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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1942
Page
8
A garbled note describes a consumer scare about towels sold at 0 cents then at 60 cents, implying a faulty pricing scheme. The fragment hints at a customer who would be surprised if a towel bought for nothing later costs money, raising questions of value and deception.
Henderson notes that while ceilings limit price March levels fail to protect living costs if quality slips. He explains the Office of Price Administration will push for standards through inspections and testing from retailer to producer to maintain a stable quality-price relationship.
The Decatur Daily releases Dairy Cook booklet recipes including Foamy Butter Sauce and Fluffy Garnish with steps for blending sugar milk and butter and chilling gelatin infused garnish. Also notes tax notices in Morgan County Alabama directing appearance for sale of taxed real estate and estates in probate court.
Delinquent taxpayers and real estate owners are listed with amounts due. Names shown include Stanly and Bessie Bassham with tax 9.24 and fee 0.63, Landreth Baugh with tax 2.09 and fee 0.46, O F and Bernard Baur with tax 201.60 and fee 0.56, L D Compton with tax - and fee 0.
A 1942 notice lists numerous delinquent real estate taxes with amounts and printer’s fees, followed by a Probate Court scheduling and a general alert to taxpayers and representatives about unpaid taxes and the filed delinquent tax list for real estate and estates.
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