Decatur Daily notes on growth and preparedness in 1912
A December 1912 era statement discusses Decatur Alabama progress and preparedness with quotes on building foundations, airport and river terminal plans, and support for paving and farm marketing. It praises John Peach for Tennessee Valley work, urges driver caution near schools, and highlights wartime readiness concerns amid refocused local development efforts.
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Decatur Daily
Decatur
John Peach
Dixon
Chattanooga
Great Lakes
Tennessee Valley
Alabama
Morgan County selects Garner Pride as Red Cross roll call chair
The Morgan County chapter of the American Red Cross appoints Garner Pride as roll call chair man, praising his civic work and proven capacity to drive the Five Year Farm Plan campaign to success. Pride’s leadership is expected to strengthen community fundraising and volunteer efforts across the county.
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Morgan County
Texas
Garner Pride
The
American Red Cross
Pride
Labor Board Standoff Delays National Defense Amendments
The Gadsden Times urges rapid passage of labor law amendments as the labor board operates without a chairman. With Madden's term expired, the two remaining members clash, risking inaction during a critical defense period. The piece condemns court rulings and calls for sane reforms to prevent chaotic labor relations and failed industrial preparedness.
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Congress
Gadsden Times
Labor Board
J. Warren Madden
National
the Times
Senate
Or O
Boston
Thales
Washington has Boomerang on Bridges Controversy
Washington reporters outline shifting policy as Secretary Jackson drafts a new course on deportation for CIO leader Bridges. The administration weighs political risk, with J Edgar Hoover sent to California to examine the unAmerican label.
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Washington
New Deal Commission
James Landis
Harvard Law
Perking
Jackson
Senate Immigration Committee
Bridges
J. Edgar Hoover
California
CIO
Senate
Immigration Eee
Local Social Notes From Morgan County Center Point
Mrs Cora Helms hosted last weekend guests including Dorrald Helms, Catherine Manders of Atlanta, and Mrs Helms also entertained with family. Arthur Gray and Pauly Gray of Town Creek plus Blainche Gray of Russellville visited Mr and Mrs W R Samples. Eula Kate Rees visited Judie Evans and Betty Turney. Loriie Oldacre and A Q Oldacre traveled to Decatur on business. Mildred McAnally plans Birmingham visiting. Vera Couch and Roy of Alabama spent the weekend with Ellis Mason and family.
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Eula Kate
Judie Evans
Betty Turney
Loriie Oldacre
A. Q
Decatur
Mildred McAnally
Birmingham
Texas
Ellis Mason
Vera Couch
Roy
Alabama
Eye conservation in industry advances in eye care
Dr. Logan Clendening surveys a quarter century of eye conservation in factories and offices. Better first aid, exhaust systems, ventilation, and lighting cut eye injuries and strain, while sanitary washrooms and sanitary practices reduce infections. yet poison gases and chemicals remain a major risk for workers.
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Frank Gilbreth
Social news and family visits in Morgan County
Residents and relatives gather for visits and events in Neel Hartselle and Decatur. Names include Betterton, Ellis, Boger, Ivey Key, McDonald, and Edwards. a birth Dorothy Louise. gatherings feature a basket lunch with many attendees from local families and nearby towns.
Local Families Attend Union Church Services
Last week residents including Mr and Mrs Seldon Cooper and Mr and Mrs W A Crawford with son Jimmy of Center Grove visited W W Turney and family. Several from Here attended church at Union during the past week.
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Seldon Cooper
W. A. Crawford
Jimmy
Center Grove
W. W. Turney
Union
Questions and Answers on Skin, Digestion, and Sedatives
The reader asks about pompholyx a itchy blister condition likely ringworm treated with Whitfield's Ointment. They seek causes of water brash as regurgitated stomach acid from high gastric acidity with baking soda as remedy. Another reader asks if barbital causes hallucinations. the answer warns against use without a doctor's order and notes hallucinations in middle aged people.
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J. L
Whitfield
Dr Clendening Offers Seven Health Pamphlets For 10 Cents Each
Readers may obtain seven pamphlets by sending 10 cents per title plus a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening care of this paper. The topics include dieting indigestion infant feeding diabetes feminine hygiene and hair and skin care.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
Want Ads Update Reflects Daily Market Variations
Want ads show constant shifts with listings changing daily across jobs housing and services. Local readers note fresh opportunities emerge as vendors adjust prices and terms and new postings appear each morning.
If I Could Change I’d Be the Postman Matched Voices
Lyla Myers muses on wished careers from bankers to garbage men noting every job carries grief. She imagines the postman as best, praising the universal goodwill he inspires despite any past.
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Congress
Jesse Jones
Joel
RFC
Lyla Myers
Junior challenges conductor as soprano performs solo
A child questions the conductor during a soprano’s solo asking why the man hits at that woman with a stick. The mother hushes the child and clarifies the conductor is not hitting the singer.
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Junior
Quips and Encounters In A Patchwork Street Scene
A series of brief humorous vignettes unfolds from a porch chat about lending, a dog with a watchdog routine, and neighborly tensions. In crowd talk at an audience, a door keeper explains tickets, while Pat and Mike mock cathedral impressions. A self made man recalls past favors from the chief.
Wyler on Cooper Davis Leigh and The Little Foxes
Hollywood director William Wyler recalls early Gary Cooper tests for Western roles and his rise to The Westerner. He credits Bette Davis with discipline and performance in Jezebel and The Letter, details Vivien Leigh’s London offer, and notes plans to cast Davis in The Little Foxes with Samuel Goldwyn sourcing. He reflects on directing philosophy and past projects.
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William Wyler
Hollywood
Winchell
Cooper
Wyler
Gary Cooper
Coop
Davis-Wyler
Walter Huston
Bette Davis
Casting
Helen Chandler
Jezebel
Bette
Vivien Leigh
London
Laurence Olivier
Wuthering Heights
Miss Leigh
America
Isabel
Scarlett O'Hara
Universal
Little Foxes
Miss Davis
Samuel Goldwyn
Warners
Lillian Hellman
New York
What For
A Boston lawyer leaves a door card stating will be back in an hour. An envious rival writes what for under it. Jack recalls an odd dream about waking while still asleep in this compact anecdote.
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Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Boston
Jack
Fred
Limestone County Families Gather for Visits and Birthday Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baugh hosted Sunday dinner with family. Miss Marie West visited Mrs. Lester Evans. Ninety one people attended Luther Glaze and Dr. Crutcher birthday dinner on Aug 23. Out of state guests came from Truman Arkansas and Cullman to visit Glaze family.
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Frank Baugh
Maude West
Mary Kathleen Jones
Wheeler
Evelyn Zehner
Marie West
Truman, Ark
Lester Evans
Bennie Glaze
George Brown
Ivan Hagood
Letha Barker
Naomi Barker
Albert Butner
Pulaski
Tennn
Bilburn Evans
Luther Glaze
Crutcher
Robert Holt
Raymond, Wiley
Ethel Mae Owens
James Glaze
C. R. Jones
Redus Glaze
Cullman
Fred Glaze
Bob Holt
Pleasant Valley Social Notes and New Neighbor Reports
In Morgan County Pleasant Valley residents share Sunday visit updates. Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Mathews and daughter Catherine visited E. K. Mathews' parents. Mrs. Martha Oden and daughter Dorothy spent Sunday in the community. New neighbors Mrs. Mable Collins and children are welcomed. William and Layrette Mathews visit relatives in Decatur this week. Ruth Hawkins Fred Howarth Nell Joe Howarth Clyde Walker attended Gillam's singing. Hawkins family and children spent Sunday with her parents and ate watermelon. Lynn Reed visited with William Mathews Thursday afternoon.
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E. K. Mathews
Catherine
Martha Oden
Dorothy
Mable Collins
Mattie May Johnston
William
Layrette Mathews
Decaatur
Ruth Hawkins
Fred
Nell Joe Howarth
Clyde Walker
Gillam
Miss Hawkins
Lynn Reed
William Mathews
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