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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1929
Page
17
New York reports a doll market shift with 20 million more dolls for Christmas pushing total past 100 million. Brunetts outrun blondes as manufacturers add workers to meet fashion driven demand for varied sizes, nationalities, and toy characters while infant dolls decline in popularity.
A lyric plea of longing at night for a beloved spirit in a vale. The speaker imagines spirits revisiting past scenes of delight and hearing a shared song echoing from the Kingdom of Souls, a haunting memory of love beyond the grave.
The School at Hic Holler directed by Mrs. Herman O Troup delighted hundreds with a smooth performance despite one rehearsal. Betty McGehee and O B S Hagerman drew praise for their act and George Washington recitation.
Mrs. J. P. Matlock has returned from Gadsden after a consultation with Dr. Bass and is reported resting well at her Jackson Street home.
Miss Ann Tillery and Miss Jeanne Moseley stay with Florence Normal ties while Mrs. Norton and Mrs. Ford travel to Huntsville for a district convention of the Alabama Federation of Music Clubs. Several others visit relatives or recover after operations at Baugh's Infirmary.
Alabama Power announces lines will extend into Ardmore in Limestone county. Nearly 100 consumers will receive power and lighting from start, with seven street lights planned. Construction to begin this month pending material arrivals along Bee Line Highway from Athens.
Mrs. R. L. Furst returns from a two week visit to her parents Mr. and Mrs. Dean in Hanceville Alabama. Mrs. T. B. Woodard is sick at her Grant Street home. Miss McCaslin goes back to Franklin Indiana after visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Priest here. R. E. Hewlett recovers at home on Oak Street after influenza. Mrs. H. L. Douthit expects to return home soon after an operation at Baughs Infirmary.
Eugenia Bankhead Hoyt and Morton McMichael Hoyt face another divorce in Reno. Hoyt accuses her husband of coldness and abuse after remarriage following a prior Reno divorce and a high profile rescue incident.
Tourist travel between Decatur and Nashville is expected to surge after Christmas when the new paved highway between Columbia and Nashville opens. Previously travelers detoured via Duplex, adding miles and discouraging trips. The completed road should greatly boost tourism in the area.
Mrs. W. H. Hancock remains seriously ill at her Wilson Avenue home. Mr. and Mrs. McElreath and daughter Frances, formerly of Birmingham, are now residents at 405 East Lafayette Street. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Jones Jr and Mrs. E. B. Penick traveled to Huntsville and spent Friday.
Local brief urges residents to support home merchants to boost town growth and economic vitality. Program emphasizes loyalty to local businesses as a path to community development and prosperity.
The Princess Theatre hosts The Locked Door and The Tempest starting Monday, featuring Rod La Rocque Barbara Stanwyck Betty Bronson and William Boyd in The Locked Door and John Barrymore in Tempest. In Old Arizona, Fox Movietone’s first all talking feature, opens Friday with Edmund Lowe Dorothy Burgess and Warner Baxter leading a star filled cast.
A large crowd gathered for Decatur trade day sponsored by the Kiwanis club despite weather not reducing attendance on Saturday.
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