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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1931
Page
4
Mrs. Harry Olshine and children returned from Nashville. Mrs. J. T. Jones of Demopolis Alabama visits Mrs. Winston Jones. The piece urges readers to embrace Christmas spirit and reject the panning society. It notes public acceptance of charity and mocks sour faces with festive cheer.
A fragment verse urges sharing troubles with a mirror as a personal solace. It contrasts private concerns with public listening, noting everyone has burdens of their own and highlighting self reflection as a coping act.
A man spends four hours loafing in an eight hour day then an extra hour by the fire before suddenly speeding to finish work he should have completed six hours earlier. He then goes to his wife to boast about how hard he has worked.
Liberty magazine urges a square deal for railroads amid government regulation and fair access. Alabama context features Hastings Heflin criticism, with Tuscaloosa and Gadsden papers flagging alleged fraud claims and urging Bankhead’s rightful senate seat despite Republican push.
Arthur Brisbane reports on a spectacle in El Paso featuring Steres and Sheep and the notable Unicorn Lamb. The prize bull faced a humiliating display as the event drew attention to competing stock and local interests.
A vivid tour of Los Angeles contrasts world class seaport life with Wilshire Boulevard shopping and a southern livestock show. Cowboys in high hats mingle with city folk as a magnified radio broadcast and songs evoke prairie life and old gold days amid the vast fairground atmosphere.
Paul F Hill, a livestock expert, conducts a show featuring a champion car load of fifteen two year old herefords and other animals. The display emphasizes a fence design inspired by a Dutch Catskills farmer, built three feet high and three feet wide to resist wind.
A 15 carload group of three year old Herefords joins the two year old champions at Hearst’s San Simeon ranch on the edge of the Pacific. The Hearst family has long bred cattle and horses, with Senator Hearst’s father starting the venture over fifty years ago. His son has since added 200,000 acres to the ranch.
A load of jet black Aberdeens from Yakima Washington tempts farmers. The two year old champion originated with Matador Land and Cattle Company of Texas and was fed by Dan D Casement.
A vivid scene at a fair features El Oso the yearling steer in a stall draped with American flags. Paul Murphy from Manhattan Kansas shows the prize animal, raised on cows and grain, destined for sale at auction as spectators note echoes of 1929 stock speculation and farm life.
The article quotes Mr. Brooks praising hogs as profitable on desert heat with shade and water, and notes hogs and women remarks. It mentions rail or Panama Canal routes to the east, a Los Angeles livestock show, and stockmen's dedication. It envisions hogs feeding the world for millennia and a New Zealander viewing ruins of the stock exchange.
A Tulare boy Elmer Bixler parades the champion Hampshire Barrow with a white belt. Wiltshire Barrows from Holmes farm in Woodward Oklahoma impress, four extra ribs noted. Sheep, especially Suffolks and Asia Minor stock, captivate onlookers. The grand champion Hereford Beau Baldwin, bred by Dray L. Bergstrom and owned by H. A. Baldwin of Honolulu, draws crowds despite a auction price of three thousand dollars. Clyde Ederkin, once with Canadian cavalry, displays a grain-to-meal machine for alfalfa and oats, hailed as rugged and transportable for rough winters.
The department of agriculture reports that ten to fifteen percent of the United States corn crop is allocated for human food.
The ordinary clay tobacco pipe has been in use since 1820. The radio wave length is approximately 2.28 feet or one meter. The visit to Vancouver by the late President Harding was the first and only time an American president entered the Dominion during his term. Maraschino cherries are produced from Marasca cherries grown chiefly in Zars, Dalmatia.
A string of wry reflections on aging, good judgment, and everyday folly. The text shifts from flirtatious banter to workplace notices and moral quips about self satisfaction, church visits, and home brews. Strong lines contrast modern life with old age and advice given versus received.
A hopeful verse urging small acts to bring light and happiness, turning bleak spaces into cheerful ones. It frames kindness as simple and quick, enough to brighten a single face and garden plot.
In a courtroom exchange the first attorney questions the likelihood of success for the defendant. The second attorney counters that she could win even with a severe disadvantage, suggesting confidence in her case.
In a wry remark the ad writer says advertising is perpetual motion. He writes ads and gets paid, his wife reads them, and he pays for them, capturing the comic loop of his trade.
A widower asks why Harriett seems pensive while she counters she is not, noting twenty minutes of silence as the conversation stalls and character tension builds.
A thoughtful statement on civic virtue describes how a worthwhile citizen seeks to repay society by sharing the benefits received from it. It emphasizes generosity, responsibility, and reciprocal stewardship as essential civic qualities.
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