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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1913
Page
4
Miss Margaret Nelson daughter of James A Nelson a Bank Street jeweler received a handsome diploma this morning from the Baird Optical College of Birmingham after completing a high course of optics at the institution.
Pr Pettey returns from Nashville and a mix of greetings illnesses travels and social events fill the column. Local residents attend reunions visit Huntsville Louisville and Birmingham while clubs meet and preparations for performances continue. Several names are listed with travel plans health updates and upcoming host duties.
Mr and Mrs William Driskil returned Saturday from a tour in the West and are now making their home with George Williamson.
Stockholders note plans for club rooms on the third floor of the Malone building at Grant Street and Second Avenue. The space will include reading rooms billiards dancing and other entertainments for members and visitors. The Tennessee Valley Printing Co. stockholders meet November 17 1913 at 7 30 p m in the company office with W R Shelton as secretary. Miss Margaret Penick returns from Ward Belmont after a weekend visit. Mr and Mrs J K Johnson return from Trinity and stay at their cottage on Sixth Avenue.
Town Talk flour was awarded first prize at a Birmingham fair, as confirmed by Lawrenceburg Roller Mills Co. official notice. The claim notes the product’s blue ribbon recognition and endorses its quality in a dated October 24, 1913 communication from B R MacElrain, sales manager.
An old advertisement touts Six-Sixty-Six as a malaria and chills fever remedy. It claims five or six doses cure fever and, as a tonic, prevent recurrence. The product supposedly targets the liver, avoids calomel side effects, and costs 25 cents.
Universal to debut Pelleas and Melisande the Belgian mystic Maeterlinck drama in motion picture form. Harrison Del Rath arranged a scenario with Constance Crawley Arthur Maude in the principal roles and Hampton Del Ruth as Pelleas. Coast studios provide the production in a lavish medieval setting.
Representative Cordell Hull of Tennessee launched a vigorous campaign for a constitutional amendment to cap the National House of Representatives at 450 members. He cites overcrowding as the reason and argues a limit would allow the lower chamber to readjust amid rising member totals.
Advertisement notes a line of engraved visiting cards with pricing to fit different budgets.
An unsolicited testimonial states chronic dyspepsia sufferers gain hope and courage. A reader from Danville Street, Albany, New York report Chamberlain's Tablets gave more relief than other medicines after years of distress.
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