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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1933
Page
3
The Boys Protective Life Thrift club met Friday with seven members present. They discussed a Kiwanis camp and plan to invite several Tuscaloosa Thrift club boys to visit and swim soon.
The proclamation by Governor B. M. Miller sets July 18 1933 as the election date to vote on a proposed amendment to the Alabama Constitution. The measure covers debt limits, loan authorization, tax provisions, bonding, and penalties for violations, with details on sinking funds and treasury safeguards. The notice also specifies the election procedure and publication requirements.
Man visits his brother Fred Rothsess as part of family outreach. The note records a brief social call and mentions kinship between the two individuals.
Miss Ballie McCall and her mother spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Humphrey near Antioch, along with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Griffin and daughter Marguerite.
Police hunt a 1930 Chevrolet green sedan owned by H. L. Wright taken from 107 Prospect Drive last night.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference the state seal and a May date in Montgomery Alabama with county mentions. The text is incomplete and lacks identifiable events, persons, or organizations to confirm a concrete news item.
A historic Alabama proclamation details a proposed constitutional salary cap of 6000 dollars for state officers, with exemptions and tax provisions, plus an election date set after the ratification. The document precedes a serialized fiction segment featuring Vance, Lida, and family bylines and dialogues in a late scene.
The Eva community hosts a June 29 picnic and basket dinner on the high school campus with three string bands. Public discussion centers on repeal of the 18th amendment and tax and warrant amendments, with Governor Miller hoped to attend. A baseball game is set for the afternoon, and more attractions will be announced.
The column lists per unit prices for eggs mixed and in cartons, sweet potatoes, new Irish potatoes, turnips, and onions, with ranges for each. Poultry lines show hens, fryers, geese, ducks, turkeys, and guinea fowl priced per pound or each, reflecting a rural market snapshot with varied yields.
Hay prices delivered in Birmingham show various grades with No 1 at 13 to 20 dollars per load and Alfalfa at 20 to 21 dollars. Grain prices list No 2 white corn 63-63.5c, No 2 yellow corn 61-61.5c, oats 39-40c, oats futures steady. Cotton seed 19 to 20 dollars per ton. Poultry and eggs steady with several values for hens fryers and eggs. Cattle and hog quotes hold firm with hogs rising 10c. receipts fair and demand good.
Rev. and Mrs. A N Penland and daughters Margaret and Mary Katherine visited at the Thompson home and returned to Union Mississippi. Margaret Penland recently graduated from Maryville College. Rev. Penland is a former pastor of Willoughby Presbyterian church.
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a remedy for rundown feelings, claiming it boosts appetite and energy with iron and quinine. It urges readers to try it for three days and notes the tonic is pleasant to take and harmless.
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