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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1912
Page
3
A scanned price list shows per bushel and per case rates for fruits, vegetables, and groceries corrected by Swift & Co and H. Pointer. Items include sweet potatoes 1.50, apples 5.00, strawberries 3.26, sugar 5.85 per 60 lbs, coffee 24.30 per 100 lbs, canned goods, and meats with varied margins. includes butter cheese eggs poultry and sundry.
Alma Lampkin asks Decatur Daily readers to vote for her by filling and depositing a coupon at the Decatur Daily office. She notes her father's long service in Morgan County and urges citizen support for the campaign in Alabama.
The article notes First Baptist Decatur services at 9 30 Sunday School 9 80 morning worship 11 and evening 7 90 with the pastor speaking on Our Covenant and A Mighty Savior The Lord’s Supper observed Special morning service and baptismal requests at First Baptist A baptism and new member reception at First Methodist Ham with holy communion and flood relief offering Evening Epworth League at 7 and sermon 8 by Rev J W Newman The First Christian Church schedules Sunday School 9 45 worship 11 and evening 7 20 with subject An Unheeded Warning Elbert Holland a former pastor will hold a protracted meeting starting June 20 Everyone invited to all services
Central Baptist Church offers morning and evening sermons by Rev James D Gwaltney D D with the morning topic Hearts Out of Tune and 8 o clock Test ing by Tasting All are welcome Westminster Presbyterian plans a Sunday morning service at eleven led by Rev W T Bartlett addressing men from the Men and Religion Forward Movement meeting in New York Men are invited to attend
In Morgan County Alabama the Law and Equity Court fixes May 20 1912 for a public sale of Lois numbers 14 and 15 in Block 11 Addition 3 of the Decatur Land Company addition to New Decatur. The sale is to repay the decree in the case of Commercial Savings Bank and Trust Company versus Ferdinand Vasbeault et al. The sale will be at the Morgan County Courthouse door to the highest bidder for cash. Witness Marvin West Register.
Fragmented OCR text shows multiple Decatur and New Decatur references with scattered times such as 0eeath 12:65 p.m and 6:48 am. The readable items indicate train arrivals and departures, including No. 5 Accom and No. 16 Bowery cases, but many details are garbled. The record preserves the transit scheduling gist without coherent service pattern.
An advertisement for Home Steam Laundry at 248 and 25 Moulton Street offers work called for and delivered free and very promptly. The notice emphasizes immediate service and household laundry needs.
Local ad promoting at home braiding by a solo practitioner. Offers on site styling and a line of human hair products with color matching. Customer satisfaction guaranteed.
Mrs M Diamond resides at 314 Bank Street with telephone number Phene 279 listed for contact.
A few lots in the best residential part of Decatur will be offered cheap to anyone aiming to build dwellings to meet housing demand. Calon A. B. Lampkin.
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