Local Market Prices and Fresh Produce List
Corrected market rundown with per unit prices for fruits and vegetables. Lethons per box, Messina eight dollars. California oranges three to 3.26. Potatoes per bushel imported 1.40, new stock 2. Sweet potatoes per bushel one. Apples per barrel Ben Davis five, Ganos five and a half, box apples two and a half. Navy beans 23.20 per sack, Lima eight cents, snap seven twenty-five. Peas California black eyes and native two to three dollars. Onions Texas crate 1.90 to 2.25. Cabbage Southern crates two twenty-five. Strawberries crates two. Tomatoes choice two seventy five, fancy three twenty six. Bananas per bunch one to one fifty. Pineapples crates three.
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Messina
California
Ben Davis
Navy
Lima
Texas
Wholesale Grocery Price List for Sugar Standard Flour and Provisions
Corrected listing shows per hundredweight sugar standard at 585, various forms of Githiachricin and Etarch, celluloid, flour grades from standard to extra fancy, canned fruit and vegetables with per dozen or per case prices, canned fish and sardines, lard, cotton oil, hams, bacon, butter and margarine, and cheese with prices across multiple brands and grades. Names include Karo and Argo, with items like No. 3 Tomatoes and No. 2 Hominy.
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J. i. Calvin
Swift
Poultry Prices Listed in Local Market
Eyes fresh candied poultry items corrected by F. HB Pointer. Hens live 9c, dressed 14e, fryers 25 and 30c each.
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F. HB
Market Prices for Hides and Byproducts Noted
A list of commodity prices includes hides at various rates and animal byproducts. Dry flint listed at 15c per unit, tal low 1c, beeswax 22c, gin peng cultivated 3 1-2c, wild 4 1-2c, sheep pelts 10c to 2c, bones 100 Abs. 25c, scrap brass 21-3c per unit, per ton $4.50.
Divides On That Coffee Trust Dispute At Cabinet Level
Secretaries Knox and Wickersham clash over withdrawing the civil anti trust suit against the Coffee Trust amid Brazil concerns. Taft has not committed, Justice Department proceeds with court action while diplomacy is urged to settle the matter.
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Washington
Knox
Taft
Brazil
Wickersham
State Knox
United States
Senor Decama
Department of Justice
New York
State Department
New York Circuit Court
South Carolina
New York Circuit
Jail Conditions Draw Wide City County Criticism
The Montgomery Advertiser reports strong criticism of Morgan and Dallas counties jails citing unsanitary conditions at Solowamt and Decatur as needing immediate action. Sheriff McCollough defends overall jail appearance and sanitation while Inspector Oates notes water on floors due to a prisoner incident and vows the facility will be cleaned and repainted.
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Morgan County
Solowamt Decatur
Sher McCollouth
O'Neal
W. H
Oates
Sherif McCullouch
Miles Away Distance Enables Continued Trade
The Miles Away Distance clause allows ongoing commerce despite distance. Businesses can still exchange goods and services with the same terms, maintaining access to markets and suppliers while travel or presence remains limited.
Dillehay Bros announce new drink Plezol for year
Dillehay Bros Ala Cola Bottling Works announce the arrival of Plezol the new drink for the year They express satisfaction at securing the beverage and extend wishes for success to their bottling operation.
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Ala-Cola Bottling Works
Orange Julep Bottle Promotion at Bucbhett Werks
A fragment notes a bottled beverage named Orange Julep produced at Bucbhett Botting Werke. The text includes garbled trailing words but indicates a product and place of bottling.
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Bucbhett Botting Werke
For Sale By S M Thompson and Decatur Drug Co
An advertisement notes Chamberlain's Liniment offered for sale by S M Thompson in New Decatur and by Decatur Drug Co in Decatur. It records a local shop listing with product availability.
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Chamberlain
S. M. Thompson
New Decatur and Decatur Drug Co
Decatur
Decatur Daily boasts largest bona fide Morgan county circulation
The Decatur Daily claims a daily reach over 5 000 readers with 10 900 daily eyeballs and 30 000 weekly readers. It touts itself as North Alabama’s best daily, praised by editors and bankers alike, and invites comparison to prove the circulation claim.
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Morgan County
Becators Dalat
BERIF
Alabama
Colmer County
Tuscumbia
McLane Tilton, Jr
Pell City
Alabama Bankers’ Association
Drcaturs
Ap Heco
Comtemporaries
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Decaturs
The
J. F. Levin
Louisville & Nashyville
New Decatur
Decatur No
Santa Ae
Southern Railroad
Boffee Trust
Oats
Montgomery Advertiser of
Yeas
Terday
L. & N. Shop News
J. A. Morrison
Mr. Brooks
R. BE. Weaver
Birmingham
Walter H. Todd
Herman Turner
Gibbs’ Grove
Tilman Millinery Co
Dillehay Bros
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