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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1913
Page
4
A purse lost between 2nd Ave and South Park on Gordon Drive or 6th Ave contains small bills and personal cards wrapped in a Masonic Journal. Return to Sanitary Plumbing & Heating Co for a reward.
Two Jersey milk cows for sale described as fresh and fine. Contact Charlie Shafer at Webster's farm across the river from Ship Yards. Also notice for a first class office boy needed with handwritten reply to Decatur Daily, and a furnished eight room rental at 918 Oak Street with utilities and gas range.
SS. N. Sherman was arrested this morning on a charge of violating state prohibition laws and placed under a one thousand dollar bond.
A notice urges ladies to call and give names of visitors and locals. The paper asks readers to share the name of every person coming in and going out of the city. The request mentions Van Astor and a phone number for contact. The DAILY edition prints the appeal to improve local knowledge of arrivals.
A writer recalls seeking relief from heat away from city life in forest shade. He cannot find a cooling device or drink, must endure a muddy creek, and concludes that in hot days his office remains the best place.
A mixed page recalls a Lyndon era poem about aging from the Chicago Record Herald. It then lists Huntsville society notes with visitors from Memphis and Chicago, meeting plans, and band support. Local travel, guests, and club remarks fill the column alongside community events and amateur music notes.
Joe Wood and Joe Cornish depart for Tuscaloosa to enter the University of Alabama. C. F. Spencer of Jamestown New York accepts a position with J. A. Battrey. Joe Ware, ex purchasing agent for H H Hitt Lumber, visits Birmingham and now with Moore and Handley spends a week with the Workmans. Armstrong town Creek and J Norwood Russellville were seen locally. Wilmer Hall Jackson Edwards leave to reenter Auburn. George and William Wallace return from Texas. Horace Seely heads to Porter Military Academy. Knight Bixby suffers malaria. John Cooper Adams leaves for Auburn to attend school. Allison McNeil goes to Atlanta to aid the Georgia Military Academy.
A birth notice announces the arrival of Lamar Rankin Penney born to Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Penney.
Audrey Morrow died yesterday morning at 5 o'clock. She is buried in the city cemetery after a funeral held Sunday afternoon. The bereaved parents Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Morrow receive many sympathies from friends. D. A. Hurst Dies at His Daughter's Residence
Sheffield Ala Sept 8 Special Last night two miles east of Sheffield a negro named Bud Watts was struck in the head with a large rock and killed instantly by another negro named Tom Owen. Owen fled toward the river and had not been captured by late today. A sheriff's reward is expected. Owen is described as medium brown, about 24, five foot four or five inches, right eye out, shoulders slightly humped.
Seattle report says D. C. Perkins of the State of California will be added to the wireless heroes monument in Battery Park, joining Jack Phillips of the Titanic G. E. Eccles of the Ohio and Lawrence Prudmont of the Rosecrans as named wireless pioneers.
Noel Buxton and A G Symonds warn that Turkish control of Adrianople and Thrace risks demoralization, delay, cruelty, and renewed European threat. They argue continued Sultanate rule would repeat past harms and that resisting reform benefits Turkey, not its enemies, while dismissing prejudice claims against Muslims.
San Diego chronicle reports first lieutenant Moss L. Love of the Eleventh Cavalry, U S A aviation corps at North Island camp, perished Thursday when his airplane dropped 250 feet during a test flight.
A narrator contrasts Grandpa’s old methods with today’s modern options. He recalls hauling produce over mud roads and walking to springs, then notes today’s trains, cars, and hot water heating. The piece promotes saving money via modern heating and plumbing estimates.
An advertisement touts Ballard's Snow Liniment as the most effective remedy for human and animal flesh wounds. It claims mild, efficacious healing action with prices 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle and lists Ow! Drug Co as a seller.
Mrs. G. Stengle of Pl Ni writes that after a month of stomach upset she used Chamberlain's Tablets and soon could eat almost anything. She says letters from others cured by the tablets influenced her, and she has used about three quarters of a package. For sale by all dealers.
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