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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1928
Page
2
Community notes from Falkville report visitors and social visits. Families such as the Andrews, Byars, Hartins, Jenkins, and Woods are mentioned with relatives and guests visiting in town and at homes. Several residents are noted traveling, hosting, or staying with relatives during the weekend and week.
In Moulton and nearby towns readers glimpse mentions of Tom Howell of Mount Hope and Minnie Alexander visiting Town Creek family links with Charle Bragg. Decatur visitors stop by J. T. Nelson household as local events unfold amid claims of numerous victims around Moulton.
More than 1,000 receives inoculations as part of the annual physical exams now deemed essential for the average child.
Birmingham residents were urged to help Tuscaloosa by sending fruit and food to the hospital. Dr. W. D. Partlow said packages received yearly are shared among all patients rather than given to individuals, allowing anyone to contribute to the inmates' enjoyment.
State auditor G. H B. Blan forwarded warrants of 4450 78 each to court officials in every county to distribute the October 1923 state malline tax returns. The record includes various local notices and Santa Claus letters from readers in Decatur Moulton and other Alabama towns dated December 1928.
A festive plea from a child living at 1523 South Avenue requests toys for Christmas. The letter mentions a six year old boy asking for marbles tricycle and fire truck and a two year old girl asking for a kiddy bar piano and a doll with wishes for apples and oranges.
In Montgomery Alabama on December 12 Sunday school workers from the North Alabama conference join over 200 delegates at the general Sunday school council of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Nashville. Attendees include Miss Lucile Des Jardens Frank Dominick Mr and Mrs Montgomery and Prof O D Langstomi Auburn and Miss Irene Glover. The council discusses issues for eight million members across diverse church education programs.
National Broadcasting porting board reviews the December cotton crop report on December 10 and presents the December Price Situation summary on December 14. Major Robert Y. Stuart discusses forestry issues for 400000 listeners, with topics on farm cooperation dairy production factories cattle markets weather farm budgets and related broadcasts through the week.
A sports style feature recalls Gene Tunney rising to heavyweight champion and maintaining peak condition. It cites his seven year use of Najol to stay fit and asserts the product keeps body poisons from forming and aids removal.
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