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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1913
Page
2
Publication details for New Decatur Alabama include postal status, editor W. W. Shelton, subscription rates by car and mail, carrier options, obituaries and tributes pricing, and notice procedures. It requests timely delivery reporting and states advertising copy deadlines.
The Kansas Legislature enacted a Clean Up law credited to women emphasizing civic duty to keep streets alleys and parks free of dirt and refuse. It prohibits throwing or leaving waste in public spaces and requires property owners to maintain clean backyards and half of adjacent alleys.
The article urges Kansas communities to enforce a new cleanliness measure with monthly disposal. It warns of serious penalties for violations and highlights that local authorities must execute the law. It calls on reform-minded women to act and notes dust and rubbish should not define the twentieth century.
City court records summarized by Judge Gemmill show liquor as the leading factor in domestic trouble last year. Among 3,699 cases paid, 42 percent cited liquor, with immorality 4 percent, disease 13 percent, ill health 11 percent, and other factors including parental influence, being married too young, laziness, and miscellaneous listed in smaller shares.
Mrs. LaFollette states that 90 percent of the 10 billion dollars spent annually in the United States on food, clothing and shelter is by women, a point she says offers a useful hint to investors and advertisers.
The passage notes rising sales and voluntary testimonials for Chamberly Cough Remedy. It urges readers to try it for coughs or colds and lists S. M. Thompson New Decatur and Decatur Drug Co. as sellers in Decatur.
Notice from Morgan County Alabama states default on mortgage to First National Bank of Decatur dated February 10 196? led to sale of undivided half interests in Lot A Block 304 and part of Lot 81 in Decatur with Church and Sycamore Streets frontage. Sale set for June 2 191? at courthouse door in Decatur during legal hours for cash to highest bidder.
The Sporting World notes a tense exchange as a manager scolds his players after a costly electric mishap. It mentions poor weather, doubleheaders ahead, and Birmingham fans unhappy with ongoing medicare style misplays. Local star Gordon McDuff of Columbus in the South Atlantic League is sidelined briefly after a spike.
The idea to use a new white ball each half inning is dismissed because of cost and practicality. Clubs would lose many balls to fences and stands, and whitening used balls would ruin spitball effectiveness and anger players.
It is time to remove rheumatism by applying Chamberlain's Liniment and massaging the parts freely at each application. For sale by S. M. Thompson, New Decatur, and Decatur Drug Co, Decatur.
A brief urging merchants to invest in local advertising to attract business. The note emphasizes giving ads a fair chance and suggests that advertising will bring customers, mentioning a value of 178 Kort as the cost or figure of advertising.
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