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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1955
Page
9
Classified notices describe multiple homes for sale with details such as 3 bedroom layouts, living and dining rooms, kitchens with dishwashers, garages, carports, and air conditioning. Listings include FHA appraisals, prices around 8000 to 13000, contact numbers, and appointment calls.
Furniture sale notice from a shop at 23 Church St NW announcing enlarged stock and new annex. Highlights include sofa beds priced near 99.84 and 179.94, several 3 piece and desk sets with prices from 9.94 to 139.49, and sewing machines from NECCHI ELNA VIGORELLI with repair service offered. Contact phone 1073.
Bargains listed for Allied Sales include various household items and appliances with prices like $34.95 $28.95 and $295. Items such as used washers tables chairs and electric goods are offered with guarantees and price points including $39.95 and $69.95. Note the ad features several categories and sale terms in a compact classifieds style.
An assorted dialogue piece features a Boy Scout leader and new recruit exchanges about moral traits and generosity. A veteran anecdote about mortgages versus deeds appears, followed by a quip on pride and a vignette about a husband and wife recalling school days and shared labor.
A scattered text has a lawyer arguing with a calm witness about education while a nurse shares a philosophy of love in action. A string of hospital and street humor follows including Irish patient mishaps and a parked car gag with a police officer.
Estate of L L Frazier deceased letters testamentary granted August 8 1955. All claims must be filed within the statutory period or be barred. Also order of publication in the case Alice Shall Doutt vs George Doutt requiring defendant to plead by September 9 1955 or bill may be confessed. Bryan McAfee Register August 8 1955.
William Mitch of UMW District 20 says Southern operators will raise wages after Northern mines and industry mines set a $2 per day increase. He notes miners have gone five years without raises and expects signups before next month or a 60 day window to resolve contracts. A separate note mentions odor removal methods using tomato juice and ammonia on encounters with skunks.
A cafe near Trementown Utah posts a sign stating salt and pepper shakers are not medicine and should not be consumed after meals. The sign emphasizes safe use and clarifies dietary expectations in the dining area.
A brief poem by F. G. Kernan states the alarm clock is unnecessary for those without children and jokes about discarding it as an item.
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