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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1929
Page
4
The text notes that success demands work beyond effort, that citizenship develops a site's resources, and civic goals need funds. It mentions college finals for youths returning home and the toll of study and dances, suggesting recovery within two weeks.
The Daily urges Decatur City Council to implement regular street sweeping. Cleaning schedules would improve appearance, reduce debris, and make the town more attractive to visitors and residents. The paper asks the council to consider this request and maintain clean business thoroughfares.
Eminent statistician Roger W. Babson says the nation’s money markets would improve if people paid bills on their due dates. He argues cash flow rests on 30 day terms and meeting old obligations before taking on new ones would help business without greatly slowing trade.
The Daily highlights the Louisville and Nashville railway as Decatur Alabama’s cornerstone industry. It notes the company funds local taxes, supports Morgan County, and fuels ongoing prosperity with steady operations and community aid.
Word from the bedside of Thomas A Bowles Sr president of the Central National Bank is encouraging. Bowles has shown improvement after weeks of serious illness and is believed to be recovering. He is praised for his public service and community leadership in Decatur and Morgan County.
The piece compares Decatur and Gadsden curb markets noting 28 sellers in Decatur and 70 on opening day in Gadsden. It forecasts Decatur reaching about 50 sellers on Saturdays and urges farmers to sell on Tuesdays and Thursdays to boost daily averages toward $500, signaling a growing regional curb market system.
The piece argues that continuous year round newspaper advertising builds lasting trader confidence and steady business. It stresses service quality, attractive displays, polite staff, and prompt service, plus the power of consecutive ads using varied messages to keep the public engaged and drive ongoing sales.
In New York a shift toward Hollywood mutates stage life into sunlit beachside attraction. Actors and crew drift to warmer climes along the Coney Island boardwalk, voices praising dime attractions as barkers.
A Washington observer notes a sartorial split between Senators Heflin and La Follette as they adapt to heat with distinct outfits. Heflin favors palm beach and cream, while La Follette opts for a dark gray two piece. Other senators show a range from white linen to light colors as pages abandon blue serge for shirt sleeves, echoing the heat.
An article describes a guided tour of incubator babies at a show called The Miracle of Morris Gest. Veteran actors Dan Mullins and an 81 year old doorman explain the tiny patients in glass cabinets while discussing the lives of touring thespians who staff ticket booths and guides.
An essay by Royal 8s. Copeland, M D, former New York Senator, argues illness causes heavy costs and economic distress. He cites mental health burdens, hospital crowding, and a New York study collecting month by month illness and expense data to urge health education and preventive living as the solution.
A jumble of humorous vignettes critiques office life politicos and everyday absurdities. Jokes touch on lunch etiquette cigars and a doctor patient misreadings. The piece blends quick quips about matrimony Eskimos candles and a still in a house with a punchy punchline from a boy.
A lyrical interchange contrasts a romantic reverie of June nights with a practical remark about deeds versus words. The poem recalls silver seas, a tropic moon, and the beloved hair under moonlight, hinting at memory that time cannot erase. The dialogue about telegrams adds a note of pragmatic modernity.
This entry defines terms from old usage. Incarcerate means to imprison or confine in jail. Fervid describes ardent zealous heat. Avarice denotes excessive greed for wealth and gain.
A devotional excerpt cites Romans 5 17 to 22 urging conversion from sin to holiness. It contrasts prior bondage to sin with a freed life through righteousness, asking what fruit was produced by past deeds and noting the end of those paths as death. The passage stresses obedience to divine doctrine and the transformation of servants into instruments of holiness.
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