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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1913
Page
2
Entered as Second Class Matter February 26, 1912 at New Decatur Alabama. Editor W B Shelton. Subscription rates by carrier and mail with annual, semiannual, quarterly, monthly, and weekly options. Obituaries and tributes priced per line. Call for timely delivery and advertising deadlines posted.
Dr. Harry Lee Barnes, Rhode Island sanitarium superintendent, reported to the Rhode Island Medical Society that 120 tuberculosis patients treated last April with Friedman's turtle vaccine showed none of the promised gains. He noted about 17 percent had worsened disease activity, while one patient with joint tuberculosis improved.
At the opening session of the annual convention of the national federation of post office clerks in Indianapolis on Monday a resolution urging the National Association of Letter Carriers to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor was adopted.
A Tahitian princess, Princess Ina Ramon, descendant of King Poere, arrived on the Moana and is held at Angel Island by immigration authorities. The 45-year-old princess was placed under detention. her defection reason remains undisclosed. She was in the care of Miss Josephine Tilden, a botanist from the University of Minnesota, to educate the islander youth.
Fire spread rapidly from burning dwellings to the south and east in Hot Springs. The flames moved into a manufacturing area and hotel district before veering west toward the business district as winds shifted. Local crews could not contain the blaze despite efforts to divert it toward South Hot Springs.
In Montgomery on September 6 a quo warran proceeding was filed in the circuit court by Daniel W. Troy for the state to eject the Montgomery Light and Water Power Company. The action alleges failure to pay its franchise tax and marks the first ouster suit of this kind in Alabama, likely setting a regional precedent.
The text reports a speaker from Seattle describing a 15 acre Kaltona California tract used as a headquarters for a cult’s teaching site. It claims a sixth Aryan sub race on the Pacific coast and a coming Messiah to guide a future superior human type through eugenics.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt urges Governor Sulzer to provide a full and straight forward explanation in response to charges that led to his impeachment. The advice follows Sulzer’s communications to Roosevelt while the governor was traveling in the west.
A reflective piece argues that cheap prices reflect rough inputs and wages rather than genuine value. It cautions against assuming a sale below cost proves market weakness, noting economics show true costs and quality behind pricing dynamics.
The whaler Kar luk with the Stefansson expedition reached Point Barrow Alaska on Sept 6 after being icebound at 71°5′ 167°10′ for days. The voyage from Port Clarence was uneventful with ice sighted Aug 1 and a polar bear killed by Captain Bartlett. News that Karluk was frozen in and damaged came Aug 25 but no further harm to the ship.
A future publication titled The Maids Of Paradise is announced as forthcoming. Details about authorship and release date are not yet disclosed.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst leader of the militant suffragettes will visit the United States once her health improves. She will address meetings in New York Boston Philadelphia and Chicago focusing on suffrage with emphasis on white slave traffic concerns.
In San Francisco on September 6 the National Association of Letter Carriers discussed raising insurance rates and cutting board membership. Delegates rejected the measures but sent both questions to a referendum of policy holders. George J. Tworder of Brooklyn challenged the credentials committee after being refused.
In a ruling yesterday the Superior Court dismissed a bid for a delegate seat, finding the court had no jurisdiction to hear the case. The decision ends the challenge to the seat.
Mr and Mrs Alex Humphrey and the bachelors presented Mr and Mrs M H Crow with a dining table and chairs and a drugger. Mr and Mrs Crow were married on September 3 at Valdermosa Springs and have taken apartments in the Pride flats.
Prof C D Wade plans to leave for the East in a few days to resume duties as Latin professor at the New York Military Academy in Cornwall New York. He has been visiting relatives here this week and was formerly head of the local High School. Friends regret his brief stay.
Ten years' successful experience and five years as directress of music at Morgan County High School mark the background. She has just completed a fourth term at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and resides at Grant Street Phobe 235.
The Sanders Optical Co at 515 Seyond Ave New Decatur opens its Eyeglass Emporium Tuesday September 9th. Dr Geo M Sanders will be on site the first two weeks handling complex cases while the shop offers splendid service and low prices with no music flowers cigars or souvenirs that day or that period.
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