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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1913

Page

3

Find of Roman coins mystifies experts in Scotland

Edinburgh September 29. Inveresk Musselburgh hill site of a Roman fort yields brass and bronze coins unearthed in a Kirkcaldy tenanted garden. British Museum experts judge five genuine but oldest coin with Mercury head dates to mid third century B C, pre dating Agricola. Hadrian and Diva Fausta coins date after Roman departure. condition suggests burial long before 60 A D. Discovered coins’ origin remains unknown.

Edinburgh Scotland Inveresk Musselburg Santly Kirk Councilor Lowe British Museum Agricola Britain Faustin

Financial Notes From The Market Roundup

J P Morgan and Co bought 4.5 million in nine months 6 percent Pacific Gas & Electric notes. Egg output value 1 billion dollars with 4 des losses of 76 million from eggs damaged en route. Gold bars worth 6.85 million arrived in London from Transvaal. most to Germany, rest to India. October dividends and interest total 179.965 million, up 8.698 million from a year ago. Gould line agencies consolidated including Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain Denver and Rio Grande Western Pacific. London imports and Liverpool exports dominate UK trade at 1.64 million and 796 million respectively forming two thirds of foreign commerce. Bond and note issues projected for October at 18.433 million versus 11.218 in September and 2.1 last October. Efforts to sell 0.5 million New Orleans and Northern Railway bonds in London at 90 meet criticism after New York pricing at 66. Trade in rolled steel products shows 10 to 20 percent weaker orders in late September. some steel prices down 1 per ton.

Million Negroes Expected in New York on Oct 22

New York officials announce a Negro heritage exposition marking emancipation anniversary. A $25,000 state appropriation and major gifts fund the event in the Twentieth Regiment Armory with up to one million visitors when doors open on October 22. Notables include Haiti's President or envoy, Booker T. Washington, William G. Lewis, and Dr. H. W. Furney.

New York United States Haiti Santo Domingo Liberia Nikig William Sulzer Twesch Regiment Columbu8 Ave‘nue Sixty-second Street Gen Phillipe Auguste Hayti Booker T. Washington Tuskegee Institute Alabama William G. Lewis H. W. Furneys

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