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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1912
Page
3
Lonnie Johnson of Brown and Kerr Grocery was loading a delivery wagon at the rear of the store yesterday when he slipped and fell, sustaining facial and head bruises. He will be on the disabled list for a few days but is not seriously hurt and plans to spend Christmas with his mother in Corinth, Mississippi.
Short classifieds list offers and requests including a young man seeking bookkeeping or clerical work with references, a two story residence for rent at 329 Jackson street, a mink scarf lost on Lafayette street with a reward, carpenters inside work sought by W L Samuels with contact numbers, all from New Decatur Alabama in 1961.
A dense list of wholesale food and supply prices follows including coffee beans, flour, syrups, canned goods, fruits and vegetables, dried foods, meats, lard and butter. Also listed are hides, poultry, eggs and a medical note about cough remedies for children. Prices are given per case, per dozen, per barrel, or per pound with various quality grades indicated.
Tonight from until 14 cents they offer sale prices cut to the quick. These values are described as new and not seen soon, urging readers to act fast to avoid missing out.
A Des Moines man suffered muscular rheumatism and, advised by a friend, traveled to Springs incurring over $150. He found relief with Chamberlain's Liniment, three days after first use he was well. Available from 8. M. Thompson and Decatur Drug Co. Decatur.
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