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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1912

Page

3

Decatur Receives New Fire Truck Awaiting Arrival

Gasoline storage tank installed to serve the new fire apparatus to be used by Decatur. A factory representative will coach the chief and assistant. Also notices home remedies and engraved visiting cards offered by Owl Drug Co.

Aparatus Ballard Owl Drug Co Decatur New Decatur

Bulletin No 11 Essay Contest on Parcel Post Law

Decatur and New Decatur students invited to submit essays by December 15 on the Parcel Post Law. Prizes include a savings pass book with five dollars, a three dollar book, and a two dollar book. Each essay limited to 200 words and must be dated signed and mailed to the Bank's Advertising Department.

New Parcel Post Decatur New Decatur New Parcels Post Deeturs Selvin Sepers

Local Markets Groceries and Provisions Summary

Corrected market list shows prices for sugar coffee flour syrups canned fruits vegetables and meats. Items include Sugar Standard at 5.40 per 100 lbs coffee Ariosa case pricing 25.05 lard 1-4 per gallon butter 18-22 cents and various canned goods with No. 1 to No. 3 sizes and prices.

Ariosa F. Wovin California Swift & Co Swift

Happy though wed to aged mallionaire

New York December reports Effie Pope Hill of Georgia wed an elderly wealthy man, Howard A. Alsop. She proves to friends a wife can be happy regardless of her husband's age, after a European trip full of cigars champagne dancing and lavish spending.

New York Effie Pope Hill Georgia Howard A Europe Asop

Cotton Market Report Shows Steady Prices

Middling 13 cents per pound and birid middling at 13 1 8 reflect a steady market. The note urges advertisers to participate and advertise to attract business, emphasizing the need for each party to do their part.

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