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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1913
Page
3
A quirky column reviews local advertising practice and shopper wit. A jeweler, a railroad worker, and a theatregoer tease prices and value while remarks on free passes and dead heads frame a brisk look at commerce and entertainment happenings.
Columbus leaders push a bill to appoint a governor's commission to set dress codes for Ohio women. It would limit neck exposure, prohibit transparent stockings, ban certain lace and embroidery, require a minister, a parent of three, and a social worker on the panel, and allow the panel to regulate garment design and display.
Messrs Bailey and Pointer received by express this morning one hundred twelve spring suits ordered for Easter Sunday. This is likely the largest single shipment of custom made clothes ever received in Decatur.
The Jones Cotton Co reports a steady market with middling at 11 3 4 and good middling at 12. Market corrections updated prices reflect current trading.
Sealed bids will be received on April 8 1913 by Morgan county commissioners for rebuilding the Grantland bridge over Cotaco Creek. Plans and specifications are on file in the probate office of William Eb. Skeggs.
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