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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1956
Page
17
An old anecdote recounts Sir Walter Scott offering a thousand pounds to a simple man to let him kill him. The reply from Sandy-Na rejects the proposal with practical humor.
Fragmentary humor notes describe a farmer’s tale of half payment, a flatiron bed prank, women and travel banter, mispronounced San Jose, and family name quirks from Anita Iowa to Albany Illinois, with local village church chatter.
A Sunday schedule lists programs and times for WBRO TV Channel 6. Highlights include The Merges at 10:30, Central Baptist Church at noon, Game of The Day at 12:00, and musical blocks from 4:00 to 5:30 with sports at 5:30.
A small church audience hears a shy minister convey care to a widowed parishioner who admires him. The tale, framed by a wartime era tone, underlines mutual respect and human decency amid hardship.
A thief broke into a downtown pool hall in Cushing and took a television set. He left a note at the depot and later sent a letter to the pool hall manager detailing the theft plus two beer cases, cigarettes, and cigars also taken. The community expresses sympathy for Otto Hill who died of a heart attack.
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