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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1913
Page
2
A 1912 notice discusses post office matters and subscription rates in New Decatur Alabama. It references editor W W Shelton and city editor I B Jones, plus tributes of respect and obituaries. The piece also comments on a stage incident with a visiting actress and promises legal action for disruptions.
The article describes the Gatun and emergency dams at the Panama Canal, noting a nearly finished emergency dam designed to swing and drop as a shield. It explains the 85 foot lift at Gatun locks and the creation of Gatun Lake to supply fresh water for the canal and the overall height of the waterway.
Detailed progress along Gatun and Miraflores sections describes raising Gatun Lake, completion of spillways and locks, and new breakwaters. Reports Taft briefed that all records are being smashed to finish the canal within the year for about 365 million dollars.
A notice announces A C Banks and Jameison as chiefs seeking a loan of 1500 dollars on improved city property. Contact T M Dix in Decatur, phone 438.
In Probate Court of Morgan County Alabama on December 30 1912 G B Newsom administrator of Edna Newsom deceased files his account and vouchers under oath for final settlement. January 27 1913 set for examination and auditing of the account with notice to interested parties to appear and show cause why the account should not be passed and allowed.
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