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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1921
Page
4
The narrator reads a letter from Mother Graham and details Katie's troubling behavior after Dicky's departure. Katie wanders the house early and late, searches rooms, and seems driven by a mysterious worry about a missing item and past events. Elizabeth and Mary fear for Katie's sanity and urge a return home to help.
The report on highway acts is summarized as the capitol and hotel lobbies will be nearly empty until Monday. Neither the house nor the senate will meet again before Monday afternoon at two o'clock.
Amusements note that Thomas Meighan in The Frontier of the Stars, a strong Paramount picture, will show at the Princess Theater next Monday. Meighan plays a New York underworld gangster who is won by a crippled girl and later regenerated amid thrilling scenes with Faire Binnery as the leading woman.
Bill Hart appears as a daring bandit chief in The Testing Block a Paramount photoplay coming to the Princess theatre next Tuesday for a one day engagement. A minstrel band travels through the California Sierras with a violinist as Hart’s gang seeks to capture her and Sierra Bill fights them off. After defeating the outlaws Hart’s character, driven by passion, forces the girl to marry him amid tragedy and triumph. Hart wrote the story with Sam T. Hillyer adapting and creating.
On a suburban train a quiet observer notes a refined woman and a curious boy. The boy teases about the man’s hat and appearance while the woman scolds him for using the word ain’t. The scene highlights class and propriety aboard a commuter ride.
A Kansas City Star item laments city life and urges appreciation for Green Mountain Falls Colorado where power plant workers climb a steep mountain each evening to switch on the lights. The piece paints the perilous mile long ascent through storms and roaring falls, closing with gratitude for the electricity.
In thunderstorm season the number of broken watch mainsprings rises, not from electricity or noise but because warm moist air promotes rusting. A small rust spot can start on the spring or a crack, weakening the mainspring until it breaks.
The compass or pilot plant grows on prairies in Utah Texas and southern Minnesota. Its leaves point north and south along the stalk guiding travelers. Classified with the Compositae and resembling a sunflower it gives a resinous odor and is sometimes called turpentine plant as noted by the Christian Science Monitor.
Two physics professors in London England test pearls for differences between ordinary and Japanese varieties for the Daily Mail. They report Japanese pearls come from inserting seed pearl into the oyster liver and claim specimens match ordinary pearls in weight color and luster using the same materials and process.
An ordinance calls a November 22 1921 election in Albany Alabama to decide issuing 200000 dollars in bonds for acquiring providing or constructing school houses. It sets bond terms six percent interest payable semi annually over 30 years and lists ward polling places officers and canvassing duties.
The section states the Mayor or his agent will prepare the official ballot for the election and describes the ballot format. It notes that the ballot shall be prepared under the Mayor's direction.
The city of Albany Alabama plans to authorize bonds totaling two hundred thousand dollars to acquire provide or construct houses in Albany. The bonds will mature in thirty years from the date and bear interest at six percent payable semi annually. The school bond issue moves against the city.
Advertisement states a 60 minute delivery promise for coal after ordering by phone. Malone Coal Grain and Motor Co. offers service and lists Phones 12 and 138.
Fragmentary ad reads Matone Grain and Motor Co with phone numbers 12 and 13. The line hints at a sales pitch or order process but lacks complete context or product details.
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