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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1913
Page
4
Prentiss Blackwell traveled to Athens yesterday on business. United States Senator Joseph Johnston spent last night in Decatur. W A Curry is in Birmingham on business today.
A local advertisement promotes Chamberlains Tablets as a permanent cure for constipation. The product is for sale by S. M. Thompson in New Decatur and Decatur Drug Co. in Decatur.
A lung inflammation remedy ad describes tight chest and dry cough relief with Ballard's Horehound Syrup. Each bottle includes a free Herrick's Red Pepper Porous Plaster for the chest, marketed as drawing out inflammation and easing lung colds. Sold by Owl Drug Co.
Mrs. L. Whorton hosted the Woman's Literary Club with a program on Picturesque Mountains and Streams read by Mrs. S. M. Thompson. Miss Bess Bailey performed a Spanish Dance as a musical selection, while the Glee Club and several social clubs planned meetings and events at the Y M C A and at various homes. A wedding breakfast hosted by Mrs. Paul Crawford celebrated Miss Mary Bibb with pink and white decorations and guests in fashionable gowns from Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery, Savannah and more.
A Lutheran Church Work note recounts a devout artist recounting how a harp and divine guidance shaped a German hymn. He felt God sweep the strings as the words formed from faith unchanging love. The tale emphasizes song as prayer and joy in spiritual inspiration.
City votes to fix and establish the grade of 4th Avenue East from the Northwestern city limits to the south property line of 9th Street. Ordinance approved by Mayor R. H. Wolcott on March 25, 1913, with profile sheet No. 101 on file in City Clerk’s office.
A long hotel arrivals list records guests from Birmingham to Nashville and New York, naming names such as Joseph F. Johnston and wife, Ed Leonard of Chattanooga, J. S. Molgrass of Nashville, and many others. The roster includes visitors from St. Louis, Selma, Boston, Indianapolis, and Chicago among others.
The First Ward School Improvement Association sponsors a Pan tomine Entertainment and sale of needlework edible candy and more on Friday night March 28 at the West Side School building. A neighborly gathering followed by a hymn by George Neumark brought tears and quiet sympathy as the room filled.
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