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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1956
Page
11
Classified notices show properties for sale on Highway 67 and near U S Midway. Listings include one acre lots, 8 to 10 room brick houses, multiple baths, full basements, fenced land with barns, and options for trades or financing. Contact Buck Rogers at John Patterson Co for details at 109 S E Johnston St or call 25.
Two bedroom house on Enolam Boulevard offered for quick sale. Pay equity and take up monthly payments. contact 2847 J for details.
Property listings show multiple homes and farms for sale with prices ranging from 3 200 to 15 000 dollars. Listings include 20 acres and a 5 room house, various addresses in Compton Austinville Hartselle and surrounding areas, plus farm land loans and suburban property financing.
Real estate listing at 1816 College St S E with 5 rooms bath water heater Venetian blinds radiator heating and lot 75 by 200 feet. Price listed at 7500.
Midweek listing shows a 5 room air conditioned house with back yard and shade for 7500 at 2nd Ave. A 5 room on Sth Ave asks 3500. Three 3 bedroom homes under construction near completion at 11900 each. A neat 3 bedroom with 100 ft frontage on Highway 67 close in priced at 8500.
Allied Sales advertises new and used window and oscillating fans along with Auditioners, adding machines, typewriters, cash registers, scales, a complete dairy dip outfit, and used windows and doors. Sc: dawe.
Cherry Jackson Press with 34.94 and Fancy Cherry Chairs six for 124.95. Solid White Mountain Maple Bedroom Suite in Early American style 299.94. Open stock Mahegan Century Dining Room pieces and Chests for extra drawer space. Marble Coffee Table Italian marble 64.30. Modern 7 Way Floor Lamps 6.89. Sale at 23 Church St NW, phone 1073.
Sale notice lists Thor and Bendix automatic washers 8 piece chrome dinette set and 2 piece living room suite plus a 4 piece lawn set offered with easy terms.
Classified notice shows business listings for Henderson's Plating Center at 1310 6th Ave SE Decatur Alabama with sewing machines and repair services advertised. Also includes a piano shop at 1106 13th Ave SE with contact number and pricing on reconditioned pianos.
Advertisement notes industrial sewing machines for sale and trade in options. Mentions guaranteed repair services and ports for all makes plus easy terms. Location given as 612 Cok St and phone number 834.
A string of light vignettes includes a mild minister challenging a milkman, a Paris Texas grandmother with 15 grandsons, a farmer praising crops yet blaming soil, a quip about expert reputations, jokey exchanges from Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, and local Board of Public Works protests over streetcar stops.
A cowboy horn player seeks a girlfriend and social life while facing depression from isolation. Dorothy and Hank urge getting out, dating, and expressing oneself to overcome loneliness. Another reader asks about an engagement with a 22 year old. Dorothy and Judy call the engagement hypocritical and unlikely to lead to marriage. A jealous sister-in-law causes tension. the column suggests limiting contact and consulting a professional.
A cryptogram puzzle page lists a Brit crossword with clues from 15 down to 42 across and a note on solving by substitution. It mentions yesterday’s answer and shows a sample coded line AXY DELBAAXR representing LONGFELLOW, plus a Cryptoquote line and an earlier puzzle result.
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