House Unseats Bowman in Pennsylvania Race
In Wolington on December 13 the House voted 153 to 118 to declare corrupt practices in Charles C Bowman 1910 election. George McLean was also denied seating 181 to 88 amid claims of similar wrongdoing. The Eleventh District seat stays vacant until March 4 when John J Casey a Democrat, takes over. A heated floor clash followed between J A Mitchell Palmer and John R Farr over railroad influence.
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Wolington
Charles c. Bowman
Weath
Pennsylvania
House
George McLean
Bowman
John J. Casey
JA. Mitchell Palmer
John R. Farr
Farr
Palmer
Railroad Pennsylvania
The
Lackawanna
Bulletin call for essays on Parcel Post Law in Decatur papers
Decatur and New Decatur schools are invited to submit essays on the new Parcel Post Law by December 15. Prizes include savings pass book with five dollar deposit, a three dollar book, and a two dollar book for the top three papers. Essays limited to 200 words and must reflect the author views.
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Bulletin No
New Parcel Post
Decatur
New Decatur
Decsturs
Certising Department
The
Political clash over Farr remarks prompts House action
A tense exchange arises when a representative demands an apology or proof of charge from Farr. Member Heflin seeks order as he counsels Farr to sit down, highlighting a heated House confrontation over alleged malicious falsehood.
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Farr
Heflin
Cnel
Joe Manon
Christmas Candies Nunnallys and Owl Drug Ad Blurb
A vintage ad fragment promotes Nunnallys Good Always and Lowneys Name on Every Piece candies by The Owl Drug Company, highlighting brand names and a holiday context with a simple sales pitch.
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Nunnally
Lowney
Hot Springs gambling houses cleaned out by armed raiders
Fifteen heavily armed mountaineers under Constable Henry Fowler of Mountain Valley Township raided the Ohio Club in Hot Springs Arkansas. They forced removal of gambling paraphernalia and burned it on a nearby lot while owners and employees watched from a room corner. Fowler displayed a burning order.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Henry Fowler
Mountain Valley Township
Ohio Club
Fowler
For Sale Whitman House Corner Eighth Avenue and Moulton Street
A property listing notes the Whitman House at the corner of Eighth Avenue and Moulton Street for sale. It also hints at an additional interesting proposition on the same property.
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Whitman
Eighth Avenue
Moulton Street
Raid and gambling links eyed by circuit court
Des Moines report notes several raid participants tied to a gambling house shut down recently. Magee Wolters calls the raid a division dispute over spoils rather than reform. An unrelated ad mentions Bible Gift Books and a drug store listing. A man with muscular rheumatism sought cheaper cure, using Chamberlain's Liniment and recovering in three days. sold by local druggists.
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Ogga Ape Itis
Magee Wolters
Des Moines
Ara
Chamberlain
Premium Paid for Home Grown Stock
J. Finley of Finley Island shipped a carload of cattle to Louisville Kentucky and the commission man reports the sale brought the highest price this winter. The piece extols Northern Alabama stock raising noting land is cheap climate mild and water and grazing are ample. Finley a fifteen year veteran of stock raising is cited as uniformly successful and invites others to come.
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Finley
Finley Island
Louisville
Alabama
United States
Christmas Market At Knights Of Pythias Building
The Ladies Aid Society of the First Presbyterian church in Decatur will host a Christmas market December 17 and 18 at the Knights of Pythias Building corner Vine and Bank streets. Suitable gifts and homemade candy will be sold. Crow & Crow advertise a large line of toys. Chamberlain's Tablets are recommended for mild relief of constipation. Also listed are Decatur and Co ads and a 4 room cottage at 202 Sixth Avenue East with terms to suit. FT Dix Post Office Building Decatur Alabama telephone 438.
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Ladies Aid Society of the First Pesbyterian Church
Decatur
Knights of Pythias
Vine and
Bank Streets
Chamberlain
M. Thompson and
and Co
Decatur. Ady
6Th Avenue
East
T. M. DIX Post Office
Aia
Local Markets Report Corrected Prices and Goods
A corrected markets list shows prices for sugar, coffee, flour, syrups, canned fruit and vegetables, fish, and meats. It lists lemons, potatoes, onions, cabbage, bananas, grapes, beans, limes, hides, and related commodities with unit prices per box, per bushel, per dozen, or per pound.
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A. Calvin
F. Wovin
California
Ben Davig
Texas
Wants For Sale Westward Pair Of Black Harness Horses
Wants to sell a pair of match black horses weighing about 1000 pounds each. Suitable for harness work and safe to drive. Sold to highest bidder for cash, separately or together, at the corner of Moulton Street and Second Avenue at 11:80. December 21, 1912. Richard Wilson, 108 FOR BASE Stock of gentleman's goods shoes clothing and one year lease. Apply W E Crawford 424 Bank Street Decatur.
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Moulton Street
Second Avenue
Richard Wilson
Decatur
W. EB. Crawford
Bank Street
Lands on Tennessee River acreage in Lawrence County for sale
S have 1280 acres of fine farming lands on the Tennessee River in Lawrence county four and one half miles from Trinity Ala that will sell on easy terms. These lands are exceptionally good with tenant and out houses. Also 380 acres on Decatur and Courtland road two miles from the Morgan County pike end. Pike road will be built. Also 500 acres mountain land unimproved in Lawrence county. Address. Chamberlains Cough Remedy advertisement follows.
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Tennessee River
Lawrence County
Trinity
Ala
Decatur
Courtland Road
Morgan County
Pike Road
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Morgan County National Bank
Bank
Decatur, Ala
Mountaineers
Christi
Crow & Crow
Circuit Court
Owl Drug Co
Holiday Baking
America
Ohio
William Je Z Flour
Brock & Spight Co
the Golden Cross
Decaturs
T. J. Newsom
Grocerifs
Swift & Co
Swift's Jewel
F. H. Pointer
New
Pecatur
Orpington
J. J. Soloman
7Th Ave. W
S. I. Nichols
Omega Flour
West Vine Street
E. C. Payne Lumber Co
Piper Little Cahaba Coal
Malone Coal & Grain Co., Inc
West
T. M. DIX
Jacob Rosenberg
Carl
Butcher, Watson & Company
Decaturs Daily
New Decatur Hotel
Somerville
Singer Sewing Machine Co
H. Allison
Riverside
Grisemill
Olshine
Olshine Brothers
Real Estate
Fire
New York
W. R. Smith
J. L
M. Thompson
Decatur Drug Co
M. Diamond
Bank St
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