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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1933
Page
3
Barney Tyson rushes to save a burned mother and her boy as a garage explodes in flames. Old Max the dog helps, a doctor arrives, and Barney shelters the mother with Lad while plans for hospital care and family support unfold.
An advertisement claims a product steadies nerves and builds you up, promising improved eating and sleep and a brighter outlook. It asserts 98 of 100 women report it helps and offers liquid or tablet forms for convenience.
The photo shows 18 year old Helen Huffman with her mother Mrs Burl Huffman as charges against Rev Lemuel Conway Methodist Episcopal pastor are outlined before a grand jury in Muncie Indiana. The article notes the mother condemns the church in relation to the case.
Market ad lists eggs at 10c per dozen, sweet potatoes from PoLatons, turnips and carrots by dozen and bunches, greens and dried peas by pound, peanuts by pound, veal and dressed beef pricing. Poultry includes hens on foot 8 to 9 cents per pound, fryers, turkeys, geese and ducks priced by weight.
Receipts at Birmingham market included hay corn oats bran shorts feed flour cotton seed and fruit. Prices show hay U S No 1 at 12 50 and No 2 at 10 00 to 10 50 while corn No 2 white transit 40 44 to 41 10 and oats No 2 white 27 cents. Poultry egg prices paid producers listed with minor changes. mixed eggs up one cent.
Prof Harris and Dallas Baker were business visitors in Decatur Friday. Lonnie and Paul Cain were in Decatur Monday. Mrs Earl Gurley and baby of Route 3 visited relatives here Saturday. Rev and Mrs A N Burns Rev Roy Hewlett of Hartselle and Rev Sturdivant and wife of Decatur attended the quarterly conference. Sturdivant delivered a fine sermon at 11 and the conference followed lunch at the church.
A fragmented report notes Capone's successor Sot joining Sea J Smith and C T Watkins for a Saturday event in Florida. It mentions a return on the first day and lists attendees including J A Garrison Myrtle Miller J Louise Shirley O T Lee Smith Dewey Crowe Virgie Blankenship Tom Riley R G McCarley and a noon dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs R L Henderson with Rev Dewey Crowe as dinner guest.
A music student studying in Chicago arrived Thursday to spend time with his father Reverend J. W. Archer, a church leader.
The cheetah is used for hunting in India. Cowboys wear chaparejos, usually called chaps, over their trousers. A heliograph is a signalling device that reflects sunlight flashes.
The market reports a single change with butter quoted around 10 cents per pound, a slight pullback from prior levels. Biggs prices hold steady after weeks of decline, reflecting overall market softness and stabilized rates.
Vicks introduces Voratone Antiseptic at half the price of rival mouthwashes with a 10 cent trial bottle of 2 1/2 ounces. Limited supply, five million bottles for 26 million homes, marketing the product as safe for daily use and effective for halitosis.
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