Finley Joins $500 War Savings Club in Decatur
Wealthy Decatur citizen J. G. Finley purchased $500 in war savings stamps from Central National Bank Saturday night, joining the $500 club. J. P. B. Lintz, a noted human fly, will perform on Bank street at 7:30 p.m. tonight. Postal Station No. 2 opens at S. M. Thompson's Drug Store with Thompson in charge. Sheriff Foreman and deputies rounded up alleged booze sellers two miles east of Somerville. James Coutisas, of Palace Cafe now at Camp Wheeler, is home on furlough. Miss Spence, formerly with A T and T, becomes manager of Postal Telegraph Co in Greenwood Mississippi.
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J. G. Finley
Decatur
Central National Bank
J. P. B. Lintz
Scott Building
Bank Street
Albany Post Office
S. M. Thompson
Second Avenue
Foreman
Beasley
Wiley
Somerville
James Coutisas
The
Palace Cafe
Camp Wheeler
Macon Ga
Endurance Flyers Promised Lofty Reach Through 1931
A terse note praises endurance fliers and their goal to stay aloft until 1931. It dismisses rumors as false and warns against careless handling of facts and figures by others.
Heflin Evades Questions With Inventive Clowning Claim
The Gadsden Times comments on Hon. J Thomas Heflin as evasive and inventive. A new definition of clowning is reported as applied in political discourse.
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Gadsden Times
J. Thomas Heflin
Prohibition Reform Advocates Minted Tax Idea
A reformer promotes a new modification to prohibition arguing for a mint tax with each pint sold. The proposal links alcohol sales to a per unit mint tax to fund enforcement or public projects.
Cotton prices and rainfall concerns in 1930
The note discusses 1930 cotton needing rain and the popularity of 1929 cotton for apparel. It predicts higher prices in fall and suggests consulting Heflin about the matter.
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Heflin
Visioning personal truth unlocks potential
The quote emphasizes that true realization comes when an individual internalizes truth in their own mind. External persuasion matters less than personal conviction for recognizing what may be accomplished.
Courtroom Crowds Persist in Heat Wave Week
Public interest in hearings remains high as the circuit court room stays crowded despite a heat wave. Spectators endure the heat to hear their favored orator in action, illustrating the community’s continued engagement with the judicial process.
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Circuit Court
Hoover blamed by critics over prosperity claim
The excerpt argues that President Hoover cannot be expected to improve prosperity and recalls Democrats before the 1928 election saying the Republican regime was not responsible for the country’s prosperity. It labels those Democrats as speaking truth.
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Hoover
Business Records for Half Year 1930
A quiet advisory suggests compiling six months of 1930 business records to measure how much of times talk is factual versus speculative. The rationale is that assembling such figures will reveal most talking as talk and illustrate a clearer personal business picture.
Decatur City Council Urged to Move on Whiteway System
Decatur lags in civic development as calls grow for installing and operating a modern whiteway. Council members are urged to abandon a wait‑and‑see attitude and address the ongoing darkness by speeding the waiting process.
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Decatur
Daily Times Welcomes William Pierce as New Manager
The Daily extends wishes for success to William Pierce age 22 son of Editor and Mrs. B. Pierce as he steps into the business managing role of the Huntsville Daily Times. He graduates from college and follows in his publisher parents guidance.
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Daily
William Pierce
B. Pierce
Young Pierce
Hunteville
Patterson as Probate Judge Highlighted in Congressional bid
Andrew Patterson campaign material touts his Morgan county probate judge tenure. It credits him with child welfare efforts, bond actions, and support for deserting husbands’ families, plus securing a forty million dollar Alabama Power mortgage for Morgan county. It frames him as an alert business leader fit for Congress.
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Andrew Patterson
Eighth
Morgan County
Patterson
Alabama Power Company
Eighth Congressional District
Congress
Decatur
Alabama Public Service Commission
Half of Dull 1930 Gone
A brief newspaper item notes the 1930s satire title about half of a dull year gone and a lone communist weeping as readers reflect on tax trends for the unmarried and a forlorn farm hope.
End of 1930 Half Year Shows No Clear Improvement
The six million unemployed figure tops other nations as the U S stagnates. President Hoover’s commissions find rare bright spots while many experts fail to identify the core problems, though optimism hints the road may rise after the bottom.
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Hoover
Fifteen hundred Communists Try to Free India in New York
A large crowd of about fifteen hundred Communists gathered around the British consulate in lower New York City on Saturday. They shouted speeches and threw stones, breaking a plate glass window and injuring others. Among participants were a bold young girl and Harvard student Lawrence D. Cohen who cried as he explained his professors urged joining workers.
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India
New York City
Harvard
Lawrence D. Cohen
Young Cohen and the workers in a world of ideas
A critic argues young communists confuse aid to workers with imperial aims. He cites Cohen’s tears and desire for Harvard, then condemns Western civilizing mission as profit driven. He invokes a brutal Hindu rite to illustrate supposed Indian corruption and questions Britain’s rule.
Germany plans to tax spinsters and bachelors for balance
The piece argues Germany should tax unmarried men and women to boost the budget. It claims unmarried women under 45 are not contributing and suggests a tax could push intelligent young women toward marriage. It laments the loss of potential children and notes postmarriage husbands are similar unless deficient.
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Germany
Farmers' Organizing Call Seeks Modern Production System
Mr Legge of the farm board argues organization alone cannot help farmers. He warns that mere organization without applying modern industrial methods is a forlorn hope. He says organizing ten thousand wheelwright shops would not create a modern automobile industry. A new system of production is needed.
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Mr. Legge
The
Farm Board
Farm efficiency urged to transform Rus sia and Montana
Mr Legge should study Rus sia’s one million acre farms and question the Montana farm expert en route to advise the government. Modern machinery and rental or outright aid could cut production costs and make American farming the most efficient, like aviation and film industries, to conquer global markets.
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Legge
Russia
Montana
Panama Canal
Mrs Akeley’s view of African pygmies and cannibalism
Mrs Della Akeley returns from Africa praising pygmies for their affections and honesty while noting their rapid decline. She argues humans once practiced cannibalism and that only cannibal races survived famines, urging reflection on ancestral habits.
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Della.Akeley
Paris cafe de la Paix a world observing point
New York correspondent notes Paris cafes as social hubs with Cafe de la Paix central to life on Boulevard des Capucines. Description covers patrons, staff, spectacle, and dining rhythm from breakfast to late night, highlighting the cafe as a major Grand Hotel venture and a social crossroads.
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Paris
Cafe de la Paix
Boulevard Des Capucines
France
Place Blanche
Place Pigalle
Montmarte
Gal- Npolis
Library of Congress grows with world newspapers archive
The Library of Congress houses 892 international newspapers with 342 bound volumes for permanent records. The collection serves 20 000 readers yearly including Oxford students and California researchers, with more than 70 000 bound volumes and 6 665 019 total items. Congress considers a $6.5 million annex east of the current building to expand space and centralize storage and mechanical work.
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Library of Congress
Congress
Oxford
England
California
Pulaski Visitor Stays With Miss Fudge On Sixth Avenue
Miss Ruth Brownlow of Pulaski Tennessee visits here as a guest of Miss Tomye Fudge at her Sixth avenue home.
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Pulaski
Ruth Brownlow
Pulaski, Tenn
Tomye Fudge
Sixth Avenue
How's Your Health How's Your Health
An analogy debate contrasts vegetarian claims meat is poison with meat eating as strength. The lion and elephant examples fail to apply to humans as animals differ in constitution and function.
Excessively High Meat Diet Questioned by Physicians
A study notes humans and carnivores differ in intestinal structure and that Americans eat too much meat. It suggests the diet’s harms may stem from meat displacing other foods like milk and vegetables and advocates a varied diet rich in dairy and produce.
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America
Decatur Industrial Payroll Tops Five Million Annually
Decatur reports an annual industrial payroll near five million dollars. The sizable total reflects long term employment in local plants and factories supporting the regional economy.
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Decatur
Office It By Junius Decatur A Dated Comic Exchange
A collection of light humor and jokes. A neighbor observes a chicken that lays on its back when frightened by a mover. A joke about college records and deans, weather during holidays, and a quip about burying faults in a cemetery. Various light anecdotes touch on travel, tourism, and canned music in theaters.
Sunshine and Wit Cheer Warm Home Life
A collection of cheerful maxims and humorous observations stress kindness patience and homemade sunshine. It winks at human faults with wholesome humor while praising faith in people noting towels in hotels and the cost of dying as a satire on modern life.
Faith Without Works Is Dead Etheridge Verse
A biblical passage from James 2 20 26 contrasts faith and deeds. It cites Abraham’s willingness to offer Isaac as justification by works and Rahab the harlot aiding spies to illustrate faith expressed through actions.
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Abraham
Isaac
God
Rahab
Morgan County Legion four day celebration opens at Malome Park
J J Barnes of St Petersburg Florida visits his brother W T Barnes. The Morgan County American Legion post four day event opens tonight at Malome Park and Grove with arrangements in place to welcome crowds. Mrs Earle Calvin and Virginia Prince plan a visit to Dothan. Miss Jean Humphrey travels to Knoxville Tennessee to visit Aunt Mrs Way.
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Morgan County Post
American Legion
Malomé Park
Grove
Illness of Mrs. Fred Blankenship Reported in Somerville
Somerville on Route Two records news of Mrs. Fred Blankenship’s illness. Friends express hope for her early recovery.
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Somerville
Fred Blankenship
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Tennessee Valley Printing Co, Ino
Alabama
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R. ©. Sheppard
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Frost, Landis & Konn
Atlanta
New York
Chicago
Mail
Tennessee Valley
Miss Spence
Postal Telegraph Co
Greenwood
Miss
A. G. Patterson
This County
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Cohen
Battery Park
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Ghat
Britain
N Asi
Kikye Peasunes Syndicade
Eng
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Kub
Potages Maggi
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Chocolatih
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la Grand Maison
Dernieres Nouvelles
Marie
Joe Weber
Washington Day Book
Herbert Plummer
Washington
United States
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British Museum
Bibliotheque Nationale
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Joe
Bill
Noah
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EAMS
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St. Petersburg, Fla
W. T. Barnes
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