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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1939

Page

3

Decatur Scout Camp Welcomes Wide North Alabama Crowd

A large crowd from Decatur and across North Alabama visits Camp Westmoreland for the second week of camp. Milton Tek of Athens earns best camper medal as cabins vie for top merit and points. Leaders from multiple towns oversee cabins, new crafts shop draws craftwork, and water activities remain popular under Scout Executive Hubbard.

Decatur Camp Westmoreland Shoals Creek North Alabama Milton Tek Athens Russell Speake Durell Allen Florence Mike Michelson Edward Crockett Aiithet Charles Scales Edward Morgan Tuscumbia Grady Williams Hubbard Stanley Robbins E. E. Speer, Jr Aliceville Ala

Office Cat and Wry Office Humor Parade

A collage of dated quips and banter features office life, editors, judges, and stage humor. Jokes touch on money, vanity, hats, and romance with light satire and brisk punchlines. The piece stacks quick one liners about editors, jurors, and office hierarchies through a stagey, comic voice.

Polite man falls into open manhole seeks $200 claim

Lawrence J. Hanna testified in Madison that on June 11 he met two women on a dark street and stepped aside into an open manhole. He seeks $200 for facial skin injuries and lost wages from the incident.

Madison, Wais Lawrence J. Hanna

Birmingham writer Pettersen Marzoni buried in services

Funeral services were held today for Pettersen B. Marzoni a 52 year old Birmingham newspaper and magazine writer who died yesterday after surgery born in Pensacola Florida had been ill for months conducted by Dr Henry M EdmondsThe obituary notes his Birmingham career and his Pensacola birth dateほ

Birmingham Ala Pettersen B. Marzoni Henry M. Edmonds Marzoni Pensacola Fla

Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for Malaria

Don’t endure malaria. At first sign take Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. Contains tasteless quinidine and iron to combat malaria in blood and relieve chills and fever. Pleasant to take and children use it too. Available at all drug stores in large size for value.

Grove St. Thousands Atria

Outlook for crops shows generally good prospects

Agricultural experts report a generally fair to promising crop outlook across the South for 1938 parallels with optimistic state by state notes. Alabama Mississippi and Arkansas show worries of a reduced cotton crop while Virginia North and South Carolina report very good to good prospects. Georgia and Tennessee note good cotton stands and a pretty fair Georgia tobacco crop. North Carolina tobacco acreage is uncertain. A theft incident in Salt Lake City involved a missing $195.50 from a flour bin with partial recovery.

Atlanta South Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Boll Virginia North South Carolina North Carolina Georgia Tennessee

Mine Orphan York 8 C July 6

Fifteen months ago Frank Rhyan disposed of several small chicks believed dead by tossing them into an abandoned gold mine shaft. Authorities investigated a possible animal welfare case and searchers probed long-muttered rumors surrounding the mine.

York, 8. C Frank Rhyan

Solvenized Tune Up Treatment Promises Quick Car Rejuvenation

Pure Oil offers a Solvenized Tune-Up Treatment that dissolves the gummy carbon binder in engines, improving performance, mileage, and oil use. Priced at $1 with a money-back guarantee, the service is available at Friendly Neighbor Pure Oil Dealers and includes a continuing cleansing effect after 15 to 50 miles.

U.S Feanston WOCO

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