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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
6
A writer details a legend that St Stephens was cursed after preachers warned against its worldliness. Described are the town’s decline, forest reclaiming the capital, fear among people, and eerie scenes by Tombigbee with owls, bats, and autumn leaves as symbols of demise.
The Southern Railway promotes round trip tickets to Charleston for the National Educational Association meeting in Charleston on July 7 1900. Fare is one fare round trip plus a $2 membership fee with tickets on July 3 6 7 and 8 and Georgia agents July 10. Return by Sept 1 1900 with stopovers allowed if Charleston reached by July 10 and original start by Sept 1.
The Southern Railway offers tickets between all points at one and one third fare for round trips on July 2, 3, and 4 with return limit July 7 1980. For details contact Southern Railway for further information.
A quirky exchange highlights Flavilla Flipps as a remarkably frugal girl. The dialogue centers on her insistence that no milliger can persuade her to spend more on a flat than she already will.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winshere Breathane Syrups as a remedy used by mothers for teething children. It claims to soothe the gums ease pain and cure wind colic and diarrhoea with a dose priced at 250. a dole Jal.
A dialogue snippet contrasts a cat and a match with figurative speech about how one lights up on its feet while the other fails to, illustrating a humorous family moment.
In a family discussion a father defends his son as good as wheat while a candid friend suggests he needs a thrashing to become thoroughly good. The exchange frames a moral test of discipline and virtue.
The eight page weekly offers Telegraphic and Neighboring News for 50 cents a year. It features John D Wyker selling glass among its latest listings and notices.
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