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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1934
Page
2
A fragmented advertisement notice appears from the Decatur Daily Telegraph era showing Devine Tennet Corporation content. It references interlined legal and publishing boilerplate with traces of trademark and postal service markings from 1912 to 1917.
The piece compares views from Collier's Weekly and Ernst Hanfsteengle on Hitler. It notes the editor's claim that Hitler's leadership caused moral isolation of Germany while Hanfsteengle defends his regime as a needed new deal. It discusses the implications of leadership chosen by the people amid poverty and disarray.
A damaged excerpt laments Nazi tyranny and its denial of life liberty and happiness, contrasting it with civilized values and urging defense of individual rights against Hitler’s regime. The text remains fragmentary and lacks clear attribution.
Amid midsummer doldrums residents report mixed fortunes with savings rising in parts of the community while two old fairs struggle and decay, drawing attention to shifting local fortunes and planning needs.
A national view notes mutual savings bank deposits hit a new peak with 13.6 million depositors and nearly ten billion dollars in total. Industrial output slipped 6.7 percent as steel lagged, while automobile sales rise signals consumer spending revival. Bayard Colgate reports a 218 percent profit rise to 2.42 million for the last six months, signaling broader business strength.
The ancient Stourbridge fair continues to be noted for its longevity as a thousand year old tradition. King John witnessed the fair and the Monks of St. Mary Magdalene collected revenues to aid their charitable work for lepers, reflecting a historic link to royal and religious figures.
A fragmented account recalls Nijni Novgorod’s ancient fair as a trading hub for merchants from China Tar tary Muscovy and eastern regions. It notes Ivan the Terrible ordering priests placed in a pit to fight bears where all perished.
The article urges readers to visit Chicago’s Century of Progress Exposition with a new layout this year. It promotes travel by rail road train automobile motor bus or plane and encourages a broad American itinerary including Niagara Grand Canyon caverns national parks and the Pacific Ocean. It frames the trip as a thorough American experience open to travelers from all regions.
Start from the east and travel to the Pacific from San Diego to Seattle. San Francisco offers a perfect summer climate and a bustling modern city with the approaching Golden Gate Bridge. The text portrays San Francisco as a gateway for travelers and notes a lasting end to strikes.
A travelogue tone recalls the Hudson River’s long history since Hudson named the stream, noting the many bridges that now span it and highlighting the grandeur of the era’s largest crossing as a symbol of ongoing development along the western shore.
Dr. Logan Clendening explains tics are rapid convulsions not tied to mental illness. Tics are habitual, often involuntary, disappear in sleep, and can be managed by conscious control and mirror-based retraining despite difficulty in treatment.
A distant span will soon rise over the harbor with railroads on both sides and rock cut highways high above the water. Numerous new lighthouses dot the escarpment to guide travelers, a sight that would amaze Hendrik Hudson, his crew, and the native watchers who first glimpsed the river voyage.
As rivers continue to carry water from the sea and back to the ocean questions arise about impounding and saving waters and fertile soil washed into the sea. The passage hints at many opportunities for enterprising men once the NRA completes its temporary emergency labor.
Sponsors announced the annual picnic and stew at Shackelford near Town Creek will be held on August 11. The event has drawn large crowds in past years and organizers aim to surpass previous gatherings in interest and pleasure. The public is invited.
Among those from Hartselie who went to Birmingham for the balloon races were Mr. and Mrs. John Robarts, Miss Beulah Watson and Mrs. T. V. Crawford.
Six pamphlets by Dr Logan Clendening are available for ten cents each plus a return envelope with a three cent stamp. Titles include Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
A report from Braddock Australia confirms the death of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, at his home on August 2 1922. The renowned scientist passed away peacefully last night leaving a lasting legacy in communications and science.
Grubbs of Birmingham visits relatives here as The Goodrick Company reports three crews on the Danville road and one on the McKendry Chapel road. Miss Lucile Williams and Miss Elsie Hail, both of Birmingham, spent yesterday with Mrs Williams. Neal Hart appears at the Deli Theatre in The Heart of a...
A. G. Petterson, president of the Alabama Public Service Commission, was in the city today on official business.
The Century of Progress management invites all Alabama newspaper people to join the Alabama Press Association tour of the exposition this month. The exposition will close in October.
Miss Ruth Puckett of Harteelle returns home today after visiting friends in Birmingham for several days.
Friends announce Miss Lorra ine Cole is able to be out after an extended illness. This welfare update notes her recovery and return to social circles.
In New York on August 2 0 0 McIntyre reports the long delayed uprooting of the old down town post office near Mall Street ending a familiar landmark near Park Row. The tobacco brown structure once endured amid spires and the Eve ning Mail building fades from the skyline as readers recall its last days.
Sem, the Parisian caricaturist, known for startling exaggerations that have sparked public scuffles, also writes essays for Paris and American magazines. At 75 he crafts drawings on three feet wide paper, pastes them to blank sheets, then mails them from a rooftop.
Narrow Nassau Street downtown at noon with a crowd, sidewalks crowded as a parade of stenographers and clerks moves along. Hawkers offer trinkets while string orchestras entertain cafeteria dances as Nassau’s Dickensian flavor shows Dickens asked to visit a second time.
The piece notes Paris nightlife thinning to a single peak season club. Florence, a coffee brown chanteuse from Harlem, travels with Josephine Baker, famed for dramatic public attention. Sherry's on rue de Csatiglione and the Hotel Regina, among others, are shuttered.
Fragmentary text hints at a Bronx street scene featuring organ grinders, red capped figures, and a distant lingering tale of city life. The readable lines evoke a colorful, bygone urban vignette without full details.
A collage of spoof notes and quips from Walter Winchell style columns. Jokes touch lipstick fashion gossip and playful wordplay about celebrities and stage life. Brief vignettes include a haddock joke and a tax evasion anecdote.
A walking writer named Samm talks of a new film deal limiting productions to three reels. The idea frames a compact cinema format with emphasis on concise storytelling.
For a ccesi in understatement, one that Mr. Woollcott would cherish, we recommend the comment of Police Commissioner Allman of Chicago. When newspapermen asked his view of the Dillinger killing he replied, I should call it a pretty good job.
A memory centers on Alane Lee Reiser and several pianists recalling a critic who had just roasted a young actress in a review of a new play. The exchange includes the actress’s witty remark about the critic’s harsh judgment.
The organ wheezed a tinny tune as the moth-eaten monkey wore a dispirited gaze and tipped his cap to a sprinkle of pennies. The old grinder recalls performing on the open road in summers, but years have worn him down. Small towns suit the grind for the monkey and for Toney and his performing bear.
A famed actress endured years of blackmail after a private salacious film surfaced at a Spuyten-Duyvil bath party. The extortionist held the incriminating film for 15 years, echoing Joseph Choate's remark that a blackmail threat is a lifetime of distress rather than a ten day sensation.
Clements Ripley tied to a $30000 bid for a short story film rights, setting a new high. Brekine Gwynne’s novel carries the title Trouble in Paris. Clara Bell Walsh attends a wrestling bout ringside as Jack Londen declines $1000 for a literary tea hosted by an ambitious hostess. Lord Northcliffe’s American confidant is Isaac Marcoason.
A man in the building led the narrator to a grocery where he bought a large stock of canned goods and declared the purchase would keep the wolf away, prompting disbelief at his remark.
Max Baer, the champion, mingled at an event where he met Isabel Sloan of Cavalcade racehorse fame. He quipped it was a dammed good picture. The piece adds notes on Willard and lawsuits, plus a gossip glance at Hollywood, party antics, and a Taft jab.
In Mineola New York the late Wile Mom Finger's will faced court challenge. Surrogate Leone D Howell directed a jury to uphold the will concluding bathing habits do not prove unsound mind.
Sidley Blackmer recounts a comedy about a writer told by movie producers that his story is too gabby and lacks movement. He replies with quiet wit that the feet will not be moved by their critique.
Alice Faye keeps jewelry store sparkle while Stan Laurel is teased and Greta Garbo endures a test of patience. Norma Shearer showcases style as a peacock, Lionel Barrymore nostalgia with a Model T, Glenda Farrell rushes reform, Cagney a future newsboy, Toné mixes custard ambitions, Gordon wears a dual pants suit, Rockefeller clutches a dollar, Hays shifts from bag to wind bag.
An advertisement touts Painalley a dentist’s private formula from Goldel’s Drug Store claimed to kill pyorrhea pus germs in minutes. It promises relief from bleeding receding gums with a two week trial and money back guarantee.
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