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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1936
Page
3
In a downpour Bob lies injured as Claire Dan Dallas and companions rush him to the house. Pat, armed with a recovered shell, tracks a white-clad figure toward Squaw Mountain then descends into a mine where a fierce melee ends with Pat attacked in darkness.
United States seeks to condemn parcels in Madison County for TVA projects. John O Neill Jr a minor resident of Atlanta is ordered to appear by August 8 1936 to answer and claim any interest in WR 825 and WR 838 tracts on the Tennessee River near Madison County.
Land description notices outline multiple tracts along the Tennessee River in Morgan and surrounding townships. Detailed measurements locate sections 24 32 and 5 with boundaries via county roads meanders and river low-water lines. The notice lists parcels WR-800 WR-85 and adjacent landholdings, totaling several dozen acres with rights of a county road. The order directs publication in Huntsville Alabama for three weekly issues.
Oscar Crawford 66, along with 16 year old Lydia Havermann, visited the courthouse after receiving his first state old age pension check of 13 dollars. Clerks refused to issue the license until Lydia's father consented. The county judge read the ceremony and the couple left for the groom's 18 acre farm nearby.
The service class of the church met at Mrs L G Smith's Sixth Avenue home. Scripture was read by Mrs J M Holland and prayers offered by all. After old and new business, games and contests were enjoyed. Prizes awarded in grab contest to Mrs C P Aday and Mrs Almon Harris. Refreshments served to a list of attendees. Next meeting at Mrs Sam McDonough's home.
Plattsburgh July 8 Rapidly worsening illness places Dr. Cadman in a very critical condition with peritonitis and ruptured appendix. Dr Lyman G Barton Jr said the chances against recovery. surgeons opted to leave the appendix in place and insert two rubber drains to ease his condition.
Advices from the Chamber of Commerce flag a Rand McNally route map missing the city of Decatur and the paved highway from Decatur to the Tri-Cities. The chamber urges correction for future maps.
At an undertaker's in Chicago plans were made for the funeral of Fred Lang, 50, when Lang arrived and said the body identified by Mrs. Mary Androis as Lang belonged to a missing man killed by a train. Lang explained he had been called out of town on business.
A St Louis dairy has installed Sleetrie fans in horse stables to keep delivery horses cool in morning work hours and rest in the heat, with vacuum cleaning of stalls and daily laundering of horse collars to improve welfare.
Preparation is underway for a suit against the state commission and Comptroller Charles W to test the Almon act. Decatur seeks $100,000 refund promised when the city bonded for Keller's Bridge over the Tennessee River. The 1935 act appropriated the amount, never paid, and officials meet with Governor Graves and highway officials as city bonds remain in place. The suit is to be filed in Montgomery county circuit court next week after final details.
Citizens Bank of Moulton closed a very successful year at June 30 with a 5 percent semiannual dividend to stockholders. Total deposits near 325000 and total resources about 380000. L. W. Gentry is cashier and R. C. Jackson assistant cashier.
Dan Taylor from Jefferson, Tenn., claims he can qualify as an expert on rib fractures after sustaining two dozen breaks. He reports five ribs broken in a car accident, seven cracked in a later mishap, and ten more fractured when a freight train struck him, totaling 22.
Thomas Ballard aged 22, newly married within a week, was burned to death when a wood hauling truck overturned in Tuscaloosa Alabama. A Black helper aboard the truck suffered minor injuries.
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