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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1913
Page
4
A mosaic of small ads shows rates for 25 word listings and repeat buys, plus notices for office help, furnished rooms, real estate, rentals, and sales. Names include Decatur Daily, Delite Theatre cashier, E H Allison, and various local properties and goods.
A collage of verse lines and brief notes fills a page, including Emerson Longfellow and Whittier quotes, reflections on life and love, and social notes about Vera Austell, Mrs. Ben Dupont, and Miss Sarah. Also mentions Sunday School Union meeting, Athens Female College enrollment, and local visitors and travel plans.
John McGehee leaves Monday for Knoxville to attend the University of Tennessee. Clarence Clark and W. P. Adams of Decatur visit our city. R. C. Leach of New Decatur and W. H. Simpson of Decatur are in town today on business. O. C. Parker of New Decatur and S. M. Brown of Danville Route 3 stop by. T. C. Wilkinson in Pulaski on business. Thomas Spriggs of Lynchburg a guest of nephew T. C. Daniel. Jamie Holland returns from Birmingham after Massey. John D. Moley of Selma is here. W. S. Winery of Hartselle and J. A. Hill of Mooresville visit. Zeno Bailey, from Massey Business College, returns to be with his father.
About 500 students have applied to the UW Alumni Association employment bureau for positions as registration day nears. Applications cover many states and indicate unusually many students will be partly or wholly self supporting with some already on the ground.
Tom Gurly was tried on a violation of the prohibition law near Somerville and acquitted by the court today in law and equity.
Three train loads of Black travelers passed through the Decayers yesterday en route to a convention in Nashville. They were seen boarding and disembarking with no incidents reported.
The Sanders Optical Company at 515 Second Avenue reports strong first week business in New Decatur. Residents have praised prompt service and low prices as they receive timely repairs and updated eyewear in Morgan County.
On government motion the Diggs Caminetti sentences were postponed until May. it is hoped the Diggs Harris conspiracy trial will be finished by then. Judge Van Fleet will pronounce sentences after a 30 day vacation begins Thursday.
The Morgan Furniture Co. offers a one day sale tomorrow only for housekeepers. An urgent message says in twenty four hours you will be left and advises readers to read the ad in this issue for full details.
Mrs William Orvis of Clare Michigan says her little girl’s dysentery was cured by Champlain Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and she calls it the best medicine in the world. For sale by all dealers.
In Colbert County lead ing Colbert county druggists report STUTT'S EAS-IT relieves headaches neuralgia and mental worry. Bottles priced 23 cents and 50 cents with money back guarantee if not satisfactory. Dillehay Bros South Decatur handles sales.
Probate Court grants Tennie S. Lampkin letters of administration for the estate of Alexander R. B. Lampkin on September 15 1913. Creditors must file claims within the legal period or be barred. Debtors urged to pay promptly.
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