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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
2
An advert compares feeding horses to feeding children, claiming grain like nutrition from Scott's Emulsion strengthens sickly kids. It asserts the product adds appetite, improves digestion, red blood, and growth, and positions the medicine as both food and remedy. Free samples offered.
The note surveys judicial and political headlines from 1901 including inquiries and court martial cases, a tax levy ruling on imported goods, and the new congress convening at noon, reflecting concerns over a widening of government power and rising inflation.
Court proceedings focus on multiple court martials convened today as military judges hear cases across branches. Prosecutors outline charges while defense teams seek evidence disclosure and witness participation in the sessions.
Commissioner Poole reports Alabama crops in fair condition from over 600 county correspondents. Cotton yield projected at about 91 percent of average. past ten years average 992,999 bales, five year average 1,088,300 bales. Acreage up, fertilizer use up, most of the crop already gathered. Corn is 25 percent below average. forage stocks solid for winter. Sugar cane and sweet potatoes down slightly but no feared shortage. Little fall plowing beyond seeding oats and wheat.
The Nashville American reports ex governor Johnston claiming fourteen counties show negro majorities totaling 43 877 with ratification majorities of 30 749, arguing the counts are fraudulent and that the Constitution should be rejected unless the fraud is removed. It notes the convention’s work, the 23 000 vote ratification, and asserts the new Constitution is now in force despite opposition.
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