Trinity Baptist to Host Morgan County WMU Meeting
The Morgan County Woman's Missionary Union meets Friday January 20 at 10:00 AM at Trinity Baptist Church with Miss Lois Privett as speaker. Nursery provided for preschoolers and attendees asked to bring a light lunch.
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Trinity Baptist
Morgan County
W. M. A. Meeting
Woman's Missionary, Union of the Baptist Women of
Trinity Baptist Church
Lois Privett
North Alabama
Areas Given Chance For Gas Petitions Placed
Gas Department Manager Garner Pride announces petitions for natural gas service in Austinville and Moulton Heights. In Moulton Heights petitions are at Foster's store and in Austinville at Elmer Bussey's store. Residents can sign for about 10 days to determine economic viability of extending service.
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Austinville
Moulton Heights
Garner Pride
Foster's
Elmer Bussey
Pride
Mandamus Petition Denied Over Back Wages in Alabama
In Chilton County Alabama Judge Victor J Heard denied a mandamus petition by Mrs Delene B Wyatt for 14150 in back wages. Probate Judge W L Parrish was named as defendant with appeal noted by Mrs Wyatt attorneys. Parrish and eight others were indicted in November over alleged county funds misuse.
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Clanton
Ala
Chilton
Delene B. Wyatt
Victor J. Heard
W. L. Parrish
Wyatt
Parrish
Crochet Cap Pattern and Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book
Crochet cap pattern number 520 printed in The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept. Send twenty cents for pattern to Laura Wheeler's improved pattern with charts photos and directions. Also offer fifteen cents more for Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book featuring 104 illustrations and beginner easy designs.
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Laura Wheeler
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Accused Man Held as Bandit in North Alabama Robbery
Johnny Burnell Garrison of Dayton Ohio is jailed in Madison County on 10000 bond awaiting grand jury action after pleading innocent to robbery and assault to murder. A New Market store owner identified him as the armed bandit who stole over 1400 dollars Dec 16 then fled. He was arrested by FBI agents and a Kentucky trooper at Burning Springs Kentucky on December 23.
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Huntsville
Ala
Johnny Burnell Garrison
Dayton
North Alabama
Madison County
Douglas Martinson
James L. Stiles
New Market
Garrison
North
Alabama
FBI
Kentucky
Burning Springs
Wife of Injured Man Seeks Work To Help Family
Mrs Ennis Varnell of 1423 Fifth Avenue South asks Daily readers for employment to support her seven member family. Her husband is bedfast after a service injury and cannot work, so she must care for him and five children while doing home laundry. Contact 1552 J for home laundry work or other suitable at home tasks.
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Ennis—Varnell
Fifth Avenue South
Varnell
Three Men Die In Birmingham Area Car Train Collisions
Three men were killed today in automobile train crashes near Birmingham Alabama. Brock Anderson King Jr. 27 and Murphy Hill Freeman 21, both of Birmingham, died when their car hit a passenger train at Powderly crossing and was dragged about 75 feet. A second fatal crash at East Gadsden involved Robert Oole Chafin 57, a Scottsboro salesman, who died in a collision between his car and a freight train.
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Birmingham
Ala
Powderly
Brock Anderson King Jr
Tuscaloosa
Murphy Hill Freeman
Highway Patrol
Robert Oole Chafin
Scottsboro
East Gadsden Crossing
Mile etymology traced to mille passus Latin roots
The term mile derives from the Latin phrase mille passus meaning a thousand paces or steps. This origin reflects an ancient measurement system where a mile equaled about a thousand steps, linking modern units to Roman road practice.
Former Resident Mrs Davis Dies in Georgia
Mrs. A. B. Davis 48 formerly of Decatur and Edna Kelley of Donalsonville Ga died at home in Donalsonville after illness. Services will be held there. Surviving are husband A B Davis son John Davis a daughter Mrs H J Gober and siblings Mrs W F Parks and Hoyt Kelley.
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A. B. Davis
Donalsonville
Davis
Decatur
Georgia
Athens
W. F. Parks
Hoyt Kelley
Sardinian Herb Said to Cause Death by Laughter
A report notes a herb grown on Sardinia reputed to provoke deadly laughter. Homer describes it as sinister and sardonic, linking the plant to fatal mirth in ancient lore.
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Homer
Sardinia
Old Faces Rediscovered in Oxford Library Frieze
Curators at Bedicia Library Oxford University uncover a 1618 fresco of 200 English scholars pre mid seventeenth century. The plastered frieze, hidden since 1831 ceiling repairs, is now being restored after last summer's rediscovery.
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Oxford
England
Bedicia
Oxford University
Chamorros Named by Magellan Origin of Mariana Natives
The Marianas natives are Chamorros. The term means people with cropped hair in Portuguese and was assigned by Magellan during early exploration.
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Marianas Islands
Portugese
Medieval European marriage ages for girls and boys
In medieval Europe girls commonly married at about fourteen years old while boys married around nineteen. This reflects historical societal norms and age expectations for matrimonial unions in that period.
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Europe
Yangtze’s Far Reaches Narrate Tribal Names Across Banks
Procopius, a sixth century historian, described plague symptoms in a fragmented fashion while noting tribes along the Yangtze’s distant upper reaches. The OCR yields a mix of historical reference and geographic labels, with sparse readable detail.
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China
Yangtze River
Procopus
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Austinville Culture Club
S. M. Rigel
Madonna
Madonna Circle
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Central Methodist Church
Paul Milam
Marvin Eubanks
Vas
Seling
Kane
Denier
Der
Carole
King
Kay Dunhill
Knox
Mandamus
Aed At
Maulsby's Hat Shoppe
Johnston Street
Mabel Stark
W.-H--Herring
Hartselle
Ae I
Mildred Thrawl
Chicago
Justin McCarty
Mallinson
Lords
Derren Ghar
Department Store
Bank St
Redietori
Cheris
Vacuum
Ave
Electrolux
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