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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1929
Page
4
Mrs. Baxter Crawford is due back Sunday from Highland Kansas. Mrs. John D. Wyker is set to return from Atlanta next week. Miss Gladys Elam of Iuka Mississippi visits Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Greer.
The weather cooperated for the Legion's Fourth of July celebration with no rain and cooling breezes. Thousands of home folks and visitors enjoyed a successful day.
The Fourth of July celebration drew immense crowds that behaved well with minimal arrests. Despite heavy traffic, visitors and locals enjoyed a festive, orderly day, contributing to a gratifying holiday within the Tennessee Valley.
The Daily praises community sings and the upcoming singing school opening on July 8. It highlights the morale boosting role of songs for soldiers and the value of musical gatherings in North Alabama. The paper notes it provides extensive coverage of singings, conventions, and related groups.
In a humorously old fashioned parable a local pastor urges readers to plan for summer respite while also supporting the church. The piece warns followers to care for flowers feed livestock and pay church pledges before heading to the hills for cooler breezes.
Officials of the Y M C A and the Kiwanis club urge Decatur residents to visit Camp Ki-Y to see improvements and the potential for a top regional retreat. They credit cooperative efforts for the camp’s success and invite public support to enhance future growth.
The Daily reprints the Anniston Star critique of a Review of Reviews piece on Alabama industry. It notes Anniston and Decatur were underrepresented, despite their substantial roles in textiles, hosiery, brick, and rail facilities. The editorial urges proper acknowledgment of these cities.
A devotional urging believers to set high standards for themselves and others, embracing the spirit of excellence and responsibility as “brother’s keeper.” It argues public profession aids salvation and stresses the need for personal transformation before urging virtue in others.
Joe Hall recently moved to Decatur to start his professional boxing career. He returned to the ring Thursday afternoon on the American Legion card and received an enthusiastic reception from new-found friends, showing strong local backing for his career.
Mr Srispane’s Gally editorials appear with themes from this nation. Gen Atterbury renames his company Pennsylvania Rail road Air Road and launches a 48 hour coast to coast service with Pullmans by night and planes by day. Lindbergh will pilot the first Pennsylvania airplane starting July 8 as consulting aeronautical engineer. The East sees rail air service with New York Central and Pennsylvania and Santa Fe. commercial flying arrives. Near beer is a failure while Ehrler’s brewery in New York will close, dumping 1 200 000 barrels of beer. Bootleg whisky and home brew persist harming health and beauty routines. Over 1 000 000 people leave New York City for a holiday as travel expands. A history note recalls a red hot iron brand on a wandering worker. An English earthquake child alarm follows old fears of omens and a Socialist election.
Birmingham July 6. Solicitor George Bailes said the grand jury would be asked to investigate the closing last week of City Bank and Trust Company and Avondale Trust and Savings Bank if the audit report warrants action. Audit results expected to be released soon.
The Teddy Roosevelt Pioneers will meet Saturday evening at 7 30 o clock at the Y M C A.
Van Gilbert from Athens and other visiting law enforcement officers joined locals at a Legion boxing event held Thursday.
Sales manager B P Wallace will depart Sunday for a two week vacation to Hot Springs Arkansas, representing Hill Chevrolet during the absence.
The Tennessee River is rising with a gauge reading of 66 feet at this location, signaling increased flood risk.
Cooler temperatures persisted with a high of 88 degrees and a low of 70 yesterday.
The weather bureau reported only trace rainfall in the area over the last 24 hours and noted a dry forecast ahead.
A biblical excerpt from Romans 10 1 12 is cited discussing preaching in houses and towns where receivers welcome or reject the message The passage urges sharing meals with workers and cleansing dust from cities as a sign of the approaching kingdom.
Paris experiences severe congestion likened to New York’s and the Place de Opera district is seeking a remedy as traffic jams rise to rival Forty-second Street and Broadway.
Senator Millard E. Tydings proposes a federal art program with a $50 000 annual budget to fund a Washington exhibition and awards for five painters and five sculptors who produce the top works. Awards include 10000 for first place and 1000 for fifth, plus certificates and medals.
A national board of painting and sculpture would select prize winning works to become U S government property. Senator Tydings argues this policy would promote depictions of American life on canvas and stone, with 500 paintings illustrating the last century’s story if adopted.
A Travelers Aid agent observes a man and a woman in a Manhattan railroad concourse, each with a daisy boutonniere, seeking spouses via matrimonial agency. The scene suggests a camera trick as he stomps the boutonniere underfoot, reflecting on parental care as a separate concern.
Captain Clement Medville Keys, born 1878 in Canada, rose from schoolteacher to aviation leader. He became Curtiss executive in 1916 and now chairs eight firms while guiding a $70 million holding company uniting Curtiss and Wright interests. He holds influence across 18 major aviation companies with a modest, Napoleonic presence.
Dr Roy S Copeland discusses sun exposure and skin care as a pathway to vitality and self esteem. He promotes sun like appearance through outdoor activity and beauty aids, with skin care tips, cautions on aging, and general health suggestions.
The article questions what causes hands to go numb or fall asleep during day and night and answers that this condition results from factors not provided.
A figure of speech extols nature shaping a man through hardship and tests. A late quip contrasts a wife's ability to torment her husband with a jab about affording a home and clothing, implying domestic strain and humor.
A humorous clipping describes a Scotchman who fell before a steam roller and flopped sideways to keep creases from his pants. It riffs on losing self control and steering gear, delivering a lighthearted joke from a newspaper page.
A quirky clipping offers scattered witticisms about bread, money, and social quirks. It riffs on juiceless sailors, elusive islands, date mishaps, hospital rules about onions, danger signals, and friendship. The tone resembles a playful overheard quip session from a bygone page.
A spinster stumbles on boys at a naked swimming hole and learns the law. Johnny explains a policeman father allows entry. A pupil named Allen has a mother named Brown after remarriage. Johnny offers to let the teacher work out three plus four for herself.
A collection of dated quips about education and social manners. A joke about a man becoming an asset to the community or a lass. A humorous exchange with a clerk and employers about a newborn and an alarm clock.
A dictionary excerpt explains satiate as satisfying appetite or desire to the full. Obsequious means promptly obedient and compliant. Natation refers to the act of floating on water or swimming.
Miss Frances Owen returns from a week in Nashville. Miss Edith Woodward comes back from Birmingham after the Fourth. Mrs. W. F. Rauschenberg and daughters Helen and Mary Frances return from several days in Birmingham. The day’s high hits 98 degrees signaling heat of the new summer season.
The Netherlands East Indies imported 8829 American made cars during the previous year, marking a notable automobile trade level for the region.
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