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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1933

Page

3

Welfare worker plans county meeting in Moulton Alabama

Mrs Elizabeth Kindig welfare worker Lawrence county organizes a county wide social work meeting set for 3 PM Friday September 8 at Mt Home Spring eight miles north of Moulton on the Moulton Court road Col D M Weakley of the Boys Industrial Home Birmingham is to be chief speaker Several county residents will speak and attendees are asked to bring a filled basket for a picnic lunch at the close The annual gathering has been helpful in past years and is expected to be beneficial again

Moulton Ala Elizabeth Kindig Lawrence County Mt. Home Spring Moulton-Courtland Highway Col D. M. Weakley Boys’ Industrial Birmingham Welfare Workers and Friends of the Board

Announcements for Congress in Alabama primaries

Paid political notices from Baynard L. Malone of Decatur and A H Carmichael of Tuscumbia announce candidacy for U S Representative in the Eighth District, urging Democratic voters to participate in the September 12 1933 primary.

Baynard L. Malone Decatur Alabama Congress Eighth H. Carmichael Tuscumbia Ala

The Big Cage Circus Memoir of a Trainer's Rise

A memoir excerpt by Clyde Beatty and Edward Anthony recounts a boyhood dream to join a circus in Chillicothe, rising from cage boy to animal trainer. It details the fascination with the big cage, the road to mastery, the mentoring by Chubby Gilfoyle, and the grit needed to pursue a dangerous vocation while guiding aspiring trainees.

The Clyde Beatty Edward Anthony Bainbridge Chillicothe Joe Back Yard Cage Boy Chubby Gilfoyle Chubby

Loree family railroad roles shown in 1933 feature

A vintage comic strip shows Leonor F Loree as a section hand near Schenectady with his grandfather Leonor I Loree described as czar of the Delaware and Hudson railroad. The caption includes a crude insult attributed to Beatty and Anthony with no further context.

Leonor I. Loree Leonor F. Loree Schenectady N. Y Loree Delaware and Hudson Railroad

Birmingham Market Prices and Shipments

Daily Birmingham market report shows hay prices firm with No 1 and No 2 grades, poultry and eggs prices paid to producers, grain prices in bulk delivered, butter fat delivered, and cattle hogs and calves quotations. Notable: Hogs declined 20 cents. Major buyers include Timothy U and Johnson Hay brands.

Birmingham Timothy Johnson Hay

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Col. Weakley Lawrence Black Creek Atset America Aleer Ed Anthony King Features Syndicate, Inc FORD Morgan County Motor Company Lee Street Hartselle Motor Gateway Motor Move’s Beauty Shop Cme Goodyear Pathfinders Goodyear Goodyear Pathfinder Lee Streets Meetall A.B I Fiat Safari White Stewalle Pull Pty
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