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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1948

Page

7

For Sale Classified General Ads From Alabama

For sale items include hogs and pigs registered and cholera immune by Gilbert G White Belle Mina Alabama. Alfalfa hay offered by Gilbert G White Belle Mina Alabama. Sweater offered by Mrs H M Blankenship Decatur price 6 dollars. Several half gallon fruit jars by Mrs W S LeMay Decatur. Cut flowers and bulbs including gladiolias dahlias and jonquils offered by Mrs J L Bean Hartsel Alabama. Route and contact details present.

Gilbert G. White Belle Mina Ala Alfalfa Hay J L. Bean Route 1 Hartselle

Butterscotch Pie Recipe from Favorite Kitchen

A recipe describes making a rich butterscotch pie by browning a sugar and cream mixture, then combining with milk flour and egg yolk. It provides measurements for crust and filling, including butter or shortening, baking powder, salt, and a thickened, baked pie.

Flaky Milk Pastry Note and Mobile Grand Jury Update

A handwritten note describes making flaky pastry with ice cold milk and multiple folds. In Mobile Alabama an election date of August 14 is referenced as awaiting a grand jury hearing. Stephen R. Overstreet waived preliminary examination in Mobile inferior court and was bound over to the October term of the Mobile county grand jury yesterday. He was released under $300 bond.

Stephen R. Overstreet Mobile Mobile County

Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe Steps

A vintage lemon meringue pie method lists sugar flour baking powder cornstarch and salt with lemon juice rind eggs and water. The mixture fills a crust then bakes after which egg whites beaten with sugar and vanilla are added and baked until lightly browned.

Quaker seeds aid relief in war torn Europe gardens

Elmore N McKee reports Quaker garden efforts in Berlin show families growing vegetables to supplement scarce rations. Officials note citizens cultivate every available space to sustain nutrition, with seed aid from the United States offered as the ASTA European garden seed assortment for delivery to 23 countries or through charities.

Germany France Europe Elmore N. McKee Berlin Friends Service Committee Mr. McKee Tiegarten U. S S. Department of Agriculture Department ASTA

Dry hot spell accelerates cotton opening and affects yield

The dry hot weather over the past two weeks has caused cotton to open quickly. Trucks searched Vine Street Tuesday morning for pickers as moisture shortages threaten yield. If late cotton receives moisture, it could continue to ripen for about thirty days, with some sections needing favorable weather to sustain Valley yields.

Vine Street

Decatur Crowned Cotton Center As Valley Trade Grows

The article argues Decatur leads the Valley in cotton movement due to warehouse space and transport links, with Madison and Limestone counties producing most cotton but merchants in Decatur handling much of it. It also discusses soil fertility, grass tillage, and balancing cotton needs with humus and moisture.

Decatur Madison Limestone Morgan Joe

Decatur Farm Markets Report and First Bales Ginned

A new farm market service opens in Decatur as Tennessee Flight Service from Plyor Field drives to Dallas County to spray cotton fields for leaf removal ahead of mechanical pickers. Alabama farmers in the Valley celebrate the first bale of Trinity cotton, gin T Bales DPL-14, with six total bales ginned in the area, from Athens to Decatur to Trinity and Leonard Weatherwax reporting from Moulton on the first bale there.

Decatur Tennessee Flight Don Dallas County Alabama Valley John Lile Trinity Sewell Athens Leonard Weatherwax Moulton

Carnation Official Speaks to Local Service Clubs

Lloyd Wiedrich of the Carnation Company spoke to the Decatur Kiwanis and Decatur Lions Club about Carnation plans for the Valley. He is to address the Civitan Club next Wednesday, as business leaders show growing local interest.

Loyd Wiedrich The Carnation Company Decatur Kiwanis Decatur Lions Club Civitan Club Mr. Wiedrich

Federal funds match Alabama cancer control funding

Alabama will receive a fed eral match of 56 256 dollars against a 75 000 dollar annual appropriation for cancer control. Dr D G Gill says the money will fund five state cancer clinics providing free diagnosis and treatment in Birmingham Montgomery and Mobile, with two clinics in Birmingham and two in Montgomery plus one in Mobile.

Montgomery Alabama D. G. Gill Birmingham Mobile

Virginia Slavery History Cited From Early Colony Records

A Decatur report notes Car nation plans and recalls that the first African slaves arrived in Virginia before the Plymouth Pilgrims settlement.

Virginia Plymouth

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Farmers Exchange Foster Cottingham Hillsboro Lamon Avio W. M. Cahela Eva Ala Chattanooga Clyde Crawford Rt. 1 Bailey~ton D 30 International 1 Fair Tires Balleyton Dozer Prentiss Clark H. J. Wenzel Bee Dine E. A. Birdwell Joe Wheeler West Palkville Pike Lebanon Church Taft Thompson West Pike Falkville Alf Farmall West Parkville Pike James T. Woodruff al Haeyville Claude Wilson Parkville Port Sale L. E. Slate Rt. 3 J. L. Stewart Russell Durand Massey Russell Durand Jay Maddox Vinemont A. B. Patterson Rock Road Herman Harris W. Church ST Kennedy Motor & Recapping CO Mt. Hope Soil Conservation Meeting Jasper H. F. Gibson Department of Vocational Agriculture O. C. Medlock Soil Conservation Nobbs South Hobbs R. K Saddle Horse Taylor Junior Washing Machine J. C. Puerber Farmall Tractor Call Gillespieisters L. A. Roper Route 3 W. A Ada Dutton H. O. Drinkard D. F. McMillan H. ©. Drinkard New Hampshire T. B. Moebes Cave Springs Road H. M. Blankenship Rt. 2 Ofer Ebenezer School Annie B. Roberts Eege Cave Spring Wales Decatur, Ala Music Box Lee St Drug Store No Merrill Sibley Mt Hope J. E. Moreno Carl Elliott Bill Sims Eldred Elkins Ilegal Vote Cotton Center Lewyt H. Ryan Tennessee Valley Flight ‘Saffice Pryor Trinity Cotton J. R. Daniels Warner &J Deester A. L Pete” Henderson Western Union Decatur Delivery Service Thomas A. Bowles Treas Morgan National Farm Loan Association Lyster Langley Streamlite J. B. Sheats CO Moulton St
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