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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1935
Page
4
An OCR fragment mentions February 94 1912 and July 1 1911 with references to locations and dates. The readable portions indicate a dated notice or event tied to a place named isbetan and a March period ending in 78. The garbled text limits precise entities or actions.
The speaker argues for locating a military base in the southeast and another in the South Atlantic states, noting the substantial government property in the area. They contend a national emergency would prompt the government to act quickly to secure such sites.
The community plans a dedication at the Flint sanatorium on Labor Day with talks by eminent men about the facility's meaning today and future potential. All residents, black and white, will be asked to attend and assess the sanatorium's purpose and leadership.
A fragmented note describes citizens arming with shillalahs and moving openly in the streets challenging the edition to confront them. The text is unclear but implies a public display of improvised weapons and street presence.
A Daily headline notes changes in circus travel with Tom Mix show using 156 motor vehicles. The press agent explains nights spent in towns between performances, allowing late mornings and sleep. Performers now drive their own cars and even fish between shows, unlike the old days of constant moving.
A historical note argues that many leaders labeled Republicans were early Democrats or party affiliates, listing Jefferson Madison Monroe and others as Democratic counts, then tracing the switch to figures like Van Buren Tyler Polk Buchanan Cleveland and Wilson, up to Roosevelt. The piece discusses evolving party labels and muddled classifications.
An array of topics runs through the piece, including Will Rogers and a proposed Will Rogers highway, borah and 1936 politics, and Russian gold finds in Sverdlovsk. The writer ponders governance, wealth, and international affairs with a mix of commentary and observations.
The article notes tuberculosis mortality has fallen but remains a major public health issue in the United States. It emphasizes ongoing illness burden, long sanatorium waitlists, and evolving diagnosis methods, with warning signs prompting medical checkups. It also lists six Dr. Clendening pamphlets available for ten cents each.
The passage reflects on past days of simple needs and garden seeds from Uncle Sam. It critiques some people who change their minds easily and accuses them of lacking steady intelligence.
A columnist notes the trouble with soaking the rich is personal spatter on the critic. The remark emphasizes social tension and redistribution debates without naming specific events or figures.
A short, fractured exchange shows a wife accusing her husband of harsh faults while the husband replies that no man is perfect, highlighting a tense domestic disagreement from an OCR fragment.
A judge and a preacher both pronounce a life sentence, yet neither imposes a longer or shorter term. The remark contrasts secular and religious forms of condemnation and suggests equal weight in finality.
The text argues that a man who expects nothing avoids disappointment and that raising a child or achieving proper training is not a fixed thirty hour weekly task. It reflects on labor and preparation as ongoing commitments rather than set schedules.
The AAA amendments rail pension and banking bills cleared both chambers and await presidential action. Conference on tax revision gold clause suits liquor control utilities rivers harbors TVA amendments. House passed coal control war profit limits ship subsidy. farm mortgage moratorium food drug oil NRA standards await Senate action. Neither house has passed the Tridget money bill.
Senate moves toward action on the Guffey coal control bill and conferees reach agreement on a $260 million tax bill and TVA amendments. House unity noted amid miscellaneous legislation as rail pension and an omnibus banking rivers and harbors bill are discussed.
Attorney F. Curtis finds a rock on his eleventh floor office desk after a window is smashed. The incident occurred with the police station across the street in Asheville North Carolina.
Disjointed OCR notes reference T Lovis and a manager named Rogers. Mentions baseball administration and government payments to farmers, with unclear context and several garbled phrases about hogs and plowing under cotton.
The text argues that modern Russian science lacks due recognition. It notes Soviet interest in science remains valid while suggesting Russian engineers excel in theory yet American engineers translate theory into practical motion, like making trains run.
In 1929 the US issued a two cent stamp honoring General Wayne. The 1794 clash on the Maumee river near Fort Wayne saw Wayne with 3000 men defeat about 2000 Indians and 70 white auxiliaries, shaping the Northwest Territory and leading to the Fort Greenville treaty.
Gossip column notes Walter Winchell on Broadway with indepents debating 15 cents a mile. Mentions actors Omar the Test Maker at the Amics Club, Dante’s Inferno and Paradise shows, Nina Tinove royalties suit, Myrna Loy MGM wage talks, and local city desk photo tips. References to Gregor and other figures appear among street chatter and theater anecdotes.
A collage of humorous one liners and sketches contrasts marriage roles and social mores with playful social satire. Bits feature a breakfast promise, a professor’s backseat scene, aging, growth, work, and mock courtroom lines. The piece closes with a pun about sugar and wallpaper mischief.
A physician treated an elderly Scottish woman afflicted with a severe cold. The woman recalled heat of the chill as her teeth chattered and she described the teeth on the table, illustrating the startling experience.
Edward J. Reilly dismisses rumors of his wife marrying Curtis Dall as a canard. The dialogue shifts to a tax riddle about ten apples with government losses, then shifts to a social scene where Betty Wyman and Buddy Adler attend a midnight party in a white dinner suit, prompting playful, teasing remarks about Buddy’s appearance.
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