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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1912

Page

3

Church Announcements and Sermon Titles for Sunday

The notice lists sermons at 11 a.m. by Dr. J. D. Gwaltney titled The Great Church Builder and evening The Two Suggestive Words at First Baptist. Lutheran and Methodist services are at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. with a True Religion and Destruction or Construction subject, plus Epworth League at 7 p.m. The St. Ann's Catholic children will crown the Virgin Mother statue Sunday night.

J. D. Gwaltney Epworth League St. Ann's Catholic Church Virgin Mother

Local Market Prices for Fruits and Vegetables

Corrected by J F Levin the list shows fruit and produce pricing across crates and per unit. Lemons per box Meseina $4.25 California oranges $3 to $3.60 potatoes per bushel imported $1.40 new stock $2.26 sweet potatoes per bushel $1.00 apples per barrel Ben Davis $5 Ganos $5.50 box apples $2.50 beans per bushel navy $3.20 per pound Lima 8c hamper snap $9.25 peas California black eyes bush es $3 native $2.50 onions Texas per crate $1.90 and $2.25 cabbage Southern crates $2.25 strawberries crates $2 tomatoes Choice $2 fancy $3.26 bananas per bunch $1 to $1.60.

J. F. Levin California Ben Davis Navy Lima Texas J. H M. Catyia Ariosa Standart T&c

Grocery price list corrections and item quotes

The notice lists corrected prices across groceries and provisions from multiple sources. Included are sugar, coffee, flour, syrups, canned fruits and vegetables, dried meats, lard, butter, margarine, cheese, poultry, and related items with per unit, per case, or per dozen pricing. Currency and unit formats vary. several items show corrected totals and packaging details.

Hides and goods price list corrected by New Becatur Bide & Tallow Co

Hides grean and dry gall listed with prices for dry flint, tal low, beeswax, gin seng cultivated and wild, sheep pelts, bones, seram penton, braga and other items. Corrected entry attributed to New Becatur Bide & Tallow Company.

Becatur Bide & Tallow Company Grean

Street Railway repairs keep Deeatira shops busy

The Street Railway Company shows strong business as repairs flood into the L. and N. shops. Locals Kentzer and Court visit the shops while foremen Jenkins and Roger deal with icy conditions and Nashville business. N. B. Collins and wife travel to Cincinnati. A. W. Williamson funeral set for 4th Avenue South home with children attending from St Louis Florida and Memphis.

Street Railway Company Deeatira A. W. Williamson Fourth Avenue South F. P. Stewart St. Louis J. R. Eckridge Florida PA. Williamson Memphis

Louisville and Nashville Railroad Time Table Snapshot

Rail timetable lists south bound and north bound trains between Decatur and New Decatur with several numbered services. No. 3 departs Decatur around 12:37 am, No. 4/6 accomships run in late afternoon, and No. 36 appears with a late night arrival.

New Decatur

Southeast Ball Results Across Bessemer and Gadsden

The page lists baseball results from Bessemer and Gadsden venues with batteries and players named. Teams include Southeastern Laagur and local entries, noting scores and lineups such as Batson Brown Randall Priest Wells Finch Riggs and McManus Guiterez.

Gadsden Batson ‘and Brown Randall Huitsville McMinning Finch and Riggs McManus and Guiterez

Fragmented OCR Brief on Batteries Across Cities

Nonsensical OCR fragment lists batteries or players with names like Neely Elliott Live ng McAllister Berger Vance Mil her Dessau Graham Boner Lemon Hannah. Mentions Montgomery Memphis Atlanta Chattanooga Orleans and numbers, no clear event or outcome given.

Atlanta Berger Vance Milher Dessau Graham Chattanooga Orleans Mere and Hannah

Washington- REHB WRN RAs 65s Batteries Report

In the Washington section a notes list mentions players Quinn Sweeney Walker Ainsmith and another group including Houch Russell Bedient and Carrigan. The fragmented text references batteries and names without clear context or dates.

Washington Vedics Quinn and Sweeney Walker Ainsmith

Batteries and lineups listed for Pittsburg Brooklyn Philadelphia games

The report itemizes player batteries by team and venue with names such as Richie Cole Archer Hendrix Kelly Marquard Meyers Ragon Knetzer Phelps Hess King Moore Vaiston Doomn and Benton Mc Lean Geyer Wingo, noting positions and matchups across Pittsburg Brooklyn and Philadelphia games.

Pittsburg Specisai Richie Cole Archer Hendrix Kelly Brooklyn Peel Marquard Meyers Ragon Knetzer Phelps Philadelphia Elphiq Hess King Moore Vaiston Doomn

Local Bottling Works Promotes Soda Water and Coca Cola

Buchheit Bottling Works offers a variety of soda waters including Coca Cola. The ad highlights genuine Coca Cola products and urges readers to purchase from the local bottling company.

Ala-Cola Bottling Works Buchheit Bottling

Decatur lots offered cheaply to aid housing demand

Notice lists several parcels in Decatur Morgan County offered at low prices for builders to meet housing demand. Contact A B Lampkin for details. Also a bankruptcy notice in the US District Court of Alabama Northeastern Division regarding George Harvey. The first creditors meeting is set for June 5 1912 at 10 o clock in the forenoon at Decatur Court House with Referee Jere Murphry presiding.

District Court of the Us 8 Alabama George Harvey George Zen New Decatur Morgan Ae Garvey Court House Decatur Ala Leirelaima Jere Murphry Huntsville

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