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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1955

Page

9

Classified ad roundup with multiple Als and properties

A dense list of property for sale items including houses vacant lots farms and acreages across Alabama towns such as Town Creek Falkville Moulton Hartselle Flint Decatur Somerville Hillsboro and Austinville. Prices range from about 2 500 to 10 000 with details on rooms baths acreage and street addresses.

Buena Vista Circle Town Creek Sandlin Road N.W S.W J. P. Walling Falkville L. E. Shelton Moulton Heights Taft Thompson Hartselle Mae State St Austinville Bath Flint Koz Chunn Somerville Highway 5Th Ave. S.E Decatur Short St Hillsboro F. E. Terry Sherman St

For Sale Listings Including Homes and Ranch

Rural and urban properties offered by Earl Glenn and others include a four room dwelling with 150 ft lot at 616 7th Ave SW priced at 8000, a two bedroom at 1617 Sherman St with electric heat, a two room space on Sherman St, a five room house on 6th Ave SE at 7500, and Blackbelt Ranch parcels totaling 2000 acres with partial or full sale terms located near Selma Alabama with contact details.

7Th Ave. SW Sherman St 6Th. Ave. S.E Blackbelt Ranch Coll van Sonten Water Selma Aiabome

A Parade of Jokes and Quips in a Local Paper

The page blends humorous dialogue and brief vignettes. A judge questions a driver as a prisoner jokes about windshields, a Decatur mother recalls Sunday school, a boy misquotes a Bible inscription, a barber shop banner mocks time, and a man prepares for an auto driving license exam.

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Morgans County notices and legal actions including sales and ads

Public notices record a 40 acre property sale under mortgage terms in Morgan County Alabama dated August 12 1955 with guardian J F Doss. an order of publication in the Posey equity case requires defendant Irving Posey to plead by September 8 1955. Ray Childs Contractor completes an addition at Priceville High School and invites claims by law within prescribed period. notices dated August 1955 run Aug 15 22 29 and Sept 5.

State OF Alabama County OF Morgan Harold Holmes Houston J. Jones Morgan County J. E. Doss Kenneth Houston Jones Kay Deren Houston J. Jones State Bank Falkville Morgen Alabama Ty of Morgan Doss Brenda Kay Jones Britnell & McEntire Attorneys Irving Posey Register Decatur Daily Bryan McAfee Ray Childs Morgan County Board of Education Ala Priceville High School

Awkward Exchange Reveals Food Complaints At Restaurant

A diner complains about stringy spinach at a well known restaurant. The waiter responds with a sharp remark about the diner's veil, highlighting a tense dining room moment. An applicant and questioner exchange references to gender and behavior in a separate conversation, framed as a backward view on progress.

Lincoln Homestead Park Rebuilds Site Near Springfield

A Decatur schoolboy quips about the mule while an employer tests a chauffeur candidate with map folding. The piece ties to Lincoln and his courtship era as Lincoln Homestead State Park near Springfield Kentucky announces a rebuilt site.

Nancy Hanks Thomas Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Homestead State Park Springfield Kentucky

Daily Cryptoquote And Wilde Motto Puzzle

The page presents a cryptogram puzzle with clues and a quote attributed to Wilde about throwing dice. It includes letter mapping hints and a sample decoding instruction, plus a prize line about King Features Syndicate distribution.

Wilde King Features Syndicate

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L. L. Bates Upper River Road Sth Ave. S.E Z. E. Goode North St. St Earl Glenn Grant St 8Th Ave E. Coll Frazier Bros H. Ryan Ave H.p. Johnson Motor Coa Hicks Eureka Vacuum Cleaners Conan Westinghouse Westinghouse Appliances Radio Shack Tiny Favor Dr-Axel Trey Axel Allied Sales Bargain House of North Allied Sales CO H & H Drug Woigreen Agency Sterchi Cobras Sterch 2Nd Ave S.E I'S Murdock Pickens & Wright Jervis Foundry and Machine Company Necchi Elna & Vigorelli Bank St State Hunter Hassox H. Green Eos Hunter Furniture Company Gene Akern Janus Emerson Timothy Tim Grandma Tosester Marie Harrison Posey Church St. Decatur Auto Furniture Tide Finance Co Ind Ave Walgreen Agency Decatur Discount CO Telephone E. Moulton St Union Finance Company Daily Crossword Sym Uprising Tahiti Ogler Spain Mation Underworld God Liz Fas Merry Constellation
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