loses customers when subscribers fail or refuse to pay, reflect on revenue impact, and imply service disruption. It frames subscriber nonpayment as the carrier's loss and highlights consequences for operations.
The article explains how each subscriber's account and rating move with them when they switch routes. It notes carriers aim for perfect service and seek patron cooperation. If delivery fails, readers are advised to call their carrier or Phone 46 in New Decatur for prompt delivery.
The family of Mrs. Joel Olinger thanks friends and the Junior Order for kindness shown during illness and death. Hughes and Tidwell report about 175 pairs of 98c slippers left with neighborly bargain inquiries.
An advertisement touts Eddy's Black Pills as a cure for ailments in 24 hours. Sold by druggists, the 25 cent remedy is pitched as a fast relief product with no calomel.
An old newspaper ad promotes Purine and Anuric as remedies for kidney and urinary issues including backache dropsy and uric acid troubles. It claims these products support kidney cleansing, ease rheumatism gout and sciatica, and mentions doctor tests and water analysis by insurers.
Read as fragmentary OCR about sending to Dr W M Pierce and references three nine or thirty stamps for a cloth bound item. Sparse text mentions zours, system, psychology, anatomy and a vague weiter context.
A meditation on joy, faith, and friendship from poems and quotes. The speaker considers renouncing joy for others, notes cheerful, hopeful workers, and laments a missed chance to send a promised letter to a friend who cannot hear today.
Mrs Cecil Todd of Montgomery was honored with a card party hosted by Mrs Harry Gill. The reception featured spring flowers and four tables of bridge with prizes and light refreshments. Other social notes include visits, dances, bridge club meetings, and confirmations of attendees and hosts in the Gordon school and Central Church community.
Miss Mary Blackwell hosted a spend the day party for Daphne Gores and Martha Peake. Mesdames R J and Cecil Todd of Montgomery visited Mr and Mrs Harry T Gill. Mrs Geo F Buchheit left for Tuscombia to attend the Porter Binens nuptials.
K F Kitson left for Washington last night. Robert Jervis returned Sunday from a northern and eastern trip. King Merritt is visiting friends in the city. Wiar of Hartseile from Buttrey Blair was in town today. Robert W. Stinson left Friday for Williamsburg Kentucky to visit relatives. Frank G. Cook has returned from Tennessee.
A tattooed man with a carnival troupe drank heavily and ran amuck. Police pursued him for several blocks before capturing him. Crowds of pedestrians in the area watched as bystanders enjoyed free viewing of moving pictures during the incident.
A 1849 western mining camp setting prompts mention of an anachronism as a modern billboard advertising a relatively new soap brand appears in the film. The dialogue notes the inconsistency, reflecting production attention to historical accuracy.
A bald-headed victim in a chair of torture quips on the old saying about fools and money as a barber butcher tends him. The dialogue hints at malice behind the grooming, with a boss and hair tonic as implied motives. The piece reads like pulp dialogue with noir tension.
Dialogue notes a country visit where a father asks about milking a cow and Willie replies that the cow has spring faucets that prevent waste by leaving water running.
In McDuff Virginia Mrs. J B Whittaker credits Thedford’s Black-Draught with safeguarding her family from long illness. She recalls suffering sick headaches and stomach troubles for years before using the remedy. The family keeps it on hand and says children ask for a dose when unwell.
A poem by Berton Braley notes the photographer’s retouched portrait hides time carved lines of joy sorrow and labor. The speaker demands the original aging face with marks of battle and achievement kept visible. Diacko constipation 26-6
Mr Shelton, manager of the Decatur Daily, spent a day in Athens last week promoting the paper. Locals praised the up to date content and early delivery, noting readers here obtain it hours before other papers. The Athens Courier also endorses Blacko Tablets for constipation.
Patriotic day observed next Sabbath July 2 at Westminster Presbyterian Church with morning and evening services. Pastor delivers Our Country and Our Flag sermons, double quartet provides patriotic music, and miniature U S flags are presented. Public invited.
Westminster Presbyterian Church hosts a Wednesday 8 p m prayer meeting led by the Woman's Missionary Society. The public is cordially invited.
For that bad taste and coated tongue take Blacko Stomach and Liver Tablets. All druggists 25 cents. 26-6.
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