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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1929
Page
3
Alma Theatre, a new play house in Hart selle, opened with a 435 seat capacity. The structure cost 35000 dollars with Vitaphone equipment valued at 3000 dollars. Manager Ray Howell reported a positive reception to the first showing of Broadway Babies and plans four weekly talkie programs.
The Bonanza quartette is reorganized with C. E. Lowery replacing John Peak as first tenor. The group plans to resume concerts with several engagements set and the fall program expected to begin around September 6.
The Daily advertises second sheets available in quantities of 500 or more. The notice emphasizes bulk orders and swift processing for buyers seeking large print runs.
Mrs Joseph Caladaptro of Amsterdam New York reports weakness after a miscarriage. She could not eat and gained weight after using four bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The letter offers endorsement for the product.
In a locked library murder, Inspector Wayne hunts who fired through a keyhole at Pell as he opened a secret door. Suspects include Laxton and Marling amid rival theories and a web of alibis as Pell returns to haunt Grenofen and Veronica Seabroke. Tomorrow deepens the puzzling plot.
J C Carter county agent with T A Simms Auburn extension leads 4 H club annual camp for boys and girls at Kenlock springs in Lawrence county within the Alabama National Forest Reserve. Expected attendance over 200 by week end with J C Johnson John D Comer M H Sandlin and several parents assisting at times.
Messrs. Roy Chambers James Coutsos and Jack Whelan motored to Fayetteville Tennessee yesterday to attend the Lincoln county fair reporting a most enjoyable trip.
Athens Alabama news notes the State Secondary Agricultural School of Athens begins its tenth annual session on Monday August 26 with senior high grades only. Faculty includes W H Johnson principal and T C McCarley vocational agriculture among others. Athens Public Schools start September 2 under Prof J M Cannon with grammar and junior high. Summer improvements completed.
Ada Broadway, jailed on vagrancy charges, reportedly swallowed bi chlorine mercury tablets Saturday. Fellow inmates witnessed the act and rapid medical care, including a stomach pump, saved her life.
Rainfall, badly needed by crops, has been sparse in this section. Some rain fell this week to the south and east of Decatur, with a Thursday afternoon shower in the LaCon district of the county.
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