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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1929
Page
7
Rates and deadlines for classified ads. Copy must be received by 6:30 pm for next issue and paid by 5:30 pm previous day. Pricing includes 39c per word minimum 2.50, with various per word and per inch rates for bold, larger type, and consecutive insertions. The management reserves right to reject copy and not be responsible for more than one incorrect insertion. Effective January 1928.
1925 Chevrolet Touring in good condition with new paint, good tires and a new battery. Priced at 150 dollars. Also a 1926 Studebaker Sedan with clean upholstery and a perfect motor, tires in good shape, no text. Special offer price 325 dollars.
Real estate ads show rents for multiple properties including a new bungalow and various stores in Decatur with phone numbers. a sale offer on a home at 912 Wadsworth St. investments include several houses and land with prices from 800 to 2800. A Board of Review notice announces completed adjustments for 1929 tax valuations and outlines protest procedures with deadlines and official contact.
In the Probate Court the matter of the estate of Mrs. G A Jester deceased, T A Jester administrator, filed accounts for final settlement. Notice to Ella Eubanks and Mollie Copeland unknown residence and to whom it may concern: hearing set June 7, 1929, in May 1929. Judge M D Wiggins directs appearance to show cause why settlement should not be passed and allowed. Also a column on Three Year Old Manners by Alice Judson Peale discusses early manners and social behavior over purely health related training.
In La Crosse Wisconsin on May 3 a blind inventor named Michael Mateske has spent six years assembling and operating a complete radio transmitting and receiving set. He communicates with a perforated tape system read by touch and has contacted amateur stations in nearly all states. Besides running station W9PJ he also runs a local store and prints at Decatur Daily Job Printing.
Madison county farmers are welcome in Decatur highlighting a local welcome event. Community leaders invite growers to discuss crops, markets, and cooperative resources set for a city gathering in December. Local agencies and farm groups emphasize cooperation and regional outreach.
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