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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1955
Page
9
A husband claims his wife is Irish while she insists English blood runs in her veins. At a party a vagabond’s sugar theft story yields puns about coffee tea and cocoa before a policeman’s hit. The wife adds the final line proving her claim.
Executors of J Sam Smith will sell Lot 22 Block 26 Addition 4 Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Co in Decatur Morgan County Alabama at public outcry for cash on January 7 1956 in front of the Courthouse to satisfy mortgage debt and foreclosure costs. Publication dates December 5 12 and 19 1955. Bradley McAfee Register. Also public notice for Morgan ASC Office Manager position in Hartselle Alabama.
A crowded street car during Christmas week sees a conductor eject a disruptive passenger after a fare dispute. A bystander in the dense crowd pays a dime to pass, describing a tense scene on the car's edge of the platform.
Estelle N. Smith as Administratrix of Daniel Webster McNeill deceased filed a report for partial settlement and a hearing date of December 23 1955 was set. Judge T C Almon marked the action in Morgan County probate court.
The Morgan County Court of Morgan County Alabama in Equity records an order of publication. Defendant Casey Elmer Dotson is a non resident over 21 years old. the complaint by Anna Sue Dotson names him in a case origin from the Solicitor for the Complainant.
The passage recalls five snippets from a late 19th or early 20th century context. It notes France’s reaction to German rearmament, a Decatur Sunday school scene with a Ten Commandments quiz, a memory test answer about keeping off the grass, Mary Todd Lincoln’s Lexington childhood home, and George Williston Nash as Yankton College president.
A string of lighthearted lines contrasts shopkeeper complaints with customer gripes about service. A playful catalog notes popular phrases and a joke about retirement age and bedtime. A history professor quiz about Louis XIV paired with a student misnaming Louis XV.
Dialogue in a catechism skit features the First and Second Little Maid discussing original sin and remorse. The exchange centers on self control and the struggle with speech and temptation as they seek redemption.
A British MP planned a Derby speech but heavy rains closed the rail line. He sent a telegram saying he could not come due to a washout. The reply: borrow a shirt. The anecdote appears amid humorous quips on marriage and gender.
Dorothy Dix suggests replacing parental cautions with a simple God bless you at the start of each school day. The columnist argues blessings foster trust and a sense of protection, reducing irritation from repeated warnings. Readers are invited to request a free leaflet, D-16, "The Ideal Wife."
Valhermosa Springs pupil Valhermosa Jennings, son of Mr and Mrs C Jennings, Auburn, earned the Air Force ROTC Academic Achievement Award for sophomore cadets. Col James W Townsend presented the spring quarter 1955 honor to cadet Jennings, a junior in aeronautical administration.
In Flathead County officials of Lake Five School District learned the building sits on private land only when attempting to sell it. Landowners agreed to allow the sale of the building and the acre it occupies.
A classic newspaper puzzle page with a 5 letter and various clue set, plus a cryptogram challenge by Longfellow. Includes common crossword entries such as city names and everyday terms, and a cryptogram quote to decode as a daily feature.
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