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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1935
Page
4
Public notices and publisher details show a Decatur Alabama paper page with Associated Press branding, advertising rates, and references to the Republican stance, all amid a burst of business language and newspaper boilerplate from 1912 1917 era.
An obituary notes the death of James M Brown in Decatur praising his untiring service and fine abilities. The piece laments the loss to the city and recalls past civic effort as the community reflects on notable local figures.
The Shrine Club in Decatur promotes the first annual Turkey Trot this Friday December 20. Organizers hope the event will boost business and goodwill and become a yearly tradition attracting people from the region. Participants may try for a turkey prize and enjoy light hearted fun.
The Daily reports that seventy five cents of every dollar from Christmas seals purchases in Morgan County goes directly to supporting tuberculosis control. Buying seals protects health in a county facing a serious TB problem.
The piece urges Alabama readers to support highway safety patrols and vote for amendment number five. It discusses amendments 1 2 and local measures in Mobile Tuscaloosa and Calhoun counties, stressing prudent debt and tax policies and potential access to federal funds.
Arthur Brisbane reports on a surprise involving Candidate No. 1 from Today Ltd and notes differing opinions among men. The column mentions a headline about Haile and cites the author’s syndicated platform with copyright notice.
Dr. F E Townsend, inventor of the old age pension idea, says he will back a presidential candidate in 1936. He claims 30,000,000 signers are voters and pledges to field any candidate except from communism, with a national convention planned next summer. The piece also notes England's Ethiopia peace hopes failing and Haile Selassie's wary reaction.
John Lawrence Collins born in New Orleans killed a man last June and will die in the electric chair next January. He married two days ago to a girl who was to have a baby, yet he did not care. At Sing Sing, he walked jauntily, manacled, as he headed to his fate.
Canada’s minister of Justice Ern est La Pointe denies Mrs Tyrell Tilford 58 the last appeal over poisoning her husband. If no stay is granted she faces execution by hanging. her nine children are cited as undeserved by the pending fate.
An American representative at a naval conference urged a big navy to defend both Atlantic and Pacific coastlines. Japan’s spokesman countered that the United States had merged its Atlantic and Pacific fleets and celebrated the swift fifty to forty eight hour passage of the fleet through the Panama Canal into the Pacific.
A columnist contrasts early psychology with behaviorist and Freudian views and praises Dr. Donald A. Laird from Colgate University for practical studies. He discusses sleep blush responses and the idea that blushing reflects innocence and human frailty, noting older people grow tougher with age. A 75 year old recalls blushing at mere mention of a table leg.
Mt Tabor members meet at Mrs Roy Moore residence Friday at 2 for Christmas tree planning and urgent club meeting with gift drawings. Rev Burson to preach at Bethlehem church Sunday at 2 with Sunday school at 1 and B Y P U after preaching. program on Love features five discussions. Marie Johnson ill with pneumonia. Tom Thompson has infected hand. Mrs W L McCutcheon improving. sewing circle at Mrs Roy Moore quilted.
The editor notes six pamphlets by Dr. Logan Clendening are available by sending 10 cents per pamphlet and a self addressed stamped envelope to the paper. The titles include Indigestion and Constipation, Reducing and Gaining, Infant Feeding, Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes, Feminine Hygiene, and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
The 1929 concordat between Mussolini and Pope Pius XI created Vatican City as a sovereign state and its first stamps featured the papal coat of arms. The design centers on the tiara above crossed keys, symbolizing authority and knowledge, dating from before the ninth century upgrade to the triple crown.
The text notes Japan’s focus on single issues and argues bombs and planes could render the Panama Canal useless, while another voice downplays the threat, saying Japan believes in tackling issues one at a time.
A collage of jokes and vignettes touches on marriage, politics, and daily wisdom. People debate divorces and weddings, labor anxieties and taxes, while parables on habit, aging, and advice mingle with light humor. The piece ends with a quip about political popularity through taxation.
Walter Winchell on Broadway reports a collage of showbiz chatter. The column mentions missing persons, film subtitling, charity gifts, theatre and radio figures, marriage rumors, and industry quirks with brisk, era-appropriate tone.
In a rural exchange, Old Mose and neighbors discuss fair pay and a universal pension. Rastus and others claim honesty in the community while Mose defends keeping a loaded shotgun near the chickens to keep residents honest.
After twenty years of research a germicidal antiseptic healing oil named Virdol is advertised to relieve rheumatism neuralgia headaches lumbago and neuritis by rubbing on the affected area. Goidel's Drug Store sells Virdol in a large bottle for 50 cents with money back guarantee.
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