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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1956
Page
9
Classified advertisement from Hunter Furniture Company promoting a junior din room suite for 69 dollars and 36 inch cloth or plastic shades at 1 dollar, good used living room furniture and sofa beds from 19 dollars, phone 47. Includes offer for sole agen shop hunters and savings.
A new arrival of furniture at the Railroad Factory Salvage Furniture Co listing items at 23 Church St NW with phone 1073. The showcase includes a green barrel bar, platform, swivel chair, mahogany secretary, a table, six chairs and a cabinet, plus antique lamps and various styles of furniture.
Used Department BARGAINS offer a selection of stock items available for purchase. The ad notes affordable prices and limited quantities, inviting shoppers to browse and buy while supplies last.
Bargain basement listing from Sterchi's highlights Florence electric range and other discounted appliances. Local ad copy emphasizes low prices, limited stock, and in-store specials.
Pensions and security notices in Morgan County list residents and addresses including Nancy Ayers Hortselle Alo spear readers and others in Decatur Falkville and nearby areas with several ZIP references and shorthand initials. The fragmentary notice names multiple individuals including Izora Speegle and Darthulo J Tanner with addresses in Hortselle and King.
A Seattle Transit System lost and found report notes a telephone claim from a woman saying she left a pack. The message mentions a woman’s size 36 and ends with fragmented phrases about grammar and a bard. The full details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
An unmarried Decatur woman with doctorates in two fields discusses Indian states with a married friend. She articulates a sharp view on women like her and their knowledge.
A compact verse by Karl Flaster reflecting on aging. The speaker rejects wandering through snow and storms, choosing to stay near the warmth by the fireplace as the bite of winter fades behind secure doors. The piece emphasizes aging and a shift from outdoor gambols to indoor comfort.
Fragmented lines reveal a desperate speaker planning a final fling and proposing marriage only if rejected by his lover. The text hints at coercion and control with a conditional marriage offer. The cryptic wording evokes personal turmoil and thwarted futures.
A comic fragment shows a shopper in distress asking for after shave lotion while a clerk offers a small number claiming it drives girls crazy and smells like a new car. The odd exchange hints at a humorous sales pitch within a storefront.
Peter Piper runs a Tacoma supermarket and sells pickled peppers as a featured item. Community reader Mrs. H. G. Henry notes the business in Tacoma Washington.
A neighbor asks what troubles Abraham Lincoln and his two crying sons as they walk in Springfield Illinois. A distracted scene includes a foreign style military request and a stray order to move reserves. Nearby Highland farmers debate selling a sheep on the Sabbath and charity versus business.
A fragment shows a colonel addressing tired troops after eight hours of extra duty. He mentions three walnuts and each boy wanting two, then questions what his mother would think, hinting at a mix of tradition and restraint in a military camp setting.
A reader recounts marrying at 16 and asks Dorothy Dix for guidance. The reply warns of lasting issues in early marriage, urges delaying binding vows, and notes material hardship and stamina needed to cope.
Generally clear and mild winter weather prevailed across the nation with above normal temperatures in most areas. Readings ranged in the 20s and low 30s, while parts of northern New England and sections from the upper Great Lakes to the Rockies experienced subfreezing conditions and light snow or rain overnight.
Six persons died during Tournament of Roses events in Pasadena California. A 10 year old girl Sandra Goodwin of Long Beach collapsed en route to the parade and died of natural causes per doctors. The others included Ray H Ellis 62 Pico Fritz Spindler 67 Altadena Reginald Baleman 70 and William Levenson 47 Culver City all believed to be heart attack victims. Julius Paul Rossberg 70 La Salle Illinois died beside his automobile after the Michigan State UCLA game. Pasadena Hospital treated 121 people with 9 heart attacks 2 strokes 4 fainting spells 47 miscellaneous illnesses 17 falls 3 traffic injuries and 5 bruises from fights.
A 16 year old bride is urged to weigh the financial and domestic burdens of marriage and the risk of an unhappy union. The writer cautions youngsters to reconsider marital plans, noting the likely consequences of divorce and lasting memories of misery.
The Bataks of Sumatra rely heavily on the palm tree for income. They craft thatch from fibers, distill liquor and sugar from juice, fashion brooms from stems, and carve ax handles from branches.
In Cleveland Navy Yeoman William Miller 24 faced questions after his wife Louise Miller 22 visited him in jail over the fatal beating of a woman identified as Carol Martin 21. Miller, who faced his first charges, allegedly assaulted Martin after New Year celebrations at a bar and ballpark.
Ronald Edward Menter, 22, formerly of Keene New Hampshire, admitted in Newark New Jersey he murdered Jan David Broderick 20 of the Panama Canal Zone during a drunken brawl in Texas. He was seized after selling a car radio for ten dollars and using the victim's car and license. Police found a gun and 28 bullets in the vehicle.
Seventeen Polish sailors, each having fought to escape Communist control, arrived in New York to take positions on a steamer named Wolka Polska. Captain Jan R. Cwiklinski, former master of the Batory who left the ship in England in 1953 and later wrote The Captain Leaves His Ship, will command the vessel.
A compact crossword entry with scattered word hints such as family, Sanskrit school, subside, music note, eg sym bey, bear, a room, male fow, infrequent, shepherd, sings, bed canopy, sewer, road, pith helmet, yesterday, Turkish. The puzzle blends diverse definitions and shipboard language to frame a single day’s cryptic challenge.
Acryptogram puzzle indicates substituting letters to reveal a quotation. The sample decodes to Longfellow using letter mappings and pattern hints. The daily puzzle changes, and the line includes a prior quote about preferring a dog over a roman.
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