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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1929
Page
10
The newly organized Garden club of Decatur sets a city wide improvement program. It offers two prizes of 10 dollars each for the best decorated Christmas tree and for the most attractive street facing window display, encouraging holiday spirit. Committees are named to canvass the city and oversee the contest.
The highway department pushes to finish the 3.5 mile Dixie Bee Line stretch south of Cullman with speed and public outreach. A five woman Garden unit committee led by Mrs. Eugene S. Morrow will canvass homeowners to advance plans, while local firms eye lawn trees for a Christmas display along inbound highways. The Decatur Kiwanis club will place a central Wheeler Park tree for the season.
Dr. John W. Dickens of New Orleans spoke at Central and First Baptist churches in Decatur about the Baptist Bible Institute. The school trains ministers and Christian workers with 221 students from 20 states and six foreign countries, funds currently due by February 1. Dr. Dickens plans to visit Bethel church and Morgan County Baptist Association in Hartselle with a Decatur delegation.
The article notes homes will be heavily decorated this year with a prize for the most attractive home window. Home owners already decorate modestly, but the contest is expected to spur artistic displays that capture the Christmas spirit for the street.
Women and local churches are urged to attend the luncheon conference and afternoon session on Tuesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church. The meetings focus on the work of women in churches and aim to motivate participation.
Miss Clara Kelly director of Child Welfare in Morgan County notes growing support for a community chest yet many people hold back donations. She sees little likelihood the chest will be possible for the coming winter.
County Board to select the county depository for the ensuing year from bids by several banks at a regular session. No other major business expected.
A new scientific liquid cold remedy named Aspironal claims to clear the head relieve congestion banish headaches and ease the cold in two minutes. It acts gently on the liver and bowels and offers a money back guarantee at the counter if relief does not come promptly.
The page shows a dense list of crossword clues across many numbers with fragmented phrases and odd spellings. Some entries refer to cardinal directions and basic words like finish and storm with partial letter hints.
Dr. Klein urged reliance on faith amid wartime loss and spoke of Christ’s power. Dr. Klaer led a Westminster Presbyterian vesper on Acts and urged church financing, tithing, witnessing, and intercessory prayer for growth and mission.
A blind woman named Zethie Harvey joins her husband in Louisville. Her brother died last year and her husband is ill with tuberculosis, unable to work for weeks. She was a stenographer for Hook Drug Co and a capable pianist. The family, once better off, seeks aid to bring her home after a nervous breakdown and a recent release from City Hospital.
Hartselle chief of police Jim Rogers recovered his car after a nine mile pursuit along the Bee Line highway. A man named Aldridge, with a Decatur address, was jailed on larceny charges following the incident. Rogers said the chase could fuel a movie thriller as he pursued the thief in a second vehicle after finding his original car missing.
A damaged letter leads Decatur police to arrange the return of Mrs Harvie to Louisville. The woman left Decatur on the Pan American and is now with her invalid husband and totally blind mother. Authorities decline to probe the source of funds.
The late passage honors a kind and valuable Christian citizen. The resolution laments the loss to the class and city, recognizing the individual as a neighbor and community member.
Twenty five defendants appeared before Mayor B L Malone in city court this morning. Nine faced gaming charges, three were charged with violations of the prohibition law, six with disorderly conduct, and five with drunkenness.
Miss Clara Kelly in charge of county welfare work urges public support for distributing Christmas seals through schools. Seventy five percent of proceeds stay in Morgan county to aid the fight against tuberculosis and a large sum is hoped to be raised.
A fleeing man eluded officers until reaching the mountain where Chief Rogers boxed in the suspect. Aldridge was arrested and jailed. Rogers planned to travel to Decatur to swear out a warrant for Aldridge on car theft charges.
J. R. Johnson of route four praises The Daily as a fine, clean paper with strong church support. He thanks the newspaper for its publicity and programs and promises continued patronage and cooperation.
An elderly man appeared in police court charged with petit theft for taking a newspaper from a doorstep. He admitted the act but said it was his first offense. The judge warned that a repeat offense would double the usual fine. Decatur seeks an auditorium for public use.
Disjointed quotes touch on romance crime and media hype with light sarcasm. Odd lines mention chaste behavior lipstick danger and a lawyer father while shoppers praise service and officers hunt a mysterious woman and a dog in the town.
A cartoonish dialogue shows Sambo asking if brother Brown gave away the bride and Rastus answering that the groom should learn for himself. The light exchange reflects dialect humor of the period.
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