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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1923
Page
4
Dallas resident Henry W. Allen witnesses a confrontation in Coburn's office as a pistol is brandished and fired during legal proceedings. The attache attempted to seize packages while Mrs. Allen collapsed and was carried from the room after shots rang out.
Fragmentary social notices list names Margaret Shelton Phone Decatur and Mrs O B Cartwright with scattered hints of calendars and coast gossip. Other lines mention Maeil Cov and Mrs Phillip Humphrey in unclear contexts.
A short notice records the birth of a child to Mr and Mrs A L Best. It notes the parents and child’s origin without additional details.
An old note humorously claims the average yearly bread intake would form one enormous loaf needing three strong men and a horse to lift and push. The fragment cites a weight around seven hundred pounds, though figures are garbled.
A social event hosted for Mrs. Garnett featured a red and green season decor with carnations and blooming plants. Guests included Mrs. Was J. Garnett, Miss Lula Garnett, and the honoree in blue Verona crepe, with a receiving line and a catered tea service for about 150 attendees. The piece also notes Berean club and Trinity Mission meeting details and upcoming travel plans of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford.
Ferrow Himes a Vanderbilt student will holiday with his parents Mr and Mrs Emmett Himes. Dr T F Robinson of Mobile Ala arrives to visit his daughter Mrs Earle Calvin for a few days. Walter Price left for Atlanta Ga to make his home. T E Sandesky leaves for Little Rock Ark. W F Boswell returns from Nashville trip. Rev R N Moore of Athens and Dr R T Woylat pastor of the First Methodist Athens visit the city. R P McEntire goes to Sheffield. C E G McGregor returns home to Leighton after a visit. A P Goforth goes to Florence. J T High District Farm Agent here on business.
Mrs R E Hewlett plans a weekend with relatives in Huntsville. Mrs Charles Kortretch of Memphis to visit her parents the Skeggs this Monday then join for the holiday weekend. Mrs A A Jones and Mrs D S Echols travel to Birmingham returning Friday night. Mrs A B Dooley of Knoxville is guest of Mrs D D McGehee. Little Opal Cavnar is ill at Fourth Avenue South home. Frances Himes returns from Chicago next week to spend Christmas with the Himes family. Frank Ford, recently ill, can be seen at home on Johnston Street. Mrs Lamar Penney, ill but improving, taken to Birmingham for treatment. Mrs BE Orendorf of Hillsboro returns home today. Mrs FP Neeley of Monroe La. is Cy W Black.
Hugh Bradley of the University of Alabama has been named Alabama's Rhodes scholar for Oxford University. The announcement was received in Montgomery on December 13.
Birmingham timetable shows two Alabama games with Centre and Sewanee. An Auburn contest is slated against an unnamed opponent while Birmingham Southern and Howard also appear on the card. Mercer likely to host Birmingham-Southern. Additional large games may be added.
A fragmentary passage notes a dill has been running for over a year and a speaker remarks on its persistent presence. The exchange hints at a humorous, ongoing chase or metaphorical pursuit. Authorities or organizations are not named in the readable text.
The article notes rising golf related insurance policies and other recreational covers. Brokers describe policies guarding against game losses and vacations, with insurers estimating a trip or play value and payout based on weather or contingencies.
The world has four fossil forest areas with three in the United States, including near Calistoga California and the Petrified Forest in Arizona. A Cairo Egypt site is the fourth. Arizona forests date to the Triassic era, buried roughly five to fifteen million years ago.
A cottage owner asks Obed how to pay for a fixed screen on Cape Cod. Obed offers two prices: $2.60 cash or $2 charged, noting summer folks often skip paying and preferring smaller charge accounts. The tale reflects a pragmatic view on payment and debt.
Tri Cotine questions a tall feather on Georgette's hat as sixty seven girls prepare for a class group photograph. The feather prompts wonder and a joke about being able to spot oneself in the picture.
Read in a column a man claims souls transfer after death to other beings. His wife counters with a humorous quip about ending up in a tin hen.
Griggs recalls not hearing the burglar until he was leaving the home. Briggs says he was alarmed, thinking he was the cook sneaking out on them. The exchange captures the moment of intrusion and reaction.
A brief Scots dialogue features a Scot chiding a porter for twenty minutes of lugenat work and offers a terse rebuke about his eating, capturing local language and humor in a single exchange.
Notes a saying from Ed Howe in Howe's Monthly that most virtue stems from fear and that well behaved behavior suffices without questioning its cause. The fragment reflects a skeptical view of moral motivation within periodical discourse.
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