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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1930
Page
4
The Louisville and Nashville shopmen anticipate a fine Labor Day outing as the committee’s tentative program suggests a very enjoyable day.
Dewey Edwards, serving life in Kilby prison, urges Alabama to emulate other states by guiding discharged prisoners with a humane reintegration approach. He argues society benefits when ex-inmates receive support such as housing, work and shelter, rather than being left to fend for themselves.
Alabama merchants at their annual Birmingham session push for tougher controls on bad checks. They note loopholes keep convictions low and urge a time limit to make checks good, arguing honest payers bear higher costs when others pass bad checks.
The Daily urges a large Democratic rally in October in this county inviting Tennessee Valley Democrats to return home. It cites Judge Miller and party leaders as potential speakers and calls for the biggest auditorium in North Alabama for an old fashioned party gathering.
The Nashville Tennessean praises Texas voters for selecting Ross Sterling over Jim Ferguson and endorsing a sane businesslike administration. It calls Ferguson a demagogue and notes Sterling’s rise from modest roots to publisher of the Houston Post Dispatch, with Dan Moody's campaign credit.
A Detroit man reportedly makes a legitimate living by selling roasting ears at a local amusement park. The tale contrasts him with speculative bottled corn schemes and highlights a simple ear corn venture thriving in the city.
The text contrasts those who mock Benjamin Meek Miller of Camden for his nickname with believers who praise the nickname as fitting for the former Democratic governor candidate. It notes the public perception versus the more intimate regard for the man and his gentleness.
A column blends aviation feats with wartime pilots like Von Gronau and Eddie Rickenbacker, plus stark notes on New York graft and bootlegging. It cites Stalin’s rumored overseas funds, Atlantic City rescues, and a rising wave of crime including gambling slot machines and deadly shootings.
O O McIntyre recalls a downtown stroll noting figures from Frederic and Fanny Hatton to Ring Lardner and Sigmund Romberg, plus a string of city scenes. He muses on culture, cabarets, fashion, and the era’s changing entertainment, with asides about actors, critics, and street life.
A fragmentary piece combines romantic lines with humorous quips on thrift and marriage. It includes a note about a dollar bill hidden in a gift and a joke about a Scotch optimist catching a cold to use an old handkerchief.
A fluent, quirky collage of quips and exchanges on money in hard times and social foibles. Jokes about pay, chickens, beauty parlors, and marriage frame a mock conversation piece reflecting economic strain and gender roles.
Washington Day Book details Indiana congressman Louie Ludlow moving from press to politics and orchestrating drought relief by lobbying railroads to cut freight rates. Within 24 hours he secured pledges from major lines to halve shipping costs for hay, and by August 8 eleven telegrams produced ten responses.
Public health notice explains common causes of deafness from childhood and adulthood, urging ear checks after illnesses and for neglected ear conditions. It details simple at home hearing tests, lists risk factors like ear wax and tonsil issues, and advises consulting an ear specialist if deafness is suspected.
A compact lexicon note defines urbanity as politeness refinement sanity and blandness. Planish refers to smoothing by hammering in metalwork or woodworking and the windpipe is noted as an anatomical term.
Miss Nancy Worth Jones returns home this evening from Sapphire North Carolina where she spent the past two weeks at a girls camp. Jessie Lanier leaves Sunday to enter Southern Military Academy in Greensboro Alabama for the year. Mrs Robert Nebrig and daughter Katherine return from Pine Bluff Arkansas. Mrs F M Milam and daughter Ruby visiting in Gadsden Alabama this week.
An excerpt recounts Moses born in Egypt, raised in Pharaoh's house, and educated in Egyptian wisdom. At forty he intervenes for Israelites, kills an Egyptian oppressor, expecting his people to understand God’s deliverance through him, but they do not.
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