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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1920
Page
2
Subscription notice advises weekly delivery and contact for late delivery. It requests readers to report missed issues to Albany at phone number 46 and to notify the paper if a regular delivery is not received. It mentions tributes of respect and cards of thanks per line.
A proposed amendment to block the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant was defeated in the Senate. The measure aimed to halt federal funding and curb nitrate production vital for military and agricultural needs, drawing accusations of bias against the South and fertilizer interests.
Atlanta is the musical center of the South this week J A Miller reports after returning from the Georgia capital. The Metropolitan Grand Opera Company has moved to Atlanta drawing great crowds for Ponselle Caruso Romaine DeLuca Farrar and others Miss Margaret Romaine will appear at the Mason theatre May 26.
Thomas M. Hooper county surveyor and war veteran was held on $2000 bail after a hearing before Commissioner Watts in Huntsville on Mann Act charges. Witnesses Elina Hutchinson and Margaret Carroll testified to alleged marriages to Hooper with various locations cited in Magnolia and Hammond.
A new engineer joins the city workforce to supervise the paving improvement program replacing H. L. who has departed for Mississippi. The move aims to advance the Land and Hill area projects under the authorities of the local company.
The Association of Alabama Power Surgeons will meet in Birmingham Monday at the Tugwiler hotel. Short addresses will be delivered by visitors Dr W C Bailey of Decatur and Dr M W Murray of Albany. Bailey speaks on Diagnosis and Treatment of Cholecystitis and Cholelithiasis while Murray speaks on Malingering.
Funeral services were held Friday for Avia Waddell two year old daughter of T G Waddell of 1324 Third Avenue South Albany. She died from lockjaw after severe burns suffered several days earlier. The body was taken to the family burying ground near Hartselle.
Announcements indicate Ed e Almona is authorized to run in Alabama's Eighth Congressional District in the upcoming primary process. The notice notes subject to party action and the May primary date.
The Albany Decatur Daily announces J E Pierce of Huntsville Madison County Alabama as a candidate for one of two delegates from the Eighth Congressional District to the National Democratic convention in San Francisco California in June subject to the May 11 1920 Democratic Primary action.
Decatur resident T. M. Jones announces candidacy for delegate from the eighth district to the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco subject to the May 11 primary. He solicits votes and support from voters in the district.
The item lists church activities including a service at 10 a.m taught by J. Petty Brell at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Community singing and preaching at Tanner Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tent meeting with G. Brewer between 2nd and 4th Avenues on Grant Street. All are welcome.
A parade of meteoric wonders is described from history and lands across Europe. Reports recount a sulphur fist at Pultusk Poland on January 30 1868 a limestone pebble flower at Pel et Der France on June 6 1800 and stones found in trees at Little Lever England and Battersea fields with signs of high velocity impact.
The article explains that cedar from Florida is the sole suitable wood for pencils. Logs rafted from forests travel to mills where bolts are cut, then into slender slats longer than pencils. Slats are graded, pitched, seasoned, grooved for lead, and glued, cut, sanded, varnished and stamped into pencils.
A boy adores his grandmother and shows keen interest in school and arithmetic. For her seventieth birthday he gives a small gift and kisses her, saying he hopes she will live to add another cipher to her age.
Financial snippet lists banking items with figures for customers overdrafts banking houses furniture and fixtures real estate other resources cash and due from banks totaling 27,500.00 24,292.50 1,380.28 614,270.01.
Florence candidate R T Simpson runs for the Eighth District seat at the National Democratic Convention. He urges voters to choose strong men who understand the people’s needs and asks for support on Election Day in March.
The Wilmington candidate slate lists F M Hamilton James A Forman W T Ransom J H Hill and others for Morgan County Tax Collector. The notices urge Democratic and Democratic Republican primary actions and citizen support.
Tax assessor urges voters to support Herman D. Eeer in the upcoming primary. The notice emphasizes official authority and expresses appreciation for participation in the electoral process.
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