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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1968
Page
11
By A. Leokum readers are invited to send questions with name age address and zip code to Tell Me Why care of this paper. In case of duplicate questions the author will decide the winner. Today’s win.
The article traces money’s history from barter, with leather hides and fish, to early metal coins and later paper money. It notes the shift to standardized values, convenience of paper, and hints at ancient Chinese use of paper money a millennium ago, highlighting advantages over coins.
A schedule of evening programs features Tonight's Best Bets at 7 with Bob Crosby introducing comedy and dance, 8:30 Family Affair, 9:00 Carol Burnett with guests Jack Jones and Tim Conway, plus Big Valley political intrigue and a 1958 jet attack film. Classic shorts and a joke-filled skit sequence follow.
A two digit number has digits where the second is four less than the first. Dividing the number by the sum of its digits yields 7. Solve for the number and check: the digits are 7 and 3 yielding 73. 73 divided by 7 equals 10.4, not 7, so this requires rechecking.
The note invites jokes and riddles with entries to a yearbook feature. It names Doris Smith, 12, Anderson South Carolina as today’s winner and asks for a ZIP code.
The Pony Express operated between Missouri and California for only about 18 months. Its demise came with the completion of telegraph lines to the West Coast in 1861, replacing the unreliable mail route.
A scanned TV schedule lists programs for Monday and Tuesday with times and shows. The notice ends with a public sale description listing household items for Otis Dehsen and a large Florence Alabama auction at Lambert Transfer Co. parking lot, Lambert's of Decatur Inc. dates 3-11-3-18-3-235.
A fragmented list shows multiple radio stations with call signs and unspecified time blocks. Entries include WMSL am 1400, WHOS am 800, WDRM 102.1 fm, WHRT 860 am, WAJF 1490, WJOF 104.3 fm, WJMW 730 am, WKAC 1080 am, and WLCB 1530 am with varied dawn to dusk or full-day windows.
Mason school records list MASSEY honor rolls and grade projects from first to sixth grade with student names. The narrative recalls Sir Francis Drake as the first English circumnavigator, sailing from Plymouth on December 13, 1577 and returning September 1580, via the Cape of Good Hope aboard the Pelican later renamed the Golden Hind.
In Morgan County Alabama the court orders publication for four weeks to compel Mary Katherine Russell to plead by March 28 1968 in a nonresident defendant equity bill. Also a warehouseman sale is set for March 27 1968 at Lambert's of Decatur to satisfy liens on listed household goods belonging to B A Summerlin and Jacqueline V KI with items described.
A structured taxonomy of advertisement categories for a newspaper page. It enumerates sections such as Personal, Card Of Thanks, In Memoriam, Lost And Found, Business Service, Home Repairs, Business Opportunities, Loans, Instructions, Help Wanted in various forms, Salesman Wanted, Situation Wanted, Auctions, Pets, Livestock, Antiques, Wanted To Buy, Automobile, Trucks, Auto Service, Motors, Boats, Mobile Homes and Rentals, Room And Board, Apartments-For Rent, House-For Rent, Commercial-For Rent, Wanted To Rent, Real Estate, Business-Investment Property, Lots-Acreage-Farms, Articles For Sale, Miscellaneous, and Farm Machinery. It stresses that all ads must run under the appropriate classification.
Classified ad rates effective January 1 1967 state per day per line minimum three lines and minimum 99 cents payment with a four to five word average line. All caps cards of thanks memorials and regular accounts only with ac counts payable on receipt of statement.
Authorized Democratic primary notices solicit votes for Justice of the Peace Beat 1 Place Nos. 2 and 20 Morgan County and for Chairman of the Board Of Revenue and Control Morgan County. Also Decatur constable Beat 1 seeks support. Nearby ads mention shoe styling services and meeting notices for AA Open Door group and Valley Health Building events.
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