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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1957
Page
9
Vintage Furniture Sale Prices for Living Room and Bedrooms
Advertises discounts on a range of furniture including baby beds glass door chifferobe living room suites sofa beds breakfast room sets and bedroom suites. Items list prices from 19.50 to 8950 with various configurations and colors noted. includes plastic arm sofa bed and sectionals.
Order of Publication in Dew v Dew Equity Case
A Morgan County Alabama circuit court notice requires Ray A. Dew to plead or demur to the bill of complaint by January 12, 1957 after publication in the Decatur Daily for four weeks. The defendant's residence is unknown. Dec 11, 1956. Bryan McAfee, Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray A. Dew
Circuit Court
Morgan County
Alabama
Register
Decatur Daily
Bryan McAfee
New Year Resolutions and a Nervous Young Minister
A humorous piece contrasts grand New Year vows with a preacher’s stumble while visiting a parishioner. The first poem jokes about past failures to change, while a brief anecdote ends with the minister awkwardly asking if a six week old baby is the “youngest.”
New Year Cheer Mixed With Odd Dialogue
A fragmented excerpt blends festive New Year greetings with quirky exchanges. Characters include a doctor and a patient joking about coughing, plus a poetic line on human bodies as candlesticks and hearts. The text references Barbara Greenfield Griffith and Joe and Billiken in a cryptic exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Greenfield Griffith
Warning to expose lies sparks a threat
A heated remark warns that if someone tells the truth, the speaker will break his neck. The exchange frames a tense confrontation over deceit and potential violence. No clear local context or corroborating details are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
New Year Bang at Stockyards Train Car
A passenger opens a smelling salts bottle on a moving train to the stockyards causing a strong odor. A bystander, an old bachelor, pleads for the cork to be closed, eliciting a humorous exchange.
Best Wishes for 1957 From All Of Us To All Of You
A closing year message from a business to customers expresses gratitude for the year’s support, hoping to make more entries on readers’ pages and wishing a happy new year. The personal vignette hints at family scenes and domestic dialogue but remains a brief card-like note.
Jones seeks conversation with an intelligent man
The speaker explains his motive in two points. He wants to hear an intelligent man talk and then to speak with one. The dialogue emphasizes a preference for intelligent discourse in choosing his conversation partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
January Aftermath and a Mountain Fire Joke
The verse contrasts January’s bills with bells and ends with a humorous exchange. A passerby warns a mountaineer his house is on fire. The mountaineer responds he is praying for rain since the blaze began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence P. Jansson
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Dear Dorothy Dix Advice Column Highlights
A string of reader questions about romance in the workplace and amidst marriages. Dorothe Dix counsels on crushes versus desperate love, dealing with married or separated partners, and choosing between right and wrong in relationships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy DIX
Gertie
Crowell To Lead J C Penney Store Move To Birmingham
James W. Crowell will leave Feb 11 as manager of the J C Penney Co in Decatur to head the new Five Points West store opening in Birmingham April 4. He will supervise an assistant manager and four section and floor managers. Crowell has served in Birmingham previously and joined Penney in 1937. He is a Mississippi College graduate and Rotary Club member. His wife and daughter will join him in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Crowell
J. C. Penney Co
Decatur
Five Points West
Birmingham
Crowell
Penney
Ensley
Greenwood
Miss
Albany
Panama City
Fla
Meridian
U. S. Air Force
Christina
Walter Jackson School
Eastmead Ave
Pennyacres
Saar Returns to Germany and Saarland Joins West Germany
Chancellor Adenauer welcomed Saarland to West Germany as its 10th state after reunification. The accession adds nearly a million people and a rich coal basin to the republic. The piece also notes Mauritius as the extinct dodo’s home per the Geography Society, with a British island using a French dialect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saar
Germany
Saarbruecken
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
National Geographic Society
Island
Mauritus
Indian Ocean
Dear Clarice on High Society and Dating
A 16 year old asks about being selective and snobbish about boyfriends. Clarice says high society isn’t a standard and advises valuing people by true worth, suggesting she study the Social Register as a guide for future companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarice
Dear Dorothy Dix Advice on Love and Dating Lessons
Advice column excerpt shows Cathy warned to change stations after failed romance with a radio announcer. Hope seeks letter about Hank and sneaking dating. Dorothy Dix endorses honest dating and warns against secrecy. Readers invited to mail problem letters to Dorothy Dix care of the newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy
Hank
Mom
Dorothy Dix
Trials Delayed In Racial Case In Birmingham
In Birmingham nine twenty two Negroes arrested for violating bus segregation laws face delays with trials at least two weeks away Public Safety Commissioner Robert Lindbergh said he would meet with city attorneys to set a definite trial date The arrests followed mass violations of segregation rules and are being considered for possible transfer to Federal Court Discourse centers on potential charges drop to disorderly conduct Officials did not comment Shuttlesworth whose home was bombed at Christmas night with minor injuries to two children and a neighbor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Robert Lindbergh
Lindbergh
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Shuttlesworth
River Traffic Soars On Tennessee River In 1956
TVA reports 1956 January through November river traffic on the Tennessee River reached about 10.79 million tons and 1.834 billion ton miles far surpassing all of 1955. Coal led with over one billion ton miles, followed by grain and grain products and petroleum. November shipments totaled about 986 thousand tons and 171.9 million ton miles. Commodities included aluminum asphalt automotive vehicles chemicals coal construction equipment ferro alloys forest products grain petroleum steel and sulfur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
TVA
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Crossword Clue Summary Across and Down
Appears to be a list of crossword clues with numbers and brief prompts such as Greeting founder of Ottoman empire farewell apparent mart rector's small pie poem constellation abbr invalid's pod city France chair back stitched weird.
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Ottoman Empire
Constellation
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