Mud Tavern Creek and Rural Summer Life Notes
The piece visits Mud Tavern Creek near Dancey hollow on Highway 24, describing summer sounds like katydids and Bob White calls, the creek’s flooding bursts, and the old bridge into Decatur. It includes garden talk, breakfast ideas, local politics on beef imports, and a reflective editor note comparing climates and cultures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mud Tavern
Bob White
Joe Calvin
Mud Tavern Creek
Dancey Hollow
Highway 24
West Flint Creek
Moulton
Decatur
Tennessee Valley
Ernest Hollands
Imagined English Gardens and Rural Water Woes
The essay contrasts ideal English garden fantasies with damp realities and reflects on how travelers preserve memories of foreign places. It weaves in rural America lacking running water and waste disposal, citing Commission data on 20 to 25 million lacking water and 30 million with untreated effluent, urging more flexible rural development funding and accountability. Virginia Thesiger
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Washington, D.C
Commission On Rural Water
America
Stanley Zimmerman
Commission
House- Senate
Congress
Farmers Home Administration
Office of Management and Budget
FmHa
Certification Reminder For Morgan County Farmers 1972
The Morgan County ASCS Office reminds farmers that Monday July 17 1972 is the final reporting date to certify planted and set aside acreage for Wheat Cotton and Feed Grain programs. Reports must be filed by the farm operator if intentions to participate were signed, or no payments will be made. Office hours are 8:00 AM to 4:45 PM and County Executive Director D M Robertson urges timely filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
ASCS
Robertson
Late Tomatoes Seed and Care Tips for a Fall Harvest
The article notes a final window for planting late tomatoes and warns that later crops face higher insect and disease pressure. It recommends disease resistant varieties such as Manalucie Manapal Marion Atkinson and Walter, with Atkinson offering nematode resistance. For success, ensure irrigation spraying and mulching for fall tomatoes.
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Manapal
Marion
Atkinson
Walter
Preparation H offers relief for infected hemorrhoids
Doctors report a highly effective treatment that shrinks swelling in infected hemorrhoidal tissues and relieves pain and itching for hours. The medication does not require a prescription and is available as ointment or suppositories.
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John Penney
Nixon
Montgomery
Jimmy Hays
Alabama Farm Bureau
Danube
Scotland
Christian Science Monitor
England
New Yorker
Decatur Firefighters Help Church
Panama
Windsor Castle
Stratford-on-Avon
Egypt
Charleston
Pyramids
Tyrol
Vermont
Acropolis
Virginia Thesiger
Summit Baptist Church
Fire Department of
Decatur Fire Department
Paul Kilgore
Gil Johnson
Don Hogan
Summit Church
Huntsville
Linvueor
United States of America
Hall
New York City
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Queee
THE
Decatur Daily
Delaware
Party
Constitutional Fathers
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Gouverneur Morris
Alexander Hamil
James Madison
Constitutional Convention
E Aprinter
WEC, Inc
Madison, Wisconsin
Federal Court
Mrumism Wearns
Bannan
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