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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1927
Page
3
A humorous collage on Christmas gifts manners and modern manners with snatches about party dresses stockings garters and jokes about lovers and parents. The piece contrasts vanity and prudence and ends with a pun about the post holiday mood.
The catalog urges practical presents for the house as the best lasting gifts for Christmas. It highlights items like chairs tables lamps and domestic comforts while urging buyers to consider usefulness and durability for family happiness. Athens visitors Lester Cole and Felix Kennemer from Athens were in Decatur yesterday with Mr Col visiting for medical consultation after losing a foot in a railroad accident last summer.
The weather bureau reports a low of 50 and a high near 76 in the past 24 hours as temperatures cooled this morning.
A collection of handwritten Christmas wish letters from Decatur and surrounding Alabama towns. The notes ask for dolls toys dolls buggies fire trucks scooters fruit nuts and clothing for various siblings and parents. The era also notes Thomas Ratliff’s recovery in Texas and the happiness of Decatur friends at his improvement.
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