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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1929

Page

4

Building Record Shows Decline in Construction Activity

A GCAs study finds June construction activity down 9 percent from May and 5.3 percent from June last year. Residential, especially apartment building, leads the decline due to demand catching up and credit tightening. other sectors remain near normal.

Associated General Contractors of America Bealing F. W. Dodge Corporation Associated General Contractors

Dusting Cotton with Calcium Arsenate for Boll Weevil Control

Alabama Experiment Station at Auburn publishes Circular No. 83 by Professors J M Robinson and F B Arant on controlling boll weevil with calcium arsenate. Mississippi extension specialists visited Auburn in June. Farmers Week set for August 5 to 10. advice on poultry lice mites with 4 percent creosote spray and litter removal. boll weevil infestation cited as extensive. Alabama farmers storing eggs in cold storage to capture high prices later.

Auburn Ala Alabama Experiment Station Alabama Polytechnic Institute J. M. Robinson F. 8. Arant Tweny Mississippi Alabama G. A. Trollope W. A. Ruffin

Doctor Boyd Goes On Several Weeks Vacation

Dr. George E. Boyd of the First Methodist church leaves today for Monteagle to begin a several weeks vacation.

George E. Boyd First Methodist Church Monteagle

Elbert Weaver Takes Vacation in Gandy's Cove

Elbert Weaver the Morgan County tax collector's attache enjoys a vacation at Gandy's Cove in the southeast section of the county for several days.

Elbert Weaver Morgan County Tax Collector's Office Mr.Weaver Gandy's Cove

Prize Award Comes of Age in Newark Era

Twenty years after a Rochester newspaper prize contest, Mrs. John DeGroat of Newark receives six months free at Chester business. Her son Ralph DeGroat will cover the next six months at reduced cost, continuing the prize legacy.

Newark N. J John DeGroat Rochester Chester Ralph

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