Hollywood Notes on Clarence Brown and Beachside Projects
Hollywood director Clarence Brown plans a yacht purchase as Alice Joyce urges caution around aviation. A new luxury nightclub by Roland West, a Jolla cocktail invention, and a Bruce Cabot John Bruce reunion lead a string of industry anecdotes from Santa Monica to Malibu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin
Clarence
Alice
Nick Stuart
Roland West
Santa Monica
Malibu
United Artists
Filmland
Bruce Cabot
John Bruce
Bruce
Dif
Andrews Returns From Toronto Kiwanis Convention
Andrews reports a successful Inter-Convention in Toronto as Kiwanis Club members share updates. Decatur’s representative met Nat Greenleaf former Connecticut Mills official now president of O Cedar Co Limited in Toronto and sent greetings to local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Decatur
Nat Greenleaf
Connecticut Mills
Greenleaf
O-Cedar Co., Limited
Andrews
Hollywood Gossips Tap World Tour to Shrine Convention
Hollywood stars like Jackie Coogan Dorothy Burgess Mae Clarke Sidney Blackmer and Fay Wray join a Shrine convention trek while Leslie Howard Rob Tasker and John Monk Saunders back the trip. Rosita Moreno prepares for an appendectomy between Fox pictures as she awaits doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Leslie Howards
London
William A Bill
Jackie Coogan
Dorothy Burgess
Shrine
Mae Clarke
Sidney Blackmer
Laguna
Robert Tasker
John Monk Saunders
Fay Wray
Chicago
Rosita Moreno
Fox
Price List of Fresh Produce and Meats
A market page listing mixed eggs and various produce by pound or dozen with prices. Included are butter, Irish potatoes, radishes, onions, lettuce, beets, squash, beans, turnips, greens, spinach, and several native dressed meats such as veal, cows, heifers, hogs, and country cured ham and shoulders with per pound or per item prices. Also notes weights and old price ranges.
Origins and facts about a southern state travel guide
The guide outlines origins of the southern states with notes on the Pelican state Louisiana. It cites explorer Robert de la Salle naming the region in 1682 after Louis XIV. Louisiana joined the Union on April 30 1812 as the eighteenth state with Baton Rouge as capital and New Orleans as largest city. It uses civil law rather than common law and counties called parishes.
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Robert de la Salle
Louis XIV
Union
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
England
Parishes
Farm Prices and Shipments Highlight Birmingham Market
Hay prices delivered in Birmingham show light receipts and steady demand with prices firm. Poultry and egg prices paid by jobbers remained steady, with mixed and white eggs, hens, and broilers trading in narrow ranges. Grain and beef and hogs quotes were largely unchanged with slight moves in corn and oats and steady hogs and cattle values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Johnson
Timothy
Birmingham
Bessemer Plants Win Major Box Car Order
The Seaboard Air Line orders 1000 double-sheathed steel box cars with 700 to be built at Pullman Car and Manufacturing in Bessemer. Central of Georgia Railroad adds 200 70 ton steel hopper cars, sustaining the Bessemer plant on a modified schedule for months. Combined value exceeds 1.5 million for box cars and at least 0.5 million for hoppers. The railroads have long supported the region with purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Pullman Car & Manufacturing Company
Bessemer
Central of Georgia Railroad
Seaboard Air Line
Central of Georgia
Nashville guest of Decatur native Mrs Fisher visits Bethany
Mrs. Frank Fisher of Nashville is the guest of Mrs. C. W. Bethany. Fisher is a former Decatur resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fisher
Nashville
C. W. Bethany
Fisher
Decatur
Home Demonstration Club notes on time use and dress contest
Reprinted notes compare Limestone county to California and Illinois on time management. Reports highlight 18 Napa demonstrators testing efficient work methods, Riverside exhibits of labor saving equipment, Sacramento task studies, and three hour dresses with 40 women finishing in three hours or less. Aunt Sadie’s table and Aunt Mary’s rocker noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer's Wife Extension
United States
Limestone County
California
Napa
Riverside
Sacramento
Napa County
Imperial County
Contra Costa County
Larimer County
Colorado
Recreation Work Boosts McHenry County Home Bureau
The McHenry County Home Bureau saw a 30 percent membership rise last year as nine of thirteen units host monthly recreation nights with activities from stunts to dancing. A county recreation contest featured quartets, an orchestra and ten one act plays, while a flower show showcased 35 to 40 bowls and vases arranged by Mrs. J. T. Belue and Mrs. A. B. Chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
McHenry County
Ill
County Home Bureau
Organized Home Bureau
J. T. Belue
A. B. Chambers
County Council
Plowers
Schedule of meetings listed with names and dates
A fragmentary notice lists a series of names with dates for late June meetings. Priday June 22 Blackburt Mrs Marion Stinnett June 28 Center Will Mrs J M Bevil June 26 Salem Miss Ross Patterson June 27 Harris Ma Wilbur Hull June 28 Capshaw Mrs A H Crutcher.
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Priday
Blackburt
Marion Stinnett
Center Will
J. M. Bevil
Salem
Ross Patterson
Harris
Wilbur Hull
Capshaw
A. H. Crutcher
River gauge shows 44 feet and falling early morning
The Tennessee river gauge at 6 o'clock this morning read 44 feet and was descending.
Doctors Admire This Laxative
A brief note praises Feen a mint laxative for constipation. It warns no interference with duties and cautions that delay is dangerous. The product is priced at 15 cents and 5 cents at druggists.
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Harrison Carroll
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Clarence Brown
West
Jolla
Auga Caliente
R-K-O
Arizona Ranch
Mack Gordon
Harry Revell
Gordon
Mae West
Mr. Fields
Fields
Haszlitt
W. C. Fields
Decatur Chamber OF Commerce
Alabama
E. W. Collier
Clark Kinnaird
Souththern
Central Press
Decatur Daily
Louisiana
Wyker’s
Man
Marian Spindle
Mlinois
Home Bureau
Champaign County
Minos
Limestone County Club
Pennsylvania
Aunt Mary
Limestone
Sadie
Rhode Island
Cal
Thomason Lumber CO
Flint
Mich
B. Flint
Chevrolet
General Motors
America
F. O. B. Flint
C Jet
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit, Michigan
Hill Chevrolet Company
Lawrence County Motor Compan Bee Aoulti
Evy, i
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