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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1933
Page
3
Ellinor grapples with a painful attachment to Barrett Colvin while incurring her mother Lida Stafford’s disapproval. Barrett’s absence and Miss Ella Sexton’s illness strain relationships as Elinor confronts deceit, hope, and the fragile ties binding their circle in December.
A vintage health ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a remedy for rundown blood and low strength. It claims improved appetite vitality and rosy cheeks after regular use and notes the tonic has tasted bland quinine and is harmless and widely sold in stores.
Prices listed for eggs potatoes onions and lettuce with per bushel per pound and per dozen or dozen prices. Poultry items include on foot heavy birds fryers and geese with prices per pound. Guinea fowl priced per 206 and 300 each.
Market prices and shipments in Birmingham show steady hay prices with light receipts and slow demand. Grain bids list No 2 white corn and No 2 yellow corn near 62-64 cents, No 2 white oats 41-42 cents. corn and oats overall steady to 1.2 cents lower. Poultry and eggs paid to producers show white leghorn hens at 6-7 cents, No 1 white eggs 12-13 cents, fryers 12-18 cents range. eggs and poultry generally steady. Live cattle and hog quotes posted, with steers 3.5-4 cents, cows 1.0-2.0 cents, hogs 3.20-4.30 dollars per hundredweight. receipts fair, demand fair to good.
Carrollton Alabama June 27 Farmers of Pickens county turned under their largest acreage of Austrian Winter peas and dairy vetch this spring. Crops of cotton and corn are growing on the land as a result of the cover crop program.
Vera Hendon of Decatur, from Central High School’s 1933 class, earned a one year tuition scholarship at David Lipscomb College in Nashville for completing the four year high school program in three years. Principal H. E. Williams announced the award after college president Dr. Bastell Baxter approved the scholarship. Hendon placed third in a class of 69, marking an outstanding scholastic record.
Directors of the Morgan County Strawberry Association gathered in Hartsville on Thursday June 22 to vote on reducing commissions for berry growers. The meeting occurred in the manager's office and focused on smoothing marketing costs for local growers.
Named by F D R to power board the group heard final report on the year's business and planning for the next season. The berry crop of 1933 netted very small returns to growers but was as good as other berry areas in the South. It was shown that such years occur and those who stay with the association and keep fields in good condition profit from better conditions next year. Members were urged to use influence to get berry fields worked out quickly and preserve acreage with Aromas and Blake mor es planted in fall or early spring.
John Alexander returns to Morgan Jal after a river chase with three escapes. Pauline Frederick stars in The Paliser Case at Star Theatre. Miss Katie Latham visits Mrs. J W Green as next year’s profits loom. A commission cut to 12 1 2 percent funds loading and selling costs plus manager salary. Mr F O Keller re elected manager. E L Hays secretary.
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