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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1933
Page
8
Prices listed for cucumbers okra and beans per pound and dozen for corn. Spinach sold by pound from 5 to 10 cents. Meats include native dressed veal and beef, hogs 125 to 150 pounds, spareribs and backbone per pound. Poultry items show hens fryers geese and turkeys with varied per pound prices and Guinea priced per each.
Plans for Morgan county community gardens are completed by Erin Rowe, home demonstrator agent. The first plot will begin Monday on two acres near Falkville donated by County Commissioner Jeff Rowe.
A discussion of the flexible timing of cocktail hour notes shifts from 4 p m in the 1920s to 5 30 p m as business men replace brokers. It cites Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Randolph Scott and Cary Grant on film set routines and social hours.
Officials said Eva and district 3 will have plots prepared soon with five acres allocated per county district. District 3 including Falkville and Eva and nearby communities will contribute six acres to the project.
Akron July 21 Motors should slow wear now with proper inflation and maintenance. Goodyear engineers note higher speeds dry hot roads accelerate tread wear and provide five steps to extend mileage including correct inflation misalignment checks brake adjustment gradual starts and using new tubes with new tires.
Miss Margaret Mitchell of Huntsville visits Miss Mary Elleanor Ferguson at her Johnston Street home.
Contest winners announced after a July 14 tour of about fifteen homes. Flower Garden Class I honors went to Mrs. W. E. Flood with 2nd for Mrs. Joe Mc Donald and 3rd for Mrs. W. B. Anderson. Premises Class II honors to Mrs. Isom Legg with 2nd Mrs. W. F. Johnson and 3rd Mrs. Will Hightower. Additional classes list winners including Mrs. Christine Corder and others across A and I sections.
Hay prices delivered in Johnson area and grain and cattle quotes in Birmingham. Carlond Hay No 1 13.50 No 3 11.50. Timothy U S No 1 17-17.50 No 2 16.50-17.00. alfalfa U S No 1 28-23.50. Poultry egg and butter fat prices. carload grain prices. Birmingham cattle and hog quotations with various weight classes and changes.
There was no rainfall during the 24-hour period ending at 7 oclock this morning.
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