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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1918

Page

4

Fragmented OCR note on event and people

Fragmented text references Eve Milit and an exercise or event. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR. Cannot determine full names, places, or outcomes from the provided fragment.

House Young Seeks Value From Old Dwellings

A fragment notes a focus on evaluating old houses and potentially going at a house to keep it, referencing youth and value considerations. The readable text suggests assessing properties and preservation in a local context.

Call for New Members and Back Dues Payments

This notice lists numerous local business names and individuals as part of a call for new members. It also asks readers to submit new membership applications or pay back dues, indicating organizational dues and enrollment efforts.

Douglas Fairbanks in Down to Earth at Masonic Theatre

Amusements note highlights the Masonic Theatre second Art craft program featuring Douglas Fairbanks in Down to Earth. The piece touts Fairbanks as peerless in his field and promises one of his greatest pictures with plenty of laughter.

Douglas Fairbanks Masonic The Masonic Theatre Doug

God Laughs Last Says Dr Wilkes

Excerpt from Dr Wilkes sermon urges readers to heed warnings about mocking God and to consider mercy and invitations from Him. The passage warns that laughing at divine matters will end and asks whether one will join the deriders or those with God in the final laugh.

God Dr. Wilkes

Calotabs Calomel Ad Promises Pure, Pleasant Dosing

An advertisement touts Calotabs as a purified calomel tablet free of nausea and griping. One tablet at bedtime with water supposedly leaves readers alert and hungry for breakfast, with no dietary limits. Sold in sealed packages for thirty cents. druggists guarantee satisfaction, or money back.

City scales curb short weights in farm marketing

Farms face higher prices but accurate weights remain crucial. The article cites Ozark and Enterprise Coffee County using Standard Fairbanks Scales 2x8 with bonded weighers to ensure fair weighing. In Enterprise over 2,000 loads were weighed in a period, proving the system works and increasing farmer confidence.

Cies Ozark and Enterprise Coffee Couny Fairbanks Enterprise Death Ozark C. E. Suph

Passenger Automobiles Provide Quick And Economical Transport

B L Malone of Malone Coal Grain and Motor Co. extols passenger cars as essential. He cites the Chevrolet Model Four-Ninety for its versatility in town and farm use, its tight turning radius, and ability to reduce labor and delays, suggesting life without automobiles would be impractical.

B. L. Malone Malone Coal, Grain and Motor Co Chevrolet

Falling Crop Irish Potatoes in Alabama Culture Methods

The fall potato crop relies on sprouted small seed tubers and careful soil moisture. Best practice uses Bliss Triumph seed and July planting in the north or mid August in the south, with deep furrows and firmed soil for good germination.

Bliss Triumph Alabama South North

Real Enemy Catarrh Drills Home Remedies

Advert says medicated sprays and douches fail to cure catarrh and promote ongoing use. It urges vigorous treatment with SB team 8S at the drug store, claims to address the disease at its source and remove germs from blood. Free medical advice offered via Medical Director, 22 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta GA.

Swift Laboratory Atlanta

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