Alabama Good Roads Association invites national lawmakers to Mobile session
The Alabama Good Roads Association extends invitations to members of the U S House Committee on Roads for its Seventeenth Annual Session in Mobile November 20 22 1913. Congressman Milton W Shreve of Pennsylvania accepts and pledges to discuss Pennsylvania highway bond plans.
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Cided
Committee On Roads
House of Representatives
Asso
Fred L. Blackmon
Alabama
James B. Aswell
Louisiana
Peter G. Ten Eyck
New York
Solomon Prouty
Iowa
Milton W. Shreve
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
J. A. Rountree
Sec'y
Ala
Good Roads Ass'n
Birmingham
Alabama Good Road
Aeroplane May Be Used in North Pole Expedition
Christiania Norway Lieutenant Niels en captain of the Fram sails to Panama to ride through the canal Roald Amundsen will join in San Francisco next spring The expedition includes Birkeland Baron Cederstrom may also accompany to oversee open water finding and exploration If feasible the Baron would transport part of the party to the pole by seaplane.
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Christiania
Norway
Nielsen
Fram
Roald Amundsen
North Pole
Panama
Panama Canal
San Francisco
Amundsen
Mr. Birkeland
Baron Cederstrom
Clement A Wood to Speak in Decatur
Clement A Wood, Birmingham state organizer of the Alabama Socialist party, travels to Decatur to address the Morgan County event. He is expected to speak at a local gathering in Decatur.
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Clement A. Wood
Decaturs
Clement KR. .Wood
Birmingham
The
Socialist Party
Alabama
Morgan County
Southern Commercial Congress Set to Meet in Mobile
A letter from Panama Canal opening memorial celebration organizers urges Mayor Wolcott to appoint delegates to the Southern Commercial Congress in Mobile October 27 28 and 29. It lists ex Mayors of New Decatur and other officials invited to join President Wilson and foreign guests.
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Southern Commercial Congress
Mobile
Wolcott
New Decatur
Ala
Southland
Panama Canal
Milwaukee marriage license case raises privacy demand
Milwaukee is told a man seeking a marriage license asked County Clerk Widale to keep his name private claiming his business would be ruined if news of the marriage were printed. The applicant, Penni ak Cedene, sought anonymity in reporting.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Widale
Penni Ak Cedene
Alabama Power Seeks Decatur Manufacturing Growth
The Alabama Power Company promotes Decatur as a major manufacturing center in a full page Manufacturers' Record advertisement. It offers to sponsor one third of a new plant’s stock to bona fide manufacturers locating in Decatur, with citizens matching one third, and urges local resolve to attract large factories.
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Alabama Power Company
Manufacturers’ Record
Baltimore
Decaturs
Industrial prospects in Decatur Tennessee Valley region
Situated along major rail lines between Nashville Birmingham and between Chattanooga Memphis the Decaturs offer rich mineral resources coal iron ore limestone hardwoods and fertile lands suited for truck farming. Low freight via two trunk lines river transport and abundant electricity attract diversified manufacturing including lumber flour cement oil cotton and tannery by and large inviting merchants and producers.
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Tennessee River Valley
Louisville and
Nashville and Southern
Nashville
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Memphis
Decatur
New Decatur
Tennesse River Valley
Agricultural Exhibit Highlights Morgan County Potential
At the fair, Cedar Dale Farm owned by A A Skidmore showcases Morgan county’s crop diversity on 240 acres six miles from Decatur. The display includes fruits vegetables grains and livestock with Mrs Skidmore’s canned goods among the offerings. A big 800 pound hog raised by A C Mooney wins prizes and Morgan County’s hog industry is described as in its infancy with great potential.
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Cedar Dale Farm
A. A. Skidmord
Morgan County
Decaturs
Skidmore
A. C. Mooney
Fie
Notic
Correction of Prize Winners List at the Fair
The newspaper notes a correction to yesterday’s prize winners list. Mrs Jere Clark won for best white loaf cake receiving a sack of flour and Mrs Tom Harvey earned a barrel of flour for best loaf of bread. Mrs W Holland won a prize on leaf cake earning a sack of flour.
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Jere Clark
Tom Harvey
W. @. Holland
Antioch Baptist Association Convenes in Muscle Shoals
The Muscle Shoal Baptist Association convened this morning at Antioch Church at 10 o'clock and will continue sessions through next Sunday. Reverend Woodward Weaver Malone Crow Sivley and Whitman from Decatur attended.
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Muscle Shoal
Baptist Association Convention
Antioch Church
H. B. Woodward
J. E B. Weaver
B. L. Malone
J. H. Crow
W. E. Sivley
E. D. Whitman
Decaturs
Mainard awarded damages against L. N. railroad
Mrs. W C Mainard was awarded twenty five hundred dollars in the Law and Equity court for injuries from a L N railroad wreck about a year ago. Earl Pettus of Birmingham was her attorney and Byster and Eyster represented the railroad.
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W. C. Mainard
Law and Equity
L. & N. Railroad Company
Earl, Pettus
Birmingham
Matchmaking Talk Sparks Caution on Marriage Rumors
A shopkeeper boasts of wealth attracting 300 unmarried women in his neighborhood. He says matchmaking mothers push daughters to him while he stays polite and plans to keep marriage quiet to avoid boycott and bankruptcy. The license clerk contracted to aup aiktia anatase.
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Aupaiktia Anatase
Bandit Story On Train 7 Robbery Hits Meridian Tale
Gadsden October 3 claims from Meridian Mississippi describe a bandit in the recent Alabama Great Southern train 7 robbery as tender hearted. A messenger reports the dog barked loudly and the bandit, upset by the noise, threw the dog and crate, ripping the door while the train moved.
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Gadsden
Preas of the South
Meridian
Mias
Ted
Smith to Open Livery Stables in Austinville
W. R. Smith of New Decatur route 3 plans two livery stables in Austinville and expects to locate in about thirty days. He is constructing a new barn nearly finished.
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W. R. Smith
New Decatur
Austinville
H H Hitt Elected Exalted Ruler in Decatur Lodge
H. H. Hitt was chosen Exalted Ruler of B P O E Lodge No. 656 Decatur, succeeding B. P. Wallace who becomes District Deputy. The appointment reflects the lodge's leadership transition and continued fraternal duties.
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H. H. Hitt
B. P
B. Lodge
Decatur
B. P. Wallace
Reid Bae Bieres
Conservation Congress invites New Decatur officials to Washington
The Fifth National Conservation Congress will be held in Washington on November 18 to 20 with forestry and water power as main topics. Mayor Wolcott of New Decatur is asked to appoint two delegates and alternates to participate, and to send their names for credentials and information.
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Congress
Washington
D. C
Mayor Wolcott
New Decatur
Ala
National Conservation Congress
White House
White Slave Troubles In Alabama Trial
Giles and Miss Billie Harmon and Sailor Jack face a theft case in Alabama court before Justice T J Newsom. Detective Re Coran from Tennessee testified against the defendants, alleging stolen goods from Sweet Water Tennessee. Bond set at $1000 on Harmon charge. case draws strong local interest.
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Sailor Jack
Skate
Billie Harmon
T. J. Newsom
Alabama
Sweet Water
Tennessee
RE. J. Coran
Badasher
May
Sweetswater
Coran
Post Office Receipts Mark Increase in Decatur Area
The Decatur and New Decatur post offices report quarterly growth in receipts for the month ending December. The past quarter shows a steady rise over prior period figures, indicating improving postal activity across the cities.
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Decatur
New Decatur
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Dorsey W. Shackleford
Norta “Pole
United States
Bryan
Daniels
P.C. VIII
A. C. Frey
B. Crawford
G._A. Hoff
M. W. Murray
EB. C. Payne
Blackwell
John Patterson
R. W. Wolcott
J. J. Sullivan
F. M. Schiicer
T. A. Bowles
EB. H. Allison
V. Dupont
E. H. Turner
J. Hildreth
John Jenkins
C. B. Malone
R. H. Watson
D. W. Speake, Jr
G. Frolines
W. Bw. Skeges
W. P. Fogarty
Tidwell
P. Troup
John Hartung
W. R. Shelton
Butcher Afamio
Alabama Power Co
Broadway
Brown-Marx Building
Birmingham, Ala
Antioch
ELKS
Conservation Congress
Nelson
Samuel
Ae Sitervices
L. P. Troupe Ant
D. Cudhicon
New Diwater
Thomas R. Shipp
Gond.ngrease
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