Locals win second contest in a hot, one-sided game
In an 12 to 0 scoring rout on a scorching day, Roberts allowed five hits while Hatcher yielded fifteen. Grasse and Stevens doubled for Athens, with Barnes homering once. Two-base hits also came from Baker and Grasse, and T Richardson and others stole bases as the locals took control early and held on for the win.
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Roberts
Hatcher
Grasse
Stevens
Fann
Ker
Barnes
Baker
Athens
A.b. Is
Madison Defeats Huntsville 7 to 2 in Old Timers Tilt
Madison defeated a picked team of Huntsville old timers under John Landman in Madison Alabama. Huntsville match was competitive but errors allowed Madison to score seven runs. Pitchers Adams and Street faced 18 strikeouts combined while Wikle and Woodall worked for Madison.
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Joh Landman
Madison
Ala
Huntsville
John Landman
Huntsville Boys
Perabo
Adams
Street
Wikle
Woodall
Giants
Chattanooga
Marlin
Texas
Benny Ruff
Rosa
Ty Cobb
Kauff
Larry Doyle
Decatur Business College Opens Here
The Decaturs open a new business college to operate within a week offering courses in advertising shorthand bookkeeping salesmanship banking stenography typewriting penmanship commercial law telegraphy and secretaryship. An academic department provides studies in collateral subjects. The chamber of commerce urged the venture and expects early success.
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Decaturs
Business College
Decaturs Business College
New Business College
Business
Chamber of Commerce
Monogrammed Stationery Shows Latest Designs
The Dally notes a trend in monogrammed stationery with engraving reflecting current design motifs. Consumers seek personalized sets featuring initials and elaborate borders showcased in recent catalogs.
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the Dally
Dally
Silent call for volunteers forms company to Mexican front
A local citizen with military experience organizes a volunteer company to depart from Decatur to the Mexican front in response to a state wide silent call. Fifteen pledges are reported as secured.
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Decaturs
German U boat advertises return trip cargo via Baltimore
New York July 1 The Trans Atlantic Trust company of New York praised as unofficial financial agent of Austria and Germany ran a half page ad in a Hungarian paper claiming a German submarine reached Baltimore Thursday morning and is concealed nearby in Chesapeake Bay. The ad promises money forwarded to Hungary by submarine with 100 korona for 14 dollars and hints the craft will sail to Europe in a few days.
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New York
Trans-Atlantic Trust Company
Ametikia Maigiar Neptava
Hamburg
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Trust Company
Nuber von Pereked
Hungary
Europe
Vito Pride
Madison Visitors and local trip roundup
Miss Julia Neville and her mother were hosted by Mrs. W. S. Russell this week. Mrs. F. G. Hertzler and daughter Jewel visit relatives in Birmingham. Gordon Frierson returned from a Birmingham business trip. Clifford Wikle is home again after travel to Anniston and Atlanta. A large Huntsville crowd joined Friday’s game attendance.
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Julia Neville
W. S. Russell
F. G. Hertzler
Jewel
Birmingham
Gordon Frierson
Ere Gee
Eeshenaiellh Paerrell
Clifford Wikle
Anniston
Attalla
Flicker the Ant Eater Invades American Yards
US scientists studied the flicker, a ground dwelling woodpecker relative with a large appetite for ants. One stomach held over five thousand ants, others over three thousand each, and the bird is seen roaming highways and lawns as it searches for food. A mottled brown black body with a red head patch and throat crescent identifies it, with a white patch under the tail feathers visible when it flies.
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America
United States
Advertising Shorthand and Telegraphy Area Ad
Short OCR fragment hints at topics including advertising shorthand bookkeeping penmanship and telegraphy. No clear event or persons identified.
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Mercury
Vale of Tears
Man
Halbrooks
Hal
the “Cola
Splendid Local Business Corporation
Care Decaturs Daily
General Electric
Alabama Power Company
Alabama Power Co
THE
T. L. Beauchamp
Manaer
Ooon
Benny Kauff
By Randolph Rose
Berman U-Boat
Madison News
Flicker
Decatur
Decatur Business Calle
Commerce
Decaturs’ Business College
New Decatur
MR. Henry
the Decaturs Daily
Decaturgs
Peopturs
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