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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1929
Page
8
Mrs Knox B Lewter of 1002 Jackson St Memphis testifies that Sargon restored her from near breakdown with kidney pain headaches and insomnia. She says nerves sleep and digestion improved and credits Sargon Soft Mass Pills for relief and renewed strength. Ad notes availability in Albany and Decatur via local drug firms.
Lawrence Bishop captain of the 1928 football squad is laid up with influenza at the home of Mr and Mrs Carl Lee on Eighth avenue. He recently returned from Centertown Kentucky where he visited relatives during the Christmas holidays.
Five bodies recovered from rains caused by the Chilean volcano Calbuco raise tally to perhaps 22 dead. Reports from Puerto Montt say five families totaling 22 people are missing. Other dispatches note many injured moved to Puerto Varas as boats on the lake assist rescue. Cattle are being moved from ash covered grazing lands as hot water flows from the snowy peak.
An army monoplane droned over the Los Angeles municipal airport for seven days covering 150 hours in the air breaking time records. The crew included Major Spatz Captain Baker Lieut Halverson Lieut Quesada and Sergt Hope. They surpassed the Graf Zeppelin’s 111 hours 46 minutes in the air on its American flight.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson of the Basham Chapel community is seriously ill after contracting pneumonia today.
Jamieson, popular operator at the Louisville and Nashville Southern railway junction here, is ill with influenza.
Shook, injured weeks ago in a fall at the shops here, is reported doing splendidly at the Benevolent hospital where he is undergoing treatment. Word from his bedside today confirms his improving condition.
A collection of vintage kitchen recipes for Chicken Loaf serving eight, Maryland Sweet Potatoes with pineapple and marshmallows, Stuffed Pear Salad with celery and nut meats, and a Macaroon Dessert with gelatin, eggs, milk, and coconut. Includes preparation steps, ingredient lists, and baking directions.
CONTINUES VERY ILL Ike Scheer, veteran Louisville and Nashville shop foreman, who has been ill of influenza several days at his home on Jackson street, continues in a serious condition.
Governor Bibb Graves announced an initial appropriation of 1.25 million dollars for Alabama higher learning institutions. The distribution includes 250000 to the State University at Tuscaloosa and Auburn, 200000 to Alabama College at Montevallo, 100000 to each of five state normal schools, 50000 to two negro normal schools, and 75000 to the Alabama School of Trades and Industries at Gadsden.
W M Moseley visited The Daily plant and praised it as the best small city newspaper in the locality. He expressed hope the paper would grow to metropolitan rank comparable to Memphis and Birmingham dailies.
In Los Angeles a Fokker plane completed a record endurance flight of 15 hours 40 minutes and 15 seconds covering nearly 12000 miles. The test demonstrated in-flight refueling as the key to endurance, while all three motors were not fully airworthy. Five crewmen were deemed physically fit and ready to rest before possibly taking off again.
The Ongawas Japanese dramatic troupe, endorsed by John Luther Long and the Dramatic League of America, will perform at McCandless Hall Athens College Athens Alabama on January 22 as the fourth number of the Artist's Course. They come from Columbia University Wellesley and other colleges with praise from Lorado Taft as leading Japanese dramatists in America. Season tickets cover this number and special tickets are available at the college office with reservations by wire or mail per Dr. Mary Moore McCoy.
A Victory Day program under the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Decatur will be held at Central Methodist Church Sunday evening. The program marks the ninth anniversary of the prohibition amendment and features Horace C. Layman, a Sunday school evangelist, as principal speaker. He will discuss the history of prohibition and future hopes, with a musical program to follow and an invitation extended to all to attend.
E. C. Powell, foreman of the composing rooms at The Daily, is ill with influenza and confined at his home. Several family members have also been affected by the malady.
E. L. Morrow of the Decatur Cornice and Roofing company departed today on a business trip to Gadsden Alabama.
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