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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1913
Page
3
The column warns readers about scams selling at home including fake free offers for clothes rings watches and powder. It urges support for local merchants and condemns out of town advertisers while noting Washington events and a possible vaudeville circuit plan by Manager Cagle.
Mothers fear seasonal colds as frequent illnesses threaten lungs and vitality. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is promoted as a safe pleasant cure, available from 8 M. Thompson in New De.
An old advertisement touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best medicine for colds. It claims to aid expectoration, clear secretions, and restore health. Sold by 8 M Thompson and Decatur Drug Co in Decatur.
An old newspaper item markets Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the quickest way to end a common cold. It notes local retailers 8 M Thompson in New Decatur and Decatur Drug Co selling the product.
The Southern Railway dairy car will be on exhibition in the main town from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 20 p.m. to 3 30 p.m. Capt Cobb Commissioner of Agriculture oversees the event. Dr. C M Morgan of the Southern is in charge.
A London Telegraph note details odd medieval bequests across England. It cites a Stockton on the Forest grant paying a poor woman for yearly pencoat, and a Trysull donor who left a pound for a man to wake sleepers during sermons.
A dialogue unfolds as a young man asks for his father’s objections to Millie and protests his long efforts to win approval. The piece then shifts to a note on Mesa Verde Park in Colorado opening to tourists, Findlay Ohio’s license enforcement on chiropractors, and a philosophical image of Confucius’s graves within a vast enclosing wall and long historical groves.
INE COAL and Inc promotes Piper Little Cahaba Coal as a cold weather solution. The company asserts twelve years of exclusivity as agents for the coal and urges customers to purchase to ward off winter chill.
Ir riting burning raw eczema relief offered by Zemo wash made from thymol glycerine witch hazel boracic acid and other healing ingredients. Claims cure for skin and scalp eruptions with a 25 cent bottle refundable if not satisfied, large bottle priced at 1. Sold in New Decatur by Dillehay Bros and prepared by E W Rose Medicine Co St Louis with solid guarantee.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to insure with Dix, promising immediate coverage and the satisfaction of being insured when the fire whistle blows. The line sells readiness and reliability through a bold, period voice.
A city officer said diamonds stolen from Mayor and Mrs. R. E. Smith’s home were found Sunday afternoon in a crack in a prison cell floor by Officers Tow Short and Wheeler Mitchell. Bob Garrett, jailed suspect, was first placed there after arrest. Dix asserts readiness to execute bonds instanter.
A promotional notice touts Zemo by the E. W. Rose Medicine Co of St. Louis claiming rapid cure of eczema dandruff itch and other skin diseases. It sells in large bottles for $1 with a trial bottle offered at 25 cents and is available through Ditlehay Bros. Drug Store.
For sprains Champer win's Liniment offers relief for the pain and soreness and restores joints to health. Available in 25 and 60 cent bottles at Decatur Drug Co. in Decatur.
New style slippers and oxfords arrive at Hughes Tidwell Supply Co. The store markets affordable footwear including sumpa models now on sale. Local shoppers encouraged to visit for updated styles and prices.
Hughes and Tid announce new style slippers exforts and pumps now on sale. Unclear specifics provided in the brief notice.
About five thousand women marching for suffrage faced a surging mob on Pennsylvania Avenue. Police were overwhelmed until cavalry from Fort Myer arrived to restore order and allow the procession to proceed, a scene unmatched by any inauguration.
Mrs. Diamond advertises at 314 Bank St Decatur. She can braid and color match using collected hair combings and offers a line of human hair for Easter hat styling. Phone 278.
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