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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1956
Page
9
Bargain Headquarters offers 1-Victor adding machines in good condition at 99.50, radios new and used from 12.50, used televisions from 5000, various furniture and appliances including living room suites at 10.00 plus, milk cans car trailer 35, 12 ft display case, wood and coal heaters electric ranges refrigerators and store equipment.
Household and appliance sale listing from Hunter's catalog includes children’s ties radios blankets vacuum cleaners and various furniture items with prices. Also promotes used dryer washer range and refrigerator for sale with contact numbers.
Bargain furniture listing shows multiple beds and bedroom suites with reduced prices. Items include a plastic arm sofa bed at 14.95, a sofa bed at 99.50 now 49.50, a roll away bed with headboard 69.50 now 29.50, and a pineapple top bed 39.50 now 19.25. Corner of 98 STERCHI'S.
A mud clogged Main Street scene in a western town ends with two sailors lending a hand to lift a stuck cart, while a crowd of fifty voices weighs in. Separately, Decatur Alabama approves an improvement ordinance with a $1880.50 cost and public hearing set for December 17 1956.
For Sele CHRISTMAS SPECIAL machines all kinds new and used Zig Zag Cabinets Portables all guaranteed Priced from 2450 Easy terms as low as 25 per week For free home demonstration call or write Decatur Sewing Center 107 W Moulton St Phone 3808
The Railroad Factory Salvage Furniture Co. promotes Christmas items at 23 Church St. NW with knee hole desks, leather top and marble top tables, bookcases, drum top tables, and various chairs. Prices range from $9.95 to $49.95 with lay away options and emphasis on new merchandise.
The Decatur City Planning Commission will hold a public hearing December 10 1956 at 4 00 PM at City Hall Decatur Alabama to consider proposed boundary changes to the Zoning Ordinance with interested persons invited to speak for or against the amendment. The notice specifies General Business district changes.
The Decatur City Planning Commission proposes extending the General Business District boundary east to Fourth Avenue SE and reviewing a map at City Hall. Also noted are probate notices for the Estate of George W. Neville and Morgan County condemnation hearing for a public road known as Eva-Fiorette Road SR-675-C set for December 27, 1956, at the Decatur Courthouse.
The city council adopts Improvement Ordinance No 823 authorizing paving between Grant Street SE and Jackson Street SE from 6th Avenue SE to 8th Avenue SE with six inch compacted stone base, double bituminous surface, and seal. plans and surveys available for property owners at the City Clerk's office.
Pat suffered a minor scratch after an incident and was sent to the hospital for examination. The surgeon noted no subcutaneous injury and joked with the patient asking for his opinion, to which Pat replied with a witty echo of the doctor's suggestion.
A collection of light vignettes runs from a married couple’s tangled joke about a Gordian knot of marriage to a New York baby announcement misread as a name. A sailor recalls a calm voyage and a distant aunt’s puzzled response to a tongue tied tribe of women with no tongues.
A word puzzle listing across and down clues with terms for competitors money pocketbook Greek letters drugs and more. Answers include mountain ash semblance snake poison mature young boy skin Java tree and related items.
A nationwide first mass vaccination drive begins in Phoenix with 5000 students at Phoenix Union High School receiving free polio shots. The program targets 6 months to 19 years with teens as the main focus, expanding to 15000 youngsters across 23 schools in Phoenix and Maricopa County.
Mona asks a sly question about speech while a boy replies that without tongues they would be wild. The Decatur Visitor notes a humorous exchange highlighting a boy’s defiant remark about who he should play with.
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