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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1912
Page
2
The Decatur Daily announces publication details including daily except Sunday, staff names W R Suelton and Samuel J Stockard, and subscription rates for carrier and mail. It notes obituaries and tributes cost five cents per line and requests timely delivery with a noon deadline for advertising copy.
The Huntsville team failure shows professional baseball cannot thrive in small cities. Decatur tried repeatedly, Bessemer lost money this season, and fans are urged to support local amateur squads. A North Alabama league of home grown teams in Decatur Huntsville Athens Hartselle Falkville and Cullman could run three games weekly and offer working boys a chance to play with minimal expense.
The remarks retell Roosevelt defending the Sherman act while noting selective enforcement. He claims the law would harm innocent people in 20 operative enterprises and alleges favoritism toward Morgan interests during prior administration. The passage suggests political critique of enforcement timing and targets.
A garbled note reports a new national flag design with 48 stars. It mentions New Mexico and Arizona as additions, referencing a delayed or tired Washington figure. The exact details and wording are unclear due to OCR errors.
A brief note quotes Howe stating that Py whowe is sufficient. The message conveys confidence in adequacy and readiness.
A fragment argues Roosevelt and Bryan alone could accept money from Morgan Perkins Belmont and Ryan without betraying the people, contrasting others as ignoble. The tone labels Roosevelt as honest and practical in this debate over campaign funding.
A fragment shows quirky, informal talk about gathering and planning a casual get together with playful dialect. It hints at a friendly, communal mood without concrete details.
A local factory unveils plans for a major expansion promising jobs and renewed investment. Officials say the project will stimulate the area’s economy and attract further industry activity. Community leaders welcome the move as a sign of growth.
A torn OCR passage hints at storefront advertising and waiting crowds. The text is ill formed with stray phrases about a store that advertises and customers, suggesting a busy shopping scene outside.
Advertisers claim the Decatur Daily, with the largest circulation, delivers the biggest business for those who advertise and offer compelling messages. The paper touts its wide reach among readers and merchants' success.
Montgomery July 6 arsenate of lead and lime dissolved in water is the best army worm killer per Moss State Demonstration Agent. He sent circulars to county agents advising against patent insecticides. The remedy praised is two pounds lime dissolved in fifty gallons water used on corn and reapplied weekly.
Paris reports a government plan to grant mothers with more than four children about 100 dollars per child. The bill to be presented in the Chamber of Deputies may vary by mother’s age and family size, with a bachelors tax proposed to fund the bonuses.
Latrobe Pa July 6 Twenty two people die and over thirty are wounded when a heavy freight train collides with a passenger train one mile from Ligoner on the Ligonier Valley railroad. The impact shatters the passenger engine and coach tossing travelers, many picnickers, into a chaotic wreck.
Washington, I July 6 Diggs head waiter in a fashionable restaurant carried a fragment of glass in his jaw for a quarter of a century Without symptoms until recently a liniment drew the glass to the surface He pulled it out and found a glass fragment He said a window fell on him when he was four and pieces remained in his jaw though then believed removed
Lawrence County commissioners invite sealed bids by July 10 for constructing eleven and one half miles of water bound macadam road between Hillsboro and Moulton Alabama. The project reference number 28-101.
For sore muscles whether from exercise or injury there is nothing better than Chamberlain's Liniment which also relieves rheumatic pains. Sold by SM Thompson New Decatur and Decatur Drug Co Decatur.
Morgan County Commissioners Court announces that the 1912 Books of Assessments are prepared and open for inspection in the Judge of Probate office. The Court will sit Monday July 8 1912 to examine returns correct errors and hear cases docketed by the Tax Commissioner. By order of the court June 21 1912. W. E. Skeiggs Judge of Probate.
The Decatur District Conference of the M. E. Church South will meet at Town Creek at 2 p.m. next Thursday July 11 with Rev. B. M. Glen presiding. The district includes two charges with over 7000 members and delegates from First and Central Churches listed. The conference will continue.
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