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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1928
Page
8
City ordinance establishes a comprehensive 1929 privilege tax schedule for Decatur Alabama. It lists licenses and rates by business type including auto, coal, real estate, hotels, and various trades, plus penalties for unlicensed operation and provisions for multi‑line businesses. The ordinance, adopted December 20, 1928, assigns enforcement and filing requirements to the City Clerk.
Public notice states hearings on January 17, 1929 at 7 30 p m to hear protests or defenses to proposed assessments for Portland Cement curbs gutters sidewalks and brick sanitary sewers. Describes streets Alabama Market Church La Fayette Skillington Wells Gibbs Laurel and others with lengths and boundaries. Includes City Clerk certification and ordinance reference 210.
An old advertisement touts two precautions during epidemics. It describes Najol as a laxative aid and claims it enhances immunity by cleaning the throat and nose against influenza germs while supporting the body's defenses.
A health notice promotes Nujol and Mistol as a twofold safeguard against influenza and colds. It urges starting the combination treatment now and assures readers of strong protection and broad availability at druggists.
John O'Shearn, arrested on drunkenness here, has been taken by Madison county officers to answer a misdemeanor charge in Huntsville. A cat head sent in by Crow, a prominent local businessman, was examined at the Tennessee Valley laboratory today for rabies. Build for the future Decatur of 30,000 population.
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