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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1915
Page
3
A newspaper invites readers to submit a one phrase title for the sports column. Entries must be three words or fewer and avoid current paper branding. The contest ends Tuesday at noon with a single winning submission awarded one dollar.
The article notes eastern colleges adding baseball to female athletic programs and predicts a lively season. It warns against professional influence and calls for strict enforcement of the league charter to keep play amateur while highlighting a Birmingham hardware firm funding a city baseball effort in Decatur.
The Decatur City League elected J. D. Jeffries as president and Claude McMillin as secretary. The meeting drew about 100 fans as five teams, the Y M C A L N Office, Southern Bell Tele, Decatur Daily, and Club, prepared to join. Contracts are being signed and practice starts within two weeks with a 15-man limit per team.
A visiting promoter offers a loving cup and baseball gear to the city league to move Decatur funds to Birmingham. Merchants question fairness of shifting home money abroad and urge return of support to Decatur and local streets.
The Chicago White Sox opened their exhibition series with the Los Angeles Coast League team in Los Angeles with strong hitting. Ray Schalk had a perfect batting average featuring a triple and three singles. Batteries Jasper Johnson Scott and Schalk for Chicago. Perritt Cove and Boles for Los Angeles.
Marlin Texas March 6 Giants pitchers took short turns throwing to batsmen as manager McGraw sent a team of recruits to Dallas for today and Sundays games.
In Winter Park near Orlando on March 6 the Barons defeated Rollins College 11 to 4 in a spring practice game. Scotty Chestnut umpired the affair as the young collegians faced the seasoned Barons on the field.
Savannah Ga March 6 Home Run Baker may still be seen in the Yankees lineup. The latest word is that Fritz Maisel and a cash bonus may be given for the Giants jinx.
Mrs Eula Mae Reid of Hines Alabama says Cardui the woman’s tonic cured her digestive ills. She reports stopping weight loss spitting up food and fatigue after using Cardui and urges other women to try it with a mention of the Chattanooga Medicine Company as sponsor.
A brief classified notice promotes Decatur Daily with a playful pitch to read all the news and offers old papers for sale as a novelty reminder. The item mentions PHONE 46 for subscription inquiries.
Atlanta detective Edward Miles told a legislative probe committee he could have uncovered more on the Lacy embezzlement and recovered money had he stayed on the case but he refused to provide names of witnesses. He also claimed the State of Alabama owes him 1060 dollars for services.
Berlin admits German submarine warfare against England has failed. Reports say Austrian forces retreat between the Dueister and Pruth rivers as crews face heavy strain and underwater operations are halted.
Allied forces bombarded Forts Dardanus at the Dardanelles and the city of Smyrna on the Asia Minor coast, signaling intensified operations in the theater.
John L. Brock of the Brocks Spight Company announces the purchase of the Williamson Haffner Company in Denver Colorado. The five story building and extensive machinery valued around 160000 dollars were acquired after bankruptcy at a bargain.
Paris reports claim Allied gains on the front across Belgium France and Germany with German forces allegedly pushed back in multiple sectors. Dispatches cite advances near Ypres Arras the Argonne the Meuse Wavre district and in upper Alsace with French strength concentrating in the Champaign area against Souain and Beausejourx.
Washington reports say a note to Great Britain may prompt a Britain statement on its policy paralyzing all German commerce. Officials express dissatisfaction with Britain’s handling of neutral shipping and await Sir Edward Grey’s response and potential steps.
Four persons were killed and six wounded in a street fight in Brunswick Georgia this morning. The dead include Harry Dundowdy Monroe Phillips H A Prajepp and Ardell a streetcar official. A posse or attacker shot Dunwoo and a volley of fire followed between Phillips and his would be captors.
Walter Clark was arrested and jailed this morning by Constable Thompson on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a fortified remedy for periodic female disorders. It targets girls and women at life stages from adolescence to middle age, claiming to regulate the system, relieve headaches and lassitude, and restore strength and bloom. It invites readers to send for advice and a free 136 page book.
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