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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1933
Page
5
A group led by Dancy struggles with a squeaky rusty well handle to draw water. After exhausting efforts they pull the rope by hand and drink their fill, then meet a fiddler crab who dances and plays music for the amused group. The scene closes with a teaser about a strange house in the next story.
Gorden-Bible school contributed 605 buttons for garments in group meetings and R F C sewing rooms. Miss Myrtle Graves' class donated the most, over 2000 buttons, with LaFayette street and Ninth street schools also sending large totals for the same purpose.
Athens Alabama March 20 A special report notes a Minnesota potato shipment to the Athens Produce Company showing production cost far lower than freight charges. A carload of 360 bags at 100 pounds each cost 191.50 for the potatoes and 317.10 in freight.
A fire of undetermined origin last week destroyed the dry kiln and about $600 worth of green lumber at B. D. Peck's saw mill and lumberyards. Peck said rebuilding will start this week.
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