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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1913
Page
2
Public notice from New Decatur postal and newspaper office outlines second class matter status, rates, and delivery obligations. Readers urged to report late deliveries by telephone and advertisers informed rates are available on application with copy due by noon for desired publication.
Announcement states Harvey H Wright is a candidate for Morgan County sheriff subject to the upcoming primary action. The notice appears as an authorized declaration of candidacy.
Reports indicate Tennessee officials struggled to control tempers during a legislative session with a vulgar remark circulating among representatives. The incident highlights tensions within the chamber and calls for decorum.
The article notes repeated postponements in the Thaw case and a public craving for action. It contrasts fringe supporters with the excitement seeking crowd and urges a decisive move beyond legal technicalities.
A reader reports discovery of the hat bow object described in a street encounter. A man walking with his wife meets a slit skirt, prompting a reaction described as rubbing, with further detail left incomplete.
A cryptic line describes a person turning his head back and twisting a bow to the side while a companion observes, with a puzzling utterance peering straight ahead. The text offers no clear names, places, or events to anchor a full report.
The article discusses how the opening of the Panama Canal will shape ship sizes for interoceanic traffic and notes plans by American Hawaiian to operate twenty six vessels. It argues naval use is unlikely and emphasizes peaceful international trade and unfriendly but fair relations as the canal’s strongest defense.
Fragmentary text recounts a plot involving Scarlett, Buckhurst, and a countess amid Prussian French conflict. Characters include Buckhurst, Mornac, and the countess as conspiracies unfold. A circus subplot appears with Scarlett securing a license and joining performances.
Scarlett and Speed cope with displacement in Paradise as Jacqueline reconciles with Speed. Buckhurst’s raid and Morna loom while Robert the Lizard plots to derail a treasure train. The Lizard shares a tragic past with Jacqueline’s guardian and hints at a deadly plan.
A persistent rumor says gambling in the Panama Canal Zone may return in Panama and Colon after canal authorities asked the Panaman government to keep prohibition until canal work finished. The Gamboa dyke incident is viewed as ending canal obligations, and Panaman authorities may lift the ban.
Pekin dispatch reports British and Fu missionaries fled to Hingwa and Sienyu while American missionaries stay in Fo-Kein due to Chinese authorities unable to guarantee safety. General Hwang Liang incited replanting of poppies and his followers terrorized Christian converts after uprooting the crops. The American legation has pressed Beijing to protect citizens with military aid but has not succeeded.
Henry Papenburg was convicted in Law and Equity court for unlawfully hauling whisky on the Tennessee River and fined $200. A six month sentence on the county road was added in Sodge-Wert, with an appeal filed this afternoon.
In the nine o’clock mood, the narrator recalls confinement and quiet in a Breton manor breakfast room. Sylvia Biven offers a cool welcome as a cat named Ange Pitou lingers, and a tense exchange with the countess follows about the narrator’s health and appearance.
A Wisconsin merchant from Whitemound, W D Magli, purchased stock of Chamberlain's medicines to supply his customers. After receipt he became ill and took a small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which appeared effective in relieving symptoms.
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