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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1952

Page

9

Argo and Gustin Hardware Co Ad and Furnishings

Classified notice lists Decatur Alabama hardware dealer Argo and Gustin Hardware Co formerly Crow and Crow with 50 years service and phone 109. Jervis Foundry and Machine Co offers metal clothes posts and electric motors and pumps with phone 1056. Also Robinson Furniture Co offers a 2 piece sofa bed suite for 69 dollars.

Argo & Guffin Howe. CO Crow & Crow Decatur Metal Clothes Fine Posts Jervis Foundry and Machine Company Warren Argo & Gustin Hardware Co Crow & Grow Alabama Robinson Furniture Co Argo & Guffin Howe. C Phone Crow'& Crow Decatur Jervis Foundry and Machine Co

Galvanized Roofing and Sewing Machines Advertised

An advertisement lists galvanised roofing products including 5-V Tenn escal and Republic Channel Drain in multiple foot lengths plus 1 and 1⁄2 inch corrugated. It also promotes NECCHI Modern and SHERA sewing machines with easy terms and trade-ins at Fred Smith Furn. Co, 612 Oak St, promising 12 years experience in repair.

Lytton C. Walker Oak St Tennescal Republic

For Sale High Pressure and Heat Boilers

STONE Lumber Company Somerville Road advertises for sale high pressure and heat boilers. Jervis Foundry and Machine is listed, with contact at telephone number 61 for inquiries.

Jervis Foundry and Machine

For Sale Child safety chair converts to swing seat table

New Baby Butler safety chair with collapsible telescope legs on rubber casters converts into a safety swing and car seat and also into a play table with two steel folding chairs. Phone 3832 W before 1 p.m. Summer comfort ads urge attic insulation with rock wool batts. Gobble-Fite Lumber Co. Market St. Phone 205.

Baby Butler

For Sale Bargains: Rugs and Sun Porch Shades

If it's bargains you are looking for just go by the For Sale: two 9x12 area rugs and two sun porch shades offered at a phone number 545.

Quality Bargain Store Advertises Kids Shoes and Apparel

A local ad promotes children’s shoes at 2.49 dollars and boys’ shirts from 98 cents. It lists boys’ dress coats at 1.00, khaki shirts at 2.29, and heavy winter khakis at 2.79, all excluding tax.

Daily crossword and cryptoquote puzzle update

A combined puzzle page presents crosswords with numbered clues for Across and Down, including an extended cryptoquote section. It shows sample answers and a standard cipher example FLUKK GLEXNGPHPHMLG NXCFXNG etc, with a quotation attribution to Carlyle and syndicate notice.

Notices TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN AND LEGAL PROBATE NOTICE

Public notice that a petition misattributed a signature on a liquor referendum petition. Probate notices detail will and estate proceedings for Mary Edna Howell and William T. Gresham, with hearing dates, claim deadlines, and local parties named across Alabama and Texas. Public works contractor W A McWaters announces final settlement date for Morgan and Cullman County project FASS-288.

State OF Alabama Morgan County Fred Stephenson Mary Edna Howell Estes Allen Durant Okla 5Th St J. W. Isom Sherman Texas Jones St Elza Sutherland Denison Gandy St Henry Forest Sam Forest T. C. Almon Probate Court Gincy Jane Lowery W. A. McWaters

Sandlin and Son Hardware Local Flood of Clues

Fragmentary puzzle text lists clues including river 34 and Luzon native 56 with terms like uproar 38 and diversion 40. Mentions God of war and God of as connected entries, suggesting a crossword style wordplay.

Luzon

Saw Mill 1951 Case Power Unit For Sale

Used Case power unit from 1951 suitable for a saw mill. Half price offered by General Finance Co. Call 3016 for details.

Case General Finance Co

Death Sentence Of Negro Commuted In Alabama Case

Howard Davis, a Black convict sentenced to die for killing a white man, had his death sentence commuted to life by Gov. Gordon. The clemency hearing, led by Asst. Atty. Gen. William N. McQueen, followed Davis's insistence that he did not kill C. L. Prince, a Shelby County farmer, on October 31, 1948.

Montgomery Howard Davis Gordon Persons Davis Asst William N. McQueen Shelby County C. L. Prince

Mixed African peoples and unseen planet Neptunie

A fragment notes that many Africans are racially mixed with Berbers Hamitic and Arabs. It adds that the planet Neptunie cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Africa Neptunie

Also Mentioned on This Page

Hardware Youngstown Pride Furniture & Appliance CO E. Moulton Fred Smith Furn. CO Little Store Stone Lumber Company Somerville Rd Kroehler Gobble-Fite Lumber CO Market St Quality Bargain Quality Bargain Store Moulton St Decatur, Ala Bank St. Tel Gulf Tips By Hogan Hogan's 6Th Ave U.S. Highway 31 Daily Crossword Egypt Even Penny U.S Rods Moses Longfellow DXI Carlyle King Features Syndicate Mimic Selenium Sym Lego Brownie C. Ponder T._C. Almon William T. Gresham Afrao Cam Tower Kirbyei Idagwooe Corrigan Him Kanda Lake John W. Sandlin & Son Hardware Revere Cook Ware Major Canyon Second Ave Bonbon Spearman Caddell Tabu Lucien LeLong Yardley Old Spice Elizabeth Arden Marcelle Cosmetics AJAX Black Finance CO 2Nd Ave Bank Street Finance CO N. B. Childers, Mgr Bank St Western Union T. V Radio Shack Lafayette St Latterer E. Moulton St Aa Lumber Co Hartselle.ala Lester Rice Mgr Union Finance CO
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