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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1920
Page
6
Fragmentary notes describe old telegraph wires laid over houses. The text mentions presenting an arm to support or end wires and mentions corks and fittings as makeshift aids. The readable parts imply practical adjustments to hanging lines and signals.
The report notes spectators failed to appreciate the display. origin cites a Boston transcript. The performance is described as not spectacular, with mixed reactions and emphasis on the audience’s reaction rather than the talent.
The Courier-Journal reports Danesday Bevan backs a career shift as Buck turns envelopes into fiction. He quit his newspaper job to pursue writing full time and gained fame using eastern Kentucky moonshine feuds as backdrop. Two novels were adapted into films.
An ad claims May's Wonderful Remedy reduced a man's enlarged stomach after eight doses. It touts a simple prep that removes catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and eases inflammation linked to stomach liver and intestinal ailments. S. M. Thompson endorses it with a money back guarantee. Owl Drug Co in Decatur and Druggists everywhere distribute it.
Mrs. H S Speck of 302 W Pond St Decatur credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing her long standing kidney trouble and backache after four boxes. She notes dramatic relief from nervousness heart trouble and sensitivity to noise and adds she uses it now as a preventive. Advertisement states 60c at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. 666 Chill and Fever Tonic also advertised.
Dorothy Dalton stars in Thomas H. H. Ince's Other Men's Wives a moraldriven photoplay showing a young woman used to threaten a married couple’s happiness. The plot centers on scandal, exposure, and a turn toward genuine love as justice prevails. It debuts Wednesday at the Delihe theatre.
Mrs. V. Christian of 903 First Avenue West End Birmingham sends thanks to Evangeline Booth for the Nation Army work and the arrival of her son Jerry Thomas overseas. The letter notes Booth’s telegram of safe return dated April 22 1910 and asks continued blessings and help.
Readers express strong support for the Salvation Army Home Service Campaign set for May 10 to 20. They hope the effort will strengthen the Army’s ability to perform broader charity work despite limited labor and funds.
A. G. Patterson runs for public service commission president while Judge Joel Brown seeks supreme court justice. Judge Samuel Weakley opposes Senator Underwood. A note of the old world in Rovup Mont shows Austrian and Italian miners building stone shelters. Mourning customs tied to the lowering of the flag's drapery are explained.
Nearly fifty kinds of wine were known to the ancient Romans including several varieties. Falernian was a home wine resembling Madeira and was not commonly used until it aged ten years.
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