Dark Alabama tale of a murder and enduring Mooney family
In a rural Alabama landscape a killing after a feud leaves Rose Mooney missing. A note vows similar doom to anyone who touches him as 12 men fire on the victim. The story recalls old graves, wartime price, and the resilient Mooney family across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryans Crossroads
Uncle Lige
Aunt Bessie Ryan
Forrow
W. J. Briscoe
Briscoe
Rose Mooney
Rose
Alabama
Grandma Mooney
Black Sunbonnet
Mooney
Jim Mooney
Heloise tips paint hanger organizing and safe ironing
Readers share cheerful tips from 1964 on painting old wire coat hangers to color code wardrobes and speed ironing. Also advice on cleaning and waxing screens and softening plastic with low heat ironing. Ruth endorses frosting under cakes for moisture and stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie
Lenin and World War I Echoed in Offensive Endgame
The passage recalls the Eastern Front chaos as hundreds of thousands of Russians were captured and many died. Lenin emerges as a pivotal figure shaping peace talks. It notes the czar’s murder, Lenin’s rise, and Germany’s shift of troops to the West, aided by American forces, culminating in Austria Hungary’s empire fractures by August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
Switzerland
N. Lenin
Lenin
Russia
West
Churchill
Germany
Petrograd
Leningrad
Ukraine
United States
Parliament
Austria-Hungary
Empire
Western Front
Turkey
Austria - Hungary
Adolf Hitler
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Pittsburgh
Poland
Yugoslavia
Romania
Bulgaria
Alsace
Lorraine
France
Britain
Finland
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Europe
Austria
Albania
Baltic States
Bessarabia
East Prussia
Mart Continues Record High Pace
The AP reports stock indexes hit new records as the 60 stock average rose to 318.90 and the Dow to 847.51 amid strong June data. Volume reached 25.99 million shares with government bonds mixed after a major refunding. Ambulance births in Wichita conclude a busy start to 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wall Street
Johnson
RCA
Wall
U.S
New York Stock Exchange
Wichita. Kan. AP
Wichita
Jay Clark
Curtis Peterson
Blood-bead pendant tale sparks City talk at Cow Palace
The tale centers on a reddish stone called the blood-bead once worn by Jim and cherished by Grandma Mooney. Neighbors came from afar seeking its nosebleed remedy while Joe Mooney mocks belief in such cures and urges attention to the Cow Palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Mary Ann
Grandma Mooney
Joe Mooney
Cow Palace
Joe
President Johnson subscribes to small Kentucky weekly
Ten year old Terry Keesee's two page weekly in Belfry has 150 circulation and counts President Johnson among its subscribers. Terry's father secured press credentials to meet the President during a visit to Eastern Kentucky and the President's office later requested a subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfry, Ky
Terry Keesee
President Johnson
Terry
Kentucky
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Mooneys
Dolly Davis
Shirley
Talmadge Mooney
Hulaco
Eva
Tennessee
Heloise
Lyon
You, Heloise
Ruth
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Joor Corvar
Mart
AP Business News
New York
Stork
LBJ
Ala
Gracie W. Sartor
Austinville Road
Henry W. Wade
Dixie Hotel
Church St. N.W
Henry Wade
Decatur
Ira‘s Book Shop
E. Moulton St
Brookmeade Rd
Stratford Rd
Business Services
Wright‘s Electric Service
Chestnut St
Shirley’s Appliance Repair Service
W. Moulton
Harold Lane
Waldrep Fence Company
J. H. Standridge
Herbert Maddox
Hartselle
Glenn Drilling CO
Clara Ave
Jock Herbert
Charles E Halbrooks
Call
Grover Taylor
Olive St
Decatur North
Alabama College OF Commerce
N.acc
Madison St
South
Huntsville
Alo
L. Wood Roofing Co
Frigidaire
Birmingham
Decatur Daily
Air Force
AKC
A.K.C
Antiques
Gordon
Home Finance CO
Ford
Fairlane
Volkswagen
4Th Ave
S.W
Chapman
Hwy
Phillips 66
James Chapman
For Age Deal All the Sims CO
Creighton Ave. S
Security
Bank St
Texaco
Texico
Austinville Rd
Corrine Ave. S.W
C. R. Law
GMC
Buick
Corner Lee and
Oak St
Bradley
Elmer Bradley
Modie Edwards
Huntsville-Decatur
Tri-Cities
Southern Enterprises
F N. Memorial Parkway
Farmers Gin Co
Edison
Athens
Life and Casualty Insurance Co
Tenn
Joe Yates
P.O
Huntsville Ala
Concrete Manufacturing Co
Ave. S.E
North Alabama
Mason Dixon Lines
U.S. Highway 31
Hermann Stradtman
Building
Circle Drive
Southern Greetings
Hollywood
Dept
Memphis
St—Cashier
National Consumer Finance Co
George Philpot
Aetna Finance Co
4Th Ave. SE
Lincoln Service
Pekin, Illinois
US Civil Service
Harold Key Motors
Harold Key
Grant St
Basden Motor CO
Pontiac
H.T
1St Ave. N.E
OLDS
Cadillac
Chevrolet
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