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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1920
Page
4
Community calendar entries include Silk Stocking club meetings Married Ladies Bridge Card club and Cotaco Literary and Berean Literary clubs with Educational Day notes. Social updates cover Central M E Church activities and a Best Duncan wedding in West Albany with Corinth Miss. Also mentions travelers and local residents from Birmingham to Fort Pierce.
Mrs. Bland of Melrose visits daughter Mrs. Gilliam. Mrs. Will Tomerlin and Mrs. M. Randolph return from Nashville. Mrs. Mary Harvey guests of Mrs. Saunders. Mr. and Mrs. Chew away at Kent Ohio from Patterson. Mrs. Howard Jordan of Athens visits Mrs. Sheppard and Mrs. Hardage. Miss Pearl Caldwell at Athens court. Mrs. Reinhardt returns home to Helena Ark. due to daughter's illness. Charles Landers son recuperating from pneumonia.
Mrs. F B Napns of 609 4th Ave Albany credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing her weak kidneys and back pain after a few weeks. She says the medicine relieved aches from sweeping and dusting and improved her energy. The ad notes 60 cents at dealers and Foster Milburn Co as manufacturers.
A. B. Pujol of New Orleans reports a monthly average of 544 eggs from 30 hens for January and February. He credits Pratts Poultry Regulator for improving daily egg production and notes 8 settings of 13 eggs yielding 39 strong chicks on January 21, with all maturing into fine birds.
Prof. W S Foster found a stump in Alberta dating about a quarter of a million years. A Spokane audience gifted Taft a walking stick carved from that wood. The relic, tied to glacial history and mastodon era, is valued at about $5000.
T. A. Bryant advertised a house for rent Friday afternoon. It was rented Friday night after seventeen applications arrived before 9 o'clock Saturday morning. The advertiser said take that ad out as people came in the rain last night and still kept coming. Jazzerizing the Buzzer describes a triple tone electric bell with three signals for doors or offices.
Ike Kuhn convalesces in Nashville after an illness. Benj Bloodworth of the Daily is home with a severe cold. J T Kirk of Tuscumbia stayed with Mr and Mrs Geo D Williamson. Adlai West of Falkville visited Monday. D S Barrow Huntsville Telegram business manager was in town. L M Reed of Albany Route 3 was in the city today.
The article notes dolls as a long standing device of the savage mind in ancient myth and African tradition. It mentions married women carrying a doll until bearing a child, after which the doll is discarded.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Hitchcock's Liver Kidney and Blood Powders as a vegetable remedy for biliousness indigestion headaches rheumatism and related ailments. It claims the liver kidneys and blood must be balanced and promises relief by morning with a money back guarantee for 25 cents a tin.
Four generations were represented at a family gathering this week at the home of R. S. Medilton, Albany resident. Attendees included Mr. McJilton, his son and daughter R. HH. McJilton of Detroit and Mrs. J. O. Ballard of St. Louis, a granddaughter Mrs. Lucile Powell of Detroit, and her son Robert. Mrs. Ballard will stay the rest of the week. The reunion was unusually pleasant.
The Navy appropriation for the 1921 fiscal year, amounting to 424 million dollars, will be reported to the House by the House Naval Affairs Committee. The measure accompanies the 424 million sum for naval needs and operations.
A garbled sales note describes a tonic likely named CHILL, promoted by Grove. The fragment hints at a warm take and mentions ear, pee, and renting but lacks clear context or coherent details.
A listing offer presents populations, current interest rates on outstanding bonds, and coupon dates for 44 German cities. Free copies available on request. contact details provided for Al.
When chest tightness and sharp pains signal inflammation use Begg's Mustarine for heat penetrating relief. Apply tonight and cover with a cloth. It eases soreness and congestion, helping you feel better tomorrow. C Wells is mentioned as a source.
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