Birmingham Market Prices and Shipments Summary
Market notes from Birmingham show hay and grain prices with receipts light and demand fair. Hay prices: U S No.1 13.50 14.00, No.2 11.50 12.00. Timothy No.1 17.00 17.50, No.2 16.50 17.00. Alfalfa No.1 26.00. Poultry and egg prices paid by jobbers: hens small 7 7.4c, hens large 7.4 8c, No.1 white eggs 17 18c, No.1 mixed eggs 12.5 13c, fryers small 11 12c, fryers white Leghorns 10 11c, fryers colored 14 2 lbs 11 12c, roosters 5c, ducks 8c. Butter fat delivered for churning 14¢, premium 16¢ per pound. fat declined 2c. Grain delivered Birmingham: No.2 white corn 72.4c, No.2 yellow 71.5c, oats No.2 white 48.4 49.4c. corn and oats steady.
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Johnson
Birmingham
Ground Waters Report on Northern Alabama Published
The Geological Survey of Alabama releases a study by William Drumm Johnston Jr. on wells and springs in 26 northern Alabama counties. It details physiography chemical character and formations with cave notes and 1127 wells and 327 springs surveyed. Photographs by Dr. Jones and assistants accompany the report.
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William Drumm Johnston, Jr
United States Geological Survey
Jones
Johnston
George Washington University
Alabama
Bibb
Calhoun
Cherokee
Colbert
Cullman
DeKalb
Etowah
Fayette
Franklin
Jackson
Jefferson
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Limestone
Madison
Marion
Marshall
Morgan, & Clair
Shelby
Talladega
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Winston
Cattle and Hog Market Quotations From Birmingham
Birmingham livestock quotes show prime beef type steers and heifers at 4 to 4½ cents, mixed Jersey 3 to 3½, common cattle 2 to 3, prime killing cows 2 to 3, hogs with heavy and light categories priced from 10 cents lower for heavy hogs to 4.30 for top corn hogs, receipts light and demand fair to good, top grades higher while lower grades steady.
Southern Accent Proves Big Help At Chicago Exposition
Alabama curator Peter Brannon from the state archives visits the Century of Progress in Chicago. A policeman recognizes his Alabama drawl and confirms directions to the Field Museum, remarking how rare Southern talk is in the crowd and noting Evergreen as the speaker’s hometown.
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Montgomery
Ala
Peter Brannon
State Department of Archives and History
Century of Progress
Chicago
Mr. Brannon
Exposition Grounds
Field Museum
Museum
Alabama
Evergreen
Eva School Faculty Meeting Discusses Publicity
The regular Eva school faculty meeting was led by principal H. F. Sherrod on Tuesday afternoon. Teacher H. E B. Williams spoke on the importance of publicity in the school system, and watermelons were served by Miss.
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Eva
H. F. Sherrod
H. E B. Williams
Agricult
Mrs Hobbs and Sons Visit Relatives in Madison
Mrs J H Hobbs and her two sons Carlisle and Jeff visited relatives in Madison Alabama last weekend.
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J. H. Hobbs
Carlisle
Jeff
Madison
Ala
Silk Express Opens At Princess Theatre Today
Warner Brothers drama Silk Express unfolds on a speeding silk train with a murder mystery aboard. A large cast led by Neil Hamilton Sheila Terry and Dudley Digges features a hick detective and a race to deliver silk from Seattle to New York amid a world market crash.
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Seattle
New York
Warner Brothers
Princess Theatre
Paris
Neil Hamilton
Sheila Terry
Guy Kibbee
Dudley Digges
Arthur Byron
Allen Jenkins
Harold Maber
Robert Barrat
Ivan Simpson
Arthur Hohl
George Pat Collins
Tom Wilson
Houston
Middle West
Fast Express
Miss Terry
Thirteen Men
Successful Meet Conducted at Eva
A very successful meeting closed at the Christian church of Eva. Dr. J. D. Fenn of Nashville led the service, teaching psychology as a professor at David Lipscomb College. Large crowds attended both morning and evening sermons and gave him a warm reception.
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Christian Church of Eva
J. D. Fenn
Nashville
Dr. Fenn
David Lipscomb College
Eva
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Carleaé Gay
Humphrey
Nations
China
St. Louis
North Alabama
Survey
Sterchi
O'Connell
John J. O’connell Jr
Young
Clopton
Madelin Heflin
Battle Creek
Hargrove & Murdock
Princess
Maroon
SITEA
J.C. Penney
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