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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1912
Page
2
Watered as Second-Class Matter at New Decatur Alabama under act of March 3 1879. Subscription and advertising rates outlined. Readers urged to report missed deliveries. Mentions Underwood sentiment and potential York delegation ballot dynamics.
The flatter's young attendee under twenty one addressed the Convention causing great cheering. Champ Jr. is described as a chip off the old block.
City government announces post July 1 a strict regulation requiring all residents occupying single dwelling houses for residence to take action against fires with penalties including arrest and fines for noncompliance.
John D. Rockefeller appeared before the New York Appraisers asking to cut his assessment from one million dollars to one hundred thousand. He expressed a liking for collecting but a strong dislike for paying high taxes or fees.
The L N Railroad argued its Alabama investment was 60 million and rates justified for a fair return. It valued its property for state taxes at 17 million, while the state intends to tax the railroad on the same basis as it sets rates, raising questions about fairness and consistency in tax assessment.
The Civic Committee notes ambitions to clean up Decatur and rid the community of flies. In Antsville under the Beautiful Club, prizes pay $1 for first pint of flies, 60 cents for the second, 10 cents for a girl, and other amounts. Authorities estimate $10 per council could fund the effort.
Reported plans for the Republican Convention outline Taft’s delegation strategy. The sequence would begin with Alabama or Arizona yielding and placing Cummins before New York and the South, then Ohio or Harding likely to nominate Taft’s slate. The overall aim is to present Taft's name early on the roll call.
The Morgan County Alabama sheriff announces the sale of C. H. Austin property by execution to satisfy a judgment. Five houses and lots in Decatur are to be sold at public auction at the courthouse on July 16 during legal hours. Dated June 7, 1912, R. N. McCollouch Sheriff.
Local listing notes availability of soda water of all kinds and the genuine Coca Cola from Buchheit Bottling Works.
A few lots in the best residential part of Decatur will be offered cheap to anyone wanting to build dwellings to help supply the demand. Call on A B Lampkin.
An old advertisement promotes Coca Cola as the most refreshing drink bottled at Buchheit Bottling Works and Plezol as a new drink bottled at Ala-Cola Bottling Works. It touts fatigue relief and social appeal with a cheerful lifestyle message.
The advertisement promotes a mail and telephone trade service by Dillehay Bros. It emphasizes distance is no barrier as customers can order from anywhere and have prescriptions filled correctly.
Corrected market listing shows prices for lemons oranges potatoes and other fruits vegetables and dried goods. Included are sugar coffee flour canned fruits and meats with per unit costs and crate or case quantities.
Listing of hides and related products with graded quality terms such as green, dry salt, dry flint, and tal low. Includes rates like 9, 12 1-26 and 1gc, 1be to 16, and bones priced at 100 per ton and other scrap at $4.50 per ton.
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