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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1949
Page
9
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FOR SALE One trombone Good condition reasonably priced 648 Grant Street or Phone 454 FOR SALE One 85 h.p. Budo engine with electric starter Cheap Jervis Foundry and Machine Co
Pine lumber rough and finished sold by Weaver Lumber Co. We pay for pine logs and small pine tracts. Services include sawing resawing planing and pine timber procurement. Bee Line Highway phone 2787.
FHA repair loans offer buyers no down payment option and no mortgage requirement in certain programs. These loans target improving repairs while enabling homeownership for qualified borrowers.
Birmingham Baptists plan a new hospital unit costing about 2.7 million dollars for 200 beds, to be built across from the Highland Baptist hospital. A vote Thursday will decide whether to seek federal Hill Burton funding, opposed by ministers who argue church state separation. The Birmingham Baptist Association operates the Highland and West End units, which now total about 150 beds.
De Witt Mackenzie recounts the London libel case over Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen and the spiritualist angle. He recalls conversations with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about spirit pictures Houdini and other phenomena, and notes Doyle’s death and Lady Conan Doyle receiving messages from the spirit world.
Alabama officials fault the legislature for forest fire damage citing funding shortfalls and inadequate equipment. Director Bert Thomas said fire fighting gear was not funded, while Forester C B Chandler reported arson-like starts burning in Anniston Fort McClellan area. Seven structures lost across Jefferson county week.
Mrs Alice Robbins aged 90 in Santa Monica Calif becomes a seaside painting granny rival to Grandma Moses as she creates vivid seascapes and landscapes. Her work showcases persistence and surprise at an advanced age.
A senior resident, who only recently began art, has completed two canvases praised by local art enthusiasts. Her first landscape was copied from a postcard and her second depicts a hunting dog recalling prairie chicken chases in Minnesota.
Different approaches to contact dermatitis include patch tests to identify offending substances and stepwise reintroduction of potential triggers after clearing the skin. Cosmetics and card materials can be sources, with careful elimination and monitoring guiding a permanent cure.
Mersin, a city with about 30,000 residents, stands as Turkey’s third largest port by capacity. Historically, the ancient name for the city was Mersina.
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