Local Notices and Rates Mentioned for New Decatur Publication
A historical note lists mailing and advertising rates for a New Decatur Ala publication dated February 1912. It references second class matter status, carrier and mail rates, and advertising copy deadlines. It also notes attendance intentions for the Alabama Press Association event in Birmingham and includes a local opinion on corn on the cob and a remark about ball teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Decatur
Ala
Missouri Tops U.S. Lead Production in year
Missouri produced more lead in the past year than any state in the Union. The report highlights Missouri as a leading producer with significant output in the metal.
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Missouri
Union
Herbal remedy ad promotes bowels and cheerfulness
An old advertisement touts HERBINE to purify bowel channels and promote regular movement. It claims the remedy makes the user feel bright vigorous and cheerful. Price fifty cents. Sold by Owl Drug Co.
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Owl. Drug Co
Paper Smoke Sparks Town's Bad Habits Debate
Our Man About Town laments cigarette use among staff and editors, lampoons lax morals and prods readers to quit. He argues employers tolerate smoking reluctantly, praises old habits while urging restraint, and questions the line between duty and indulgence.
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Havana
Woman’s Awakening and Standish in Northern New York Trial
Fragmentary serial drama plots a political struggle over the Standish bill in which Wanda Kelly is drawn into a web of intrigue. Jim Blake and Robertson maneuver to expose a woman’s name to pressure Standish as family and political rivals clash in a series of chapters.
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New York
Oman
Jim Blake
Rother
Robertson
House
Stanover
Jim
Blake
Standish
Mullins
Blake Standish
Plaza 1001
Miss Kelly
Bligeke
Love and duty collide in a tense confrontation
Grace accuses Standish of prioritizing politics over love while he reveals a painful confession. He admits he loves Grace and faces ruin by keeping her secret. The scene shifts from defiant confrontation to fragile vulnerability as their relationship tears at duty and desire.
Human Chain Saves Wan on Brink of Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls New York July Me Thurman Chapman 22 of Hamilton Ontario was rescued from the American Falls brink by four men after he toppled from the railing above Prospect Point His body lodged against rock projections and a chain saved him from immediate death The unidentified man John Hughes Thomas S Winders and Thomas D Thomas plus a fourth helper formed a living chain to pull Chapman to shore He was unconscious for over an hour and relatives said he was subject to fits and may have collapsed while on the railing
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Chapman
John Hughes
Thomas
Winders
Niagara Falls
Thomas D. Thomas
Toronto
Hughes
Fig
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THE
Decaturs Daily
Bundey
Decaturs
Wennessee Valley Printing Company, Inc
W. R. Shelton
Alabama Press Association
Birmingham
J. R Rosson
St. Is
MOTT
Williams Mfg. CO
Props
Cleveland
Ohio
Daniel Drug CO
Our Man
Sir Walter Raliegh
Jimmy
Bacco
Wanda Kelly
Keswick
Washington
Tom Blake
Miss Net
Iss Kelly
Grace
Kelly
Grace Toli
Launcelot
Wanda
Capitol
Wands
Brandish
Grace Robertson
Mark Robertson
Matt
Matthew Standish
Delilah
Macy
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
E. C. Payne Lumber Co
Fourth Avenue
Star Transfer Company
Eldred Fletcher & Son
Thomas Brothers
Moulton St
Wan
Niagara
Niagara Falls, N. Ys
Thurman Chapman
Hamilton
Ont
Prospect Point
Ambrose T. Grayson
M.D
Tas & Light
Second Ave
Atdehes
ANSCO
Decatur Drug Co
Bank St
Bane
Sg Williams Mfg. CO
Cleolan
Salay Bat Hess
America
Europe
U. S
William J. Burns National Detective Agency
Morgan County National Bank
New Decatur, Ala
Hitt
Decatur
Up River Points
Down River Points
J. W. Carl
Boggs
A. C. Misner
Church Street
Alabama
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