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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1913
Page
4
The display features fresh lines of dress goods direct from Woolen Mills. Diagonals, cords, wool crepes, silk blends and popular mixtures are offered in styles ranging from $1.25 to $1.50. Shoppers urged to view the grand selection during the entire week.
The Killarney Girls in Irish costumes will present an instrumental music and singing program with a featured appearance by Rita Rich. The act, known in Lyceum circles, includes Irish songs spanning folklore to classics, sung by a company of skilled artists.
A report on the Gima B Smith Company listing Miss Laura Verne and Miss Mary Ambrens as featured performers in Iris folklore songs with the Stels t ensemble. It notes Bess Binley presiding over Saturday club meetings and outlines a October program with Miss McKinney Mrs Hardase Clarkson and others, plus social events and upcoming marriages and rehearsals.
A brief reflective verse notes that true living lies in needing little and letting that small amount suffice rather than pursuing abundance. The lines emphasize restraint and contentment as a philosophy.
A quotation exhorts workers across trades to join in disciplined toil as holy service. It depicts quarry workers builders and sailors uniting in labor as a form of praise and prayer to God.
Reports say four summer student military camps will be conducted following two successful programs. High Court impeachment proceedings for Gov. Sulzer are slated to convene today. Eastern Kentucky mountain hospital seeks relief from trachoma amid mounting eager demand.
R P Johnston of Cullmnary ise a visitor today. S H Halston of Pride s Station is in our city. H D Bynum was here yesterday. A T Kerr of Huntsville was in the Decaturs today. H H Hit is in Washington on business.
Washington reports agriculture specialists praising popcorn as a cost effective breakfast option. Experts say 30 dollars of popped corn in 5 cent packs costs about 10 to 15 dollars in raw material and can be grown in a 20 by 40 foot area with guidance in a new farmers bulletin.
A sheriff sale is set after a Morgan County Alabama chancery judgment against Gus Reed. The property includes parts of lot 193 and 194 in Hartselle and a described tract near College Street Fletcher's Ferry road and N E 3 of 8 W 4 of Sec ll Township 7 Range 4. The sale occurs October 27, 1913 at the court house door during legal hours.
Eight state governors are expected to attend the annual meeting of the American Prison Association in Indianapolis. The event gathers leaders to discuss reforms, prison policy, and public safety initiatives.
The Owl Drug Company moves into the Malone building at the corner of Johnson Street and Second Avenue, promising one of the most attractive locations in Northern Alabama. The relocation highlights its expansion and prominent presence in the region.
The Decatur Daily invites readers to call with personal visits by friends or relatives in the city. Any name, from Van Astor Smith to Jones, can receive a personal mention. Call 386 w or 46 New Decatur to arrange.
Athens reports Judge Speaker sentences two men to life in the penitentiary for first degree murder. Tenhison, tried previously, received a life term. appeal reversed on technicality. Jeck Francis also got life after fatally shooting Hall at a Stevenson cotton mill. Jury cases moved as week ahead promises trials of white cap cases and others.
A wagon drops onions on Sixth Avenue at Thirty-Fourth Street causing a ten minute traffic halt. A newsboy alerts the driver who stops, gathers the onions one by one, and restocks the wagon while police and motorists wait.
Classified notices list multiple ads with rental, job, lost item, and sale postings. Includes Mrs. B. F. Holmes seeking rooms at 717 Line St Decatus Ala, a clerical worker seeking a position, a lost baby coat between Sherman St and Butrey's, and a sale of a residence lot on Sherman Street by Cain & Wolcott.
A Melbourne dispatch says high ringleaders of cannibals who killed German American mineralogist John Henry Wernes during a radium expedition in New Guinea have been captured by a patrol. The patrol encountered resistance, killing four natives and wounding several others.
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