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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1933

Page

4

Birthday surprise at Kirkland home marked by friends

A birthday party for Mrs. Kirkland turned into a surprise when guests, including multiple local families, gathered in the dining room for cake and a buffet. The event was followed by community news from Joe Wheeler P T A and local clubs with notices, plays, and church events.

Rice Alicia Weaver E. T. Cunningham Hardin Cox Mittie Wear Grady Wiggins Joe Humphrey W. H. Pettey Will Kirkland R. A. Kirkland Silk Stocking Club Leroy McEntire Alan Wallace McEntire Bond O. Foote Mrs. Bond St. Louis Arantz Rowden O'Bryant

Blue Star Ointment Provides Quick Relief for Skin Itches

Advertising copy touts cooling Blue Star Ointment that melts on the skin and delivers medicine into pores to combat itch tetter rash eczema and foot ringworm with a money back guarantee if it fails.

President Seeks Authority to Cut Cost of Veterans

President calls for immediate economy and new legislation to curb pension and veteran benefit costs. He argues for drastic entrenchment and broad principles to reform benefits while protecting those who served. The address stresses urgent action to stabilize national finances and meet spring refunding needs.

Congress

February Health Report Shows Births Surpass Deaths

Dr. R E Harper releases Lawrence county health unit findings for February. Birth certificates reach fifty five while deaths total thirteen. February saw an unusually high twenty laboratory examinations amid severe weather conditions.

Moulton Ala R. E. Harper Lawrence County Health Unit

Health clinic reports February chest exams and inspections

During the early February chest clinic days, seventeen examinations were conducted. There were thirty-nine visits and twenty-two sanitary inspections. The Lawrence county health unit provides public service through Dr. Harper, county physician, and Miss Crawford, county nurse.

Lawrence County Health Unit Harper Crawford

Morgan County Sunday School Conference in Hartselle

The Morgan county Sunday school conference will convene Sunday afternoon in Hartselle at the Hart selle Baptist church. A large attendance from county Baptist churches is expected with an arranged program including devotional, reports, special music, a missionary playlet, and a sermon by Rev. J. D. Pickens.

Royal Ambassadors The Morgan Association KWKH Shreveport Young People’s Morgan County Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church Hartselle

Prisoners Taken After Chase For Several Blocks

Hampton escapes from jail after leaping into an ante room near the jury area. He fled 50 feet to the ground and vanished as ten minutes passed before the escape was found. The man, facing a grand jury indictment for transporting whiskey, was white and involved in the early Saturday incident. Carter and Pletcher leaped prior to the escape.

Sion Circuit Court Hampton Harvey Hampton Carter Pletcher

Missing man not found after Hampton long jump witnesses

Several prisoners in jail observed Hampton perform a long jump, and despite a continuous search no trace of the missing man has been found to date.

Hampton

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Joe Wheeler Daughters of the Confederacy Hi Joseph Wheeler Miss Lee Royal Ambassadors OF Morgan Association Ninth Street Julian Bibb, Jr Dusly Ites Ants Julian Bibb Jackson Street C. B. Elliott E. T. Sheppard Veterans’ Hospital Tuscaloosa EF. L. Scott Claude Aycock Joseph Williams Elton Reeves C. J. O’bryant Birmingham Frank Richardson Frank Thompson Mooresville Alla D. Brown Dixon, Tenn Mrs Norman Brown A. Z. Bailey C. Graham Tanner John Howell Sixth Avenue South Howard Garnett J. C. Bryant Seventh Avenue West T. J. Burt Nashville Rinda Thornton Mrs. H. L. Thornton Oak Street B. H. Willerford Jack Haden United States Oxford Moore & Stevens Sterchi’s Sam Ma’m Terchi Aéet Buddy Legionnaires Morgan Co L. B. Wright Fred Halbrooks Southside Sunday School Christ J. D. Pickens Paradise Tennessee Valley Tur Mum Karloff Harry Carey Noah Beery Frankie Carro Oleo R. H. Campbell Moulton St Campbell & Street Mary Jane Beauty Libby Rosedale Clarksdale Tomatoes Fresh Garden Stokeleys van Camp Bakers Maxwell House Coffee
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