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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1934
Page
5
Market bulletin from Birmingham lists egg prices for leghorns and mixes with varied quality grades and sizes. Dairy and meat prices are shown with quotes for butter fat, corn, oats, beef type cattle and calves, and hogs with weight-based ranges, noting prices steady or unchanged.
Central City, Colorado reports a setback to the planned gambling during the upcoming festival. Sheriff Oscar of Gilpin County notes a special vice squad will operate, ending the prior week of relaxed gambling amid the Mining Era era ambiance.
Finland, the Land of a Thousand Lakes, becomes the only debtor nation to pay up to the United States in June, sending 166 538 dollars toward 477 843 644 dollars due. The piece highlights Finland’s liberal history, language tensions, co operative movement, and reliance on forests for wealth.
The column presents a string of wry observations and jokes about taxes money debt and civic spirit. A bartender exchange mentions tongue and meals while a prisoner jokes about slash expenses. A father’s laundry ticket and clothing notes finish the brief item with light humor.
Four inmates overpowered a deputy sheriff and escaped from the Lubbock jail. They kidnapped the bank vice president and an assistant justice of the peace. Sightings were reported near Post, Texas, with officials believing the group aimed for New Mexico. The escapees include Ed Perchmouth Stanton who is under a death sentence for Sheriff Moseley’s murder, Bill Coupe serving ten years for robbery, and Andrew H Nelson.
For sale near 327 John Street a used piano is available. Details and price not provided in the fragment.
A collection of light dialogue and quips about engagements, farmers, and family life. Bits joke about lawn care, milk, and etiquette, with a short obituary note for Miss Lorraine Poole after appendix surgery in Dayview.
The passage links cycles of buying selling making working earning and buying again. It opines plants suffer in a low mood and notes a car nut paradox where many nuts hold an auto together yet one can scatter it all, hinting at fragility and value.
Oklahoma City reports two passengers used broomsticks to threaten taxi driver Ezell Douglas and stole $3.05. The men fled leaving the improvised weapons behind.
Phares of the Texas Highway Patrol reported two Louisiana officers, Sheriff Hen and B M Geult, and Dallas deputies Ted Hinton and Bob Alcorn, failed to claim a shared reward after aiding in a trap. He said pledges to fund the reward were not fulfilled and formal applications were not filed.
Weekend visitors in Cloudland include Mr and Mrs Lewis O Brown and Mr and Mrs T M Jones Jr. They are joined by Mr and Mrs Lem Pollard of Gadsden and Mr and Mrs Alt Mathis of Decatur for a social gathering.
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