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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1955

Page

11

Classified real estate listings with several properties

Multiple ads describe 5 room houses with large lots near Hartoo and Hart s elle, prices from 3 000 to 12 700, descriptions include acres and homes on Somerville Road and Highway 31, locations Austinville Town Creek Hartsville Decatur with loans and a service station note.

Moulton Heights Hartoo Town Creek Austinville Somerville Ee Sandlin Road Nome 5Th Ave S.E Highway 31 Hartselle Railroad Street Heeteg 1 Decatur Neop

City of Decatur boundary extension bill introduced

Alabama legislation aims to extend Decatur Morgan County boundaries to include additional parcels described as parts of Section 28 and Section 33 and the northwest quarter of Section 34. The act takes effect immediately upon governor approval, dated June 29, 1955.

Alabama Legislature of Decatur Morgan County Stratford Road

Dialogue Dilemma Sparks Police Stop Misunderstanding

In a tense exchange a policeman orders a driver to stop and the driver explains he mistook the officer for someone he had run over. The incident highlights a commotion over mistaken identity and command authority.

Nostalgic Ode to the Old Time Drug Store

A collage of jokes and vignettes recalls the old fashioned drug store as a time of apothecaries and prescriptions. It contrasts with modern shops selling tires and pies and hints at Southern humor from G Sylvester Green of Coker College and a cultured woman's boast.

Lucas Linn Mr. Jack Doc Bones Karl Flaster G. Sylvester Green Coker College Hartsville South Carolina

Decatur Alabama Approves Canal and 13th Avenue Road Work

City Council amends Improvement Ordinance No 776 to approve paving Canal Street N E and 13th Avenue S E with stone base, bituminous surface, seal coat and concrete curbs. Objections by three property owners on 13th Avenue S E are noted while other owners show no objections. work to be done without bids under city supervision.

City Decatur Alabama 13Th Avenue S. E 8Th Street James F. Newlin W. E. Forbes the Mixon 13Th Avenue S. E Canal Street N. E 7Th Street City of Market Street Water Street Joe Pettey H. R. Summer

Tide Finance Co Loan Offer

Loans of ten dollars or more advertised by Prend Furniture in 202 percent terms at 2nd Avenue business location with contact phone 2587.

Prend Furniture Tide Finance CO 2Nd Ave

Woman’s Confederate chapter choice reveals family truth

A woman joins a southern Confederate descendants group hoping to honor her father’s service. She later learns through a Washington record that her father served as an apprenticed pharmacist’s clerk in the northern army in southern Ohio, reshaping her sense of prestige and belonging.

Ging Washington Northern Ohio

What the world needs is a closer agreement on what the world needs

An attributed quote from Oren Arnold in Kiwanis Magazine discusses the value of aligning global expectations and priorities to address shared challenges. The remark emphasizes consensus as a path to effective action and cooperative progress.

Oren Arnold Kiwanis Magazine

Education Office projects 1960 public school enrollment rise

The U S Office of Education estimates a 12 293 000 increase in public school enrollment for 1960 compared with the prior year reflecting growth in kindergarten to high school enrollment nationwide.

U.S. Office of Education

Mysterious blast rocks Old High School in Elizabethtown

In Elizabethtown Kentucky a sudden blast destroyed a wing of the Old High School Building causing about 100000 dollars in damage and rattling homes within three blocks before dawn Tuesday. A convicted forger attempting jail escape slid down a blanket from a second floor cell but officers waited with guns drawn after hearing a saw.

Elizabethtown Hardin County

Flint hand axes challenge modern craft by national geographic

National Geographic Society says man made hand axes from the old stone age cannot be reproduced with modern methods. The claim covers axes found worldwide and used across ancient cultures.

The National Geograpthic Society

Daily Crossword Across 5 and Cryptoquote Teasers

Puzzle clues cover across and down entries including kinds of apps, animals, and instruments. The page lists cryptogram hints with a sample LONGFELLOW mapping and notes a prior day quote about laughing at the lungs.

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