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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1913
Page
3
W D Magli of Whitemound Wisconsin purchased a stock of Chamberains remedies to supply customers. After receiving them he became sick making one small bottle of Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy seem worth more than his entire stock for sale by all dealers.
A Plainfield New Jersey woman reports relief from long stomach trouble and constipation after using Chamberlains Tablets. She says she took most of a package and can now eat almost anything. Sold by all dealers.
San Francisco reports Falcon and Hope Islands of the Friendly Tonga group vanish from view with hundreds of natives and a few whites. Captain J H Frask of the Sonoma says a Sydney to Tonga trading steamer reported the islands sinking and instruments near Sydney logged violent earthquake shocks 2000 miles northeast.
San Francisco Sept 17 The State Railroad Commission ordered the Pullman Company to appear and explain its practices rules and regulations in a hearing to be held November 19. The inquiry will not consider rates but will probe porter wages tips berth assignments and related practices.
Shadow Studio debuts on Lafayette Street showcasing five portrait images of you at once. The new studio aims to attract locals seeking quick multi portrait sessions in a single visit.
A Cuban conductor alleges loaning Gov Sulzer 10000 cash and that Sulzer now owes 26000. An Otis Times machine report traces October 1919 McNamara plot. Diggs and Harris cleared of subordination of perjury in Caminetti cases. Secretary Daniels rejects armor plate bids from Midale Carnegie Bethlehem. A London site yields a plaque from a stolen Paris mail shipment. Internal Revenue Service facing tariff enactment acts. Interior Secretary Lane requires care due to health, moving from Berkeley.
Chicago report states heavyweight champion Jack Johnson will return from France to Chicago where his Mann act appeal will be heard, as announced by attorney Benjamin Bachrach.
Lieutenant Governor Walter D. Seed spoke to a large crowd at the Court House in support of his candidacy for governor. He endorsed farm demonstrators, full pay to Confederate veterans, lower taxes, economical state administration, a reallocated education budget, and good roads. he criticized the Lacy affair with political maneuvering and pledged road funding.
Senator Burton reports that Secretary Bryan’s peace proposal for settling international disputes through sober second thought and an imperial commission was acclaimed at The Hague. The article notes G A R reunion interests in Chattanooga with N B Forrest Camp taking part and mentions Detroit withdrawing from the 1914 reunion contest, leaving Mobile and Houston. It also covers tariff bill concerns on a 25 cent stamp tax for whisky, a valuation board deferral on railroad franchise action pending Judge Cochran, and a police report of a New York gunmen duel.
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