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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1938
Page
5
The article details a society banquet at the Tennessee Valley Hotel for the Girls' Hit Club with many couples listed as dates. It also notes upcoming Coterie Club meeting, Wolfe hosts for the Friday Night Dinner Club, and several club programs including American Citizenship Day with John H. Peach. Also mentions Joe Wheeler P T A meeting at 2:45 PM.
Mr. and Mrs. Cottingham of Birmingham hosted weekend visitors. Several locals travel to Birmingham for events and family visits. Birth announcements surface for Kessler and Richardson families, with health updates on Daniell and Measles illness affecting Collier. Travel plans include Miami and New Orleans engagements.
A vintage style ad touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy to tone up the system and ease female discomforts. It urges readers to buy from their local druggist and claims long standing popularity.
Report notes hay fever as a common allergy impacting about 11 million people annually in the United States. Medical experts emphasize monitoring symptoms and seeking treatment when necessary.
Mother will enjoy stitching two easy to sew frocks Version B adds ric rac trim while Version A features frills and bows. Pattern 4606 sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with View A 214 yards of 36 inch fabric and 3 yards ruffing View B 2 1 8 yards fabric and 5 1 8 yards ric rac. Send 15 cents for pattern plus book offer details and address The Decatur Daily Pattern Department 243 W 17th St New York NY.
The column offers tips to find natural cheek color when none is visible. Methods include brisk pressing to flush the cheeks, or hot water and cold towel to raise color for rouge placement. It also covers mask facial for sensitive skin using barley flour and rose water, plus postcare.
Elbert Moore, 36, of Hook's Lake, was killed when his automobile overturned near the city limits in north Gadsden. Coroner Lee Headley said the car left the highway and caught fire after the crash. firefighters could not rescue him. He is survived by his wife and three children.
The Amazon river and its tributaries form the largest continuous freshwater system on Earth, shaping ecology, climate, and biodiversity across nine South American nations.
Steel buyers especially railroads delay purchases awaiting clearer signals on future demand and the industry’s financial outlook, says the magazine Steel.
The National Lumber Manufacturers Association reported orders exceeded production for the fifth week in a row yet business remained well below 1929 levels.
Dr. W L Pettingill leads a weeklong Bible conference at Central Baptist with two climactic services and twelve additions to the church. Morning sermon on Will of God followed by evening talk on First Peter. bishop pastor joins in special music. Conference continues through the week with a further address on The Church and its membership.
The Hartselle community sing will convene Tuesday evening at 7 00 at the Nazarene church. A cordial invitation was extended to all singers to attend. The event was postponed several weeks due to illness in the church neighborhood and a group of outstanding singers is expected.
The Malian steamer Ischia, adrift off Hainan Island in the Tongking Gulf, sent an SOS today seeking immediate aid. Atmospheric conditions blocked radio operators from getting details, but a Chinese steamer is thought to be answering the distress call.
A. L. York aged 60, former Hartselle resident, died at his home in Asheville after pneumonia. He leaves a daughter Mrs. Frank Osborn of Brevard New York and two sons Arthur of Asheville and Howard at West Point USMA. The body will be returned to Hartselle and Peck Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
Sunday dancing was brought under the ban last night as officers of the City of Athens visited a resort near there and ordered couples to cease dancing on the Sabbath.
A three act play Here Comes Hattie will be presented at Center Grove school on Thursday night January 20. Music will be featured between acts and a good crowd is anticipated with proceeds going to school operations.
M L Seidman, chairman of the New York board of trade tax committee, urged Ways and Means to immediately repeal undistributed profits and capital gains taxes as a stimulant to business, saying no tax is more hated or feared by business.
The State Supreme Court ruled that a felony conviction in another court cannot grounds for divorce in Mississippi. The decision involved Mrs. Sadie Rainey Daughdrill of Forrest County Chancery Court, who was denied a divorce while her husband served a federal prison term in Atlanta for a felony.
Cabrera, a Zapotec Indian born in 1695, is regarded as Mexico's greatest colonial painter. The flag of Denmark, a red ensign bearing a white cross, came into use in 1219.
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