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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1912

Page

3

Local Market Prices and Grocery Items Listed

Corrected market list shows lemons, oranges, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberries not, apples, onions, cabbage, strawberries, tomatoes, bananas with per box, per bushel, or per crate prices. Includes sugar, coffee, flour, syrups, canned fruit and vegetables, fish, meat, lard, butter, cheese, eggs and poultry with varying price points and brands noted.

Messina California Ben Davis Lima J. M. Catgin

Hides and general store listings in Decatur notice

Hides green dry salt and dry flint prices listed plus valuations for tal low beeswax gin seng and sheep pelts. Coca Cola ad followed by Chamberlain cough remedy sales and a probate notice appointing Henry H. Roger as executor with claim deadline, plus digestive aid tablets advertised by local druggists.

New Decatur Hide & Tallow Company

Home Steam Laundry Ad and Medical Claim

An vintage ad notes Home Steam Laundry at 248 and 26 Moulton Street offers free prompt work. It also includes a questionable medical line about back pain caused by rheumatism and mentions M. Thompson and Decatur Drug Co. in Decatur.

Moulton Street Wale M. Thompson New Decatur and Decatur Drug Co Decatur

First Aeroplane Route Established to Carry Mail

Washington May 14 Postmaster General Hitchcock authorized the New York Postmaster to dispatch mail to Washington by aeroplane on May 22 at the request of a Washington aeroplane company. The experiment aims to test rapid air mail service with at least 100 pounds carried from New York to Washington without stops. The aviator must be sworn in as a mail carrier and no government expense is involved.

Washington Hitchcock New York Ington Aeroplane Company

Sunday Traffic Record Falls at Decatur Terminal

Station agent reports Sunday traffic out of Decatur yesterday was the heaviest in years with more round trip and run way tickets sold than any Sunday this year.

Hubbard Decaturs

Louisville and Nashville Rail timetable South Bound and North Bound

Rail timetable lists trains for Decatur on Louisville and Nashville line. South bound shows No. 15 and No. 5/4 Accom runs with times around 6:46 to 4:03 p.m. North bound shows No. 8 and No. 6 with morning arrivals and departures from Decatur.

New Decatur Decatur

Batter ies and Riders: RH results from Huntsville to Washington

Batteries and crews are listed by city from Huntsville to Washington with teams such as Rome Selma Anniston Mobile Montgomery Memphis New Orleans New York Boston Philadelphia and Washington. Names include Felherty Case Wells Nelson Brown Kellog McAllister Demaree Dunn Debue Stanage ford Vaughn Quinn McConnell Street Sweeney Wood Nunnermaker Krichell Lange Walch Block Kuhn Sulivan Plank Lapp Johnson Ainsmith James Mitchell Easterly Adama among others.

Cleveland RAE Weeeeteed Batter Tale in Brief

Fragmentary text notes players Kahler Easterly Akers Becker and Williams in a 192 battery sequence. No clear teams dates or outcomes are readable.

Cleveland Rae Washington Kahler Akers Becker Williams

National League Saturday Games Also Rain Postponements

In Pittsburgh the Pirates beat the Reds 18 to 2 with Adams Kelly Moore and Graham leading the offense amid a rain delay that postponed other NL games. Richie Cole Meroney and Archer contributed for the visitors as late runs collapsed.

Pitteburg Ipinia Adams Ana” Kelly Moore Greham Richie Cole Meroney Archer

Sunday Basketball Lineups and Battery Matches

Sunday games feature Lotte Rub versus St Louis with batteries Willis Laudermilk Bilas Tyler Dickson and Kitng. Cincinnati faces Brooklyn with Suggs McLean Rucker Barger and Phelps in a noted lineup pairing.

Lotte St. Louis Rae Boston - Sree Weel We Willis Laudermilk Bilas Tyler Dickson Kitng

Also Mentioned on This Page

Swift & Co Swift's Jewel F. H. Poiuter Coca Cola Buchheit Bottling Chamberlain Henry H. Roger State of Probate Court Morgan County Wm. B. Skeggs T. Royer Decatur Drug Co Postmaster-General Louisville & Nashyvville New Decatur NO Vee Aban Bts Southern Railroad Thos.e. Pride Huntsville Phe Coech Teweer Aed Relleg Williams and Farrow Rome Selma Adienicas Guites Rez Renner Matthews Anniston RH Ik CMA Caput and Wells Nelson and Brown Southern League PAM Fleherty Case Iott Campbell Berger Vance Ware Hannah Foxen and Dilger Montgomery— Rhe Montgomery Moon Ses Ik Ee Kellog and McAllister Allen and McDonough Atlanta Demaree Dunn Fieharty Elliott Rhe Memphis New Orleans Eene Debue Stanageford Vaughn Quinn McConnell Street Sweeney Boston PRHB Wood Nunnermaker Brown and Krichell Philadelphia Lange, Walch Korres Batteries Johnson Ainsmith James Mitchell Easterly Adama The
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