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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1957
Page
9
A fragmented notice invites readers to sell city property through James Ratliff of Simms. It hints at utility room features and property options but is unclear on specifics or location.
Motorbike for sale described as all chrome with a Villers engine in a 125 H frame. Claimed 94 percent complete or hip condition. Contact by phone at 1671 3 for details.
Classified listing offers portable grills folding flat at 13.95 and 0 18.95 for Serv-Cort, picknickers and hardwood tables, folding butterfly chairs at 10.95, hunter fans with 20 inch windows and oscillating models priced from 29.95 to 49.95, plus a Johnson motor used only four hours for sale at phone number 4458.
Advertisement notes fireproof code approved building 20 to 100 feet wide with clearspan length for low cost commercial use either sold or rented. Also lists New and used pianos for sale and rent at GeRoseberry Piano Shop 1106 13th SE with phone numbers 4974 and 4785.
Notice of mortgage default and public sale. W W Williams granted a mortgage to Mrs Etha Duncan on November 1 1948 recorded in Book 460 page 414 at the Morgan County Probate Office. Sale set for June 27 1957 at City Hall Falkville Alabama, to satisfy debt with costs and attorney fees. May 7 1951. Mrs Etha Duncan mortgagee. Eyster & Eyster attorneys. Plus a second mortgage default notice involving Loyd Wynn Elsie Wynn and Circie Construction Company assigned to Union Credit Company Inc recorded in Book 575 pages 115-116. Notice continues.
17 year old John Chaffee Jr. endured 44 hours entombed in a grimy bank vault as Detroit locksmiths cut through the door to free him. He and 19 year old Richard Schroudt had been cleaning the old bank building for a party when a playful shove trapped him inside.
Hetty Green becomes one of the nation's richest women after inheriting seven and a half million dollars at age twenty one marking a notable early milestone in her long financial career.
Puzzle-style list of clues appears with numbers and word prompts for a crossword style exercise. Several entries reference common crossword answers and archaic terms.
A fragment lists crossword entries and clues including Father Erbium symbol Degrade Portend Assam silkworm Dissolve and other alphabetic hints. It describes code letters changing daily with single letters representing other letters and mentions sample mappings.
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