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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1934
Page
5
Mr aid Mre Ed Summers and of Harteelie hosted a social gathering on Thursday with Mr and Mrs D O Simp in attendance, details noted in local society column.
Mr and Mrs J P Tedford and residents of Parkville have relocated to an address along the East. The item notes a change of home for the couple and their local ties.
A committee of Athens citizens will meet Governor B M Miller Friday to urge completion of paving the Lee highway between Athens and Fidrene amid current work on six miles west of Athens.
In Talladega Alabama on June 29 special coverage reports the Methodist Hi-League fur camp concluding its session. Resolutions unanimously favor Shocco as the future meeting site if business arrangements are finalized. Tentative dates are set for June 20.
Lemuel Johnson a Confederate veteran and Athens native died this week in Andalusia Alabama at age 96 His remains will be brought to Huntsville for burial
Prices for hay and grain delivered in Birmingham show U S No 1 Johnson hay 14 to 16 dollars per load U S No 1 Timothy 25 50 to 26 dollars U S No 1 Alfalfa 26 to 27 dollars demand fair prices firm and unchanged Poultry and egg prices paid producers by jobbers Hens leghorns 9 cents colored small and large 9 4 to 9 ] No 1 mixed eggs 13 to 14 cents No 1 white eggs 16 cents Spring broilers 12 4 to 14 cents large 16 to 18 cents colored 18 0 to 200 roosters 5 cents Prices steady and unchanged Butter fat delivered in Birmingham for churning 20 cents Premium 22 cents Carload grain prices delivered in Birmingham no 2 white corn 82 to 88 cents no 2 yellow 78 to 80 cents oats no 2 white 53 40 to 54 0 Corn and oats up one cent Prime beef type fed steers and heifers 4 4 % to 4 cents fair beef types 3 5 to 4 cents etc Cattle quotations unchanged Hog prices listed with top corn hogs 190 to 325 lbs
Public legal notice of mortgage sale by The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans on land in Morgan County Alabama. Mortgagee seeks to realize security with costs of sale and attorney fees. Chas H Eyster is attorney for mortgagee. Also includes stray hog market figures and unrelated quotations.
In a bridge hand with a freak minor, South hesitates between opening with 4 Clubs or 5 Clubs and faces potential overcalls. South ultimately bids 4 Clubs as hearts and clubs interplay with trumps, leading to a sequence where the declarer ruffs and uses spades and diamonds to reach a favorable outcome.
Clark Kinnaird offers a compact history of Florida in a daily series. It notes Ponce de Leon arrived in 1513 on Easter Sunday and St Augustine founded in 1565 as the oldest European settlement in the U S. It mentions Florida as a U S territory in 1819 for 5 million dollars and cites Florida’s nickname Everglade. The motto In God We Trust is listed with the state flower the orange blossom. The piece highlights agriculture and the lengthy coast line and identifies Tallahassee as the capital and Jacksonville as a large city.
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