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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1956
Page
11
Classified notice lists a two story colonial home with 2 baths attic, near city on U S Highway 31. Price $22 500, lot 100 by 150. Also references a business on Market Street zoned for heavy industry at $25 000 and sewing machines for sale from Singer at $24 50. Center contact 107 W. Phone 3808.
A soldier asks his colonel for home leave to help his wife with spring cleaning. The colonel declines gently, then the soldier quips about two men in the regiment who bend the truth, claiming he is unmarried. A goat born near Standish, California, has seven kids. A director’s child jokes about mounted police shown in a newsreel, imagining riders like Nelson Eddy.
Bargains at Allied Sales advertise air conditioners used adding machines registers scales sewing machines beds radios washing machines and other items. The ad mentions a Decatur location with phone numbers 5080 and 4181 and highlights a "Bargain House of North Alabama" in Decatur.
A fragmented catalog page lists Railroad Factory Salvage Furniture Co at 13 Church St N W with items including a stainless steel kitchen table 54x24x12 priced $13.94 and a white enamel 40x24x? cabinet base priced $29.94. Other items include a chrome plated kitchen tool set, a brass drop leaf table extension 48 inches, and a baby bed with drawers priced $399.
Morgan County Court orders publication against Lula B Chairs, non resident of Alabama, age over 21, unknown address. Register directs weekly notices in Decatur Daily for four weeks to plead answer or demur to the bill by a stated decree date.
The Morgan County Alabama notice states the Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company property is to be exposed for sale on July 16 1956 at the Decatur courthouse. Sheriff Jimmie announces the sale during legal hours under probate file conditions in Morgan County Alabama.
Writ of execution issued to enforce judgment against Carl L. Lee Richard A. Lee and L. E. Hamilton in favor of The W T Rawleigh Company. Property Lot 3 Block 142 Addition 4 Decatur Land Improve Decatur Alabama, to be sold at public auction per Morgan County probate records.
Scientists report that right whales, near extinction in 1750, show signs of recovery due to international protective regulations. Persistence of threats remains, but population indicators suggest improved prospects for recovery.
A collage of quips on party lines phone etiquette circus gossip and civic humor. A farmer confesses no giraffe sightings while a circus manager seeks the escaped animal amid a small town. Traffic woes red green hydrants and hotel dog anecdotes punctuate the page.
Readers seek guidance on engagement fidelity and casual dating. Confused Belle worries about a fiancé and a flirtatious Peter while Pearl questions a casual suitor’s seriousness. The column advises resolving engagement promptly and avoiding casual dating.
A fragmented notice notes hardship for several families relying on tight budgets as prices rise and incomes lag. Local agencies warn of continued strain on household finances and urge careful balancing of essentials.
A fragmented crossword feature explains codes for long nails and tool names. It shows sample substitutions where letters replace other letters in phrases like long fel low and maple stands for apotoe, with daily code changes and hints about patterns and restorable words.
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