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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
4
An advertisement promotes Hayes Healing Honey with claims to stop tickles and heal coughs, price listed as 35e with a free GROVE'S 0 PEN TRATE SALVE chest and head cards and croup items. The copy also discusses centipedes, noting misperceptions about leg counts from 34 to 100 or 200 legs.
The Albany Tex Mills will demonstrate silk weaving at the Automobile Show and Merchant's Carnival opening April 6 at Malone Coal, Grain and Motor Co. Looms in action will display finest silks in many colors. The event, free to all, aims to wow thousands as Albany citizenship hosts a grand, unprecedented decor showcase.
Dr Charles Mayo declares surgery may yield to preventive medicine and drugless healing. Dr W H Schumley notes 80 percent of people have spinal defects causing nervousness and illness, urging spinal analysis and treatment by M B Wooton chiropractor at City National Bank Building in Decatur.
British author Gertie de S Wentworth James argues in the Express that supply and demand will drive polygamy in the West. She cites scarce husbands and a shared man as a future social norm, noting wives’ reluctance to accept a rival in love and the case of Mrs. Cora Spiker as a wedge.
Mrs. Phala Bedsole Worthy Grand Matron and Dora Walsh Worthy Matron join Lettie W. Warner District Deputy at Masonic Hall tonight at 8 for a school of vine ee.
Washington orders reached Boston immigration authorities for the initial deportations of several hundred alleged Reds arrested in New England during the January raids. Included among those to be deported are Mr. and Mrs. Wm. T. Colyer of England.
A group of well known local men led by Frank S. Harris plans to drive a number of Dodge cars back south to Detroit. The party includes Charles Robinson Herman Troup S. C. Maulsdy T. M. Jones Jr. and Lacey Hobbs.
The text explains Mocha coffee origin in Yemen, noting Sana as the center, with Aden about 200 miles away and Hodeida about 150 miles. Camels transport all goods, though a thirty mile railway connects Aden to Lahey.
A quarrel over what was said about Mr. Bestseller centers on a suggestion to employ the same man who drafted his advertisements to author his books. The exchange hints at behind the scenes influence in literary work.
A. G. Patterson, candidate for president of the Alabama Public Service Commission, was in Birmingham Wednesday in conference with L. B. Whitfield and Walter Miller, his campaign manager and secretary, before returning home today for the local entry.
A gang robbing freight cars on the Illinois Central line killed Patrolman Jerry Wallace when he surprised them at work early today in New Orleans. The attackers fled into the night after the shooting.
The garbled note mentions a tonic for adults and children with unclear references to a named product and recipients. No readable entities or concrete facts to confirm specifics.
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