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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1934
Page
7
Bizarre brief from the Secret Agent X-9 quick reference mentions rental on a Decatur property. It notes two reasons or lists connected to brokerage real estate investments, suggesting a coded outline rather than a public sale.
Carload hay prices delivered in Birmingham show U S No 1 Johnson at 14 to 15 dollars and No 2 Johnson at 13 to 14 dollars while Timothy at 25.50 to 26 and 25 to 25.50 for No 4 and alfalfa 26 to 27 dollars. Poultry and egg prices paid to producers by jobbers were steady with hens leghorns and colored birds around 9 to 9 1 2 cents, No 1 mixed eggs 18 cents candled 14, white eggs 16. Butter fat delivered in Birmingham unchanged at 20 cents. Grain prices bulk delivered in Birmingham with transit corn No 2 white 82 to 83 cents, No 2 yellow 78 to 80, oats No 2 white 54 to 63 1 2 cents. Cattle and hog prices quoted with various classes, and hogs steady with top corn hogs 190 to 236 pounds at 4 75, heavy hogs 325 pounds plus at 38 90, light hogs 140 to 190 pounds at 3 75, pigs 120 to 140 pounds at 2 85, light pigs 1 70, roughs 2 80.
A central press note recounts a bridge hand where South opens 2 Spades and, after a flurry of bids, North reaches 7 Diamonds doubled and redoubled by South. The opening lead Ace of Hearts and subsequent clubs produce a grand slam, with vulnerable penalties explained as rubber play trials. The article also explains vulnerability in rubber bridge and its impact on bidding risk.
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