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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1916
Page
6
A 1914 Fireside Discussion imagines Ife town merchants facing a mass migration of shoppers to mail order houses. Alice and William debate keeping local shops open as outside systems threaten hardware, lumber, coal, furniture, and groceries, urging trade at home to preserve the town.
Hardage Bros promote dry goods and vines as worthy purchases and encourage shoppers to buy locally. Crawford Lumber Co and Odom Shoe Co join in urging residents to turn to home merchants for prosperity and support the hometown economy.
Watch our show windows and keep in touch with the latest designs in house furnishings. We lead, follow us. Cook' Bros. Furniture Co. Britain Bros offers household necessities from parlor to kitchen. Hughes & Tidwell advertise extensive farm and home selections, inviting shoppers to inspect in person rather than mail order.
At Side Hardware Co 411 Bath Street promises a wide hardware stock with right prices. Sivley and Sandlin offer leather goods to satisfy exacting customers. Buttrey’s stores emphasize reliable up-to-date progressive goods and truthful advertising. Madame Finnie displays Spring Hats for immediate viewing.
An ad style fragment touts Out-of-Town Merchants and Kulin's five ten and twenty five cent store. It promises relief from bad mail orders with bargains from standard lines and a boast We Have it. Speake Mocbes.
In a Pathe comedy through Rolin Film Co, Harold Lloyd mocks penny-pinching adages. He tells hopefuls that starting at the bottom builds drive, but the punch line: the man who gathered bones and bought a credit basket still owes for the basket, not millions.
Producers and Pathe players endured a desert shoot on Fayer weather's Island near Bridgeport Connecticut as Boreas sent freezing winds. Robert Edeson struggled to keep breath steam in a heat opposite scene while Edward Jose urged actors to endure the cold for atmosphere.
The Decaturs Daily reports the arrival of a newborn with charms of a cute engraved announcement card style. Details such as name date and parent names are not provided in the available copy.
Noted contralto Julia Claussen appears as Ortrud in Lohengrin at Chautauqua with a strong supporting cast including Clarence I. and Riffo noted by critics as delivering high art in the second act. Contemporary reviews praise her opulent voice and dramatic eloquence.
Mexico City May 5 official announcement reports First Chief Carranza approves the El Paso pact by Obregon and Scott and Funston. Details were withheld. El Paso May 5 Pancho Villa reportedly located near Durango by Gen Funston based on a dispatch from Gen PerakIng.
Secretary Lansing stated that if Germany replies officially and abandons present submarine warfare methods, the United States will be ready to discuss collateral questions with Germany. He warned there must be no repetition of submarine acts during discussions.
El Paso May 5 Minister of War Obregon approved the new American Mexican agreement allowing the United States consulate to use Mexican railways. Supplies are being shipped to General Pershing.
A Zeppelin raid on the Anglo French camp at Saloarka was reported early today. A British cruiser fired on the airship and it is believed to have been shot down, per a Reuters dispatch from Athens.
London reports the British navy destroyed a German Zeppelin on Thursday by fire from an English cruiser. It marks the thirtieth Zeppelin lost by Germany since the war began.
A noisy, garbled notice from The Devatuts Daily instructs advertisers to drop copy in by 10 a.m. for same day mall train notices. It stresses urgency and readiness, noting trains will depart in the afternoon and copy must be prepared early.
Thomas Kinsey purser of the steamship St. Paul retires after sixty three years at sea crossing the Atlantic 1100 times and traveling 4000000 miles. He served from 1867 in India transport and as paymaster on the St. Louis during the Spanish American War. He witnessed ocean travel’s evolution and plans land life with health restored.
Fragmentary ad copy discusses fever malaria chills and remedies. Mentions calomel and dosage costs 25 cents. Reads like an old patent medicine style advertisement with uncertain wording.
J B Striplin signs dissolution of partnership with Marchini. Business will continue under the firm name Marchini & Striplin from Vine Street. notice announces the change and continuation of operations.
A fragment describes the average minister's life living in an oversized rectory funded by charity and church income. It notes tensions between vocation and material needs, suggesting vacations are rare and portrayals of optimism mask continuous fiscal restraint. The text names Joseph H. Schaute as a referenced figure.
A fragment discusses flirtatious phrases like Dear Pussykins and Darling Kizikizi used in letters and mocks how love letters would seem silly when read aloud or long after. It notes that the same men who mocked others’ letters in New York likely penned their own risqué notes in their own era.
A reflective poem dedicated to Dr. Braswell’s old homestead six miles southwest of Decatur. The speaker longs for the house on the hill with honeysuckle vines and orchard, recalling family life, the fireside, and the quiet longing to return despite the pull of present duty.
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