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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1912
Page
3
The Decatur Masonic event features Manager Cagle presenting a $5 Free Gift and a bill with Funny John Bunny acts. Rumors of a frame up are denied as Cagle runs a reputable show on Bank Street with top pictures and trusted acts. Orange Julep bottle promotion from Buchheit Bottling Works noted.
A corrected listing of regional market prices for lemons oranges potatoes sweet potatoes apples beans onions cabbage strawberries tomatoes bananas and canned goods including sugar coffee flour syrups and preserved fruits and vegetables with per unit and per case details.
Corrected advertising listing shows dry salt meat ribs at 11 dollars, hog lard at 12 1 2 cents per pound, cotton oil around 7 percent per gallon, bacon at 22 1 2 cents, algemargine 18 to 22 cents, plus cheese and other goods. Prices vary across items in this Swift's department store sale.
Corrected market brief lists Egge fresh poultry including live hens and dressed fryers at 25 cents and up. Hides priced green 121 to 140, dry salt 16 to 26 cents, dry flint 4 to 16 cents, beeswax 22 cents. Also notes bone values and miscellaneous hides trading near four and a half dollars per hundred.
The Miner of Mavaloe staged last evening by New Decatur High School pupils drew a well filled house. Miss Ruth Hartung and Mr Joe Woods delivered strong turns while Marjory Miller as the heroine impressed. Allene Adams showed drama as Nancy Lammeter and James Holland gave a solid villain performance. The boys' Beards and stage presence earned applause. Barrett Shelton’s song brought down the house.
South bound from Decatur shows departures around 8 a.m. and afternoon with 4 p.m. and 4:03 p.m. trains. North bound lists 3:15 p.m. from New Decatur and multiple morning departures. Accommodations noted for Sundays and a regular schedule detailing arriving and departing times.
Fragmentary OCR text notes a debt case and address at Edwards Yergin on Bank Street. It references numbers like No. 8601 and a 5 percent rate, but actual details are unreadable.
In Bessemer I H Huntsville league play reports two games with Blae Ball teams. Batteries listed include Syeiireon Rolleg Baker and Farrow. Second game shows Burnsville beating Bessemer 94 to 40 with Baker Farrow and Roles prominent. Other sites mention Gadsden and Selma with Kane Wells Matthews Versullite and Guiterez among battery names.
Philadelphia shows Gress and Easterly with Mors gan and Kean in 6 percent batteries. Washington lineup lists Peters, Groom and Henry. Boston features Willette, Stanage, Brien and Carrigan. New York group includes Duamgarines and Stephens, Quinn, Street and Fisher.
The report lists battery pairings for multiple teams across cities including St Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Chicago with players such as Kling lee Wingo Breas Shultz e and iaham OToole Camaitz Kel ley Stack Yingling Er win Gaspar McLean Hgneis Meyers Archer Notley Eliott Dunn Miller Bills McAllister Hopper Ferguson McDounough Smith Yantz Moore Hannah Collins Morrison Greer Wells Thigpin. The page also notes a postponed New Orleans Atlanta game due to pain and a Chattanooga city note.
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