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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
4
Round trip railroad to Mammoth Cave offered with fare 6 dollars 45 cents. Board at Cave Hotel, with several routes through the Cave for 5 dollars. Two day trip total 11 dollars 45 cents. Travel on morning trains. Tickets limited to 10 days. Write or call a L. and N. agent.
A low cost substitute for a real cedar chest is described. Build a pine box, seal cracks, finish the exterior, apply oil of cedar inside to repel moths and retain scent, then line with cloth or paper. Paper lining is preferred for ease of cleaning and renewal.
An ancient physician in the court of a Fifth Dynasty pharaoh, about 6000 years ago, was highly favored by his master and ordered tomb slabs. His wife’s name was erased in records. Nubian desert splints used reef knots and cross-angled bandages. Palm fiber functioned as cotton-wool and linen replaced gauze.
Aniline dyes have harmed the reputation of Persian carpets as the colors fade quickly. Traditional dyes from indigo, madder, and vine leaves produced durable shades. Even with hard wear, genuine carpets improve in appearance due to many stitches and silk hearthrugs can cost hundreds of dollars.
A discussion notes that early tumblers were metal or wood vessels not like modern glassware. They allegedly served as reminders to pass the bottle and earned the name from their design or inability to rest upright. One view links the term to tipping on the side. another to a rounded bottom that caused them to tumble if not properly set.
For sale all kinds of typewriter paper carbon paper and typewriter ribbons advertised in the Decatur Weekly News.
Classified items promote farm listings with Alabama catalogue from Alan Jeff Son Birmingham and leading real estate network. Printing services offered by D B Cornell Co Mobile. Job orders for copy letters and general order books invited. Wages offered for home letter copying and for retailing products to farmers with starting funds and references needed.
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