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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
2
Classified line shows the paper entered as Class Matter on February 26 1912 at the New Decatur Alabama office under the act of March 3 1879.
Rates detail yearly, six months, three months, one month, and weekly payments by carrier or mail in advance. Notices, tributes, and obituaries cost five cents per line. If delivery is late, call 46 New Decatur to ensure prompt service.
Advertising rates are set and applicants must submit copy by noon on publication day to ensure prompt service. The notice emphasizes timely delivery for accurate pricing and scheduling.
Urges immediate merger of Decatur and neighboring area. Advocates argue delay harms progress, calls on opponents to step aside for the common good and to end the current awkward separation perceived by outsiders.
The competent public carrier will add six surplus cars positioned where demand rises with harvest, ensuring efficient grain transport as crops reach readiness.
The Rxide grade crossing campaign in Ontario has been inaugurated. Prospects depend on the reasonableness of its demands on the railroads.
The quote notes there is nothing in 1918 football rules to stop a well trained team from showing the results of its training. It implies that rule constraints won't prevent strong teams from demonstrating readiness through performance.
Reports indicate a broad reorganization of the express industry is being considered with plans likely to end the practice of raising melong. Officials suggest consolidation of operations and streamlining of services as part of the overhaul.
The article suggests that a current session of the American Congress could hasten business in forthcoming regular sessions, implying a smoother legislative pace and potential efficiency gains.
Mrs J Roy Tilman and Miss Raynor Tilman return to Decatur Colbert County Reporter noting a new invention designed to tie parcels and cut surplus string with one hand. The device promises convenience in parcel post use and could aid shoe string tasks as well.
A report notes Japanese sailors moving a sixty foot craft across the Pacific using attachable airplane lift, described as a cross between a raft and a houseboat. The concept aims to meet modern transport needs by occasional aeroplane attachment.
In Canada as in the United States the discovery that there is a great deal of difference between a merely well finished road and a durable road is helping greatly in the matter of good road construction.
Civil service exams occasionally test unrelated skills as seen when a Portland Oregon applicant for a plumber position was asked if he could teach music and drawing, illustrating extremes in screening procedures.
Cynopsis alights from a train and helps a fearful stranger, Miss Remington, by sharing his home and attire. Tryon Dunham escorts her to a dinner at Mrs Bowman s, where a tense social pretense and a mysterious hat link to a missing woman as the scene advances.
John D Wyker and Son advertise a limited stock sale of 1,000 feet of garden hose, urging customers to buy while the supply lasts.
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