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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1930
Page
4
Miss Dimple Thompson departs tomorrow for Montgomery Mobile and other southern points on a vacation trip. Mrs W E Todd leaves today for Opelika to visit relatives.
A collection of endurance performers and stunt fliers along with ocean hoppers and flagpole sitters are featured in one category of public demonstrations. The piece notes notable figures such as champion checker players among the listings.
The text argues that biblical cruelties should not undermine religion, emphasizing Christ’s example over flawed followers. It asserts free agency shapes right conduct, defends the Old Testament for law, and cites Abraham’s restraint as proof of a capable God guiding humanity.
A campaign overview praising Andrew Patterson for congress in the eighth Alabama district. It highlights farming, business, and industrial leadership in Decatur and Morgan Limestone Lawrence counties, his stance on labor and foreign workers, and support for Tennessee Valley development. Patterson urges voters to back him in the August 12 Democratic primary.
A 1930 column notes America's 154th birthday and defends independence from Europe while praising Evelyn Smith of Amawalk Nursery and Maj. Orlando Smith. It cites 40,000,000 Bibles sold in 1929 and quotes remarks on labor unrest, the Fisher Body strike, and President Hoover's public works push totaling 1.7 billion dollars in six months of 1980.
The writer jokes about hanging a sign that reads French Spoken Here at the Ritz entrance as a playful fantasy. The remark evokes light humor and a whimsical mood about language and place.
The Washington Day Book lauds Henry Fountain Ashurst of Arizona as a skilled speaker whose mellifluous, evolving cadence captivates senators and galleries alike. It highlights a recent ten minute defense of Boulder Dam, noting his command of the floor and audience.
The Arizona senator uses playful word phrases and epigrams about Boulder Dam critics and political rivals. His fiery remarks amid a lively floor performance showcase his wit and verbal flair.
Looking back over two centuries, plagues that once devastated populations have faded through vaccination and science. Small pox cholera typhoid bubonic plague and yellow fever receded as TB moved from leading to lower death causes and infant mortality fell sharply.
A retrospective on medical advances shows plagues receding and remedies found, but warns of rising heart disease cancer and degenerative illnesses. Deaths from accidents grow while mental disorders rise. state hospital insanity care has increased, with estimates of 500000 feeble minded persons in the U S. The piece urges individual responsibility to address current health challenges.
The entry defines three terms with concise senses. Indelicacy refers to lack of refinement offensive to modesty. Erasure denotes blotting out or rubbed out material and the place of erasure. Gratis means without charge or unfavored.
A collage of playful banter and shopper versus clerk lines. Jokes on kissing at picnics, gray hair, quotes about selling, and a lighthearted riff on a man’s favorite exclamations. Peggy Joyce reference and a cliffhanger note close the column.
The passage highlights internal conflict and worldly desires as sources of fighting and envy. It contrasts lust with prayer and emphasizes humbling oneself before God to receive grace. The verse urges not to seek self-serving ends but to align with divine will.
Miss Minnie Louise Culver visits Montgomery as Miss Margaret Patterson hosts. Miss Aileen Martin and Marjorie Chunn spend Thursday in Chattanooga. Miss Mary Turley returns from the National Education Association convention in Atlanta. The Morgan County American Legion post ends a four day event at 2:30 Friday with a record setting celebration in Decatur.
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