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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1913
Page
4
Mr. Harry Edwards of Birmingham was a guest of the Decaf Sunday. Mr. Edwin Adcock is in Tennessee visiting relatives. Mr. Cliff Butler is in Birmingham on business.
Band No. 2 and Decatur Presbyterian ladies hold a market Saturday the 15th at Foster 4H. They offer Pointer's cakes cookies doughnuts chicken balad roast chicken home made candies and galt rising bread for sale.
Notice states the firm Edwards & Yergin is dissolved with W J Edwards continuing the business and handling all outstanding accounts and liabilities.
A society page collage reports varied events from a Ladies Bridge Club luncheon hosted by Mrs B Crawford with a souvenir gift for Mrs Paul Crawford to Glee Club rehearsals at the Y M C A and the Saturday Club gathering hosted by Miss Margaret Clarkson. The column also covers poetry readings, household tips, travel plans, and neighborhood memos including health updates and local birthdays.
Huntsville reporters say W. W. Offutt and General Superintendent Rand visited northern Alabama sites to review Alabama Power Development Company properties. The article notes extensive electric service improvements and progress in extending the water power system.
Children are more likely to contract contagious diseases when they have colds. Whooping cough diphtheria scarlet fever and consumption are often linked to colds. Medical authorities advise beware of colds. Chamberlains Cough Remedy is presented as quick safe and pleasant for colds. For sale by S. M. Thompson and Decatur Drug Co.
Promote relief from constipation with Chamberlains Tablets. Claims of permanent cures noted. Sold by S. M. Thompson in Decatur.
A historical advertisement touts HERBINE as a stomach and bowel regulator. It claims the remedy restores energy appetite and cheerful spirits and cures headaches from stomach upset and constipation. Prices listed at 50 cents from One Drug Co and Owl Drug Co.
Sealed bids will be received on the Sunday of April 1913 by the Morgan County Alabama court for rebuilding the Grantland bridge over Cataco k. Plans and specifications in the office of William E. Skeggs Judge of Probate. Also classified notice rents two furnished rooms at 215 Lafayette Street near Bank Street and boarding houses.
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