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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1929
Page
4
Decatur welcomed farm agents Tuesday marking the area as the logical gathering spot for North Alabama groups. The town asserts its central role in regional agricultural collaboration.
The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Industrial Board are raising about 8000 dollars through volunteer teams to promote Decatur to attract new plants. The campaign emphasizes local support, no salaries or commissions, and urges every resident to join in building a bigger, better city through continued outreach to potential locators.
Aged theater lovers defend the road show era while noting talkies threaten touring productions. Earl Chapin argues provinces crave live actors and predicts a revival within a decade driven by public demand, though movies and talkies complicate touring. The article questions whether road shows can compete with Broadway film productions and star-led national releases.
Huntsville Daily Times urges minimizing tolls on the Robert E. Spragins bridge over the Tennessee River to boost traffic and recover construction costs faster. The piece stresses the Bee Line highway’s promotion and calls Decatur to advertise the route, noting local bridges and road improvements favor the Beeline over other southern routes.
The jail in Elizabethton Tennessee is described as inadequate to hold those arrested in the labor trouble, and observers call for a serious effort to unite the warring factions.
The report notes seven persons dead in Texas due to flooding while Arkansas again headlines the region for ongoing misfortune, keeping its lead in the hard luck column.
Republicans face a strained intra party debate as tariff policy split lines blur between old high and low tariff positions. The current friction among GOP representatives signals a broader shift in party divisions and policy stance.
The Decatur Daily runs Mr. Brisbane's daily editorials not as the paper's own stance but as the views of the country's highest paid editorial writer.
President Hoover calls for medical protection for the poorest mothers on isolated farms and cities. The piece argues mortality in childbirth remains high in America due to lack of antisepsis and untrained care, praising Oliver Wendell Holmes and urging modern sanitary practice. It also touches on Jivaros skulls, Blomberg arson verdict, and Newton Baker’s warning about Chicago and Wall Street dangers.
A compact lexical note defines terms A DAY strict buffet and felicity with brief glosses. It links binding constraining confinement and boxing terms to the sense of prosperity and happiness in a compact historical lexicographic snippet.
A collage of short jokes and quips about tradition money love and social situations spans light satire. Lines reference a lecturer from Atlantic Monthly sea sickness in a voyage and a florist’s ill daughter. The humor includes parent child tradition money burning and a party scene with women saying they have nothing to wear.
In Washington Herbert C Plummer recounts how Sabrina the 350 pound Amherst statue, the college’s famed goddess, vanished before the 1893 class dinner and reappeared later hidden away by the class of 1894 president Harlan Fiske Stone, now a U S Supreme Court justice, in a Chesterfield barn.
Riverside Drive teems with sailors and families as Uncle Sam’s scout cruisers dock for a week or two. Officers, nurses, and rubbers mingle while crowds tour ships, buy trinkets, and sailors roam Manhattan’s streets with city clubs hosting parties and dance halls crowded in a festive wartime scene.
The article by Dr Royal S Copeland urges teens to guard skin health to prevent acne. It stresses cleanliness, clean pores, balanced diet, and ample fluids, plus outdoor exercise to promote sweating and toxin elimination. Dr Copeland notes acne is common in ages ten to twenty-five and fades with proper care.
A profile of Justice Stone, longtime Amherst alumnus and U S Supreme Court member. It notes his Amherst football reputation, swift rise from attorney general to the high bench, and a hinted link to President Hoover regarding a law enforcement post. It covers his birth in New Hampshire, Columbia Law School, and his humane temperamental strength on the bench.
A reader asks about numerous fine blood vessels around the nostrils and circular disturbances. A skinist advises consulting a specialist. A second query asks about preventing growth in height. A dermatologist notes that moles may be made less noticeable with an expert electric needle.
A husband named Harold is described as very attentive to his wife. He reportedly oils up the lawn mower for her before leaving for the office, illustrating his careful domestic routine.
An old debate shapes how home is viewed from two angles. One definition centers on protection and nurture provided by a partner, while another frames home as the mundane space where chores like washing dishes linger in the sink.
An old lady jokes with a young pilot about his nerves after announcing the aircraft has lost both wings. She reassures him by saying they will get new ones upon landing.
A brief remark notes the common dieting pitfall where the allowed foods are those disliked by the eater. The quip highlights a challenge in sustaining weight loss efforts due to taste preferences.
A classroom joke turns on Moses living 4000 B. as a misread telephone number. The teacher prompts reading, the class remains silent, and a student reveals the punch line about mistaking the date for a phone listing. The exchange underscores miscommunication in reading aloud.
A light essay notes the president’s habit of staying home, hints at self mockery about sportsmanship, and muses on small irritants and simple comforts. It observes spring’s arrival and urges cleaner yards and shops as part of everyday improvement.
The passage discusses whether uncircumcision kept by law observance counts as circumcision and asserts true Jewry is inward not outward. It contrasts physical circumcision with a heart circumcision by the Spirit, praising from God rather than men.
Mrs A T Hanson and Miss Madeline Dix plan to leave Wednesday morning for Chattanooga to attend the Southern Baptist convention. H M Priest is in Birmingham on a brief business trip. Col and Mrs W B Edmundson and their house guests. Governor and Mrs Donahy and son of Ohio motored to Huntsville to visit Mr and Mrs James E Pierce. Rev W P Reeves of Mississippi, formerly pastor of Central Baptist, was a guest yesterday.
A river readout reports the water level at 12.2 feet as a gauge continues to track the rise. Local authorities monitor flooding risks and issue guidance for nearby residents and motorists.
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