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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
8
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as America’s greatest blood medicine. It claims the remedy makes one well, strong, cheerful and useful, urging readers to choose the healthier state over illness.
The Alabama lime trust appears to have failed to gain traction with key producers denying a coordinated scheme. J B Adams of Longview Alabama visits New Orleans and says there is no prospect of a lime producers trust and prices are rising from natural causes due to scarcity of labor. Louisiana sugar planters show interest but Adams asserts the movement has subsided and no formal agreement exists.
In Decatur Alabama Sixth District Northern Chancery Division the case C L Brown vs Mattie Brown shows the defendant Mattie Brown non resident with Texas address Potl perm a. The Register orders four weekly publications in Decatur Weekly News urging plead or demur by July 30 1900 or a decree pro confesso may be entered. Done June 28 1900 L P Troup Register.
Harry Walker of Athens appeared in town yesterday, pleasing locals and drawing smiles from residents who greeted him warmly during his visit.
Roosevelt defies Hanna after convention and denies resigning as New York governor. An interview quotes him saying he will not bow to political dictates and notes lingering feuds with Hanna as the clash between the Rough Rider and Hanna heats up.
Advertisement for the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa County highlighting able faculty healthful locality low expenses and a beautiful site. Includes a September 19 date and note of a catalogue from Power, President, indicating a power-backed recruitment appeal.
The account describes a July 12 to 18 1900 visit in Cincinnati Ohio for the Asaoual Vanonne stion of America Young People’s Union. The Ohio rail line will sell tickets at reduced fares with a final return by July 18 1900 and possible extension to August 1 1900 upon a small fee. Southern Railway provides service and ticketing via its wicket agents. Ballard’s Hoarsound Syrup advertised for coughs and colds with prices 25 and 50 cents.
Jugart Wyker has just received 5 000 ralls of wallpaper for local use. The delivery marks a sizable supply for upcoming home renovations and interior projects in the town.
Calvin Zimmerman of Milesburg endorses One Minute Couch Cure as a soothing remedy for coughs croup and sore throat. He claims it gives immediate results and is harmless for children. The testimony cites cures for bronchitis pneumonia grippe and throat and lung diseases and suggests it will prevent consumption. Imayed lm Seid by W H Long.
To the voters of the Eighth Congressional District Brown announces his bid for Congress to fill the unexpired term of Gen. Whe, subject to Democratic convention or primary. He will canvas the district, meeting voters, alone or with other candidates as they prefer, and pursue the executive term.
A local report states Jesse Brown denies entering a coalition with Air Sawtel in Lauderdale County. The piece notes public suspicion surrounds the pair and their activities.
The text suggests candidate Brown is viewed as ahead in voicing support for four strong ideas in favor of Mor ran and hints at a critic who may have authored editorials. It notes Brown’s stance and implies opposition from a fellow who wrote editorials.
A Hullis Ty doctor and state county superintendents association president J D Trimphrey praised Jackson Richardson. He argued Richardson will be nominated and acted upon with strong support from education circles.
A vice broadcast recounts Brown supporters and Judge Richardson clashing during a Courtland gathering. The crowd rose in protest as Richardson rebutted Brown’s accusations, while a child yelled support for Richardson, highlighting the charged political atmosphere.
Mrs Ellis Banks lies ill at her parents home. Tobias Walker is jailed for murder in Tuscumbia with a $50 reward offered. Madison Limestone Limestone counties show strong support for Wm Richardson in the primaries. Advertisements urge stationery and supplies from China Hall at State University Florence Normal College and Alabama Polytechnic.
Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn announces eighteen professors and twelve instructors led by President Leroy Broun MA LLD. Last session saw sixty graduates and enrolled sixty four in a session with five degree courses. Twelve laboratories aid student work. Tuition is free for Alabama residents. Next session begins September 12. For catalogue address Walters Fleming Secretary Auburn Ala.
Report from last Saturday describes a shooting near the ticket window of the Union Passenger Station as E Woodward and H Pinkerton clashed over a pistol. Woodward was wounded in the arm. Pinkerton, special agent for Louisville and Nashville, fled toward Birmingham with authorities pursuing.
In Huntville the Cambeline Church observes crowning on the felure ta pata mortgage favor of died Mrs M B Bandoy for 35954.
W R Simpson administrator of J W Mearty estate petitions for sale of undivided half interest in real estate in Decatur Morgan County Alabama to pay debts. Hearing set for July 16 1900 with notice to McCarty family and Bert McCarty at Lebanon Junction Kentucky and unknown residence. Court to decide if sale should proceed.
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