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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1929

Page

2

Mystery of Pell Hides Fugitive in Grenofen’s House

Tom Grenofen helps Veronica Seabroke shelter a hunted man after a murder at Bertram Fothbury library. Veronica and Grenofen escort the stranger to safety on a moonlit road and return home to find his cousin John Merryweather arriving, promising further twists in the next installment.

Tom Grenofen Veronica Seabroke Perepels Pell Bertram Fothbury Grenofen Veronica Tom Pell Veronica Jon Roger Pell Noth Sandypoint Fred Fotherbury London Seabroke’s Blackwater Woodcot Lane John John Merryweather Merryweather Wm. Morrow Co

Paris Fashion Favors Short Coats and Culottes This Season

Hazel Reavis notes Paris fashion houses shifting away from long coats toward short jackets and culottes. Designers anticipate browns and new colors, with American buyers guiding orders. The Bois de Boulogne remains a social hub for racing, tennis, polo, and elegant dining as nightlife shifts to driving and tea hours.

Quaggas At Paris Park Zoo Delight Children

The text depicts children flocking to a Paris park zoo where caretakers bring their charges and sewing. they spend a day under trees. A miniature tramway links the zoo to the wood and offers camel and elephant rides and drives in painted carts drawn by dauntless ostriches.

Bois Paris Dick Turpin English Hampstead Heath Zoo

Chief's ire grows over talkies in Lawton theaters

Lawton Oklahoma August 26. Talks have drawn police to theaters and the chief threatens suspension of any officer caught on duty in a theater for 10 days.

Lawton Okla Talkies

The Daily Secures Order for Letterheads and Envelopes

The Daily newspaper obtains a new contract for supplying letterheads and envelopes. The order covers multiple paper sizes and branding elements, reflecting a broader printing services engagement. External supplier details and contract scope are not disclosed in the fragment.

Emil Jannings Stars In Sins Of The Fathers At Princess

Emil Jannings, now an American in a German extraction role, heads the cast in Sins of the Fathers at the Princess theatre on Wednesday. Ludvil Berger directed. Jannings’ fifth U. S. picture features him as a German-American protagonist.

Emil Jannings Princess Princess Theatre Jannings Hollywood Limehouse London Ludvil Berger Germany Berger

Amatuer criminologist's work may free lifer in Michigan

Lansing lumberman Elmer Hammond funds and gains for Albert Eichorn, a Marquette lifer, after 11 years seeking justice. An affidavit by Mrs. Anna Gilseff Mimnaugh from Kenosha, admitting perjury in Eichorn's trial, fuels hopes of exoneration.

Michigan Lansing Mich Albert Elchorn Elmer W. Hammond Marquette Albert Eichorn Beatrice Epler Alma Eichorn Hammond Eichron Anna Gilseff Mimnaugh Kenosha Wis Hichron

Government Saves Seals For Woman's Wardrobe In Future

The United States and international partners regulate Pribilof Island sealing to rebuild the fur seal herd. W. T. Bower reports 39 253 skins taken this season with 700 to 1 000 more expected in fall. Sealing is government controlled from capture to market with proceeds shared by the treasury and by Canada and Japan.

Associated Press Washington Uncle Sam Bureau of Fisheries Pribilof Islands W. T. Bower Alaskan Investigations Pribilofs Japan Russia Great Britain Alaska Four Nations United States Canada

Mirrors Yesterday by Alexander George

A historical feature recalls early 20th century social changes with contrasts between the dauntless women of 1890s coastal life and modern shorter skirts. It mentions sea nymph fashion, bathing customs, Baltimore’s belles, Washington society gossip, and Captain Bundy’s gospel ship tour with his daughter.

Bundy Chicago Great Lakes

Gasoline Tax Revenues Hit Record In Alabama July

Alabama gasoline sales in July yielded $689,000 in road and bridge taxes, setting records. Half funds interest and sinking payments on the $25 million bond issue, with the rest split among 67 counties.

Montgomery Ala Alabama Henry S. Long State Tax Commission

Dishwater liquor case stirs Florida court question

In Bartow Florida Wiley Baggett was arrested after officers say he dumped a jug of liquor into a washtub to avoid capture The dishwater allegedly tested at 5 percent alcohol prompting jurists to decide if possession of such dishwater is unlawful The case asks whether liquor content above one half of one percent makes possession illegal

Bartow Fla Criminal Court Wiley Baggett

Parole Application for Seldon Glenin in Morgan County

Notice that an application will be made to the Governor of Alabama to parole Seldon Glenin who was convicted at the March Term of the Circuit Court of Morgan County for grand larceny. The notice is dated August 26, 1929 and signed by W. J. Glenn.

Alabama Seldon Glenin Morgan County W. J. Glenn

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