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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1923
Page
3
Advances from American and European laboratories enable reproduction of the deep blues and reds that puzzled scientists for centuries in Persian rugs. The invention stems from innovations in vegetable and chemical processes.
Belle Mina official John R. Witt of the Alabama Farm Bureau calls for farmer cooperation to save the cotton industry from pests. He warns that without real concerted action the crop and industry may fail and notes recent personal hardships on his Belle Mina plantation.
In a domestic cautionary tale Prudence Wharton, a flirty socialite, schemes to lure writer Rupert Flemming. Miss Rowena Webster, seeking loyalty, confronts him during a dinner at the Mills home as Pradle presses the romance with a Boston connection. Rowena’s trust wavers amid a late telephone ploy.
Masonic Amusements presents Safety Last with Harold Lloyd drawing a crowd at the Italy building in Los Angeles as he climbs the famed facade in a stunt that elicits wild applause from onlookers. Also previewing Brenon’s The Rustle of Silk with a story of a humble girl and a rising English statesman.
Herbert Brenon’s The Rustle, his first Paramount picture starring Betty Compson and Conway Ile, is shown at the Princess theater Wednesday. The producer uses two Fragonard paintings to inspire living scenes, highlighting a garden setting and a poised young gallant.
The assembly voted a modification of the press law imposing three months to three years imprisonment for libel against the republic president. Urgent discussion moves to modify the dry law permitting limited manufacture and sale of alcohol.
The Morgan County post of the American Legion funded flags to be placed on all local school buildings. Daughters of the American Revolution officials led the presentation as part of a drive to add flags to schools.
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