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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1913
Page
3
Mrs William Orvis of Clare Michigan writes that her little girl suffered severe dysentery but Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her and she calls it the best medicine in the world. It is advertised as for sale by all dealers.
Justice I N Butler orders constable to attach Porter property in New Decatur to satisfy E J Fenns fifty dollar debt plus costs. Goods listed include 3 boxes of household items a sewing machine and furniture with dates August 26 and August 18 1913 1918.
A warrant has been sworn for Ellis Wright on a charge of selling whiskey and he is expected to be arrested before the day ends.
Telegraphic taps report a 621 million bushel corn season loss and 2.361 billion bushels of corn yield. Spring wheat up 4.3 percent to 754 million bushels, 600 thousand above 1901 record. U S Mexico talks near. John Lind to visit near Mexico City. Huerta to address deputies. Taft spoke at Sandusky centennial event near Perry’s flagship anchorage.
Representatives of eleven railroads sent a long telegram to the Commerce Committees of the House and the Senate and to the Interstate Commerce Commission urging a full investigation of causes of wrecks before undertaking preventive legislation.
A defective rail near Wylie's Station caused a derailment that left New York and St Louis bound steamboats with all steel cars credited for saving many lives. A new campaign for pure drinking water on Ohio River steamboats between Cincinnati Louisville and Cairo was started by the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service.
Mistakes by bankers in filling blanks for government crop moving loan securities slowed work and only 6 million of 50 million offered was distributed. Interior Secretary Lane fainted at the Native Sons Admission Day parade in Oakland and halted further travel. Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts, suffered a fire causing 200000 dollars in damage to a church, six hotels, and 150 cottages. Democrats gained control of the Tennessee Legislature organization due to fusionist defections over Gov. Hooper's law enforcement stance.
Lamar, a prominent Savannah man, named Keller, was convicted of violating the Mann White Slave act. The case highlights enforcement actions in Georgia during the period.
President Wilson informs Cox of Ohio he will attend Perry victory celebration in Punta Bay today and tomorrow due to duties. Charles Robinson of Brooklyn, missing since August 28, found in a trunk in a vacant Otwa house. James Conley, a Black man, indicted as an accessory in Leo Frank murder case. German battleship Helgoland reportedly destroyed by a hurricane with 15 crew lost.
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