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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1928
Page
2
A Chicago audience of women protested a sentencing of a couple, denouncing the judge as a disgrace. One speaker supported Judge Ewing warning that the couple’s children would be fewer, arguing no home can be a home without necessities and the husband earns $24 a week.
Byrd battles clutter and plans for an expensive home while confronting Pat and Tiny with gossip about Jack Duncan and Margy. Byrd wrestles with fear of failure, financial risk, and a looming divorce plot as September winds in.
A collection of handwritten Santa requests from several Decatur area children. Each child asks for toys such as balls, bicycles, toy trucks, cowboy outfits, trains, wagons, and fire trucks, plus candy and fruits. Mentions teachers and siblings and notes a desire to share with others.
A collection of handwritten Santa requests from first through fourth graders at Edmondson school. The letters list gifts such as apples, candy, dolls, a bicycle, a tricycle, toy guns, a sewing box, dishes, a football, and other items while thanking Santa and asking him to remember family members and less fortunate children.
Mica Ruth Compton improves after illness. Women attended singing at Six Mile. Guests visited Miss Ruth Compton midweek. Avis Limely went to a Woodland Mills box supper. Otto Raymond Nord Williams visited Roy Rice. Millard Compton and Fay from Huntsville spent Thursday with his sister. Marguerite Woodall and Lester Taylor were wed on Sunday.
Local social rounds include Jewel Hogan visiting relatives in Hartselle and several families hosting guests such as Miss Cassie Bell West in Decatur and Miss Emma Wallace with the Wallace families. Church attendance at Neel is reported and Lawrence County folks are welcomed in Decatur.
Mr. and Mrs. Addie Wallace are mentioned in a short society note from a Hartsville publication, reflecting a local social engagement or event involving the couple.
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