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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1912
Page
3
Bulletin invites Decatur and New Decatur students to submit essays on the Parcel Post Law by December 16. Prizes include passbooks with a five dollar deficit entry, a three dollar book, and a two dollar book. Entries must be 200 words, signed, dated, and may be published under the author’s name.
Indianapolis dispatch reports four defendants in the dynamite conspiracy were discharged for lack of evidence. Herbert Hoekinx, called a double Crosser, was removed as Secretary and Treasurer of the Iron Workers Union. Government plans to finish its evidence this afternoon while the defense says it will take about a month to present its case.
Wilkes-Barre Record reports Freckles the stage adaptation of Porter’s novel will appear at the Masonic Theatre soon. Perry Golden stars as Freckles with strong outdoor scenes and a capable company delivering a pleasant evening of drama and song.
Mrs. Hugh Campbell of Lavonia Georgia says amberlain’s Cough Remedy is the best cough medicine FE have ever used. She used it with all her children with satisfactory results. For sale by 8 M Thompson in New Decatur and Decatur Drag Co. Decatur.
In Rome a public consistory of the Sacred College conferred the red hat on the last five of eighteen Cardinals created a year ago who had not yet received insignia. The honorees included two Spanish and three American prelates in a ceremony of great pomp. Rel Rand, general manager of the Decatur Light Power and Fuel Co., was in the city.
United Press reports the Supreme Court rules the Harriman railroad and shipping merger illegal. The decision blocks the Southern Pacific and Salt Lake merger as a restraint on interstate commerce, with the court’s ruling announced in Washington on December 2.
Father Bernara delivers sermons at St Marys Cathedral denouncing the smart set for race suicide and lavish vices. He praises street knowledge, condemns domestic exploitation, and contrasts East End gossip with West End luxury. Vaughns Socialism book noted. cautions against socialist cure while urging social reform.
Washington reports Rep Forrest of New York introduced a bill advocating pensions for all future ex Presidents at 2000 dollars per month, 1000 for widows, and 200 for children of deceased ex Presidents, plus a constitutional amendment setting the presidential term at six years.
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