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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1929
Page
7
Thirty women elected by student vote at the University of Alabama for the beauty feature of the year book show a scholarship record with 28 A grades 72 B grades and 42 C grades. Miss Agnes Ellen dean of Women notes intellect now defines beauty with eight top coeds chosen for the Corrolla year book feature.
The Daily corrects an error from Tuesday’s paper misreporting C D Kenny’s death. The notice should state that L S Greenwood died in Chattanooga, an employee of D Kenny and father in law of Mrs Graves of Suena, Tennessee formerly of Hartselle.
The Decatur Kiwanis club announces the 1930 term appointees for secretary assistant secretary and treasurer M R Rankin T Zeno Bailey and E J Polhill The board also formed Finance and Program committees with J C White presiding at a Tennessee Valley Bank meeting W W Fussell Clyde Hendrix H R Davis and J W Clapton A A Jones Roland H Gray named to committee roles respectively
Wednesday visitor J. J. Harkness of route one Falkville was in the city on a brief call.
The Second District conference of the American Legion, Department of Alabama, will be held in Talladega on Sunday. A lunch at 12:30 p.m. provided by the Talladega post will precede business sessions in the afternoon at Linger Longer Inn.
Chief C. M. Riggsbee and officers say thieves who looted wholesale grocers around Decatur are selling stolen goods to a fence or a conspirator running a store in Alabama or Tennessee. Investigators pursue a lead to solve the recent robberies.
P Gann, a well known local bar keeper, is able to be out after recovering from influenza. Decatur’s industries are at full time operation.
The Decatur Daily fires up the fourth unit of its 1 Page Duplex Tubular Plate press. Factory crews from Battle Creek installed the unit as circulation grows in Morgan County and neighboring areas. The press maintains 30 000 copies per hour, enabling afternoon editions with faster output. Visitors are welcome at 2 30 p.m. six days a week to watch the machine in action.
A cat's head sent by Mrs. Robert Short on 11th Ave West was tested for rabies at the state laboratory and found to have hydrophobia. The animal had not bitten anyone but acted queerly, prompting the precautionary examination.
F. A. Bloodworth president of Morgan County National Bank and H. R. Davis president of Decatur Iron Steel Co. are in New York on a business mission. They plan to return to Decatur possibly Sunday.
The barber shop on Moulton Street hosted the morning wedding of Miss Mattie Lawrence and John Miller of Hartselle Route 2. Rev. Ira Marion of the Church of God of Austinville officiated, with Marion an employee of the shop. Friends extend best wishes for the couple.
W J Hall of route three Albany plans a Thursday move to South Limestone to establish a home in the Belle Mina community.
J. F. Luker of route three Hart selle visited here yesterday among local guests and residents.
John P. Matlock announces remodeling of his Matlock Store on Second Avenue to begin soon after the new year. He will discontinue the Moulton Street establishment known as Matlock's Store No.
W. R. Newman who died from a self-administered poison was laid to rest Wednesday afternoon at Shoal-Ford cemetery in Limestone County. He was found at his home on the Huntsville Daily Times report.
After signing a lease for Second Avenue properties, Mat lock plans interior remodeling, the fourth improvement program at the Second Avenue establishment since entering the local business field. The work will take about two weeks. A Closing Out Sale runs through the Christmas season.
Riverside school released honor rolls for the second half of the scholastic year. First Honor lists seniors Gladys Berryhill Julia Bingham Helen Fischer and Jack Smith with various juniors and a few names across grades, while Second Honor includes several seniors juniors and a set of repeated and misread surnames such as Bingham Woodall Collier Littrell Stubblefield and Landers.
A Meridian resident, about 74 years old, died after taking a fatal dose. He dived alone following the ingestion and collapsed shortly afterward.
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J. P. Dunkin of Albany has moved to Falkville route one. J. J. Moore of Danville route three was among Thursday business visitors in Decatur.
An old promotional piece touts Kruschen Salts as a fat loss cure promising 20 pounds shed in three weeks. It claims improved energy and clearer skin, urging readers to buy an 85 cent bottle from Decatur Drug Co. or another outlet and report weight loss.
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