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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1952

Page

8

Wanted to do baby sitting and services offered

An old classified note lists babysitting interest with a contact phone 3752 W and a sale pitch for kitchen ware from ARGO & GUFFIN HOWE CO formerly Crow & Crow in Decatur. It highlights dependable hardware dealers with a second phone line 109.

Argo & Guffin Hardware Co Crow & Crow Argo & Guffin Howe. CO Decatur Argo & Suffin Howe. CO Crow & Crow Decatur Alabama Argo & Guffin Howe. C Warren

Help Wanted Manager Sears Roebuck and Co

Sears Roebuck and Co announces a sales oriented manager opening for an industrious person age 25 to 40. Requires at least high school education with prior business and sales experience preferred. Teaching typing and further education helpful. Apply in person at 108 2nd Ave SE Decatur Alabama now.

Sears, Roebuck and Co 2Nd Ave. S. E Decatur Ala

Baby High Choir Bed Springs Up From Ice Boxes and Wardrobes

A quirky item lists improvised furniture and household items repurposed into a rising baby choir setup. The note mentions ice boxes cardboards wardrobes kitchen cabinets and sewing machines as unconventional props or spaces in a playful score.

Baby High

Five-Cent Cigar Price Ceilings Suspended

The Office of Price Stabilization lifted ceilings on all cigars today citing higher labor and leaf costs and weak industry earnings. The remark by Vice President Thomas Riley Marshall about a five-cent cigar is noted as a casual historical aside. Marshall died in 1925.

Washington Thomas Riley Marshall Office of Price Stabilization Marshall Senate John Crockett Woodrow Wilson

Gem cutting origins traced to Babylon long before Christ

The age and origin of gem cutting are attributed to Babylonian practices thousands of years before the Christian era, suggesting ancient expertise in shaping precious stones.

Babylon Christ

Selma Camp Hosts Nearly 100 Future Farmers in Forestry Camp

Almost 100 Future Farmers of America from across Alabama attend a week long State Forestry Camp at Camp Grist near Selma. They study tree planting fire prevention timber management and forest product marketing as Paul Grist directs and Dan C Royal oversees forestry activities with assistants L L Smith and L W White.

Selma Farmers of America Alabama Camp Grist Paul Grist Selma Y. M. C. A Dan C. Royal Miller and Co L. L. Smith Tuscaloosa District Forester L. W. White Northport

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