Our Man About Town on Sidewalk Obstructions
In a playful critique of sidewalk blocks, the Decatur column urges keeping walks clear while joking about protests and city amusements. It teases reader concerns, hints at vaudeville plans, and notes residents’ hats and trees shaping urban life.
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Decaturs
Kick Club
Boosters
Wall Street
Lower Broadway
Birmingham
Memphis
Cagle
Mike
Europe
States
Canada
Suffragette Meeting in Nottingham Disrupted by Mob
A hostile crowd disrupted a March suffrage meeting in Nottingham England last night. Miss Annie Kenny and other speakers were forced from the platform as windows banners and furniture were damaged. Police escorted Kenny and fellow activists from a rear exit to avoid mob violence.
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Nottingham
England
Annie Kenny
Centemarian Dies at Home in Bristol
Knoxville March 12 Mrs Jane Trinkle 101 died at her Bristol home yesterday morning. Born near Christiansburg Montgomery County June 12 1811 she lived in Bristol fifty years. She mother of fifteen children three survive. Surviving grandchildren stand at forty five and sixty five great grandchildren. She was a Baptist and loved outdoor life and had enjoyed good health until ten days ago.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Jane Trinkle
Bristol
Christansburg
Montgomery County
Liquor Dealers Lose Virginia Controversy
In Richmond Virginia Judge Waddell refused a bid by wholesale liquor dealers to restrain the Southern Express Company from refusing liquor shipments to South Carolina under the Webb Kenyon bill. The ruling follows Chief Justice Gary of South Carolina ordering carriers to deliver liquor shipments for personal use, a decision the carrier says it will drop if Gary's ruling is overturned.
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Richmond
Southern Express Company
South Carolina
Webb-Kenyon
Waddell
United States District Court
Gary
South Carolna Supreme Court
Payne Lumber Co advertises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
A vintage ad touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from C PAYNE LUMBER CO and sellers 8 M Thompson and Decatur Drug Co. It claims cures for coughs colds and croup and promotes its great reputation and extensive sale.
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Chamberlain
8. M. Thompson
New Decatur
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