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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
5
The Legion Auxiliary met at Mrs. Joe Woods home to discuss the July Legion celebration, approve sending checks to Legion activities, and retain all officers for 1929-1930. A social hour followed with refreshments. next meeting set for June 25.
A poem titled Pictures of Childhood recalls a family home in Tennessee with memories of mother and father home orchard cottage and fireside. It presents a child’s longing for a vanished past and vivid natural imagery including lilacs snowdrops jonquils and woodbine.
An advertisement touts MELLO-GLO Face Powder as beauty essential for skin perfection. It claims a French process keeps makeup longer, banishes shiny nose and pastiness, and prevents irritation and large pores. Available at Thompson Drug Co Albany Drug Co and Alabama Drug Co.
Mrs. Stella Albes travels from New York and Washington to visit friends here before a Memphis trip. Mrs. Frances Holland and others leave for Winchester to visit relatives. Emma Sue Morris stays with family in Trinity. Numerous visits occur with Montgomery Sheffield and Athens socials. Guests include Miss Emma Sue Morris, Mrs. Rayburn Neville, Miss Jewel Wilson, Miss Helen Greems, and many couples from Newnan, Cullman, Birmingham, and Sturgis.
A collection of short society items lists travels and visits across south Alabama. Relatives and friends from Corinth Mississippi Huntsville Tuscumbia Collinsville Decatur Adams Adams Tenn. and Nashville are mentioned with departures and arrivals and recovered health updates.
The state board of pardons is considering applications for pardons and paroles. George Berry of Jackson County is charged with burglary, followed by Melvin Collins of Madison for burglary, and Rance Gurley of Morgan.
Indigestion ends at small cost with Gordon's antiseptic. It stops fermentation, dissolves acids and poisons, soothes and heals the stomach lining. One dose relieves indigestion dyspepsia gas sour stomach bloating heartburn. Costs under three cents per dose. If not benefited, druggist refunds money.
The fragment lists second degree murder for G A Stephens of Jackson, assault to murder involving Edward Terry of Lawrence, and an attempted murder note. No further details or outcomes are provided in the readable text.
Decatur sits along the State of Alabama's largest stream as part of a regional context noted in the historical text. The passage references North Alabama cases still unresolved and situates the city within its geographic setting on the major watercourse.
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