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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1913
Page
2
Postal service statement shows the newspaper entering as second class matter on February 26, 1912, at New Decatur Alabama under the 1879 act.
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The piece notes a mood change from quiet panic to hopeful outlook. It cites a government cotton report showing deterioration from heat and drought, with a potential U S demand outrunning supply and higher prices likely. It also references recent unfavorable corn data shaping the trade environment.
A cautious note suggests carryover from last year and potential gains from corn and cotton may improve overall results, with expectations higher than presently indicated.
Capt Joseph H Fussell of Columbia Tennessee was thrown while mounting a horse on Sunday and suffered several broken ribs plus injuries to his hips and back. His injuries are described as serious and he is an aged, upright man known for honesty and opposition to alcohol.
Philadelphia Press notes social opinion splits on fashion style but votes with public decency. Municipal counsels, judges, police, and conservative women all express a broad protest against modes seen as immoral or unseemly, shaping behavior and public standards.
Police traced a pillow found near the Hudson River to a second hand store on the upper west side. A middle aged woman bought the pillow last April, and detectives seek her identity and address to identify the victim. Two missing persons cases draw interest including Ella Sternemann and vaudeville actress Jannette Norman.
The letter outlines a Sept 15 start with 8 25 opening, 8 30 tardy bell, and early doors in bad weather. Attendance is stressed, first day room choice, new pupils report to the principal, and exams planned. The New Decatur schools aim for a record year with improved High School facilities and strong parental cooperation urged by Supt W F Jones.
A hussar orders, seduces, and forcibly escorts Mademoiselle Elven, a mystery Alsatian girl, toward La Trappe as cannon fire nears Strasbourg. Echoes of border danger surround a comic clash of manners and a battlefield horizon.
A narrator arrives at the shadowy estate of La Trappe with a silent companion. They ascend to the esplanade, seeking the Countess de Vassart for entry as night falls and a mystery deepens.
Lieut. Col. Eugene T. Wilson heads the commissary department for the Isthmian Canal Commission. He oversees large Panama Canal stores that supply U S employees and families, selling items cheaper than in New York and running a multimillion dollar operation. Panama merchants protest limits to the commissary system under a 1909 treaty.
Government extends commissary purchasing to all diplomatic representatives and many officials, including the president. American clubs in Panama City and Colon gain privileges. Panamanian merchants supply locally with no cold storage, and prices run higher than commissary levels by about 60 percent. The Isthmus Canal Commission notes cooperative mess operations feeding 40 000 workers with favorable costs, while the Tivoli Hotel shows a substantial profit aiding canal maintenance. The system relies on a central depot and scientific management to keep meals affordable.
A revival led by Rev. J I Stockton and Rev. J D Prater at Moulton Heights has drawn strong local interest with 20 or more new converts to the church. Attendees from Decatur join nightly, and services have run for ten days with several days more planned.
A dealer notes he could supply customers with Chamberain's medicine soon but fell ill after receiving a batch. He valued a small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy more than the entire stock of those medicines. For sale by all dealers.
Miss Elizabeth Burleson, piano teacher and former directress of music in Morgan County High School, has returned from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She offers ten years of federal ducdederal experience and five years as directress, with recommendations on application. Residence 430 Grant St. Phone 233.
Colbert county druggists report many customers persuaded by STUTT S EAS IT tests for headache neuralgia and mental worry. Bottle priced 25c or 60c with money back guarantee if not satisfactory. Sold by Dillehay Bros South Decatur.
Mrs. G Stengle of Plainfield New Jersey reports relief from chronic stomach upset after taking Chamberlains Tablets. She says after reading letters from cured users she tried them and has nearly finished a package with improved appetite and tolerance for foods. For sale by all dealers.
Washington reports bones of a mastodon being dug from the late Colonel Alfred A. Pope’s estate by Peabody Museum experts. The fossils, not petrified, are fragile and buried twenty thousand years old with the skeleton spread across the trench and supported by plaster as they are lifted.
New York plans to withdraw two objectionable plays at once. The grand jury will tour the theaters to view the works. If 16 of 23 jurors declare them unobjectionable they continue. otherwise they will be withdrawn permanently.
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