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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1956
Page
11
Classified ad notes multiple properties for sale including a 3 bedroom brick home with baths and carport on Somerville Road SE and a 3 room separate suite on Jackson Street. Briscoe Agency lists insurance and real estate at 252 Grant Street with phone 2615.
Multiple property notices list 8 room colonial and brick homes near the city on US 31 and Highway 67. Properties include 1604 Buena Vista Street with electric heat, 6 room rental 1216 7th Ave SE, acreages and shop buildings, and a 10 000 dollar store-warehouse with financing. Listings cite John Patterson Co at 109 S Johnston St. phone 25 for inquiries.
Auction notices reveal available properties at 1501 10th Ave SE corner lot with oak features priced at 16100. 1106 9th Ave SE lists a residence with porch and notable details priced at 7500. 1025 Grant St offers a brick home with three baths carport and screened porches priced at 19000.
Three bedroom two bath house listed as a best buy. Owner leaving town. call 4034 for details. Located in town at 1305 With Street SE. Auction or sale terms not specified. Property features include standard layout and likely single family residence.
For sale at Allied Sales are discounts on refrigerators electric and gas ranges innerspring mattresses radios washing machines living room furniture meat display cases air conditioners and fans. Prices start at low figures and cover new and used items with wide selection for dairy shops homes and offices.
A notice from the Member Board of Revenue And Control announces a candidate for Member District 4 in Morgan. The filing highlights campaign intent and seeks voter support ahead of upcoming elections.
A Somerville couple celebrates their eight month old grandson who whistles, with the infant reportedly whistling in his crib at home and later in a standing position. The Times Tribune notes the unusual talent as recounted by the child’s mother.
Eddie Glennon, general manager of the Birmingham Barons, spoke at yesterday's Decatur Rotary dinner urging support for youth sports programs. Carey Wilson of Decatur Iron and Steel Co. was welcomed as a new member among several guests.
About two thirds of homeowners with properties valued between ten thousand and twenty five thousand dollars engage in do it yourself work. This pattern shows widespread hands on maintenance across modestly valued homes.
The article notes that seven U.S. presidents including Andrew Jackson James Polk James Buchanan Chester Arthur Rutherford B Hayes William McKinley Woodrow Wilson and Harry S Truman traced their ancestry to Ireland.
A fragment discusses a crossword puzzle with clues like ee bee wa V0 and Girl's nick-16. It mentions an obese 19 and adhesive such note style where letters stand for others. The text notes that A stands for three Ls and X for two Os and that code letters change daily.
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