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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1912
Page
3
An obscure narrative unfolds with a dangerous intruder and a secretive plot. A female companion and a hidden lover navigate peril as horsemen appear on a road. a wary husband becomes a co participant in a tense sequence.
Captain Wayne, captured by Brennan's squad after a dramatic confrontation with Edith Brennan, faces a perilous march as a Confederate column approaches. Amid shifting loyalties, Wayne questions Edith's motives and his own love while awaiting General Sheridan.
A first person fragment describes the narrator bound and guarded on a mountain road by captors and their son. He reflects on impulse over reason while noting impressions of the guards and contemplating trust versus danger in a tense, isolated setting.
Baseball results from Saturday show Huntsville Gadsden and Rome matchups with multiple batteries listed. In Huntsville teams include RHE and Hunteville. Gadsden hosts Selma. Rome faces Anniston with both first and second games noted. Batteries feature McManus Guiterez Randall Wells and Verneuille Matthews Batson Brown among others.
In the opener Hall and Cady along with McConnell Thompson and Sweeney powered the Red Sox to a first game win. In the second game Collins and Carrigan faced Warhop and Sterrett as the Red Sox piled up runs.
The fragment lists multiple game records with cities Birmingham Montgomery Mobile Nashville Chattanooga and opponents New Orleans Memphis Atlanta and others. It includes battery pairs such as Prough Yantz Fritz Nagelson Haigh Paige McAllister Berger Vance Fleharty Elliott Parsons Seabaugh Covaleski Noyes Atkins Donahue Chappelle Ware Brady Graham with references to second games and score fragments.
Readable fragments indicate unit assignments of batteries to locations in Mobile and New Orleans. Names listed include Smith Yantz Bagby McAllister Campbell Vance Swindell and Haigh.
In St Louis the RHE CRepOGue defeated Melane StF with Cheney and Archer on the mound. At Brooklyn Philadelphia edged Brooklyn while Brennan and Desin led the hitting. New York hosted RHE New York with a win credited to their pitchers. Boston played at New Haven with strong battery work from Tyler and Donnelly.
Fragmentary OCR note lists individuals Camnits Suggs and McLean tied to a batteries matter. No clear event, date, or organization elsewhere readable.
Cincinnati and Pittsburgh square off in a National League game. O'Toole and Kelly face Ton and Clarke as pitchers hold the line in a low scoring contest.
Corrected listing of fresh produce with prices per unit or crate. Lemons Messina $5.50 per box. California oranges $3 to $3.26. imported potatoes 140 per bushel, new stock $1.75. sweet potatoes $1 per bushel. apples Ben Davis $5, Ganos $5.50, box apples $2.60. navy beans $3.20 per bushel, Lima 8c per pound, snap hamper $7.25. California black eyes peas $3, native $2.60. onions Texas $1.76 to $2 per crate. Southern cabbage $2.26 per crate. strawberries crates $2. tomatoes choice $2.75 fancy $3.25. bananas $1 to $1.50 per bunch. pineapples crates $2.75.
Corrected by H. Calvin and Swift & Co a historical price listing covers sugar coffee starch flour syrups canned fruits vegetables fish to lard and butter names brands and per unit prices in dollars and cents with varied packaging details and grades.
Corrected price list shows Eget Vreah candied and poultry items including dressed fryers priced at 26 and 30 cents each.
Corrected from the New Deestar Ride Tallow Company listing hides in various grades and pelts with prices. Hides green dry salt and dry flint are priced per unit or per ton, beeswax and gim seng are noted, with weights and rates including four and a half dollars per ton in certain entries.
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