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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1933
Page
2
In a brief notice, Shelton announces Maxhaging Batter Peniamin Bloodworth as the new business manager effective immediately. Details remain sparse as the administration confirms the transition and thanks the former manager.
The fragment lists daily mail for three months and six months, and daily mail for one year, with a monthly note. It mentions Mia Trac Ky and a daily cadence but lacks clear event or location details.
A Grady quotation from 1888 envisions a self reliant southern farmer achieving independence from debt and creditors. It speaks of growing own food and selling cotton on personal terms, signaling a future where freedom is tied to economic autonomy.
The Daily praises Morgan County leaders teachers and Professor George T Woodruff for reopening county schools after a funding crisis. They credit loyal teachers who endured unpaid months and warn that state legislature action in January will determine ongoing support and potential funds to cover salaries.
The Tuscaloosa News highlights Roosevelt’s NY governorship speech urging a clearer split between federal and state powers. It notes widespread duplications raising costs to taxpayers and calls for greater cooperation between state executives and the president to reduce overlap.
A compact piece by Arthur Brisbane surveys American flying families and volcanoes as a metaphor for unfinished duties. It notes the influence of ancestry on modern ambition and hints at humankind learning from nature while pursuing progress.
The article recalls Calvin Coolidge’s burial in Plymouth on Friday with family nearby and notes his simple life. It compares his democratic posture to common neighbors, mentions his unfinished 500-word U.S. history, and reflects on aviation fever in Florida with mentions of Rockefeller and Hearst, and a meditation on fate and power.
The article describes Chile's volcanic eruptions with lava streams, ash clouds six miles high, gas, earthquakes, storms, and a night sky lit by flames. It then contrasts these dangers with the even greater but unlikely threat of a collision with a celestial body that could shatter the earth.
Senator Lynn J. Frazier proposes a farm loan refinancing plan to reduce debt costs. The measure would end public sales of 4% bonds and issue 1% bonds backed by notes from the Federal Reserve, loaned to farmers at 1% with 1% amortization, cutting total costs to about 3%.
The piece reflects on interstate tensions and cross border disputes in 1914 era terms. It notes friction between Georgia and New Jersey over crime extradition and references broader tensions among 46 or 48 states amid the Big War era while asserting no wars are being started locally.
The article notes that V is the twenty second letter of the English alphabet and the seventeenth consonant. It identifies its position among vowels and consonants in a concise alphabet overview.
The London Evening News reports a rumor that Marshal Foch may visit America on a Ruhr action mission. A South silk mill operates full time with no wage cuts, a unique industry record. Mrs Augusta Bibb Duncan of Belle Mina wins Alabama electoral college seat, first Alabama woman member and possibly first Southern woman to vote for a national ticket.
Gordon Woods, a former Twin City resident, has been promoted to the commercial engineering department of the telephone company in Los Angeles. His friends here have been advised. Woods has earned two promotions in recent years.
Decatur reported a 24 hour high of 56 degrees and a low of 45 degrees in recent conditions.
A historic transit note states the final horse-drawn car line in New Ba ended in August. Officials cited aging equipment and rising costs as the reason for discontinuation.
A reader laments the rise of mechanized progress harming morality and spirituality. The author denounces organized modernism and worldly business influences, urging reverent pursuit of Christ and the redemptive power of faith for deliverance from present troubles.
A worried farmer arrives in Brushville and checks at the doctor’s office. He reports Parmer waking at 4 AM, milking seven cows, doing chores, and by 6 AM feeling tired, suggesting she might need a tonic.
A witty musing notes that manners of travel fade, yet character remains. The piece then cautions that a Pennsylvania speedster who took his case to the U S Supreme Court will learn that speeding of the law does not occur.
An excited traffic officer asks for the vehicle number after a collision. The auto victim describes the victim as wearing a blue velvet dress a last coat an imitation silver fox piece and a hat that looked too young for her.
A Decatur married woman rejects a peddler’s request to buy horseradish. The note expands into cautions about highway safety and traffic impatience, urging careful driving and warning of risks on busy roads.
A gospel message urged repentance and acceptance of Jesus Christ as the time of the Lord draweth nigh. It recalls Noah preaching before the flood and hopes today for a world-wide response from true Christians.
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