Appliances and Furniture Ad Prompts Local Call Center
A newspaper brief notes a local showroom on Second Ave NE offering appliances and furniture and directs readers to call 320 for inquiries. The ad emphasizes goods and contact number for orders.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1955
Page
9
For Sale Railroad Factory Salvage Furniture Co Ad
For sale railroad factory salvage furniture company listing at 23 Church St. N.W. contact phone 1073.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jervis Foundry and Machine Company
Factory Salvage Furniture Co
Church St. N.W
Old Refrain Fleas a Real Problem Across Alabama
Entomologist W A Ruffin notes fleas plague Alabama residents from pets to urban settings. Fleas hop hosts, spread disease such as Brill’s fever, and complete a life cycle from eggs to cocoons. Treatments include pine oil DDT rotenone and regular vacuuming plus sprays. repeat weekly as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Ruffin
Auburn
Alabama
Public Auction at Courthouse Door for Decatur Lot by Bryan McAfee
Public outcry sale at the Courthouse door in Morgan County Alabama for a lot in Decatur. Bidder must be present between 11 AM and 4 PM on September 1 to purchase described property at Wilson Avenue and Newcomb Street. Notice dated July 30 1955 by Register Bryan McAfee. Aug. 18-15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
State OF
Alabama
Morgan County Circuit Court
Ralph E. Slate
Mattie Gray
Garfield Ringo
Ollie Ringo
R. D. Robinson
Circuit Court
Decatur
County of Morgan
Towit
Wilson Avenue
Newcomb Street
Bryan McAfee
Revival Adds Ten New Members at Local Church
The Lawrence County Chal ybate Church closed its revival Friday night with ten new members. Rev. Lester Stokes of Tuscaloosa was the visiting preacher. Mrs L M Filyaw is noted in the local item as part of the church community. Several residents and visitors are listed with travels and visits to and from Birmingham Michigan Phil Campbell Moulton Bessemer and Hatfield Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Stokes
Tuscaloosa
Henderson
Wilburn Bell
Seborn Anderson
Geraldine
Michigan
Rube Voss
Bessemer
Curtis “Dutton
Birmingham
Garthy-Blaxton
Edward Parker
Sandra
Bluntt Densmore
Phil Campbell
Armor
Moulton
J. W. Densmore
Jesse Gillespie
Dee Montgomery
Leroy Richardson
Phobia
Hatfield Lake
Dorothy Richardson
Arthur Harris
Vacation Bible School Closes With Local Program
Vacation Bible School ended Friday night with a program by the workers and pupils. Principal was Mrs. Enos Cross. workers included Mrs. Lawrence Lowery, Mrs. Ennis Sandlin, Mrs. Tennis Teague, and several others in the Lawrence County community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vacation Bible School
Enos Cross
Lawrence Lowery
Ennis Sandlin
Tennis Teague
Nettie Hill
Alton Blankenship
Otto Hill
Charles Speake
Arvin Wiley
Moulton
Seborn White
Montgomery
B. G. Smith
Florida
Harold Speake
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Dorothy Dix Advice Column on a Failing Marriage
Dorothy Dix criticizes a 20 year old newlywed who stays out with friends and lovers while husband Mike serves in Japan. The columnist calls the girl’s friends phony and urges self discipline, employment, and night school to learn cooking as a path to stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Mike
Japan
Muriel Nissen
Bella Mae
Dear Miss Dix Advice on a 11-year-age gap marriage
A 55 year old woman asks if a 66 year old widower should marry. The adviser says age difference is immaterial, the man may enjoy solitude, and suggests continuing the relationship if brighter prospects don’t appear, noting you may win him yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Mrs. X
Advice Column on Weight Loss and Marriage Timing
Dear Miss Dix advises consulting a family doctor for safe weight loss using diet while warning about unhealthy habits. In a second letter a young woman seeking housework fulfillment is urged to study home economics and improve skills before marriage, with a note to request a free leaflet D-5.
Local Visits And School Session Begin At Speake School
Mrs Hattie Hill visited last week. Mr and Mrs Marshal Singleton and children Steve and Marcella visited Rev and Mrs Eaton Stephenson. Mrs John McKay visited her aunt Mrs Annie Smith in Danville. Mrs Smith is ill. Speake School opens Monday for summer session. Mr and Mrs W O Wiley were in Moulton Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Hill
Marshal Singleton
Steve and
Marcella
Eaton Stephenson
John McKay
Annie Smith
Danville
Smith
W. O. Wiley
Moulton
No Relief Seen For Heat Areas
The weather bureau warned heat and humidity remain high across the central plains and East two thirds with 100 degree readings likely again. Overnight lows hovered in the 80s in the south and central regions, while cities like Sac City Iowa reached 109 and Lincoln 108. Death tolls from the three week heat wave已 tallied at least 38 in Iowa, 12 in Illinois, 9 in Missouri and 2 in Nebraska. The note ends with a tangential line about mink coats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sac City
Iowa
Lincoln
Sioux City
Omaha
Neb
Illinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Stamp and send request by stamped self addressed envelope
A note requests readers to mail a stamped self addresses envelope to the newspaper for processing. The instruction emphasizes using the care of this newspaper and includes the return method.
Daily crossword clue list yields many short answers
Crossword entries include Wild pig, drink with a sucking noise, adhesive mixture, paring device, Brazilian palm, century plant, songs for, a cut, at a distance, Norse god, line of adjacent seats, native of Odessa, near poet, bodies of water, American Indians smoked it, employ, at home, The Orient, rooms in harems, page number, ago archaic, deprive of weapons vs, Cripple DOWN, Foundation le tribe part, mineral in dried lake bottoms, river Eng, Rational, ancient country, title of respect, boy's nickname, French article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
The
Orient
Orine
Navy
Daily Cryptoquote Challenge Quotation Hint
Cryptogram puzzle where AXYDLBAAXR decodes to a quotation. The text mentions knightly honor and chivalric imagery, with a sample line and a note that letters map to others. It is distributed by King Features Syndicate and references Thackeray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Features Syndicate
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Sele
H. Ryan
Frigidaire Refrigerator
Murdock
Bank St
State Net
Rgains
Allied Sales
Oster
Lewn
Garden T. To
Winch and Coble
Boothe
Tneher Cobban
Allied Sales CO. Oe
Used & New Furniture Store
Moulton St
Welereen
H & Halgreen Agency
el Modern
Korina
Hunter Furniture Company
2Nd Ave
USGA
Belle Meade Country Club
Nashville
Tenn
Radio Shack
Louisville
Kent
Ted Williams
Kimberly
Col.canyon
Anmocr
Mrs. Hall
Gil
Steve Canyon
Steve
Perso Furniture Company
Lawrence County Chalybeate
L. M. Filyaw
Lawrence County
Charles
Dorothy, DIX
Gene Ahern
Betty
A.R
Dorothy DIX
Rising Sun
Masonic Temple
D. L. Allen
Sec’y
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Southern
Central Plains
Kansas City
Black Finance CO
Decatur Discount CO
E. Moulton
Union Finance Company
Daily Crossword
Thessaly
Uji
Knights OF the Pen
Thackeray
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