Visit to Muscle Shoals and Roosevelt Swift Southbound Tour
Congressman Lister Hill of Alabama ties President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt to a New York meeting and plans a January 21 address in Muscle Shoals. Roosevelt will travel south next week via Decatur and Montgomery with no public reception planned in North Alabama.
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Lister Hill
Alabama
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Muscle Shoals
Roosevelt
Decatur
Montgomery
Shoals
Congressman Hill
Mr. Roosevelt
South
North
Chamber of Commerce
Valley
No Burglar But Cupid Recruits In Enolam Oaks
Mrs Baynard L Malone wife of Probate Judge B L Malone awoke to noises on the porch and found a couple seeking a wedding ceremony. Miss Bessie Queen Lomas of Madison county and James Howard Spray of Decatur and Madison county asked the judge to unite them and were married at dawn with witnesses.
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Baynard L. Malone
B. L. Malone
Malone
Nesbitt Dates April 18 1892 and Marriage Day
Walter J Nesbitt longtime local resident recalled April 18 1892 fell on a Monday. He knew the weekday from the date being one day before his upcoming marriage, a detail he remembered without consulting a calendar.
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Walter J. Nesbitt
Daily Reader
Bible lessons begin here next Tuesday at Westminster
The city wide Bible conference led by Dr. William L. Pettingill will start Tuesday at Westminster Presbyterian church. Pettingill, author and Bible teacher, is known for Scofield Reference Bible work and his tenure as dean of the Philadelphia school of the Bible. Pastors are asked to announce the conference at local services and invite all to attend. service hours will be announced likely Monday.
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William L. Pettingill
Wilmington
Delaware
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Pettingill
Scofield
Philadelphia
424 Stills Taken in Lawrence County by Sheriff Ayers
Sheriff J. K. Ayers reports 424 illegal stills destroyed in under two years in Lawrence County Alabama. About 100 operators have been charged. only Winston County sheriff matches a similar record. Winston borders Lawrence.
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Lawrence County
J. K. Ayers
Ayers
Alabama
Winston County
Boiling Water Injures Elkins at Home
Floyd Elkins, a popular local firefighter, is nursing a badly scalded leg after a kettle overturned at his home last night. He bumped the kettle handle near the stove causing the vessel to fall and spray boiling water down his left leg.
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Floyd Elkins
Elkins
Mr. and Mrs J F Hamilton visit Decatur on business
Mr and Mrs J F Hamilton longtime Eva Route 1 residents were in Decatur today for business.
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J. F. Hamilton
Eva
Decatur
Order to keep state school funds in Alabama issued
Judge Snyder issues a temporary restraining order preventing State Treasurer Blan from disbursing educational funds to out of state entities. Horace Wilkinson acts for Jewell Hall alleging $800,000 would be sent to a New York bank to cover a $4.3 million loan deemed illegal beyond the governor’s $300,000 borrowing limit. A permanent order and hearing set for January 21.
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Birmingham
Ala
Snyder
Blan
Alabama
Horace Wilkinson
Jewell Hall
New York
Wilkinson
Poll tax payments lag in Morgan County schools funding at risk
Morgan County tax records show only 599 poll taxes paid out of 6000 due, threatening school funding and the Decatur schools. Tax collector Hodges Crow warns continued nonpayment will reduce voter eligibility and strain local education finances.
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Crow
Hodges Crow
Morgan County
Decatur
Winter Truce Grows Cold in China Amid Skirmishes
Associated Press reports a temporary lull in North China as Jehol border clashes fade. Japanese claim skirmishes are imaginary while Manchuria notes reinforcements for Chinese command and General Thai Ting Kai renews an offer to strike the Nineteenth Route army. Chiumenkow Pass garrisoned, then withdrawn to Chichow. League of Nations conciliatory committee meets in Geneva preparing Monday talks.
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Associated Press
China
Jehol
Manchuria
Thai Ting Kai
Chiumenkow
Great Wall
Chichow
Manchuria, Leaving A Small Garrison At the Pass
League of Nations Committee On Conciliation
Geneva
Rev J W Jones to Fill Pulpit at Southside Baptist
Rev J W Jones will fill the pulpit of the Southside Baptist church at both morning and evening services Sunday. The public is invited to hear him.
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J. W. Jones
Southside Baptist Church
Ted Loggins Receives Medical Attention After Foot Injury
Piney Chapel reportsTed Loggins cut his foot badly requiring medical care to stop the bleeding. He is much better now.
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Piney Chapel
Ted Loggins
Parish Vestry Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
At St. John's Parish annual meeting the vestry was elected. E. E. Graves chosen secretary. Reports from Y P S L officers Guilds and committees given. Treasurer Atlee Hoff noted financial strain but parishioners pledged support. J Q Sewell thanked. refreshments served by parish women.
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Peter M. Dennis
Altar Society
E. E. Graves
Boy Scouts
Ellen Hildreth
Martha and Mary Guild
Atlee H. Hoff
H. B. Beard
W. B. Edmundson
J. Q. Sewell
Julian L. E. E. Graves
T. H. Mattocks
Herman Whaley
Frank H. Duffey
J. R. Hunter
Time Limit Here On Tax Payments In Decatur
Today is the last day for payment of city taxes in Decatur without penalty. Officials said the extra cost becomes effective Monday. A number were paying up.
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Decatur
Montay
Grass fire on Alabama street quells with no damage
A grass fire on Alabama Street Friday afternoon produced the sole run for the department yesterday. No damage was incurred.
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Alabama Street
Mrs A L Chapin Improves After Infected Hand
Mrs. A L Chapin of Piney Chapel has suffered an infected hand for several days but is now improved. The brief medical update notes her condition has improved since the onset of the illness.
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Piney Chapel
A.L. Chapin
Annual laboratory report on physician use and disease in the Valley
Public release of the annual laboratory report shows 69.7 percent of physicians in the Valley used the lab services during the year. It notes higher typhoid than malaria in local patients with 35 915 total examinations including 6 147 positives for syphilis and 401 positives for gonorrhea.
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Tenneswas Valley
Cotton Prices Fall Slightly With Week’s Decline
The cotton market ends the day lower with middling cotton quoted at 5.80. Overall weekly movement shows little variation, about ten points below the week’s earlier peak.
Quick Answers Given Plea For Dope On Date
The Daily sought help after an industrial plant inquiry about the weekday of April 18, 1892. Readers provided the answer: Monday. Respondents included Joe Burleson of Harteelle, R. Puckett of Hart selle, S. A. Edwards, and Mrs. Cora Bean of Falkville Route 1, all giving the correct day.
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Daily
Daily Yesterday
Joe Burleson
Harteelle
Literary Digest
R. Puckett
Puckett & Orr
Hartselle
8. A. Edwards
New York
Cora Bean
Falkville
Route 1
New Beer Bill Attacked by Prohibitionists in Congress
Washington January 14. The Col lier Blaine beer bill faces constitutional challenges from prohibitionists even as its authors express confidence. Senator Sheppard of Texas says he will oppose the measure on constitutional grounds while Democrats weigh expanding the bill to include wine and raise revenue. The bill sets a maximum alcohol content of 3.5 percent.
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Washington, D. C
Sheppard
Texas
Senate debates and cloture threat over Glass banking bill
Democratic leaders prepared a dramatic cloture petition to end the filibuster on the Glass banking bill but the issue was set aside to consider President Hoover's veto. Senator Robinson also moved to pass the Philippine bill over the veto, risking a new Senate clash.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Kreke Ove
Robinson
Negro Ambushed in Door of Home on Danville Road
Jordan Robinson, a Black laborer at the Chenault place, was shot in the leg and arm by an unidentified assailant firing from ambush as he entered his home Friday night. He was not considered seriously hurt. A man was seen fleeing down the Danville road. no motive is known.
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Jordan Robinson
Chenault Place
Danville
Robinson
Lecture by Rev Virgil Finnell at Decatur post
Under the Woman's Christian Temperance Union health department Decatur will host Rev Virgil Finnell of Indiana for a daylong school lecture and an evening church talk. He will present his work with stereoptical slides and cover a different phase of his subject.
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Health Department
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Decatur
Virgil Finnell
Indiana
Stabilize Currency Is The Cry Of Economists
Economists urge stabilizing currency to ease debt and free trade barriers. They call for readjusting debt, currency stabilization, lower tariffs and exchange limits, and reduced government spending to revive credit and spending. The piece notes farmers and citizens demand greater national wealth sharing and a shift toward state capitalism.
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United States
Weekend Guests Share Birmingham Visit
Mr and Mrs H G Duren of Birmingham are weekend guests of her brother and sister Mr and Mrs M C Duren.
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H. G. Duren
Birmingham
M. C. Duren
Roberts of Hartselle Visits Decatur on Business
G. W. Roberts of Hartselle Route 2 spent a brief time in Decatur today on business matters.
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G. W. Roberts
Hartselle
Decatur
Burk in Madison County jail after Huntsville hold up confession
Charles Burk confessed to the Russell Erskine hotel hold up in Huntsville and shooting clerk Thweatt. He was taken to Huntsville, identified by a bell boy, and awaits a hearing in Madison County jail. He described a wider gang and past petty theft, with most proceeds spent on whiskey.
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Charles Burk
Decatur
Russell Erskine
Huntsville
John Thweat
Madison County
Burk
Ben Giles
James Pride
Bell
Thweatt
Flint
Birmingham
Nashville
Florence
Memphis
Seattle
Washington
Navy
Mons Day
Monte
Roosevelt Keeps Privacy at Hyde Park Home
President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt remains at his Hyde Park residence in privacy during the final weekend before his trip to Alabama. Officials indicate he plans travel soon and will resume public activities after departure.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alabama
Will P
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