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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1929
Page
4
The article argues that wealth and banked funds drive town development more than tall buildings. An advertising adage is cited: keep on telling them and you’ll keep on selling them. The piece targets Decatur residents as the audience for growth messaging.
A New Year resolution to make 1930 the largest business year in history promises prosperity for the town. The plan links broader economic growth with local commerce, industry, and employment opportunities as the year begins.
Community leaders announce plans to mobilize for a landmark 1930 special, aiming to set a townwide pace from December onward and keep momentum through the year.
The article reflects on approaching days with family memories of parents grandparents and siblings shaping resolve and purpose as tasks begin.
The piece muses on a man who could wear last winter's overcoat without guilt while seeing new ads in the evening paper. It reflects on changing attitudes toward consumption and moral sentiment in a chilly era.
A humorous note recalls a shift from the old promise of leaving trenches by Christmas to a claim of staying in the trenches for holiday shopping. The family now faces the season with a stubborn, festive resolve.
Young people returning from school illustrate how styles fashions and slang shape behavior. The piece notes that many adopt collegiate manners as quickly as routine habits will allow.
Twenty thousand bales ginned in Decatur next year may be a short figure. We have reached well past the halfway marks of that figure this year with a minimum of effort. Going after the business, keeping after the business is destined to make of Decatur a trade center that is second to none in the Valley.
The Birmingham Age-Herald reports that officers will maintain normal enforcement during the Christmas season, resisting excess drinking and other violations. They expect the same policing intensity through the holidays as the rest of the year.
The piece notes December weather is typical for the region with some snow. Mercury levels stay calm and no alarms are raised. Citizens are advised to prepare with horse blankets and earmuffs, reflecting the era’s practical attitudes.
Hundreds of Decatur area tomes have decorated in Christmas motifs thanks to Garden Club members who advised from club ranks. Many residents did not follow the suggestion yet there is still time to join in spreading Christmas spirit and happiness. The campaign has earned favorable publicity for Decatur and the Garden Club is praised for its effort.
A motivational note urges readers to replace New Year resolutions with concrete goals for 1930. It encourages choosing a personal aim such as buying a home, expanding business, or paying down debt, then committing to steady effort to achieve measurable results and lasting happiness.
A nationwide advertising push counters stock market fears and rumors about 1930. Officials cite Hoover era measures and Christmas trading restoring business activity, urging steady, sensible action and belief in continued product availability.
J B Bleir urges a daily holy mindset over seasonal worship focusing on Christmas as a spur to generosity. He cautions against commercialized giving, highlights the Good Samaritan and the Wise Men, and urges support for orphans and needy children as a lived Christmas ethic.
A woman may misplace time and a compact but keeps her edge in every argument, proving she never surrenders a contest of wits or judgment despite worldly distractions.
The old practice of bands of singers touring the streets on Christmas Eve to share messages in song has been abandoned. While the singers were not highly trained, the spirit mattered and the community regrets the passing of the custom.
The article surveys aviation progress from 50 miles to 5 000 miles with notes on future transoceanic flights and fears of hostile visits. It critiques Anglo American attitudes, Russia as a rising industrial and aviation power, and mentions a murder case linked to Fred Burke. It also covers physiology curiosities, public pay laws in New York, and a major steel merger led by United States Steel Corp and Bethlehem Steel.
Hollywood gossip notes Paul Whiteman’s size inspires humor on set as camera crews test a long slide for a novel angle. John Murray Anderson, former Whiteman associate, quips about a full-length close-up. A critic jokes that all Whiteman jokes could wrap around him.
Hollywood reports tell of Universal reworking a large Rhap sody in the Red sequence with an oversized sound stage set that was torn down and rebuilt for new scenes. Puffs and magazines circulate briefly but vanish as ad-supported puffery declines.
E F Loeb local manager of Southern Bell Telephone is recovering after a bullet fragment struck his face in Huntsville Saturday night. The shot, fired by Mack Beech a Kress Store floor walker at Roy Buford who was fleeing, narrowly missed Loeb’s eye. Beech faces assault with intent to murder charges.
The passage reflects a lic opinion praising competition as a path to wealth for all and a stance of avoiding war. It suggests belief that money is plentiful if people know how to obtain it, a strategy also understood by successors.
Mr and Mrs Plummer recently moved to Washington from the Midwest and were surprised to receive a greeting card from the Nicholas Longworths. Their astonishment grew when the social secretary checked the Congressional Directory to verify the source. The incident illustrates how officials send seasonal greetings to many new arrivals in Washington.
A description of the annual exchange of greetings among lawmakers, noting standard card designs showing the Capitol dome the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. Distribution varies with some members using many workers to address cards and planning to reach about 10 000 associates in their districts.
Diplomatic posts favor designs from their homeland with made in America cards in some cases. British cards stay formal, German and French embassies join Christmas customs, and Scandinavian posts also observe the tradition. A note highlights Charles Curtis's one expense entry, for a limousine cleaner and a black swanky car with US shield doors and a V. P. plate.
Two trunkline railways simplify distribution operations centered on Decatur, ensuring efficient transport between the city and surrounding regions.
In a red brick building on Mulberry Lane a white door serves as a wicket to St Barnabas House, a shelter for homeless women and children. The scene recalls decades of shoreward drifters seeking refuge behind the old city front.
The article portrays St Barnabas founded in 1864 with rooms expanded by As tor and Gould family heirs and highlights headworker Mrs Helen Bradley who runs a personal approach to aid 797 women and 943 children last year. Bradley once declined a church post to seek career advancement but vowed to serve after her children were educated.
The terms describe permeate and saturate artistic excess and a fried doughnut. The notes link Pervade to Rhapsodic and Cruller as a doughnut item with exuberant, detached style.
A string of holiday vignettes captures festive scenes from paroled convicts to gift ideas. Children debate Santa gifts, lights sparkle in colors from pink to blue, and memories of Christmas past mingle with shopping urgencies and seasonal humor.
The message speaks of peace, goodwill, and affection during the season. It highlights friendship, charity, and love as central to the holidays and ends with a wish for Merry Christmas to readers and their families.
Mr and Mrs Braxton Cosper of Birmingham expect to spend Christmas with her parents the R J Mosely. Louise Neill a Wellesley student in Boston returns Sunday to her parents Dr and Mrs Louis A Neill. Truitt Sewell named best all round athlete at Anniston is home for holidays. Eugenia Cook a Selma teacher visits sister Mrs C M Mur
The excerpt questions the parents about their blind son who now sees and deflects to the son for answers. The text shifts to a modern note predicting Decatur's future role in aviation development and progression.
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