Opening Day Liquor Sales Spark Busy Birmingham Scene
Birmingham on May seven saw the state liquor store begin operations with a large, friendly crowd. Purchases ranged from a pint of bourbon to a fifth of Scotch as clubs and hotels opened sales, with individual limits set at three gallons and prices substantially lower than prohibition era rates. Stores planned rapid expansion to other counties after votes repealed strict prohibitions in twenty four counties.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
State Beverage Control Board
Montgomery
Beverage Board
Creaky Cough Relief Ad Promises Fast Creomulsion Aid
An old advertise promising Creomulsion for chest coughs and bronchial irritation. It claims the medicine goes to the seat of trouble to soothe inflamed membranes and loosen phlegm, with satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
Prohibition Statewide Dry Vote Split Mentioned in 1915
In 1915 the record notes 43 counties remaining dry while the other 43 chose to stay dry. It states liquor bought from a state store is legally permissible in both wet and dry counties.
Gilbert Furman Junior Birthday Party Honored
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Furman hosted a wiener roast at Wheeler Dam lodge for Gilbert Furman Juniors fifteenth birthday. Guests included Marjorie Mullen Earline Mullen Dot Brown Edith Tizzard Geraldine Hartman Fay Parkin James Weichers Willard Parkin Jerry Balentine Charles Furman. George Devine assisted in entertaining the group.
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Gilbert Furman
Wheeler Dam Lodge
Gilbert Furman Junior
Pressing with a hot iron loosens stamps and labels
A notice explains that applying heat from a hot iron can separate stamps and gummed labels that are stuck together, easing removal without damage.
Hillsboro News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Plays
Mrs. L. R. Hames hosts in Hillsboro with a Louisville visit planned May 15. Derby-bound Thompson couple depart for Louisville. Local moves and visits surface in Decatur Courtland Town Creek and Moulton. Hillsboro High to stage Black Cats May 15 with Cast led by Gordon Blaxton and Nora Bell Moore.
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Catherine Braxton
Town Creek
W. F. Alexander
L. A. Ryan
Decatur
Garnett Ennis
Billy Blake
W. H. Ennis
F. E. Farley
Moulton
Edna Gray
Dessie Snoddy
Wheeler Dam
Terry
Courtland
Buford Corum
Bro. Morris
Vrairie High School
Hillsboro
Burkett
Henry Burkett
Gordon Blaxton
Margy Burkett
Blaxton
Mort Poindexter
Doris Hames
Nora Bell Moore
Katie
Loretta Good
Goodwin Amos
Garlan Blaxton
Pumpkin Hill
Moon Phases Describe Waxing and Waning Shapes
A crescent moon with the open side to the east is waxing while the open side to the west signals a waning moon. The text notes nearly 14,000 new books and editions are published in England each year.
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England
President Roosevelt expresses sympathy after Hindenburg disaster
President Roosevelt, informed of the Hindenburg explosion, sends deepest sympathy to the families of passengers, officers, and crew. He also notes the tragedy during his vacation period and reflects on the New London school disaster on a separate occasion.
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D. Harold Oliver Alveston
Texas
Hindenburcher
Roosevelt
Kurat
N. J
Port Aransas
Ith
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Hindenburg
Washington
Warm Springs
New London
Tex
White House
The
Potomac
Congress
Trinity Mountain Cemetery Cleanup Planned This Saturday
Residents will meet at 2 PM Saturday at Trinity Mountain Cemetery to clean and beautify the grounds. Attendees with flowers are asked to bring them for the event.
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Trinity Mountain Cemetery
Decatur Boy Wins Honor for Yearbook Service
George Hansell of Decatur, a top University of Alabama student, received a certificate for outstanding work on the Corolla yearbook. The award was presented at the first annual journalism banquet hosted by the journalism department and the board of publications with over 200 guests in attendance.
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George Hansell
Decatur
University of Alabama
Corolla
Board of Publications
Ala
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Ih Air
Old Bailey
London
Central Criminal Court
Justice
George VI
Sursys
General Foods
Joe Hames
French Guiana
Ladurelle
France
State
Tar Commission
Decatur Boy
Bama
Met
Sycamore ST
Bee
Lea
Merita
Hunter
Opun
Gexour
PRIC
Hunter Furniture Co
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