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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
5
Grace Voss and Lloyd Eubank unite in marriage on a December Friday. The couple’s families are listed at 406 5th Ave West. Rev. officiants and local society circles note the event among ongoing community notices.
Hair experts may prescribe a special diet to boost scalp vitality as food nutrients travel through the blood after digestion. Sunlight acts as a germ killer and may stimulate new hair growth, while good ventilation and daily scalp friction help keep tresses healthy and free in the fresh air.
Local society mentions Mrs. Rufus Underwood and Mr. Wilson Taylor visiting relatives in Tennessee. Miss Jean Gray attended Florence Cotillion. Frank Finney joined Sub Deb dance in Florence. The Kirkpatricks of Birmingham returned from a holiday visit. Others include Winton and Hendrix families visiting Birmingham, and several house guests for dances and New Year weekend plans.
In Elyria Ohio on December 29 authorities said the Christmas tree that caused the death of William Rousseau grew on public property in a township road right of way eight feet from the Case farm line. William Case 94 known as Santa Claus is jailed on a manslaughter charge. Rousseau was buried as his daughters Geraldine and Sarah watched. their mother remained critically ill from shotgun injuries.
An advertisement urges relief for disturbed sleep by addressing functional kidney disorders. It claims excess acid irritates the urinary tract and suggests flushing kidneys as with bowels. Mentions Rukets at Pair 4 drug store with a four day money back offer and Cad dell Drug Co location.
The New York Stock Exchange announced the expulsion of J. A. Slate, general partner in the Slate brokerage firm, from its membership. The expulsion was read to members on the trading floor by Edward E. Bartlett Jr., chairman of the governing board.
Public sale of three parcels of land in Morgan County Alabama will occur January 30 1939 under a December 28 1938 equity decree. The property includes parts of Sections 1 and 25 Township 6 Range 5 West and a small house on half an acre in Austinville near Decatur. Highest bidder wins cash after public outcry at courthouse door.
Oak Ridge residents celebrate the arrival of a county rock crusher paid for with WPA funds. The machine moved Tuesday to the J. M. Veat place near the old Sparkman farm east of Oak Ridge. About 50 workers are on the project as decades of pleas for more roads appear to advance.
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