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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1927
Page
8
The Turner company completes trestle work on the Jo river bridge vA project and plans the first concrete pour on the south side of the highway. Work along Market Street continues with extensive excavation and filling between Water and Market streets, now about 80 percent done.
A trolley car on a grade toward Hoboken crashed into the rear of a stopped car, scattering passengers. The accident left more than a score of persons hurt with several sets of injuries reported.
President Coolidge urges a balanced taxation system and revenue for government while opposing price fixing and subsidies. He calls for permanent measures to reduce agricultural surpluses through cooperative marketing and supportive federal structures.
The fragment suggests that pep raises energy and aids nature in building red corpuscles. It notes that sustaining bodies and routine activity support health. The text emphasizes natural methods to improve bodily processes and stamina.
A sled dog team races 150 miles through heavy snow from Payette Lake to Idaho to aid a boy named Boutson stricken with influenza. Dr Don Numbers and Roy Stover depart McCall to reach the Payette Lake area where nine feet of snow blocks escape.
Six men were seriously injured when an Atlanta B and Coast freight train derailed near Atlanta. A blaze from derailed gasoline tank cars threatened to destroy the railroad and nation. Engineer Seymour Byers is not expected to live. others injured include Woodham Scott White Jane R. T. Scott and a negro fireman. Cause of derailment unavailable.
Several Black defendants were arraigned in police court today and discharged on promise to seek work today if possible.
Ben Darnell an attache of the Crescent Amusement Company is back on the job at Crescent after a month’s absence due to a foot injury from workers moving a piano at the Princess theatre. He also operates the moving picture machine at the Star theater.
John B. Weakley of Birmingham with extensive Decatur property holdings visited the city today on business. He recently purchased significant property in the Alabama street area and followed the progress of the approach to the Tennessee River bridge.
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