One Price Advance Sparks Quiet Cotton Market
A modest rise in cotton prices passes with little protest as buyers and sellers adjust to a one price advance. Analysts note stable demand and minimal trading activity beyond routine settlements.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1927
Page
4
Ways to Save Money Emerge in Customer Spending Habits
Fragmentary note suggests many seek cost cuts and skeptics welcome proof. The text hints at proactive approaches beyond passive waiting for customers to discover options.
Decatur Business Faces Driver Time Policy Debate
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss driving time for business in Decatur and city concerns over progressiveness. The text mentions conditions around Decatur and the impact on local business and the city’s attitude toward progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Condions
Decatur
State plans for bridge approach unresolved as opening nears
The piece notes the Tennessee river bridge opening is about four months away and questions the state highway department's lack of public plans for an approach on this side while remarking the state cannot fix gasoline prices any more than it can fix potato prices, leaving motorists to cope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee River
State Highway Department
Tennessee
Belasco Drama Echoes in AP San Francisco Offices
Dramatic scene described at the Associated Press bureau in San Francisco as an operator, in contact with the Dallas Spirit, faces a halted radio link with the shore and a tense SOS moment, illustrating modern aviation suspense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Belasco
San Francisco
Associated Press
Dallas Spirit
Communist Daily Praises Lindbergh in Tattle Report
The Daily Worker of New York praises Colonel Lindbergh for lending his name to commercial aviation while accusing states of masking war prep. It notes he declined offers citing greater profits from war hawks and hints the paper remains critical of him as the lone outlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Daily
Colonel Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Daily Worker
New York
Communist Party
Worker
Arthur Brisbane
Paris
The
United States
Jim
Brasserie
Lipp
Let Us Start the Ball Rolling for New Highway
The Daily urges rapid action to establish a complete highway chain linking Decatur and neighboring counties. It notes the West road connecting the county seat of Mar with n county requires preliminary work now before any contract award. The editorial emphasizes state highway policy alignment and timely steps to avoid further delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtland Road
Decatur
Mar
State Highway Department
Ting
Bodies of Sacco and Vanzetti to tour larger cities
An Associated Press report from Boston says friends plan to encase Sacco and Vanzetti’s bodies in special coffins and tour major cities where they will lie in state. The piece questions the merit of celebrating a death tied to a murder conviction and notes uncertainty about their guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacco
Vanzetti
Associated Press
Boston
America
I Wanted to Be an American His Request for His Tombstone
Charlie Bryant shown in a railroad conductor uniform seeks on his tombstone the inscription I Wanted To Be An American. The piece lauds patriotic devotion and the ideal of American citizenship over wealth or power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Bryant
National Republic
Bryant
Tome Stana
Christ
Plans for Spring Baseball Training in Decatur
Decatur readers weigh new spring plans as Major League clubs consider training here. The Daily notes 1927 deficits from the Minneapolis Millers stay and nine exhibition games, but cites strong advertising value and hopes for larger crowds in 1928. The Millers are praised for conduct and impact, and local support aims to bring back the Minnesota team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolis Millers
Malone Park
Uiigers
Millers
the Daily
Minnesota
Views on retirement age prove usefulness can extend beyond sixty
The piece cites Dr William Osler on sixty as a cutoff and highlights two deaths Judge Elbert H Gary at eighty and Governor B B Comer at seventy nine to argue that men may remain active beyond sixty. It notes Gary founded United States Steel in 1901 at fifty five and Comer led Alabama politics after age fifty eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Osler
Osler
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
B. B. Comer
Alabama
Gary
Comer
Alabama Journal
Chicago Chief proposes alienist tests for gunmen and gangsters
Chief William O Connery in Chicago announces that gunmen and gangsters will be examined by alienists to determine sanity. If sane they will be locked up. if insane, records may be used later. The move follows a prior Detroit case and targets Mr. McGurn for initial evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forum
Chicago
William O'Conner
Psycopathic Hospital
O’conner
McGurn
Chief OConner Makes Grandstand Play
The Nashville Banner notes that Chief OConner took a bold public stand, delivering a dramatic display to influence opinion and showcase leadership in a tense moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’conner
Nashville Banner
Not Due To Farmers Says Kansas Expert
Dr Waldo E Grimes head of the Agricultural economics department at Kansas State Agricultural College argues against blaming farmers for agricultural depression. He notes farmers boosted production efficiency by 47 percent while manufacturing rose 37 percent, yet farm earnings fell to 2.7 percent versus 13 percent for corporate investments. He cites declining farm population and argues efficiency reduced labor needs and increased farmer competition. He testified at a grain rate hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Wichita
Kansas
Waldo E. Grimes
Department of Agricultural Economics
Kansas State Agricultural College
United States
Dr. Grimes
Grimes
Interstate Commerce Commission
Why Preaching Health Gospel Is Necessary
A health gospel explains how neglect and bad habits undermine vitality. It argues health is not inherited but earned through daily choices, warning that common illnesses like colds become serious if ignored, and urges proactive prevention and wise living to guard life.
Clemenceau Ill and Vindicated by Jaures Remark
The piece notes Clemenceau is ill and in pain while recalling Jaures who opposed the war and was murdered in 1914. It argues Jaures was vindicated and mocks prophecies of modern soothsayers. It also discusses farmers in the west debating tariffs and linking wages in cities to farm prosperity and import protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemenceau
Anctor
Jaures
France
China
Mystery airplane to stun world with secrecy in Britain
England tests a secret aircraft named mystery airplane capable of about 300 miles per hour. The British Air Ministry oversees the project as Britain presses ahead in aviation development, signaling its importance to national strength and world progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
United States
Great Britain
Americans eye fast plane race with Ford superplane plans
The piece notes a 300 mph airplane concept to challenge British Bluebird, Henry Ford beginning work on a 100 passenger skycraft costing 7 million dollars, and Nikola Tesla praising wireless power for future aviation. Joanna Southcott referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Mussolini Pushes Fascismo Creed as Infalible Compass
Mussolini declares Fascismo a book of faith and the infallible compass of Italy. He asserts Fascismo is triumphant and enduring, a belief that motivates his work and brings him happiness as he guides the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fascismo
Mussolini
Different Mussolutions and infant life contrast
The passage contemplates future Mussolinis shaping diverse and infallible books of faith over vast cosmic ages. It argues that despite differences, the varied beliefs still aim to produce a healthy offspring, likening it to a baby’s early cradled experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolinis
Haly
Mussolini
Spectroscope Evidence Expanded From Space to Engines
The spectroscope shows suns millions of miles away share Earth's elements and even reveals new earth elements. Now it helps study defects in automobile engine metal and may someday identify oil gold and water in the ground.
Paris Summers Busy with Repairs and Tourist Push
Paris undergoes annual summer overhaul as streets are repaired and new Haussmann boulevards prepared. Tourists will shape future beautification with safety islands, lighted centers, and flower baskets while government plans Maisons de France abroad to attract visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Haussmann
Europe
Metro
France
Baltic resin perfume claims by American chemist Blanche Cavitt
Mrs Blanche Cavitt an American chemist arrives from the Baltic regions saying she produced a fossil resin that embodies a secret to make perfume in ten minutes. Born in France she studied chemistry in several universities and recently passed her Master’s exams in France where she runs three perfume shops. Her claim says a rub of a sweet elixir on the skin matches ancient alchemical fragrances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Cavitt
Baltic Regions
France
America
Local residents back home buying policy for city growth
Citizens support the home buying policy as a step to foster growth in their city and reflect interest in local development.
Sale at Decat Promises Low Vol Products Prices
A Decat sale event advertises discounted vol products with low prices, inviting Mr. Farmer to visit and take advantage of the deals.
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