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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1920
Page
4
An advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell’s senna product with a trial offer. It claims over 6 million bottles sold annually and urges readers to request a free address for a trial bottle by mailing to B Caldwell 511 Washington Monticello Illinois.
The text describes the Rift Valley from Nubia and Arabia through Bab el Mandeb to Abyssinia and Lake Natron, noting Lake Nyasa, the Zambesi, and the Sabi river, with deep beds and steep walls where trains were hauled by cables. It links the valley to Tanganyika and Tanganyika’s deep lake and concludes with a note on geological formation and fossil mammals.
The Arab race influenced by Greek and Indian ideas toward the end of the second century and the start of the third. Baghdad saw the rise of mathematical and mechanical arts with Abbas Ben Farnas as an early aviation pioneer ahead of later famous aviators.
The text notes insects survive winter in snags under bark by maintaining activity and moving to cover when their home is damaged. It contrasts with fish that do not hibernate, living in cold water, some seeking holes or beneath rocks, roots, or debris, and sustaining on less food in cold periods.
The article notes about a hundred violet species with five in England and a few subspecies. It cites Shakespeare’s frequent mention of the purple sweet scented violet, abundant near Stratford on Avon, as a symbol of beauty and sweetness echoed by Chaucer and other poets.
The passage discusses the reliability of history noting Victor Hugo and Shelly on embellished epics and Herodotus as a living source. It argues modern historians should provide selective anecdotes or touches, balancing myth and fact without becoming mere archives.
The faith affirms belief in prophets from Adam to Jesus and Muhammad seen as the most excellent creature of God within Islamic creed.
Postmaster General reports 314 million cost from wire control and 14 million to cover government losses. He argues legal obstruction limited operations and that longer control would have prevented losses.
A fragment presents a quotation on life and knowledge. It contrasts tolls paid for knowledge food and pleasure and declares toil as the law attributed to John Ruckin. The readable text suggests a general aphorism rather than a specific event or person.
Census data lists gains for Elkhart Indiana Crown Point Indiana La Salle Illinois Alliance Illinois Marseilles Illinois Farmington Illinois Peru Illinois Mendota Illinois Quitman Georgia Clarion Pennsylvania Reynoldsville Pennsylvania Winfield Kansas Bowling Green Missouri with increases ranging from 88 to 1 282 residents in each locale as recorded.
Lincoln May 4 The Nebraska primary count shows W J Ban leading a group of candidates for the presidency with less than a thousand behind lerburger. The secretary of state’s office reports the official tally as received.
An advertisement from Spencer Kellogg & Sons promotes Kellogg’s Tasteless Castor Oil. It emphasizes tastelessness, standard strength and purity, and availability in labeled bottles at laboratories. The ad notes tests by physicians and druggists and lists sizes 35e and 65, urging purchase at druggists.
A circuit judge issued an injunction halting circulation of alleged false political propaganda by Underwood campaign managers and allies. The order, granted with consent of the presiding judge, targets Lloyd Hooper and others including Sparrow Advertising and several publishing firms for distributing slanderous material about labor and unions.
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