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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1948

Page

5

Morgan County Social News Highlights

Mr and Mrs Henry Taylor visited their daughter in Hartzelle while Mrs Gaines McNutt stayed near Danville with her mother. Eldie Garrison spent the night with Coy Breedlove. Wallace spent Saturday in Bellview. Coy Breedlove visited Romey Garrison and family. Margaret Tremble from Kalamazoo, Michigan, stayed with Pruit Hensley and family.

Henry Taylor John Wallace Hartzelle Gaines McNutt Amandie Aldridge Danville Eldie Garrison Coy Breedlove Evan and Basham Sun- Rev Addie Wallace Bellview Coy Breedlove Romey Garrison Trimblé Margaret of

Patch of Blue and Work Life in a Humble Tale

The piece blends a boss clerk moment about attending a grandmother's funeral with a light lyric about a patch of blue past rain and trouble. It juxtaposes workplace tension, friendship, and hopeful sentiment through short dialogues and verse traits. The Decatur note adds a domestic joke about dreams of wealth.

Tve F. O. Hendricks

Jokes and Wit Blur Daily Gripes From Everyday Life

A stream of quips and anecdotes about family life, marriage, prejudice, and public figures. Ranging from a baby rabbit’s mischief to a St Louis merchant’s illness scare, the gags poke fun at human folly and social quirks with a light, old time newspaper tone.

Farm News on Crops Loans Fertilizers and Alfalfa Tips

The Morgan County Agricultural Conservation Office reports USDA actions on 1947 cotton loaned stock to be offered by the Commodity Credit Corporation on August 1 1948 and advises farmers to consider marketing loan cotton. It notes current equity per bale and outlines lime fertilizer lime rock and potash purchases. It warns of limited potash in mixed fertilizers and lists 0 14 10 as a good alfalfa fertilizer with corresponding costs and government subsidies. It also highlights ground limestone purchase orders and farm delivery costs with government support and advises securing fertilizer early for alfalfa planting.

Morgan County Agricultural Conservation Association D. C

Bus Driver Rewards Faker With Sack of Nickels

In Newark New Jersey a bus driver faced a recurring rider who always claimed only a twenty dollar bill. Prepared this day the driver gave change by handing over a sack containing 399 nickels for the twenty, then the passenger vanished.

Newark N. J

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