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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1922
Page
4
Fragmentary calendar notes list names Margaret C Shelton Phase Decatur 862 and references to a Morgan County meeting in the directors room. Mentions include a luncheon for Mrs Chase at 1 pm, and individuals Bann, Gamble, Hunt, and Crawford Bridge. The text is partial and lacks clear context.
A column lists a theatre party at the Princess for Elizabeth Poindexter Annis and Miss Berta Gordon with several Hart residents attending. Several guests travel to Florence for a university event and a baseball game, plus multiple visits among families in Hart and nearby towns. The Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club meets with Mrs Tennis Tidwell hosting and awards given, followed by a Garden Party and a Bridge Luncheon planned for Friday.
W F Hotehskiss of Courtland is in the Twin Cities on business. Ghayson Allison of Andalusia Als has returned from a Twin City visit. George Quattick of Armidton visits the Whitman home. J T Nichols returns to Birmingham after visiting daughter Mrs Clarke and Mrs Sadler.
George Pittman an 18 year old son of Dr and Mrs P B Pittman of Gravely Springs Lauderdale county was killed instantly yesterday afternoon when struck by lightning while working at his father's farm. Multiple lightning deaths have been reported in North Alabama counties this spring.
Div A hosts at 216 W Church led by Mrs Oldacre with Chine and Oak Section，还有 Div A hosts Mrs Troy and Mrs Paul Dix Div BR with Mrs Lewis and Mrs Patterson leading. Groenendyke study class meets in the Grove on 8th Street opposite 14th Avenue Thursday afternoon with two weekly prayer meetings led by Mr Brown in Albany sections.
Reserve Corps officers and enlisted men may compete for spots on Army teams after Secretary Weeks ruled they, as Army components, are entitled to try for selection in any event the Army participates in. The decision applies to all levels of Army competition and includes both officers and enlisted personnel.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Mann a son on June 1 in the year.
A historical meditation questions whether legends of Atlantis have any basis. It cites Scott Elliot and Diodorus of Sicily, noting geologic catastrophes may shift land and sea, and queries if myths of a lost island beyond the Pillars of Hercules have truth amid poetical fascination.
Early returns show Trammell leading in the senate race with a two to one margin over Gilelri as votes come in. Representative Sears appears to have defeated McWilliame by a substantial majority, while Smithwick leads Hancock in the third district.
The text explains how violin wood, especially spruce, contributes to sound. It notes that wood fibers act like strings in a parable of interlaced strands and that parallel, fine fibers allow free vibration. Other woods with shorter fibers impede vibration and affect tone.
The article explains the day is not exactly 24 hours. It notes a sidereal day lasts 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds, based on Earth's rotation relative to the sun. It warns that rotation speed and solar motion affect perceived day length.
Deputies found a copper still about three miles east of Faue in a country section. The mash had just fermenting and no arrests were made. The apparatus was destroyed and the site poured out. Officers spent the night on the mountain hoping for additional arrests.
A fragment discusses animal names from different language roots. Saxon terms for live animals contrast with Norman or Norse derived names for prepared foods, giving examples like ox and cow versus venison and mutton, noting pork from swine and fowl from pullet.
Mrs Pereyne died this morning at 7 00 at 218 Ninth Street South Funeral services will be held Friday at 4 86 from the Presbyterian church Rev J W Carl and G Cealter will conduct interment in a nearby cemetery Pallbearers are E P Childs Atleephilips, award Figiticky, L Ghavet Survived by husband one daughter Mrs P A Tetiiue a sister Mrs A Barker Evergreen two brothers J B Gunn Albany and J R Thompson Dallas Texas an aunt Mrs Sallie B Rose Albany
A woodpecker halted a westbound Oregon Short Line passenger train near here, delaying the service two minutes. Engineers report the block signal system was out of order when the bird tapped the train, delaying the schedule and delaying the journey.
In Troy Alabama late yesterday an ecclesiastical court found the minister not guilty. A large audience heard the charges and appeared sympathetic to the accused pastor. The proceedings followed remarks by Dr William Sewarts a Jewish rabbi delivered in the parish house of Montgomery.
Observations show sun and planets exhibit rotation. Mercury excluded. Neptune rotation undetermined. Sun completes a rotation in 25 days 7 hours, Earth about 24 hours 0 minutes 22 seconds, Jupiter 9 hours 65 minutes, Saturn about 10 hours 14 minutes, Uranus roughly 15 hours.
A fragment notes someone striking at two wires of a system, driven by the evident belief that they had captured a worm. The line hints at a quirky or technical mishap and the gamblerlike perception of success in a constrained effort.
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