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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1955

Page

11

Do you need extra bed space and storage furniture

Ad fragment offers a green sofa bed for 179.94 and a couch for 99.88 plus a breakfront china cabinet for 89.94. It highlights extra bed and cabinet space and lists prices.

Frigidaire heater and crocheted bedspread for sale

Frigidaire 4 k w heater with fan in good condition offered for 30 dollars from Murdoch Furniture at 607 609 Bank Street across from State. Also crochets bedspread for sale with phone contact 1621-J.

Bank St

Guardianship partial settlement hearing announced

George Vincent Walker guardianship in Morgan County Alabama equity matter. Erin L. Walker, Guardian, filed partial settlement accounts on August 27, 1954. Circuit Court set September 22, 1955 for the hearing at the Guardian’s home 612 N.E. Oak Street Decatur Alabama. Bryan McAfee, Register. Aug 30-Sept 6-13.

Erin L. Walker George Vincent Walker Circuit Court Morgan County Alabama Guardian N.E. Oak Street Decatur Bryan McAfee

Order of Publication for Alice Shall Doutt

Complainant Alice Shall Doutt is to have publication made weekly for four consecutive weeks in the Decatur Daily Mor publication district. The order is issued by the Register to notify interested parties and fulfill legal publication requirements.

Alice The Register Decatur Daily Mor

Buck's Jungle Meeting Reacts to Rumor of Expedition

Frank Buck recounts a jungle tale where word of his collecting trip spreads fast. Animals hold a meeting led by the elephant to form a united front in defense, signaling widespread concern among jungle inhabitants.

Frank Buck Elephant Mr. Elephant

Defend Ant Pleading Deadline in August 1955 Suit

The defendant is required to plead answer or demur to the bill of complaint by September 9 1955 or thirty days later the bill may be confessed by him. This dated August 8 1955 with Aug 9 16 23 30 noted.

Gon County Bryan McAfee

Dear Miss Dix and a Strange Ostrich Tale

Dorothy Dix counsels a wife with a distant husband, suggesting counseling to rebuild the marriage. A second, odd Dear Miss Dix note narrates a wedding meeting interrupted by an ostrich tale as a joke about orders and a sunburned behind.

Miss DIX Mac Muriel Nissendren

Long Names and Short Names Stir Local Talk

A column features a humorous tale about a baby given a long composite name with many surnames, predicting that schoolmates will shorten it to Mac. It also includes quips about dancing with soldiers and a Denver editor’s complaint over omitted names in stories, illustrating light social anecdotes.

Jones Fay John Desmond Matthew Cabe Vivian Turner James MacSmythe Sack Mac Karl Flaster

Domestic tensions and blended family woes in a reader column

Gene Ahern sketches a chaotic home with a wife of seven children and neglectful habits. A reader asks about suiting a middle aged widow to a divorced father, with Dorothy Dix advising careful weighing of happiness versus idealistic expectations.

Miss Vix Rachel

Three Sisters Marry Men With Colorful Names

A genealogical note records three sisters marrying men with vivid surnames and initials. Earl Brown is named among the spouses, highlighting a family pattern of distinctive monikers in the union histories.

Earl Brown

Daily Across Word List Clues for Quiz

A compact set of crossword clues covering across terms from a friction match to inventor of the sewing machine. Includes entries such as heading for a puzzle grid and related short definitions for letters and terms used in word games.

Naut Syria Adam Fame

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