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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1930
Page
4
The piece muses on rain, politics, and fall prospects with mentions of a Morgan county voting list and advertising programs as boosts to prosperity. It notes a long list of qualified voters and the appeal of continued advertising to hasten recovery.
Fragmentary text notes water could fetch high prices if drought persists. The piece adds a remark about notable families and hints at a Democratic primary on Tuesday involving Judge J A Carnley or Watt T Brown, though details remain unclear.
Tom Marshall claimed a good five cent cigar would fix the country but critics say the need remains unsatisfied. The remark prompts debate over practical remedies and national expectations.
Candidates now can get off a diet of barbecue and soda pop and that’s something to be thankful for as voters assess shifting campaign habits and public appetite for simpler fare.
A lighthearted remark on Wednesday's heat notes how knowing the temperature would not cool things down. The speaker wittily suggests that foreknowledge would have made the heat feel more oppressive rather than less.
The remark questions whether Chicago Tribune editors considered their harsh past remarks about the South when Lingle’s life was exposed. It frames media attitudes and regional commentary in a concise editorial tone.
Voters show strong demand for absentee ballots with many favorite sons expected to be voted on next Tuesday.
Report notes players felt sore after Thursday baseball game between Rotarians and Legionnaires with performers enduring stiff punishments and lingering fatigue.
Voter warns residents about Hutson Patterson and Tidwell promising to remove 75 percent disfranchisement from ballots. The note cautions against voting for them in Morgan county elections.
With loud speakers people can hear candidates on their porches instead of attending gatherings. The note warns candidates may face the same fate as preachers who hear sermons by radio at home, keeping folks away from church.
The Daily will publish results from all races as they come in. Join The Daily’s election party to view returns as they are tabulated and flashed across the wires for thousands of readers.
Report says Senator J Thomas Heflin escaped serious injury after his car struck a telephone pole near here Thursday. Despite political foes and friends uniting in concern, condolences and well wishes poured in as the incident drew humane reactions across public life.
The Eighth Alabama district voters head to the polls on the twelfth to decide whether Judge Andrew G. Patterson of Decatur or incumbent Edward B. Almon should return to Washington. Patterson touts a proven business record and promises on Muscle Shoals and the Tennessee River Dam No. 3, while The Daily criticizes Almon for inaction after sixteen years in Congress.
The piece notes drought driven wheat price increases in Chicago and traces aviation feats by Captain Hawks across New York Columbus St Louis and Wichita. It projects a 2030 US population of 546,095,925 and argues fertility trends will keep Earth’s food supply adequate. It cites Texas farming potential and future flying machines enabling hilltop residences.
Irish inventor backs a new battery system financed by the Free State, claiming two thirds of its capacity is sufficient for rapid runs. The report notes potential effects on gasoline demand and stock prices if large scale, economical electricity storage becomes a reality.
The monthly report by Dr. H. C. McRee records 986 children examined and 1056 defects found in July. Seventy five children had physical defects and sixty eight corrections were carried out.
Daniel Cupid has laid aside his bow to await the primary election result. For several days no marriage licenses have been issued at the probate judge's office.
W. B. Markstein, a noted local cotton broker, leaves Friday for Pensacola Wisconsin for a month of business. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Markstein.
New Yorker reports Berlin’s population growth from 3.0 to 4.5 million since the war. Weekly unemployment pay is 7.50 and an American in Berlin notes $40 monthly rent for a basic apartment, with high dining prices and frequent sidewalk cafes. He visits Horcher’s, Adlon, and local bohemian zones, praising the music and noting peculiar customs and a strict bill settlement culture. He also mentions a warning to not sell dirty books to Americans.
A German thrift example appears outside a major department store with an outdoor booth for cigar smokers to snuff and check their ends while shopping. The service carries no tipping.
Arthur Longbrake once made fame with the 1910 hit "Cutey, Who Tied Your Tie?" and now runs a new shoe store in Mechanicsburg Ohio.
Washington Day Book profiles Sen Simeon Fess of Ohio highlighting his regular conservative stance and reputation for erudition. It notes his role as senate whip defending party lines and his extensive committee work including Library of Congress site commission and bicentennial duties.
The passage explains flames periodically bursting from a chimney stack at a gas house or steel works. It notes these flames are caused by accumulating gas and burn intermittently, inviting curiosity about the regular pattern and underlying mechanism.
The text compares bursting flames from gas buildup to recurring epidemics like measles. It explains that gases ignite only when density reaches a threshold, then burn out, followed by a quiet period. Measles reemerge every two or three years as new susceptible babies enter the population, with sporadic cases between epidemics.
A Day Mediocrity defines ordinary state or quality. Prate explains uttering without meaning or aimless repetition. Trilinear pertains to or enclosed by three lines.
A collage of witty vignettes and city humor from Decatur residents. Jokes range from avarice in divorce to brass-tack one liners about wives, money, and everyday foibles, including quips about corn fritters, air travel, and odd observations on marriage and society.
Mrs Lelia Grubbs Hall visits sister Mrs J A Cullom in Shelbyville Tennessee. Dr H C McRee Morgan county health officer departs for Akron Ohio to visit son Milton McRee. Mrs C M Miller and children return Friday from Florida where they visited friends. Miss Lucile Giles stays a few days in Fayetteville Tennessee with relatives.
The apostles are warned not to teach in Jesus name but Peter and John insist they must speak of what they have seen and heard. The authorities threaten them yet cannot punish them due to the people praising God for the miracle.
Roy Simpson and his family from Hot Springs Arkansas have arrived for a visit to his parents on Fourth avenue south.
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