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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1933
Page
3
Janet Hill and Rolf Carlyle, longtime engaged couple, clash over marriage as Janet confronts rumors of infidelity and their differing life goals. Janet’s threat to end the engagement follows a tense confrontation after a costly dinner and public quarrel.
An advertisement touts Baume Ben-Gay as a harmless pain reliever for neuralgia back and chest strains and claims it can loosen chest colds without drugs. It warns against cheap imitations and urges buyers to insist on the real product.
A period advertisement targets women enduring constant nerves from family noise and daily burdens. It suggests Lydia E. Pinkham remedies as a relief and portrays emotional strain as common among mothers and homemakers.
A list of fresh market prices covers vegetables fruits and meats. Carrots spinach peanuts and greens are priced per bunch or per pound. Native dressed veal hogs and sausage list per pound ranges. Poultry items include hens fryers turkeys geese and ducks with per pound figures.
Receipts in carrots include corn oats flour cotton onions and mixed vegetables. Hay prices delivered to Birmingham range from 10 to 22 dollars with timothy alfalfa and U S quotients noted. Grain prices show bulk No 2 white corn and No 2 yellow corn and white oats ranges. Poultry and egg prices paid to producers cover hens eggs fryers and other fowl with rates unchanged from yesterday.
Janet exclaims she would not marry him now, fiercely rejecting the marriage proposal as the scene ends with a cliffhanger.
Mr and Mrs J H Puller spent Tuesday night with Mr and Mrs Truitt Jacobs of Red Hill. Mr and Mrs James A Stewart visited with Mr and Mrs George Sims near Trinity. Mrs Anderson Terry spent Monday with A I Puller. Lonnie Puller family visited sister Mrs Coleman Johnson Sunday. Mary Stewart visited Josephine Sheats of Trinity Saturday. Otto Carrol of Decatur spent Sunday with Chester Standridge. A singing event drew many to Caddo Sunday afternoon. Bertha Fuller and O W Parker visited Decatur Thursday. Friends enjoyed singing at the home of O W Parker Wednesday night.
The Tennessee River level dropped today with a gauge reading of ten feet indicating a falling water stage.
Unofficial reports place Daniel C. Roper former Internal Revenue Commissioner as secretary of commerce in the Roosevelt administration. Roper is a close ally of William Gibbs McAdoo and a strong McAdoo supporter for the presidency.
There was no rainfall during the 24 hour period ending at seven o'clock this morning.
Physicians now recommend Calotabs as a nausealess calomel compound to break up a cold overnight and relieve congestion. One or two Calotabs at bedtime with milk or water, then the next morning the cold vanishes and appetite returns. Sold in 1c and 50c packages at drug stores.
Samuel Ansell sues Huey Long for damages and punitive relief over a Senate speech. Ansell claims $250,000 damage plus $500,000 sought in total, with $1,000,000 for punitive damages. Long called Ansell a thief scoundrel and crook in the address.
The weather bureau reports a maximum temperature and a minimum of 35 degrees for the hour ending at seven o'clock.
An old advertising blurb urges readers to restore two quarts of bile daily by using Carter’s Little Liver Pills rather than laxatives. It warns against salts water and gum and claims the liver’s bile governs overall energy and skin condition.
Fine tobaccos yield character and mildness through toasted leaves. Viewers are taken south to a planter's fields to see selections of cream of the crop and the aging stock worth over 100 million dollars. The Lucky Strike process then purifies the leaves to impart unmatched mildness and character.
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