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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
2
Fragmentary notice from February 1912 includes post office classification and old subscription rates for ae Destee Alabama, plus scattered lines about tributes and obituaries, advertising deadlines, and a political nod to Oscar Underwood of the Heart of Dixie for 1916.
The piece notes talk that President Taft may be offered the Kent professorship at Yale and could receive the first vacancy on the Supreme Bench from President Wilson. Taft is described as capable, with a temperament suited to the bench and a reputation for ability and integrity despite mixed popular support for re election.
The Louisville Courier Journal weighs possible moves for using a former President in the Supreme Court or Yale professorship. It notes public sentiment may favor a Supreme Court appointment over a university chair to strengthen the Court. If Wilson is offered the first vacancy, it would signal a genuine policy aim rather than a mere courtesy.
An Altoona Pure Food agent found tomato ketchup from Eureka Supply Co Utahville Clearfield county was made from decomposed materials and sweetened with saccharine. The owner, Mrs F E McFarland wife of a local justice, faced a $60 minimum fine after a suggestion to bring the case before her husband.
Classified notice offers a residence with large lots and three small cottages near switch tracks of L N and Southern railways. Rents are $30 monthly and the site is viewed as future business property. Asking price is $2000 cash, contact T M Dix at Post Office Building Decatur Alabama or Crow Crow’s Toys.
A non resident notice from Morgan County Alabama cites J S Popper plaintiff and F S Jones debtor for 100 dollars. Justice I N Buttler orders attachment of goods including household items to satisfy the debt with a November 26 1912 court date and lists attached property such as boxes chairs a milch cow.
Dr Harry M Biffar a Baltimore trained physician who served three months at Flushing Hospital was dismissed after performing a midnight emergency cesarean without superintendent consent The operation saved the mother and child but trustees said he violated hospital rules leading to his dismissal At the time Miss Elizabeth Miller was absent leaving the night nurse to handle the case
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