Alabama Seeks Cheaper School Books Like Tennessee
The Alabama Attorney General Charley McCall has pursued a case against a book company over textbook pricing. Alabama residents demand the same cost reductions Tennessee achieves, citing higher enrollments and school funding yet seeking lower book costs. The Montgomery hearing will draw statewide interest as the suit proceeds.
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Searco
Montgomery
Charley McCall
Alabama
Ifhe Company
Tennessee
McCall
Town topics spark with local advertising flavor
Brief notes urge residents to promote Decatur today and support community growth. The text hints at the impact of smaller currency and inflation on readers, while noting changes in fashion and daily life such as the shrinking importance of collar buttons.
Unclear remark about farmer and sun-tan outfits
The line questions whether a farmer finds appeal in new sun-tan outfits, suggesting his view is simply sunburn.
Goodyear Southern branch opens as Gadsden celebrates
Decatur congratulates Gadsden on the Goodyear Southern plant opening while wondering if the site could have been in Decatur. The city plans another celebration to welcome industry and invites outsiders to visit as citizens persist in pursuing additional industry.
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Gadsden
Goodyear Southern
Decatur
Goodyear
Alabama
Life as Hope Versus Despair in Personal Struggle
The piece asks what thoughts lead a man to end his life and what mindset sustains someone who sees no future. It argues life offers happiness and achievement through character, courage, foresight, and the impact one can have on others, beyond material wealth.
Diversified farming urged to curb yearly crop woes
A historical editorial argues for diversified farming as a remedy to cyclical crop yields and price declines. It stresses feeding livestock at home, supplying farm families, and sustaining farm life through stable, home-centered prosperity rather than ad hoc congressional relief.
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Congress
United
Geer
Almon Sees Hopeful Muscle Shoals Settlement
Congressman Edward B. Almon told the people of his district in Lacey's Spring that a settlement of the Muscle Shoals question may come at the next regular Congress session. He emphasized the historical “if” and urged President to urge congressional action on disposition of Muscle Shoals, a long fight he has waged for 12 years.
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Edward B. Almon
Lacey
Spring District
Muscle Shoals
Congress
Almon
Anas
Community Advertising Taken Up By Big Ones
Tri Cities Daily editorial from Sheffield Alabama notes larger cities including New York adopting community advertising to attract capital and enterprises. It argues proactive civic self-promotion benefits growth and urges Decatur to increase advertising to gain more contacts and investment.
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BIG Ones
Tri-Cities Daily
Sheffield
Ala
New York
Savannah News
Decatur
Alabama Road Bond Debate Moves Closer to Approval
The Alabama Association of County Commissioners endorses Colonel Woolsey Finnell’s plan for a $50,000,000 road bond issue. Counties demand assured funding and specific highways before any bond vote, including eastward links to Guntersville, the Tri-Cities highway, Bee Line completion, and the Decatur Huntsville corridor.
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Alabama Association of County Commissioners
Bibb Graves
Woolsey Finnell
Association of Commissioners
Graves
Alabama
State Highway Department
Morgan County
Guntersville
Marshall County
Marshall
Tri-Cities
Muscle Shoals
Finnell
Marshal County
Lawrence County
Limestone County
Bee Line
Madison County
Decatur
Huntsville
Editorial opinions clash over tariffs and industry policy
A late 19th century style column mix discusses tariff care for autos and domestic production, praising American wage spending while questioning foreign competition. It weighs Rockefeller politics, New York mayoral potential, and banking expansion led by George F. Baker, then notes a hidden police plan and a sweeping currency upgrade with anti counterfeiting effects.
New York Greeting Card Industry Sees Fresh Trends
The piece notes the greeting card business moving into musical theater with Eddie Foy Jr. in Show Girl while the trade, worth 75 million dollars annually, keeps innovating with new sentiments including cards for hikers. It references J. P. McEvoy whose personal sentiments were once lucrative.
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New York
William Anthony Maguire
Eddie Foy, Jr
J. P. McEvoy
Minneapolis
Chilean Ambassador’s Wife Studio In Washington
In the Chilean embassy, Mme Herminia A Davila uses an upper floor studio overlooking trees. Her space displays tortoise shell instrument art, Chilean pottery, European textiles, and paintings, including a Negulescu portrait. she plans summer in Europe then more serious work in fall. The piece notes her vital personality and lifelong love of art. The Mascot At White House Garden Fete A raccoon watches the crowd as President Hoover greets disabled World War I veterans and jokes about a mascot raccoon once sent to a boys baseball team which won a championship.
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Herbert Plummer Washington
Washington
Europe
India
Mme
Herminia A. de Davila
United States
Madame Davila
Negulescu
Pablo Buchard
Chile
White House
Mr. Hoover
Madame Davila Exhibits Across Continents In Brief Career
Madame Davila has painted six years and held one man shows in Santiago, with recent works shown at Yorke Gallery in Washington. Her still life subjects receive favorable comment, including a tortoise shell musical instrument from Africa as a featured painting.
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Madame Davila
Santiago
Yorke
Washington
Africa
Christmas card industry in 1930s New York firms
In 1930s New York greeting card houses, salesmen golf, factory workers paint and tie ribbons, and freelance writers flood desks with verses. Editors select about 1 percent, paying 25 to 50 cents per line, seeking standouts like Edgar A. Guest, while a Yonker’s woman earned 5300 dollars last year for mother and love sentiments.
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New York
Stephen Shannon
Edgar A. Guest
Sweet Singer
Detroit
Yonkers
Body poisons hasten the evidence of age
Dr. Copeland discusses how the body's elimination organs influence aging. He explains kidneys, liver, intestines, and skin remove harmful substances, and failure to eliminate leads to tissue changes and the visible signs of aging. He urges daily exercise, fresh air, and tonics to keep these organs in order, framing aging as a health elimination issue.
The Easy Chair Warns a Young Man to Stay Active
A humorous verse admonishes a boy to reject laziness and work hard to achieve success. Interleaved are light vignettes including farmers debating soil fertility, a cooking mishap with water under refrigerators, and a hospital visit prank. The tone is periodical comic miscellany.
Riddles and Recruits in a Witty Army Homily
A playful composite of quips about parenting and baby talk, a drill sergeant and a recruit exchange a riddle on fortifications, a witty truth about laughter, and a Hindi proverb on human frailties. The piece blends humor with martial imagery and proverbs.
Amicable and Comfit Dilate: Old Word Variants
A dictionary entry style note defines Amicable as friendly disposition or arrangement. Comfit is described as fruit or seed preserved with sugar dried as a confection. Dilate is given as to grow wild expand or extend in all directions.
Thompson couple to attend Toronto convention abroad
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson plan to leave Friday for Toronto where Mr. Thompson will attend a United Drug Co. convention. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson left for a two week visit to Frankfort Michigan. Clyde Hendrix Jr. tours Europe. Mrs. Hamil and granddaughter Marjory Hamil visit Dr. and Mrs. Hamil in Troy Alabama.
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M. Thompson
Toronto
Canada
Thompson
United Drug Co
J. S. Patterson
Frankfort
Mich
Women Oppose Tariff on Art Objects
The General Federation of Women's Clubs adopted a resolution opposing any tariff or import duty on art objects including antiques sculptures paintings and other works now on the free list. They support the campaign for the advancement of art and the abolition of bill boards.
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Washington
General Federation of Women's Clubs
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