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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1920
Page
3
A notice states that the operation will continue as a Candy Kitchen Fruit Stand and Lunch Room. U. E. McClury assumes all indebtedness and all accounts owed to the Martha Washington Shop are payable to him. 80-518. Koulas E Freeman.
A Kentucky woman recounts her husband’s severe abdominal injury and two weeks of agony after heavy lifting. After failing with three doctors, they used Thedford's Black Draught, which she says caused fainting but brought relief and a swift recovery.
Churches set services with 11:00 morning Bible study 3:00 afternoon sermon on The Second Coming of Christ and 7:30 evening sermon on Hell by Rev. M. B. Smith of Hartselle. All are invited to attend.
Central Baptist Church announces evangelistic services at 11 00 a m and 7 30 p m daily except Saturday with a choir of about thirty voices. At 8 10 p m Sunday Dr W D Powell will lecture on travels in the Holy Land. A men’s short service is planned at Preuit Dillehay Drug Store at 11 30 a m daily starting Monday. all men are urged to attend.
The pastor Rev. C. C. Datison will preach at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. All church members and the congregation are urged to attend with strangers and visitors welcome.
Morgan County announces a service at 11 o clock in Room 3 with the subject Everlasting Punishment. The meeting details focus on religious instruction and contemplation. Attendees are urged to join and reflect on the topic.
A. Verley and a second chemist from Isle Saint Denis France patent a process to extract perfume from flowers using powdered weed and charcoal as an absorbent instead of grease, then washing the charcoal in alcohol for the final product.
In London a dress correspondent reviews current French styles. Paquin and Redfern showcase bold color combos like hyacinth blue tulle with red poppy accents and royal blue gowns with cerise hats. Designers feature sheer sleeves, lace, and veiled accents, with pale pink charteuse and gold leaf detailing adding daring touches.
A short item notes a Swedish pine or spruce once grew on a rocky mountainside and, through a process akin to ancient alchemy, modern chemists now manufacture silk from pulpwood trees. It mentions lustrous fabrics and silken sweaters derived from this innovation.
The American Forestry Magazine notes cattle avoid browse in pasture. Hazel and oak struggle while thorny apple bushes thrive due to sharp thorns deterring grazing. The report highlights how certain plants persist where livestock roam.
A historical quotation discusses real political issues not manufactured by party leaders and the depth of public opinion shaping policy. It emphasizes truth over rhetoric and the value of authentic civic discourse.
An Ohio State Journal writer notes field mice cause over 60 percent of fruit tree damage by burrowing and nibbling bark in fall and winter. The piece suggests tar paper or wire netting around young trees to foil the mice defense, while acknowledging rabbits share blame and urging orchardists to trap mice at the tree base.
Admiral Sims in the World's Work recalls a Uboat incident where a submerged submarine crew chose suicide to avoid capture. Subchaser listening devices picked up 25 revolver cracks and shots as the crew died, leaving few survivors among 25 to 30 men.
Melville E. Stone recalls a Civil War era clash between Gen. Benjamin Butler and Samuel J. Randall. Randall jokes Butler upholding New England Puritanism by denying a Sunday session. Butler retorts Randall will be in the lower house in the afterlife as well.
The War Department air service conducted 745 flights over three months covering 92,606 miles. Patrols covered high value forest areas with routes following rough mountainous terrain and twice daily patrols. The average nonstop leg was 160 miles and the round trip 320 miles.
Spokane geologist W. S. Foster found a peat bed stump in Alberta dating about 250000 years. Taft got a walking stick carved from the wood during a Taft visit, after Foster stored the stump in Seattle with glacial epoch souvenirs.
A fragment notes that accidents vary with no fixed number and depend on an aiding scale on an icy hill. It reads as a reflective aside about risk and response levels. The text mentions uncertainty and the lack of a standard measure for incidents.
Fragmentary OCR notes from a wedding ceremony describe a clergyman asking a bride a traditional pledge while she answers with modesty. The readable portion suggests missing or garbled words around the vows and response.
A New York Sun story recounts a man who refuses to yield his seat to a tired woman and instead offers it to a woman with a baby, while a handsome young woman with a poodle clings to the strap. He exits at the next station to avoid the scene.
Report notes Yokohama crews mostly comprised by native boarding house masters ready to ship on tramp coasters. They perform all shipboard labor including stoking and trimming though not climbing masts. On shore they take coal contracts, often outperforming men. world record for coaling an ironclad once held by young Japanese seawomen under twenty-one.
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