Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama

We have 1,623,049 pages in Alabama

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1937

Page

5

For Sale Items from R L Henderson and Others

Star and Dutch Girl quilted pets priced at six dollars each. Minnie Thompson lists Wilder Place address. Tancred white Leghorn eggs 15 to 50 cents not prepaid. Mrs R B Boyer Route 3 Hartselle advertises. Cane seed 14 bushels well cleaned at one dollar. 50 bushels Whippoorwill peas two dollars per bushel. First come first served. Somerville contact R L Henderson.

Star Minnie Thompson Wilder Place R. B. Boyer Route 3 Hartselle R. L. Henderson Somerville

Propeller Theory Dismissed In Hindenburg Crash

At Lakehurst on May 19 an expert from Hartford Frank W Caldwell testified none of the dirigible s four propellers broke in flight making the broken blade scenario improbable as the cause of the disaster that killed 36 on May 6.

Lakehurst Frank W. Caldwell Hartford

Leading Morgan County farmer Gilchrist shown as model planter

W H Gregory reports Decatur Alabama farmer P P Gilchrist embodies experimental method farming. Gilchrist rotates crops and uses one third cotton with vetch and Russian peas, grew 25 bales from 25 acres last year, keeps 76 crop acres, markets alfalfa hay with two tons produced so far this spring and more to come. He shares a long term tenant and supports an elderly worker on his 90 acre farm.

W. H. Gregory Morgan P. P. Gilchrist Decatur Alabama Gilchrist Belle Mina Decatur City Commission Presbyterian Church Morgan County Farmers Federation

Farm life of Captain Gilchrist and long-time tenant Sam

The article profiles Captain P. P. Gilchrist and his 30 year tenant Sam as part of a farm portrait. It details 14 acres of oats expected to yield 60 to 70 bushels per acre, leys and a summer hay crop after oats, 50 acres of wheat with leys, and last year’s 23 bushels per acre. It notes 18 acres of corn for livestock, 40 to 50 bushels per acre, plus four litters of pigs annually from two sows. It mentions 3 acres of soybeans for hog grazing, 7 mule colts on pasture, plans for feeder steers, and Gilchrist’s community involvement.

Leil P. P. Gilchrist W. H. Gregory Morgan County Gilchrist Lespedera

Youth held in Florida death case after knife wound

In Holding Youth Century Florida on May 10 officers have detained D. C. Ward 21 of Flomaton Alabama pending an inquest into the death of Charles Griffin 21 who died yesterday from a knife wound suffered in a beer garden altercation Sunday morning.

Fla Charles Griffin D. C. Ward Flomaton Ala Griffin

Robbers Seek Two White Men After Tuscaloosa Robbery

Sheriff deputies and city police hunt two unidentified white men after a late Tuesday night robbery on the outskirts of Tuscaloosa. Victim Robert M. Pritchett said one robber flashed a revolver and stole his car along with $6 from his pocketbook and two diamond rings, a wrist watch from his female companion whose name was not released. Total value of stolen items excluding the car is about $200. The car was left near Bryce Hospital amid other autos.

Tuscaloosa Ala Sheriff's Deputies Robert M. Pritchett Pritchett Bryce Hospital

Beef calves make money from Danville FFA project

Danville community farm boys in the FFA fed 15 grade Hereford calves over 90 to 110 days using a farm-based ration of cotton seed meal corn and hulls. They sold the average 530 pound calves for about 7.50 per hundredweight, earned $6.50 per head net after costs, and saved manure for the farm.

F.ee. Martin Danville Ville Decatur

Farm population share of children surpasses a third

A report states that Mie farm areas house under 30 percent of the national population but contain more than 35 percent of the country’s children, highlighting rural distribution disparities.

United States

Also Mentioned on This Page

Thrasher Booth AAA A. H. Lyle Georgia Farmers Exchange Bermuda Sultana W. A. Helmes Union Grove W. E. Bean Jersey O. C. Hipp Ryan's Cross Roads Route 1 Joppa Electrolux Golden Drugs Store Stoneville No Jack Parker Florette Route 2 C. P. McWhorter Moulton Beatrice Athens Yellow Jersey L. EB. Hames Seldon Osborne Dayton C. M. South Courtland W. E. Russelle Six Mile Schoolhouse Route 4 W. A. Helms T. R. Drinkard Lawrence Cove A. D. Stinson Admr Eva M-5 Barrow A. C F. L. Royer Puriana Turner Coal & Grain Co Checkerboard Store Moulton St Yassuh Mistah Gray Natchel Sody Yo’ Cotton Cawn Natchel Chileay Odes Ola Daily J. Glasscock Cooks M. CO Chunn Porto Rico Raymon Matthews R. W. Harper Corsa My Place R- E. Boyer J. A. E Smith Harris Station Trinity Oswayo Smithing Coal Standard Blacksmith South Davidson Coal and Feed Co Holly Street Chevrolet Dodge Hitt Chevrolet Co P. PP. Gilchrist Sam Increase Holding Youth Forbes & Sons Piano Company
Search Courier

Search the Decatur Daily Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Decatur Daily?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication