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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1902
Page
1
L N Shops reports several personnel moves and illnesses. Foreman John Moore out with a mashed foot. torisman John McClusky ill but improving. Dan Wells and Fred Taylor among others off work. New hires include Fred Tayor as assistant night watchman and Crow & Britain moving into a nearby building. Claude McMillan considers civil service offer while remaining in Decatur. various transfers and social events noted.
The Edinburgh Scotsman portrays Whittingehame in East Lothian as Prime Minister Arthur Balfour's plain, comfortable residence. The study features a revolving desk, a telegraph link, wide bookcases, and varied art including Raphael, Handel, and Kipling. His mother Lady Blanche is noted for the family likeness.
A Kentucky man paired a famed gamecock with a buzzard in a staged fight. The buzzard, tethered by a two yard card, rose with the rooster and carried the bird aloft, leaving the finish outcome unclear as the scavenger of the air continued to fly.
An anonymous letter sent to the mother of two boys warned her that neighbors doubt she knows their misdeeds. The note arrived recently and was reported by the Atchison Globe.
The Cocos Keeling group in the Straits Archipelago is ruled by J. G. Clunies Ross, the third in succession, after a history of Rosses who settled in 1825 and annexed the isles. The 600 inhabitants live under a barter economy with no police or jail, amid a climate, cocoanut industry, and an idyllic life guarded from European ills. Christmas Island nearby is similarly ruled by Andrew Ross.
Under Ross rule the island’s white residents run schools and educate islanders. A. Ross of Glasgow University heads the school system. Males are trained in brass, iron and wood crafts, while Cocos girls apprentice in domestic arts at Clanics Ross' house. Formerly the Cocos' neren' 44.
Falkville Circuit January 24-25 Town Creek January 31 February 1 Courtland Station February 1-2 Trinity Station February 7-8 Crooked Creek February 14 Cullman February 14-15 Danville February 21-22 Hartselle February 22-23 Pettusville February 27 Westmoreland February 28 March 1 Moulton March mid. The Designer January 1903 highlights progressive fashion and hygienic guides edited by women with articles on hat making and child exercises.
Advertises Scott’s Emulsion as a superior cod liver oil blood tonic for young women with paleness weakness and nervousness. Claims regular use cures a blood sickness and offers samples, toll free label on every bottle. Scott and Bowne chemists publish address 409 Pearl Street New York.
Pennsylvan ia coal mine operators refuse interviews with President Mitchell and miners union volunteers citing union recognition opposition. Washington DC probes coal fuel famine as a memorial to Congress seeks preventive legislation. The rest notes cotton output 1901-02 and international naval tensions against Venezuela.
Saylers Kitchen supplies fresh candy to MVartwrights Drug Store for retail sale. Local shoppers report a new batch of confections ready for pickup with assorted flavors and seasonal wrappers.
The Big Store hosts a formal toy department opening this week drawing thousands of shoppers of all ages. Santa Claus features in the holiday display as every department showcases alluring temptations and vast stocks of new items for Christmas selections. China Hall stands out as a warehouse of holiday wonders with unusually low pricing across the varied assortments.
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