Law Tightens Marriage Rules in Alabama and Mississippi
The new Alabama standard requires both applicants to present medical and state lab test certificates, while Mississippi keeps age rules at 21 for men and 18 for women with character requirements. Mobile county reports five licenses issued between Jan 2 and yesterday, far below last year's daily average, as more couples navigate the al acceptable criteria.
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Rouse
Fashion Institute to Make Birmingham Southeast Style Center
The Birmingham News and Age-Herald announce the organization of the Birmingham Fashion Institute by local merchants. The program aims to establish Birmingham as the Southeast style center and will select the ten best dressed women in the city with winners announced later this month.
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Birmingham Fashion Institute
Peeminas
Birmingham News and Age- Herald
Partridge and the ruffled grouse mention
The passage notes that the ruffled grouse is often called partridge. It highlights a common alternate name used for the bird in historical or regional contexts.
Sapodilla Rubber Chicle for Chewing Gum
Sapodilla trees in Central America and Yucatan yield sapodilla gum. The sap forms chicle in rubber bags after refining and hardening, then is cast into large square chunks used as the base for chewing gum.
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Central America
Yucatan
Office Cat and Kitchen Carrot Prank Tale
Lord Droopingjowls notices a man with a carrot in his ear at a restaurant. After a month the same man sports celery in the ear. The lord confronts him asking why, and the man replies no carrots.
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Droopingjowls
Lord—L.say
Fragments of Wit and Wisdom from Everyday Life
A collage of quips and anecdotes spans pipes and dining etiquette, Who's Who foibles, racial humor, jokes about labor and capital, skeletons arguing, and a chapel inscription. Humorous observations about fame, pride, and human foibles fill the page.
Rob Jones Hails presidential greeting in Washington
Nine year old Rob Jones of Scottsboro, Alabama, sat with his father Representative Robert Jones as President Truman spoke to Congress. When Truman passed, Rob reached out and received a smile from the President, sparking the youngster’s happy reaction.
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Washington
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Rob Jones
Scottsboro
Ala
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Congress
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Robert Jones
D-Ala
Morgan County Church Hears Inspiring Messages
Rev Baugher delivered two inspiring sermons Sunday with two services. Miss Betty Joe Dunn hosted visitors Mr and Mrs Juan Pizarro and Hector Ispanee from Puerto Rico studying at Alabama University. Measles cases reported in the community and W C Day buys a farm near Hazel Green, Madison County as the family plans to move from Hot Springs Arkansas. Whooping cough cases noted.
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Betty Joe Dunn
Juan Pizarro
Hector Ispanee
Puerto Rico
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University
W. C. Day
Hazel Green
Madison County
Hot Springs
Ark
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