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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
4
A Mobile area report describes Wash Smith a Black convict at a saw mill near Hurricane Bayou as arrested on charges of assault to murder and assault to rape after pursuing three visiting white women from Mobile. The women had boarded a freight train, left it near the mill, and were approached at a trestle where the 16 year old girl was grabbed.
George Schaub of New Lebanon Ohio endorses Chamberlains Pain Balm after his wife suffered eight years with back pain. He reports rapid relief and renewed ability to perform household duties after a few days, expressing gratitude and urging others to try the liniment. June
A man, armed with a knife, assaulted a young woman and threatened further harm. Three women intervened, one wounded, as they restrained him until he released the girl and fled the scene near the trestle.
Advertisement urges readers to buy Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for household use before summer. Dr Q B Cartwright sells it. June swamp notes caution for families to stock up. Deputy Booth investigates camp scene linked to Wash Smith assault, finding bloodied clothes and a knife. Smith is captured and shipped to Mobile for safekeeping.
Mrs W K Haviland of Armonk New York credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving her daughter from a near fatal whooping cough and another relative from advanced consumption. The medicine is touted as infallible for coughs and colds with trial bottles free and 50 cent and one dollar sizes guaranteed. June
The Chicago Tribune doubts ever being crowded in 300 years arguing population growth will be managed. It notes new and rapid methods of killing people are discovered nearly daily, implying ongoing dangers ahead.
A Washington World Herald editor credits Chamberlin’s Cough Remedy with saving his child from multiple croup attacks and averting a serious pneumonia risk. The notice lists for sale by Dr. O B Cartwright.
A London newspaper reports a French school text describing English soldiers as a national disgrace and linked to London trafficking. It condemns English recruitment by kidnapping and portrays the troops as drunkards, prompting questions about French bias in education.
A woman boards a New Haven train at a suburban station and fears the tunnel due to an earlier accident. The brakeman reassures her that the last car is no longer used and is left at New Haven, prompting relief from the passenger.
A dying Smith, fleeing by camel after a hut tragedy, whispers a final word to the missionary. He gasps that the service was the cause, uttering Deuce just as relief arrives at dawn. The missionary notes it as the first time he heard a profane word from Smith.
Charles M. Means as executor will offer at public outcry in Morgan County Alabama on Monday June 9 1902 at the courthouse door the described lands including sections 12 town 6 range 5 10 acres of north lot and various town lots in Flint with frontages on Railroad Street and adjacent parcels all in Morgan County Alabama. Terms require cash with balance due in six months secured by mortgage or security.
A testimonial notes a bad taste in the mouth signals stomach trouble and promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as the remedy. The product cleanses and strengthens the stomach and regulates the bowels. Sold by Dr. O. B. Cartwright for 25 cents per box. June.
Plain and Fancy sewing by hand and machine. Buttonholes of all sorts specialty. Available by hour or day at your home or her room. Piece or job work on time. Rates Ten to fifteen cents per hour. Prices and job lots at usual rates.
Eggs at 500c per 13 sold by J W Robinson near Trinity Alabama. Plymouth Rock hens advertised for sale with local farm pricing details.
Article notes Glasgow University size and female share, reports German universities limiting admissions for Russian high school graduates, Marburg tested 7 537 pupils with 28.4 percent hearing defect, Paris hosts a Russian high school, Yerbiliousness tablets advertised, December interurban lines in Dayton carried 193 665 passengers, Alpine ropeways pose new lightning risk with tourist casualties.
An advertisement notes Buckner's Aruba cure for corns sores boils and skin diseases as the remedy after a gasoline stove incident. It claims doctors could not heal a running sore but the product fully cured it. June.
Smith a former solicitor wanders the desert after fleeing an English trader and missionary in Stroonga Rhakti. He survives on crumbs while a camel and vultures watch for sunrise as he recalls a past life in sunny England and an aunt, all shaped by a deadly obsession with table tennis.
Announcement signals a spring opening for Soda Fount as temperatures rise, inviting patrons to visit the shop during the hot season and enjoy seasonal offerings.
In Morgan County Alabama a chancery case against Wm J Loggins a nonresident is established by affidavit. The Register orders publication in Decatur Weekly News once weekly for four weeks to compel an answer by June 16 1902 or thirty days after for default decree. D F Green Register May 12 1902.
Sealskin and Persian lamb shopping bags in silver or gold with stones, silver chain bags with Indian color work, dark silver bags with red stones, and cut steel bead bags with a cameo are popular. Coiffure combs feature gold and silver lines with pearls or turquoises. Hair ornaments in tortoise shell and pale pink coral rise in favor. A patent fork helps children learn feeding. The Gibson shirt waist debuts with broad shoulders, military-inspired taper, deep cuffs, and front opening.
The notice extols East Lake as the South’s popular resort with a hundred acres, water features, lights, rides, theater and concerts, plus a four mile electric line to North Birmingham Park described as a brightly lit natural spring park. It promotes Birmingham’s electric railway for cheap, easy city and suburban travel. It also notes five gold beds found by electrical divining rod and counts wireless telegraph stations in Europe and America with about sixty vessels in wake.
In Chicago, Dr Broadhead the alienist and James Coke of the Anti-Thief association collide over a case. Coke prosecutes Mary Brown for larceny while Broadhead testifies that she is driven by an irresistible impulse. The jury acquits as the judge notes kleptomania as defense. Later Coke uncovers missing books from Broadhead’s library.
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