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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1949
Page
10
A page listing multiple classified ads including land for sale on Trinity Mountain cedar posts and fencing, used washing machine, Holyk seed, flower bulbs, cattle feed, oil and drill equipment, and a piano wanted in Hartselle Decatur Trinity and Moulton regions.
Luther H. Douglas promotes artificial insemination using Riegeldale Emory’s Maximost Guernsey bull bred by Riegeldale Farms Trion Georgia purchased by Alabama Polytechnic Institute for 2500. He cites milk yields and fat records to urge Morgan County cattle owners to use the service via Morgan County Artificial Breeders Association at Hart selle with a 6.50 dollar first service fee and two free follow ups. The ad highlights projected milk income and suggests breeding all dairy cows to Guernsey and Jersey sires, urging calls to Hart selle 42 before deadlines.
A long list of sale notices includes John Deere plows near Athens, Kelvinator drink box, two piece spring suits and dresses, permanent waves offered by Mrs. Irvin Crow, bean and grass hay from Ivey P Weaver, and a 150 dollar Electrolux kerosene refrigerator. Also missing is a brown billfold with cash rewards for Jessie McCaghren Danville Route 2.
Multiple advertisements offer items for sale or trade including stoves, cotton seed, a knee hole desk, farm equipment, a 1947 Chevrolet 1 ton truck, cattle, a Jersey bull, and land. Listed sellers include Earl Harp Ollie Roberts Josephine Francis M M Range Lilie Latham J Willard Russell H M Blankenship and locations Route 3 Danville Route 4 Hartselle Decatur Mount Tabor Church Priceville Shoal Creek Baptist Somerville Road East Price Mountain Highway 67.
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