Oakland the Georgia estate tests a broker's nerve
In this serialized Homes For Sale excerpt, Lee Folsom, a keen young Georgia realtor, guides Martin Whitfield to Oakland the old Eastman plantation. He surveys the neglected property and surprisingly agrees to buy, despite Lee's doubts about its condition and potential. The two navigate tension between professional candor and personal interest.
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Lee Folsom
Bill
Jane Endicott
John" Purvis
Georgia
Lee
Polly Wickett
John
Kermit Dalton
Martin Whitfield
Whitfield
Eastman
Oakland
Martin
Mr. Whitfield
Polly
Main Street
Kermit
Trust Department
Marriage Licenses Listed for Cullman Area Couples
Daily Records shows marriages including Dillard Varnon Turner to Wilma Sue Moon in Cullman and Sandra Faye Narrell to Haskel Ray Ward in Addison. Also Martha Faye Sullivan to Dillard Turner and Betty Sue Creel to Dennis Hankey listed with Cullman addresses and additional pairing Charles Denton to Margaret Helms in Cyfilman.
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Martha Faye Sullivan
Vinemont
Dillard Varnon Turner
Cullman
Wilma Sue Moon
Sandra Faye Narrell
To Haskel Ray Ward
Addison
Betty Sue Creel
2Nd Ave
Dennis Edward Hankey
Charles Edward Denton
Margaret Frances Helms
Cyfilman
Poached Egg Tip: Use Fresh Eggs and Trim Edges
Fresh eggs yield compact shapes for poaching and hold form well during cooking. After removing from the water, trim ragged edges as French chefs do to finish the presentation.
Funeral rites and odd quips from a distant page
Minister presiding at a funeral. A sixty or eighty year old man marries a 22 year old woman to savor life’s scent of perfume rather than liniment. A Chicago joke variant on life and work ends with a playful exchange between a sailor and a girl about marriage.
Health Capsules on insomnia linked to emotional issues
If sleep trouble occurs occasionally it is normal but chronic nightly insomnia may signal an emotional problem. Health Capsules presents general information and clarifies it is not diagnostic.
Letters to Santa from Trinity third graders
A collage of letters from Brenda Meares and peers in Trinity wishing Santa Claus for dolls record players baby dolls walking dolls tents guns and toy cannons. Children ask for gifts while mentioning their families teachers and good behavior in a festive Christmastime missive.
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Trinity
Santa
Donald Owens
Staged Quip Over Milk and Crackers Diet Joke
A traveling salesman meets a rival in a restaurant and stares at his plate. He jokes about milk and crackers as a diet, then reveals his real reason is he is on a commission.
Daffynishion and Banter Themed Exchange
A playful dialogue contrasts earnestness with reason. A quip defines a narrow minded person as one who looks through a keyhole with both eyes. A humorous exchange follows about a black eye and a casual fight.
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O— Daffynishion
Socrates on marriage and happiness in philosophy
The text presents a witty aphorism attributed to Socrates about marriage. It suggests that marrying yields happiness with a good wife, while a bad wife makes one a philosopher, a condition deemed beneficial for every man.
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Socrates
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Hearts
Peggy Gaddis
Arcadia House
King Features
Folsom
Mimi
Holly Eastman
Coca-Cola Company
Decatur Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Coca-Cola
Sanford Jewels
Mills
Decater
Clarsray Buschs
S. E
Murray
Souths
Junius
Rick Snowden
Chicago
Johnnie
Mummie
Doris
Jock
Sailor
Baby
A. Petit
Moulton
Brenda Meares
Vickie
Connie
Mrs. Love
Love, Jeanette Hayes
Scotland
Pastor
Mrs. Harris
Fredie Kay Morgan
Decatur
Bobby Roseberry
Jim
Joe
Buschs
Norelco
Dekator
Coca-Cola” and” CC
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