Harris Couple Travels to Courtland for Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris motored to Courtland for the week end as part of a short weekend trip.
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Frank Harris
Courtland
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1929
Page
4
Decatur Plans Family Celebration This Thursday
Decatur announces a community celebration for residents and their families this Thursday. Attendees are urged to attend and enjoy activities, food, and entertainment planned for the day.
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Decatur
Decatur Prepares Festive July Fourth Celebration
Decatur starts holiday preparations for a big July Fourth event to greet a whale of a crowd. Local organizers invite residents and visitors to join the festivities and enjoy the holiday atmosphere.
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Decatur
Morgan County Tuberculin Tests Show No Reactors
The tuberculin tests in Morgan county are completed and all tested individuals reacted negatively. This result brings gratification to Morgan county residents and officials.
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Morgan County
Sheriff Seizes 146 Bottles in Saturday Raid
Sheriff’s deputies raided a home, seizing 146 bottles of home brew. Neighbors say the Fourth of July barbecue plans may be disrupted due to the raid.
Up and Down the State praises Decatur locals
Birmingham Age-Herald column features Decatur supporters who praise their home city and help boost local pride and advertising value for the community.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Decatur
Congressman Hogg Visits Muscle Shoals Project Perspective
Indiana Republican Congressman Hogg says the Muscle Shoals project must be seen to grasp its scale and may relay the magnitude to President Hoover. He emphasizes firsthand assessment before any conclusions or decisions.
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Congressman Hogg
Indiana
Muscle Shoals
Hogg
Hoover
Florence Hosts 1930 Mayors and City Commissioners Meet
Florence will entertain the 1930 convention of mayors and city commissioners. After the gathering, the bidding tests likely lose steam and fall back to routine city affairs.
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Florence
North Alabama
Progress and Hammers Echo in Town’s Building Era
A reflective note on hammer sounds signaling construction in the town. It weighs on progress and questions the need for tools during business hours in offices contemplating invention or restraint.
Dinosaur bones and fame in ancient exploits debate
An editorial note questions why modern readers focus on dinosaur bone counts and ancient exploits when considering energy and achievement today. It suggests people ignore some historical details in favor of contemporary requirements.
July Memories Fill Open Summer Scene
A vivid slice of mid year life highlights July with white suits and wilted collars, gasoline, tires, ice cream, fans, and the buzz of mosquitoes. It notes picnic spots, swimming holes, vacations, fishing trips, sunburn, celebrations, flags, firecrackers, lawn care, and fair skies.
Who Started the War Debate Fades as Germany Denial Surfaces
The piece notes long dispute over which side began the war but suggests Germany’s denial of precipitating it will likely shift the argument to who engaged in Belgium. It questions the identities of those marching through Belgium and whose cause they fought for.
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Germany
Belgium
Court records warn that crime does not pay
The Morgan County circuit court at the present term is shown as a deterrent, with convictions and severe penalties emphasized. The article notes a gap between offenses and punishment but asserts a high rate of convictions versus acquittals, urging readers to inspect the term’s outcomes.
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Morgan County
Decatur Hospital Appeals for Local Tag Day Contributions
A benevolent hospital seeks community support in Decatur to fund its finances without public aid. Residents are urged to participate in tag days and contribute small amounts, with incentives like passes for smokes or ice dishes, as part of the city’s finest institutions.
June Keeps Title as Month of Brides
A probate office survey confirms June remains the traditional month for marriages. An earlier survey suggested May, but further investigation shows June is still favored for weddings with many couples tying the knot in the month.
Dividend Checks Go Out To Decatur Investors
Checks totaling thousands of dollars have been mailed to investors in Decatur as the first half of 1929 ends. Local banks, mills, factories, stores, and other enterprises show strong dividends, signaling a healthy community and optimism for Decatur residents.
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Decatur
Pete
Unusual Letter Praises Work To Daily Reader
A county subscriber writes to praise a attorney’s fine work in a recent court action. The letter, while personal, highlights kindness over complaint and imagines a world where praise exceeds criticism in newspaper correspondence.
Professional Examinations Boost Newspaper Ethics Standards
The article reports Illinois pioneering state professional examinations for journalists after a Birmingham editor cited source protection in a court case. It notes 28 University of Illinois seniors took part May 17 in the first journalism competency test, with certificates aiding editors and reporters.
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Birmingham
Jefferson County
Illinois
United States
University of Ilinois
University of Illinois School of Journalism
Illinois Press Association
Chicago
State Association
Ilinois Press Association
W. F. Hardy
Decatur Herald
Harry Potter
Marshal Herald
American Legion Launches Traditional Fourth of July Celebration
The American Legion promotes a real old fashioned Fourth of July celebration for itself and the community in North Alabama urging a ready public response to support the event.
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The
American Legion
North Alabama
Nightlife Tour Through City Districts Note
The piece follows a visitor guided through New York after dark from Fourteenth Street to Harlem. It contrasts upscale night clubs with basement dives and describes diverse scenes, from Union Square debaters to Proletkos cafeterias and German brau houses, ending with late Harlem cabarets along Lenox Avenue.
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Lenox Avenue
One Hundred
Capable Crew Maintains Capitol Hill Switchboard Network
The article details the Capitol Hill switchboard, noting 1700 stations plus 800 extensions and that three times as many telephones as lawmakers are in use. It describes 16 young women operators, daily duties, and veteran Mrs. Daley who has worked 30 years at the desk since the era of a single switchboard for 51 stations.
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Herbert Plummer
Washington
House of Representatives
United States Congress
Harriott Daley
Capitol Hill
House
White House
Congress
Sixth Congressional District
Maryland
Daley
Congressional
Senate
Black Hills Gold Share In World Mining History
The article notes that only one eightieth of all gold mined in world history originates from the Black Hills region in South Dakota. This fact highlights the region’s historic mineral wealth and its significance in mining lore.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
Alaska Mine Accidents Safer Per Capita Than U S Average
Over the past 17 years Alaska recorded 30 percent fewer mine accidents per capita than the United States. The comparison highlights lower per person incident rates despite mining activity in the state.
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Alaska
United States
Visitor's Night Tour Left Incomplete In Manhattan
A visitor in New York while exploring Manhattan's night scene after leaving the Broadway area found the outing incomplete as the article fragment ends. The report hints at an incident or experience but lacks further details or consequences.
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Richard Maslock
New York
Manhattan
Broadway
Jazz and Germans on Yorkville Subway Ride
A tourist rides the subway to Eighty six Street and Yorkville, noting a cultural contrast implied by the phrase jazz and Germans in the route description.
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Eighty-sixth Street
Yorkville
Rochester Health Center Hub with 41 Factories
Rochester Minnesota, renowned for its medical facilities, hosts 41 factories contributing to its regional economy. Local industry groups note steady output across the manufacturing facilities supporting the city’s status as a health hub.
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Rochester
Minn
Grant Iowa Policeman Swaps Badge With Neighboring Town
The lone Grant officer in Iowa had to borrow a badge from a neighboring town when his office was created. This intermediary measure highlights the initial staffing and official recognition issues faced by Grant during its early development.
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Grant
Iowa
Health Depends On Real Cleanliness And Skin Care
A health column by M D Royal Copeland emphasizes clean skin and regular cleansing as essential to wellbeing. He discusses bathing history, daily hygiene, and practical steps using soap, water, and scrubbing, plus notes on skin health and common queries about joints, pimples, eyelashes, and oily complexions.
Time and July Refrains In A Busy World
A reflective verse fragment notes July's arrival with familiar rush and new smiles while contrasting the old Fourth of July noise with modern advertising, hinting at time’s steady pace and the changing tone of celebration.
Inconsistencies and quips from domestic life snapshots
A compilation of humorous lines and vignettes about wives, husbands, shoppers, and social norms. Jokes touch on overwork, census curiosities, fashion, hair, skirts, operation dreams, luggage choices, political puns, hoover era food control, candy jokes, burglar outcomes, and marital banter. The pieces show era attitudes and social idle chatter.
Definitions from 3 A DAY Crypt and related terms
The entry defines a vault as a subterranean chamber under a church used for burial or sacred space. It explains Coulisse as a grooved timber and the theater side scene. It notes causality as the power of causes to produce effects and the faculty to trace effects to their causes.
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Coulisse
Bible Beams and a World Record Concrete Building
A biblical excerpt discusses faith and belief citing Romans 10 16 21 and notes a 23 story new structure in Seaash under construction claimed as the world s largest reinforced concrete building
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Seaash
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