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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1930
Page
5
A social column laments men wearing shorts for summer, started at Dartmouth and spreading to the West Coast, noting target audiences and the reaction of women. It jokes about fashion, gifts, and the male gaze while contrasting golf attire and summer comfort.
On Saturday June 28 in Tuscaloosa Alabama Miss Essie Lorie Brasher and Mr O V Blankenship were married at Rev A D Kinnett home with close relatives present. The bride wore a heaven blue chiffon ensemble and a pale pink hat. After the ceremony the couple traveled by car to explore north Alabama then will reside in Huntsville where the groom works for Alabama Power Co. He studied at the University of Alabama earning a 1928 degree. The bride is from Tuscaloosa and worked for Tuscaloosa Printing Co. A society note adds a fundraising meeting of the Young People Missionary Society at the First Methodist annex.
Mrs Braxton Casper visits Ohio then Birmingham with her parents Mr and Mrs R J Moseley. Miss Bernice McClure tours Texas Arizona and California with a Los Angeles stay and flowers praised. Several locals visit kin in Knoxville Asheville Birmingham and Commerce while others recover from operations at Baughs Infirmary and Mayo Clinic.
Mrs Berton Rivers of Fort Myers Florida credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength after a weak pregnancy and nervous spells. She says it helped her work again in a restaurant and she feels better than in three years.
A 1969 pattern offers a square neckline and tiny shoulder capes with a long front panel and skirt flare. Fabric options include flat crepe, voile, lawn or georgette with tiny floral pinning or pastel shades and buttons on the bodice. Sizes 14 to 42 with yardage and clear instructions.
Morgan county residents spent over $30,000 in June on automotive equipment and added about 35 new cars and 27 used cars to the registry. April and May estimates pushed the three month total to near $200,000, indicating robust local buying and ownership.
A notice requests customers to send fifteen cents per pattern in coins or stamps and to include clearly their name address style number and size requested. It emphasizes plain writing of personal details for order fulfillment.
A notice states patterns for adults children and transfer are fifteen cents but ten cents when ordered with a pattern. Orders and mail should be addressed to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department 243 West 17th St New York City.
A number of Corinth residents plan to attend the singing at McKindrey and West Point next Sunday.
A Martinsburg resident James Butts describes severe kidney and back pains, fatigue, and neuritis relief after using Konjola. He credits two bottles with regained strength and urges others to try it. The ad notes Konjola available at Thompson's Drug Store and Albany Drug Co. and through regional druggists.
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