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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
2
A Hartselle Enterprise note says Nat Goodwin has created a card index for divorces that prevents marrying the same woman twice by mistake.
Commentators ask whether Braxton Bragg’s potential victory would push business into a coma as a political dispute over state direction intensifies. Experts disagree on impacts for commerce and investment.
The Fair reports heavy attendance as crowds jam the grand stand and cheer the results. The article credits one man's enterprise for past success and urges local efforts to expand a larger fair that would reflect well on Decatur and attract attention from surrounding areas.
The past week of the criminal court has developed that the people of this county, the men who have...
Judge Speake dedicates circuit weeks to criminal cases. Fletcher Tenison and Jack Francis receive life sentences after juries deliberate swiftly. Smith pleads guilty to horse theft. other cases included a tragic debauching and murder. Local officials praise juries and prosecutor Dave Almon for upholding law.
Officers were elected and the annual convention of the American Bankers Association concluded its session in Boston. An agricultural symposium opened the program with a committee report on agriculture and education. James J. Hill spoke on the Glass Owen currency bill. Sam ...
A Town buzzes as Barnum and Bailey’s advance car arrives with the show’s “greatest” spectacle. Officials confirm requests from the State Archives for 1913 fair catalogs posters and circulars to preserve in Montgomery’s collection.
A woman with two children and four followers visited Kerr & Staten on Second Avenue, asking for a “companion” bag. Kerr offered no companions beyond his partner Staten, who did not appear. Bags on display failed to satisfy the customer, and Staten did not return, leaving the firms puzzled over the meaning of the term in haberdashery.
Edward Albes notes that buttons, small as they are, reflect Latin American origins. He traces their journey from Ecuadorian palm nuts nicknamed negritos to European button manufacturing, with over 20 thousand tons shipped annually worth about 1.7 million dollars.
Fargo North Dakota October 10 The railroad commission has devised a uniform accounting system for farmers elevators to prevent incompetent bookkeeping and show annual business clearly. Walter Thomas prepared the system with sample blanks mailed to elevators and a designated Board of Audit will ensure enforcement.
A. J. Bell reports 569 wood buffalo in northeastern Alberta. He proposes a 103 mile fence on the Peace Great Slave peninsula to protect them at a cost over 100000. Bell says the wild herd resembles plains bison but is now nearly unapproachable and would increase if protected.
The revival at the First Methodist church in Decatur draws larger congregations than any event in twenty years with broad church cooperation. Fourteen young men and two ladies publicly pledged their faith as services continue through Sunday night and prayers have been offered in over two hundred homes.
The article traces a history from Snefru's Nile regatta where rowers wore diaphanous linen attire to modern fashion critiques. It suggests early gowns influenced later dancing costumes worn by Pittsburgh plutocrats and hints at Boloman's remark that nothing is new under the sun.
The note urges Star theatre coupon holders to report by eight tomorrow night to avoid delays in distributing prizes. It mentions Mr Lipscomb difficulties and audience impatience as prizes are chased out among overflow seating. Raiber is cited as requesting this action on behalf of patrons who cannot seem to pick winners.
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