Bowman ousted by House over alleged 1910 election practices
Washington December 12 The House voted 152 to 118 to unseat Charlas Bowman representative of the seventh Pennsylvania district for corrupt practices in the 1910 election. George McLean was not seated by a 1 to 88 vote amid similar accusations. The Eleventh District seat will be filled March 4 by Democrat John J. Casey. The debate featured a sharp exchange between Representatives Mitchell Palmer and John R Farr over railroad influence and alleged solicitation by public officials.
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Waington
Representa
John J. Casey
Mitchell Palmer
John R. Farr
Pennsylvania
Palmer
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Bowman
Farr
Bulletin prompts Decatur pupils for parcel post essays
The Decatur and New Decatur schools are invited to submit essays on the new Parcel Post Law by December 15. Prizes include a savings pass book with five dollars, a three dollar book, and a two dollar book, with up to two hundred words per essay and publication rights reserved by the Bulletin.
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Decatur
New Decatur
Decaturs
Christmas Candy Advertisements and Brand Taglines
Fragmentary ad copy notes Nunnally’s Good Always and Lowney’s Name on Every Piece with references to Owl Drag CD and Crow & Crow’s. Mentions Christmasy and pricing hint but details are unclear in the readable text.
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Nunnally
Lowney
Armed raiders purge Hot Springs gambling rooms
In Hot Springs Arkansas on December 13 a group led by Constable Henry Fowler of Mountains Valley Township raided the Ohio Club Were and cleared the rooms of gambling paraphernalia. The items were carried to a nearby lot and burned under the watch of owners and staff hid with shotguns. Fowler displayed a burning order to justify the action.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Henry Fowler
Mountains Valley Township
Ohio Club
Fowler
For Sale Whitman House Corner Eighth and Moulton
Classified notice offering the Whitman House at the corner of Eighth Avenue and Moulton Street for sale. Includes a proposition on the T. M. Dix Post Office Building in Veentur Alabama and a telephone contact 435.
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Whitman
Eighth Avenue
Moulton Street
T. M. DIX Post
Apo Bldg
Veentur
Ala
6Th Avenue
East
T. M. DIX Post Office
Decatur
Raid sparks quarrel over spoils as reform movement questioned
Several men in the raid tied to an interest house that was recently forced to close. Mayor Wolters expressed the opinion that the raid stemmed from a quarrel over spoils rather than broad reform. The Owl Drag Co. noted Bible and Gift Hooks. A Des Moines man suffered muscular rheumatism. he paid $159 for Hot Springs treatment before finding relief with Chamberlain's Liniment. Local ads cite 8. M. Thompson and Decatur Drug Co. selling the product.
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Interest House
Wolters
Des Moines
Hot Springs
Chamberlain
Premium paid for home grown stock
J. G. Finley of Finley Island shipped a car load of cattle to Louisville Kentucky this week. The commission man reports the sale brought the highest price paid in that market this winter. The notice touts Northern Alabama as superior for stock raising and highlights cheap lands mild climate and abundant grazing as reasons for consistent success.
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J. G. Finley
Finley Island
Louisville
Alabama
United States
Christmas Market Planned by Decatur Church Group
The Ladies Aid Society of the First Presbyterian church in Decatur will host a two day market on December 17 and 18 at the Knights of Pythias Building corner Vine and Bank streets. Sales include Christmas gifts and home made candy from a large toy line and more. Chamberlains Tablet, for sale by S. M. Thompson and Decatur Drug Co.
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Ladies Aid Society
First Presbyterian Church
Decatur
Knights of Pythias
Vine and
Bank Streets
Local Markets Listed Prices for Food and Farm Goods
Detailed price listings cover coffee sugar flour syrups canned fruits vegetables and meats. Entries note per unit weights, case counts, grades and corrections from Swift Co and other suppliers, with prices for produce like lemons potatoes apples beans onions cabbage bananas grapes and specialty items such as lard butter cheese and hides.
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Ariosa
California
F. Wovin
Ben Davis
Lima
Texas
Swift & Co
Room Cottage on 6th Avenue West For Sale
Four room cottage on sixth avenue west with modern improvements offered for cash at 1450 dollars.
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6Th Avenue
West
For Sale Two Black Harness Horses at Auction
A notice advertises two well matched black horses weighing about one thousand pounds each. They are described as safe for any lady to drive and suitable for harness work. The sale will be cash and to the highest bidder, held at the corner of Moultrie Street and Second Avenue at 11 80 o'clock on December 21, 1912, by Richard Wilson.
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West
Moultoh Atrést
Second Avenue
Richard Wilson
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HOUSE
Owsents
Morgan County National Bank
Bank St
Decatur, Ala
Heflin
Uniele
Caion
Sit Ee
Crow's
Mountaineers
the Owl Drag Co
Crow & Crow
S. M. Thompson and
Decatur Drug Co
Holiday Baking
DE Luxe
America
Ohio
William Telly Flour
Brock & Spight Co
T. J. Newsom
D. 8. C. Decatur
Orpington
J. J. Soloman
7Th Ave. W
Grocerifs
F. H. Polster
S. I. Nichols
Omega Flour
The
West Vine Street
E. C. Payne Lumber Co
Ot “Piper Little Cahaba
Malone % Grain CD Inc
Saime
Aoa
T. M. DIX
Schoe
Jacob Rosenberg
Bank Street
Decaturs Daily
Somerville
Compensa Sewing Machine Co
ER. H. Allison
Ryerside Gristmill
Butcher, Watson & Company
Olshine Bros
Olshine Brothers
Massachussetts Mutual Life Ins. Co
Fire and
New York Life Insurance
W. R. Smith
Tennessee River
Lawrence County
Trinity
Courtland Road
Morgan County Pike
Pike Road
J. L
M. Thompson
New Decatur End
Decatur Drag Co
Fedd
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