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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1913
Page
4
A community notice page notes sentiments of domestic emptiness and aging as the last child departs the home. Local social events describe gatherings, visits, and entertainments in Decatur with mentions of Mrs. Skeges, Mrs. Turner, and Mr. Hartung visiting family in the region.
Metropolitan Shows agent B S Brokke visits the Decaturs arranging for the company at the Fall Festival. G C Morrow of Wales, Malcolm Patterson convalesces, A M McAllister of Huntsville visits, R B Hargrove of Sheffield, J H Chapman of Florence, Mike Couch to Rogersville Banner, Leonard McCulloch to Birmingham for dentistry study, J A Hurst family planning October departure, Ir W T Pride of Madison, J L Proctor to Memphis, Joe Morrell of Nashville visits Zeller Robertson, and more local social movement.
Grand Chancellor A. G. Patterson leaves for Birmingham to participate in the dedication of the Pythian Sisters temple the fourth in the state. He will likely be away several days.
Tiptonville Tennessee Sept 24 Maggie Lee and Laura Belle Simmons abducted the money holder Fayette Simmons daughter and others left for eloping or other reasons carrying about 159 dollars hidden in a graphophone box. The box was locked and the theft was discovered Sunday morning prompting sheriff's investigation into the quartet as they were believed to have boarded the steamer Rees Lee.
Miss Elizabeth Burleson offers ten years of piano teaching and five years as directress of music at Morgan County High School. She recently completed a fourth term at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and seeks new applicants. Residence 430 Grant St. Phone 233.
Many customers report relief from headache neuralgia and mental worry after using STUTT'S EAS-IT. Bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory. Sold by Dillehay Bros South Decatur.
Miss Albina Bodrick sister of Lord Ridleton devotes her life to Ballincoona Kerry working as foreman on a hospital project halted by funds. She sold belongings to support the work and lives in a cottage on about 1.50 weekly while studying nursing in America and running a cooperative store that moved nearly 15000 last year to aid peasants.
New Morgan County Building and Loan Association will sell at public outcry for cash the described Lot 51 in Decatur Morgan County Alabama on September 25 1913 to satisfy a mortgage debt of 500. The sale is at the courthouse door in Decatur within legal sale hours. Attorney B W Godbey signs dated September 17 1913.
Monroe Mich Sept 24 A six foot snake battled riders Lee Pat and Alvin Austin of this city. A horse attached to the buggy bolted as the creature tangled in the wheel. One man restrained the horse while the other fought the snake and threw it to the road. A heavy vehicle ran over and killed the snake a moment later. The adder measured five feet ten inches, largest seen in the region.
John Yeomans, once a blind shoe lace peddler in Exeter, confessed in a Mint Wesleyan chapel service that he was not blind and had deceived the public for two years. He surrendered his spectacles to a missionary and met the chief constable. no charges were filed. He claims to be the son of a clergyman and will have his peddler certificate removed as he is reassigned to new work.
Mrs William Orvis of Clare Michigan says her daughter suffered severe dysentery but Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her. She declares it the best medicine in the world and notes it is for sale by all dealers.
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