Dance Honoring Huntsville Guest Highlights Seventeenth Event
Miss Fannie Fay Almon hosted a dance at her home in honor of Miss Florence Mae Freeman of Huntsville. Visitors include Mrs. John W. Jones and her parents traveling to East Tennessee, and Mrs. Jackson Edwards returning to Westein Miss. Miss Sarah Humphrey visits relatives, while Mrs. Ben Bibb hosts Mrs. Phil Humphrey in Mooresville.
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Fannie Fay Almon
Florence Mae Freeman
Huntsville
John W. Jones
C. K. Lide
East
Tennessee
Sarah Humphrey
Ben Bibb
Mooresville
Phil Humphrey
Literary Digest poll leaves the people guessing on prohibition
The Literary Digest poll yields a split view on prohibition with wets claiming victory and drys noting no clear majority for repeal or enforcement. Editors across San Francisco, Scranton, Charleston, Chattanooga and others debate whether reform, modification, or stricter enforcement best serves temperance and self-government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Literary Digest
Anniston Star
Daily
Star
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Scranton Times
Senmi
Charleston Evening Post
Chattanooga Times
Cinti Times-Star
Tulsa World
Library Digest
Omaha
Milwaukee Journal
Prohibition Poll Draws Mixed Reactions Across Papers
Across multiple papers, editors call the Digest poll flawed or insightful on prohibition. Some say wets gained ground in Pennsylvania while others criticize sampling methods and urge clearer questions and broader turnout for accurate results.
Decatur Considers Lighting Whiteway and City Services
The Decatur city council studies key issues for residents including lighting the whiteway system equipping and maintaining a street department and retiring the annual school deficit. Public input on revenue plans is awaited and a one cent gasoline tax is being considered. Citizens hope for action without new taxes if possible.
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Decatur
Road Promises and the Worth to the State
People in Limestone and Morgan counties reject state promises to fund the Bee Line highway. The article argues little interest remains in promises without actual construction. It notes overtures to counties for funds and warns promises may not influence future votes.
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Tennessee Valley
Bee Line
State Highway Department
Morgan
Limestone
Henry Ford as world household name and human resource power
The piece argues Henry Ford is world famous not for a single achievement but for mobilizing human resources. It compares Ford’s wage and price policies to broader social benefits, linking his work to tax-funded roads and the idea that true power lies in personal capability rather than material wealth. It also draws a parallel with Christian teaching about inner kingdom and cooperation with the Maker.
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Papa
Ford
Henry Ford
Mr. Ford
John D. Rockefeller
Henry
Europe
New York
Christ
Kanchenjunga
Asia
Jonsong
The Bishop Walks Out and Rockefeller Advises
Bishop James Cannon Jr refuses to answer a Senate lobby panel and is called in contempt. Rockefeller quietly counsels patience while Ford visits Curtis amid a pro prohibition debate. Curtis’s editorial supports prohibition reform and warns against its evils.
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Mr. Rockefeller
Mr. Ford
Mr. Curtis
James Cannon, Jr
Senate
Walsh
Henry Ford
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Curtis
Ford
United States
A New Jersey admirer names Mr. Morrow for White House
A New Jersey admirer nominates Mr. Morrow for the White House calling him another Wilson. It notes Mr. Morrow's reaction that no one will ever know exactly what he thought. The passage contrasts public perception with private thoughts of successful men who keep their thoughts to themselves.
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New Jersey
Mr. Morrow
White House
Wilson
Decatur Industry Payroll Near Five Million Annually
Lost articles are quickly restored by classified ads. The text also cites Hebrews 11 22 27 mentioning Joseph and Moses.
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Joseph
Israel
Moses
Pharaoh
Christ
Egypt
Shrinking Violets Rule Broadway’s Great Actresses
New York observers note that several leading actresses maintain austere public lives on and off stage. Maud Adams and Lillian Gish exemplify restraint, rarely giving interviews or mingling at parties. Elsie Janis stays approachable, but remains selective in her theater contacts. A Fulton Street shop holds a dollar sale amid a noisy, broken storefront incident nearby.
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New York
Maud Adams
Lillian Gish
Hollywood
Broadway
George Jean Nathan
Elsie Janis
Actor Jack Donahue Pens Letters to His Mother
A magazine editor received a screed titled The letters of a hoofer to his mother bearing Jack Donahue’s name. The editor and assistants reacted with comic hysteria and prepared to sign him to the publication.
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Jack Donahue
Donahue
British Ambassador Attends Tennis Match in Tennis Shoes
Washington notes Sir Ronald Lindsay, Britain's ambassador to the United States, arriving at the Chevy Chase club for the Davis Cup event in casual tennis shoes. He and Lady Lindsay, both tennis fans and players, chose comfort over formal attire.
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Herbert Plummer Washington
United States
Sir Ronald Linsay
Chevy Chase
Ronald
Lady Lindsay
British Ambassador Wears Tennis Shoes in Chevy Chase Club
The article notes a dress precedent as the British ambassador chooses tennis shoes at a Chevy Chase Club event, alongside other White House and Capitol Hill anecdotes. It mentions Vice President Curtis using sign language with deaf children and a Polish envoy presenting Hoover with a Lincoln etching by Enrico Glicenstein titled Lincoln the Prophet.
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Chevy Chase Club
School For the Deaf
Hoover
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Poland
Enrico Glicenstein
Lincoln
Prophet
Decatur Population Surges 225 Percent Over Decade
Decatur’s official ten year gain shows a 225 percent population increase. The figure reflects a rapid expansion likely driven by new industry and housing development.
How's Your Health How's Your Health
A simple faint signals possible brain blood inadequacy and requires careful assessment. Flat position with head lower helps minor cases, but elderly, injured, or symptoms like skull trauma bleeding from mouth or ears demand expert care. Sun stroke heat stroke concussion and apoplexy may be life threatening and require rapid attention.
Definitions of Prudence Incommodity and Altruist
A dictionary style entry defines prudence as discreet cautious wisdom in practice and economy. It lists incommodity as inconvenience trouble disturbance and disadvantage. It defines altruist as a person devoted to the welfare of others.
William Sylvester to Visit Columbia Plant
Mr and Mrs William Sylvester will spend the week end in Columbia He is connected with the Cadet Hosiery Mills here and will inspect the Columbia plant at Columbia.
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William Sylvester
Columia
Mr. Sylvester
Columbia
OFFICE CAT Byihinius jokes and quips
A collection of humorous exchanges and one liners about marriage money parenting and everyday life. The pieces feature playful wordplay on names professions and social scenarios with quick punchlines and light satire.
Fragmented Exchanges Echoing Old Time Rhyme
A mosaic of lines blends questions about durability style and edibility with flirtatious banter and social reflections. References to Maud Muller and summer hay evoke nostalgia while odd exchanges hint at shifting norms and comic mishearings in a damanged text.
Meadors Family Plans Mentone Motor Trip
Mr and Mrs B D Meadors and family leave Saturday for Mentone Alabama by car. John B Harlow of Pointer Harlow Grocery is due in Birmingham Monday traveling from Los Angeles after attending the Shrine convention. Tennessee Valley Bank in Decatur marks its 26th year of service after completing 25 years on June 6. Joe Woods to return from Minneapolis after attending a national convention at the Presbyterian church.
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B. D. Meadors
Mentone
Ala
John
Harlow
Pointer-Harlow Grocery Company
Birmingham
Los Angeles
Calif
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Bank
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First Avenue
Johnston Street
Tennessee Valley Printing CC Co., Inc
Alabama
Shelton
B. O. Shelton
Benjamin Bloodworth
R. I. Sheppard
Associated Press
Frost, Landis & Kohn
Atlanta
Chicago
Mail
Jackson Edwards
Westein
Lynthburg News
Digest
Kansas City Star
Topeka
Pennsylvania
Rochester Times- Union
Wheeling Intelligencer
Lexington
Shreveport Journal
Chattanooga News
Arthur Brisbane
King Features
Standard Oil
Jess
Robert Parrish
General Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Nnsylvania
Yale Daily News
Yale News
IBLE
EAMS
Hell
Beye
Genevieve
Vivian Tobin
Lorraine Manville
Clare Gould
Robert Benchley
Fulton Street
Washington Day Book
Charlie Curtis
Capitol
Glicenstein
Lincoln Museum
Springfield
Ill
Byihinius
Harry
Jasper
Ragson
Willie
Durham
Mortin Flapper
Puddie
Maud Muller
Joe Woods
Minneapoli
Minn
National Conat the Presbyterian Church
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