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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1929

Page

3

Finishing plan for Montgomery golf tournament

Montgomery County Club prepares for its annual invitation tournament from July 25 with hundreds of golfers expected. More than a dozen flights of 16 players start the match play rounds on the two courses with clubs from Birmingham to Dothan sending entrants. An entertainment plan includes a tournament ball on Friday, a tea dance Saturday afternoon for prize awards, and a dinner dance Saturday night.

Montgomery Als Montgomery Country Club Birmingham Tuscaloosa Mobile Anniston Gadsden Dothan Decatur Greenville Auburn Opelika Troy Selma

Negro Girls to Attend 4-H Short Course at Tuskegee

Twenty five Morgan County negro girls are to attend a ten day agricultural short course at Tuskegee Institute. The group will be supervised by Carrie Gee, the county negro home demonstration agent. Advance in negro home demonstration work is evident as 4-H club membership grows across the county.

Morgan County Tuskegee Institute Carrie Gee

Kans. man finds exact-sized facsimile of Independence Decla

F E Lowry of Oxford Kansas discovered an old facsimile of the Declaration of Independence the exact size of the original while rummaging in a chest of family papers.

F. E. Lowry Oxford Kans

Love of a Leary inquest mystery unfolds at Guyfford Arms

Sir Richard Guyford faces murder charges while a country youth and a cat's-eye ring figure in a tangled plot. Viscount Brocklehurst and Helen D Arcy probe clues as Oldcraft tracks the supposed killer through Litlington and Seaford, with a gypsy youth entwined in the intrigue.

Richard Helen D’arcy Dick — Fullatore Viscount Brocklehurst Helen Brocklehurst Guyfford Litlington Seaford Richard Guyfford Master Oldcraft Rascal Titus John Parret Lewes Oldcraft Guytfford Tom Pitt Pitt

A Gypsy Quip and a Quiet Departure

A jaunty line depicts Pitt crying Aha a gypsy then riding from the stables on a horse. Shadowed by a shapeless hat the column trymen observe him with keen eyes as the scene ends awaiting tomorrow for the continuation.

Pitt

They Call Him Bill in Louisiana Prison

William Rankinsonsinghiki, a Hindu inmate in the Louisiana penitentiary, is known simply as Bill because no one has found a way to pronounce his full name. The nickname and silent middle letters reflect a simplification of his given name.

Bill Baton Rouge Willam Rankissonnsinghjiki Louisiana Penitentiary

Four lightning fires strike York farmer's home in decade

Alex Fewell a York South Carolina farmer has seen his house struck by lightning and burn four times over ten years. The repeated fires highlight the vulnerability of rural homes to severe weather and raise questions about fire prevention and insurance coverage.

Alex Fewell York, S. C

Buttermilk Quenches Lexington Car Fire

Lexington resident Masters was driving when his car caught fire. He poured a pint of buttermilk on the blaze and the fire went out peacefully.

Lexington

Fire Destroys House. Veteran Benjas Leeds Noted

A house fire destroys a residence of civil war veteran Benjas Leeds. A nearby occupant reports a woman with four black cats and a radio set present during the blaze.

Benjasmin Leeds Black Cats

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