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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1913

Page

4

Beautiful Dresses To Go On Sale Monday

The Daily reports consignor J. As Buttrey secured two hundred dresses, red in color, at thirty cents on the dollar. Dresses shipped by express should arrive today and be offered for sale Monday at the Greater New York consignees. Also included is an ordinance detail for improvements on Grant Street in New Decatur Alabama with construction costs and assessment provisions.

Greater New York Consignees le J Buttrey Daily Express Grant Street Louis Ville & Nashville Railroad Company Sixteenth Avenue Second Avenue New Decatur Alabama North Alabama Traction Company Grant Bilreet Fiite Sabbh iMngineer Wiigh New Pecatur Agalnet Wabner BeerBus Champ Clark National House of Representatives America

What Prohibition Has Done For Kansas

Attorney General Dawson presents a measured look at Kansas’ dry era since 1879. The address traces statutory impact and public service tenure, noting Dawson’s fourteen years in public life and a decade with the attorney general’s office.

Hos John Dawson Kepeas I Isas Kafisas

Prohibition Ended Saloon Politics and Tax Havens

The piece argues Prohibition removed politics from saloons and turned them into a liability. It claims crime revenue is bad business, cites Lyndon Manhattan and Burlington, and notes Leavenworth’s decline in illicit revenue followed by growth as plain evidence. It frames Prohibition as restoring order and prosperity.

Lyndon Manhattan Burlington Pittsburg Leavenworth

Prohibition Aids Religious Work in Fort Scott

After law enforcement in Bourbon County Fort Scott improved its churches Y M C A and other properties. In a short time they spent 60000 on this effort. The city cleanup boosted finances and commerce. Revivals followed adding 1100 converts, over half men and boys.

Bourbon County Fort Scott

Cough Remedy Advertised By Local Seller

An old notice promotes a cough remedy claiming broad relief and rapid cures from buyers. The short ad urges trial, noting testimonies from those cured, and invites readers to purchase through a local seller.

Chautauquas Fueling Colleges, President Claims

The chautauquas are a great people's university and major feeders for colleges. He says ten per cent of Armour Institute students owe their presence to the chautauqua influence.

Chautauquas Armour Institute Chautauqua

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