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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1934
Page
2
A fragmentary humor piece sketches snippets of dialogue about fur coats marriage and social habits. A window scene at a department store features a wife asking for a new fur coat prompting a quarrel with her husband. Other lines humorously hint at dating loyalty and mannerly behavior.
An advertisement pitches a green tablet labeled BUKETS as a bladder laxative to flush acids and waste. It claims relief from burning, leg pains, and backache in four days, offering a 25 cent refund if not satisfied from Caddell Drug Co and Dillehay Drug Co.
A festive North Alabama feature titled A Christmas Adventure to the kiddies details holiday plans and local cheer led by Santa and community volunteers. The piece invites children to await visits and share in seasonal joy and safety tips.
The Benevolent Society Hospital board expresses appreciation to Decatur and Fairview schoolchildren for canned fruits and jellies given on Thanksgiving. They also thank contributors from three union services. Donations at Thanksgiving go to the Benevolent Society.
A collection of childhood letters to Santa from Decatur and nearby towns in 1934 and 1994 request toys, dolls, bikes, wagons, trains, dolls beds, pets, and fruit through sincere appeals to Santa, with lists mentioning parents, siblings, Sunday school teachers, and gratitude for past gifts.
The Danville school reports honor roll students for the third month with B average or higher across multiple classes. A boys and girls basketball game vs Mt Hope drew a 28 9 win for Danville boys and a 15 16 girls score. local children plead for dolls toys and fruit for Christmas including Ruby Templeton Kathryn Williams and Jimmy Williams with messages asking to remember other children.
Christmas wishes from Joyce Waine Phttey and other local youngsters appeal for toys and gifts. The messages request a doll, tricycle, fire truck, piano, boots, baby doll, raincoat, gloves, storybook, fruit and candy, with mentions of family, Sunday school, and teachers in Decatur addresses.
The Parkville Homeeconomics girls present the play Making Mother Modern on Friday at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium to raise funds for a new vocational home economics building. Director Miss Grace Gaffney and Miss Viola Thom lead a large cast of named characters and neighbors.
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