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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1933
Page
3
Monnie endures days without a letter from Dan while Miss Anstice plans Kay’s leave. Charles Eustace confronts Monnie over charity and money, urging her to see life beyond poverty and share his view that wealth cannot buy true happiness.
In dialogue driven scene Monnie confronts fear of aging and missing love while debating popularity and propriety with Charles. She argues that dreams of romance and the right lifestyle matter, while he dispenses a pragmatic view on looks, money, and status as social currency. The moment hints at unspoken tension between them.
A letter-worne plea from H Harrison Hill of Decatur Alabama argues against repealing Prohibition. He recalls saloons, poverty, and social ruin, cites prohibition era harms, and urges readers to vote NO to repeal.
It claims to cool and soothe itchy skin and deliver medicines into pores to halt itch, tetter, rash, eczema, foot itch, ringworm. Money back if it fails. Adv.
Market listings show fresh country butter at per pound 12 percent, Black Walnuts per bushel 25c, Irish potatoes and roses at 1.20 to 1.25 per 100 pounds, Turnips by bunch 40c to 75c, dried peas and green cabbage by pound, onions and home grown lettuce, and various fowl prices for hens and turkeys on foot with prices ranging from 5c to 20c per pound depending on quality and weight. Turkeys offered at 10c to 15c per pound in some lots.
Today's Birmingham market lists Johnson Hay prices for U 8 and U 2 across No 1 and No 2 grades, plus alfalfa and timothy. Grain prices show No 2 white and yellow corn and No 2 white oats with market comments noting corn declined and oats fell. Cotton seed pricing appears steady with delivery variations. Poultry and egg quotes reflect steady to unchanged levels. Butter fat and Birmingham livestock quotes cover cattle hogs calves and bologna bulls with price ranges and tone indicating steadiness to slight changes.
The Mother's Day program and afternoon singing at Woodland Mills drew a good crowd. Several families from nearby towns visited relatives, with multiple Sunday guests listed and plans announced for a countywide singing June 11 at the local school building sixteen miles east of Hartsel.
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