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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1927
Page
4
The article laments waning civic pace and masks by officials while noting a past boxing fame. It reflects on a small, loyal fan base who attend gates for slugfests and baseball devotion, despite broader interest fading.
Morgan county residents debate removing the court house as the Hartselle petition raises names and questions of qualification. The effort involves time money and hindrance to local officials.
The Dawson editor speaks from a plantation owner viewpoint while contrasting the idle fantasy of wealth with the hard daily toil of the farmer. He notes farmers labor from sunrise to near noon in extreme heat, with little comfort and continuous struggle against the weather and boll weevil.
The essay urges civic units and women’s clubs across cities to back a program in September during the American Legion convention period. Rogers proposes bridge clubs raise funds to send veterans to France, selecting five by merit and pooling money for travel, highlighting practical patriotism.
W L King has been appointed Alabama agent for Cooper-Wells and Company. The Daily praises his work at the local plant and his community service, noting his leadership built a successful silk hosiery mill and his civic and fraternal contributions.
A reader letter argues Decatur and Morgan County benefit from keeping the courthouse in Decatur. It defends the Daily’s stance, cites Decatur’s 57 percent of county taxes, roads, utilities, and county services, and urges removal supporters to present facts rather than attacks.
Alabama Power Company upgrades bring more adequate power to Hartselle and Falkville. Decatur residents watch with gratification as the towns show progress in utility improvements.
An Alabama public stance argues the anti masking substitute to the Williams bill would not heal national or local wounds. It warns the vote could deepen klan resentment and widen division, urging restraint and constitutional rights protection amid a charged climate.
Decatur residents aim to create a network of good roads across Morgan County counting on local farmers to support and secure better rural thoroughfares for the region.
An article by Royall S Copeland discusses early warning signs of illness in infants. It explains crying patterns, skin color, fever, sweating, and pain indicators, with guidance on when to seek care. It covers hunger cries, earache, colic, rickets, heart or liver issues, and the role of abdominal distension in convulsions.
The Decatur Daily publishes Mr Brisbane's daily editorials while noting they do not necessarily reflect the paper's opinions. SIR OLIVER Lodge extols ether as the true reality, arguing life and mind exist through ether rather than solid matter. He claims matter is atomic and electric, with the ether as the primary habitation of humans.
A discussion on ether as the reality behind ideas contrasts with how the public views science. The Dempsey Sharkey fight drew high front row prices as tax authorities seek information on earnings and speculation.
A schooner lookout Jeremiah Pratt, 74, spots a large ambergris lump in the Atlantic valued at 12 500 dollars. The find funds his retirement to a chicken ranch while perfumes use the coveted substance. Sandino’s rebellion in Nicaragua draws U S airwar discussion with caution about foreign planes.
In Alabama seven men are indicted for flogging Jeff Calloway a young farmer boy chained to a tree and lashed into unconsciousness after he went to church drunk. The incident depicts a troubling view of civilization in 1927 and a "nation in wide" shock.
Indiana's Secretary of State reports one in four residents own cars in the first half of the year with 791,712 registrations and a large rise in securities issued. The piece also recounts John Anthony's failed 19th century glider experiments and a Bear in Jail tale from Bunker Hill where a jail sits unused and was sold for use as a corn crib after prohibition diminished booze-related confinement.
University of Chicago scholars led by Professor J M Manley assemble 83 Geoffrey Chaucer documents to render Canterbury Tales into modern English. The project aims to clarify the poet’s meaning, renewing debate on the classic work.
In Blackpool a funeral for a dwarf named Katherine Scherfenberg drew enormous crowds. A giant, Ernest Wolfe, and fifty dwarfs ranging from two to just over three feet followed the hearse.
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