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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1927
Page
8
A comic musing on cars and high prices features a Ford named Henry Eighth and a mock psalm about driving. The piece riffs on car woes, credit, and road mishaps as a motor policeman stops an automobile during a recent speed-law enforcement wave.
A fragmentary verse piece recalls a traffic stop with the driver denying speeding and drinking while a train passes. It riffs on accidents, hit and run, and auto life with a playful finish about Cadillac versus flivver and home delivery service.
The Minnesota treasurer received 201,267 dollars for inheritance tax on the estate of the late Lady Strathcona of Scotland. The estate valued at 1,739,468 dollars in Minnesota included Great Northern stock and ore property, with total assets near 28 million dollars. The will left most to two sons and two daughters. Margaret Strathcona, daughter of the late Lord Strathcona, is named. The piece ends urging residents to buy at home.
In London the great Russian bass Chaliapin reportedly dictated his own epitaph. He said it would read that he lived and loved, did scandalous things, lied and sinned, was like the devil, and that his tomb would be watered only by the tears of his wife and children. The epitaph praises him as actor and artist who sold himself to peace.
Mrs. S. D. Johnson is resting at home after breaking her arm on Saturday. Friends express wishes for her speedy recovery.
Carlisle officials oppose communal singing in state saloons. Notices forbid chorus singing on premises and urge public cooperation to enforce the rule. The move reflects tensions between popular singing craze and drink traffic controls in Britain.
Five defendants faced disorderly conduct charges in city police courts and were fined 18 dollars and 60 cents each. One woman appeared in Morgan County Court with similar charges.
Four persons were arraigned in city police courts today for keeping late hours and each received a fine of 13.60 dollars.
Britain faces a record hunting season as moors in Scotland and England and salmon preserves are rented or let. American demand drives partridge shoots in Norfolk Midlands coverts and fishing rivers, with gunmakers and tackle firms reporting record sales and pre Easter bookings. Scotland anticipates its brightest season yet.
Three defendants faced three drunkenness charges in city court today. They received fines totaling 18 dollars and 60 cents.
The infant of Mr and Mrs E I Sheats Albany Route 3 died Saturday at 4 30 pm and was buried Sunday afternoon at Dancey s Chapel with priest directing the interment.
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