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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1912

Page

5

General Local Markets Prices for Fruits and Groceries

Corrected by J P Levin and J J Catgin. The listing shows lemons $4.25 per box, oranges $3 to $3.50, imported potatoes $1.40 per bushel, new stock $3.00, sweet potatoes $1.50 per bushel, bananas $1 to $1.50 per bunch, and several canned goods with prices for flour, syrups, canned fruit and vegetables, fish, meat, and dairy. Includes brands Swift & Co and Ariosa.

J. P. Levin Gary Lima California Texas J. J. Catgin Ariosa

Poultry and byproducts market prices listed

Corrected prices for Egge-Fresh candied items and live hens dressed fryers and various byproducts. Includes hide green dry salt dry flint tal low beeswax gin seng and other materials with quoted per unit or per weight costs.

F. H. Pointer New Decatur

Train Schedule Fragments for New Decatur Area Lines

OCR reads scattered timetable pieces for New Decatur routes. Notes show multiple No. lines with times across a day, including north bound No. 5 Accom and No. 3 and 6 services, plus late night listings and missing data for several entries.

New Decatur Decatur New Decatur No Sun

Decatur Daily boasts largest bona fide circulation claim

The Decatur Daily touts daily reach of over 4 000 readers and 36 000 weekly reads, claiming the largest bona fide Morgan County circulation. It credits merit, calls itself the best daily in North Alabama, and cites endorsements from rival editors and bankers. It notes higher telegraph, local news, and editorial output compared to competition. It ends with a local ad pitch for job work.

Decaturs Morgan County Merit North Alabama Colbert County Tuscumbia McLane Tilton, Jr Pell City Alabama Bankers’ Association Decaturs Daily Telegraph

Base Ball Results Saturday's Games At Multiple Cities

Baseball results from Saturday show multiple games across cities with RHE and other batter configurations. Notable matchups include New Orleans vs Memphis, Birmingham vs Mobile, and Cincinnati vs Chicago with varied battery pairs and final scores.

New Orleans Memphis Sandon

American League Batter Lines and Pitchers Noted in Box Score Fragments

The readable segments show box score fragments with team pitchers and catchers names, batters, and run statistics from games in Philadelphia and Washington. Names like Travers Irwin dePise Gregg Kas Quinn Vaughn Sweeney Leake Stephens Hughes Groome Akers Becker and Menry appear among partial box score lines and ERA/ RBI style entries.

Philadelphia Travers Irwin dePise Fost Brown Pennock Washington Steck Leake and Stephens Hughes, Groome, Akers, Becker and Menry

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