Newspaper rates and delivery notice from New Decatur Alabama
Metered as Second-Class Matter February 26 1912 at the post office under Act of March 3 1879. By carrier per year four fifty By mail advance one year two fifty By mail advance six months one fifty Revolutions Tributes of Respect Obituaries and Cards of Thanks five cents per line. If you do not get your paper regularly tell us by telephone. Advertising rates available with office must be in by noon to publish.
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New Decatur
Ala
Earrier
States debate official flower choices across the nation
Many states still lack a definite emblem with methods varying from legislative selection to popular votes. Pennsylvania recently chose the violet as its floral emblem, joining Wisconsin Rhode Island and Illinois. Alabama picked the goldenrod, while Kentucky also adopted it by popular vote.
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Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Illinois
Alabama
Kentucky
Children Should Choose State Flowers, Not Officials
The article argues that state flowers should be selected by children rather than governors or officials. It notes earlier failures in Massachusetts and suggests letting children decide the floral emblem before fall, as their choices have historically pleased all parties.
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Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Express Companies Seek to Avoid Law Cited by Holmes
Holmes notes that express companies formed to dodge corporate law were not to be joked about. The remark signals serious view of corporate evasion and the need to enforce statutes against business loopholes.
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M. Justice Holmes
Supreme Court
Tokio Youth Against U S Youth Group Rallies Noise
An article notes Tokio's anti American Youth Association displaying the youthful faculty of making noise far beyond its numbers, reflecting street protest energy in the city.
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Tokio
Rembrandt Sale Prices Mark Early Art Investment Rise
The text notes a Rembrandt sold for 105.53 pounds in 1734, rising to about 200000 pounds in 1913, implying an investor would have earned nearly 12 percent annually from the increase in value during this period.
Warning for mothers on child bowels and a remedy
During the summer months mothers of young children should watch for any unnatural looseness of the bowels. When given prompt attention at this time serious trouble may be avoided. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy can always be depended upon. For sale by S S M Thompson, New Decatur, and Decatur Drug Co., Decatur.
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Chamberlain
M. Thompson
New Decatur
Decatur Drug Co
Decatur
Special stockholders meeting called to increase capital
Resolution by Commercial Savings Bank and Trust Company to hold a special stockholders meeting in New Decatur Alabama on June 28 1913 at 4 pm to consider increasing capital stock from eighty thousand to one hundred thousand dollars and converting to a national bank. Notice to stockholders by president and cashier with four week newspaper publication. Also a house ad for Chamberlain's Tablets included.
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Cial Savings Bank and Trust Company
Commercial Savings Bank and Trust Company
New Decatur
Alabama
Commercial Savings Bank & Trust Company
Twin City
A. A. Hardage
Downfall of a Once-Famed Star Tavern's Shadow Beats the Bright
A fictionalized figure once praised for major league promise is mocked in a tale of decline. The piece traces his rise to fame, then fall into drink, ending with warnings about a life consumed by alcohol and a grim, seedy fate.
Government suits and baseball’s pull on public interest
The piece notes that antitrust cases rarely stir the public, while a potential attorney general action against organized baseball would grab attention. It contrasts this with Standard Oil cases and lamp/light oil era indifference, then recalls Walter Johnson’s tenth win versus Cleveland on May 1 with a key pinch hit tied game.
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United States
Trust
Uncle Sam
Fair
Standard Oil Company
Standard Company
Walter Johnson
Cleveland
Williams
Groom
Naps Regain Mascot Larry Amid Baseball Banter
The Naps reclaim bull terrier Larry after a hotel porter returned the dog who had been taken in court and repented. Connie Mack seeks a pennant as pitchers dominate while Coombs is out and Plank has a sore arm. Hank O Day reportedly laughed in New York as the crowd mocked Booe with chants and jokes at the park.
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Naps
Larry
Connie Mack
Coombs
Plank
Hank O'Day
New York
Everet
Mike Simon
Henry
Hank
Governor O Neal Grants 10 Day Parole In Prohibition Case
Jerrie Tarpey convicted of violating prohibition laws was arrested by Deputy Harvey Wright at Hartselle and sent to a county road camp for six months. A Montgomery message granted a 10 day parole before return to Decatur, with governor considering a full pardon.
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Jerrie Tarpey
Hartselle
Harvey Wright
Tarpey
Montgomery
O'Neal
Decature
Bas-It product review and money back offer ad
Neighbor asks for verdict on Stutt's Bas-It for headache and neuralgia. Dillehay Bros advertise a money back plan with prices 10e 26e and 10e for their “wonderful hen discovery” claim.
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Stutt
Dillehay Bros
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