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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1955

Page

11

Four Room Home with Garage in Austinville for $9000

Classified notices describe multiple homes on large lots in Austinville and Youngstown area. Listings include 5 rooms on a corner lot with remodel, 2 to 3 bedrooms, living dining combos, electric heat, fireplaces, and carport. Prices shown include $11 750 and a 100 percent VA loan option for qualified buyers.

Austinville 8Th Ave S.t Johnston St Youngstown 7Th Ave N.W 16Th Ave S.E

Habit of Cleaning Rugs and Upholstery Ad

An advertisement listing Finn Foam cleaner for rugs and upholstery and promoting H and H Drug Walgreens Agency with the hunter brand.

Finn H & H Drug Walgreen Agency

Public sale of isolated land tracts offered at minimum bid

Public sale set for June 15 at 10 00 a m to offer isolated tracts of land T S R W Hunts M Alabama section 30 SWSEM containing 40 11 acres with minimum bid not less than 260. Bids by mail or in person in sealed envelopes with certified funds payable to the Bureau of Land Management.

T. S R. W Hunts. M Alabama SWSEM Bureau of Land Management

Proposed Zoning Ordinance Changes in Decatur Alabama

City of Decatur announces a proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance 399 as amended by multiple ordinances. The notice states that the amendments will be considered by the city council and invites public input.

Decatur Alabama

Anecdotes and zoning ordinance notes in Decatur Alabama

The text blends a Bohemian anecdote about Maud Booth and Theodore Roosevelt with a city council notice for Decatur Alabama. It includes a marriage of social quips and a formal ordinance amending the 1945 zoning map for a 40 acre tract near Austinville Road, set to take effect after May 18 to 25.

Maud Ballington Booth General Booth National Society of the Volunteers of America Theodore Roosevelt New York Abraham Lincoln Ballington Booth Decatur Alabama Joe Pettey Austinville Road

Knox visits hometown after resignation as Secretary of State

Alf M. Landon recalls Philander Knox’s return to his Pennsylvanian homeland after Knox left the Senate to become Secretary of State. On arriving, Knox asks about public reaction and finds locals mostly laughing at the news while Hank offers curt, humorous replies.

Philander P. Knox Alf M. Landon Kansas United States Knox Pennsylvania Mr. Knox

G & N Construction completes Alabama contracts in Morgan County

G N Construction Company completes contracts FI-25 3 FGI-25 4 and F 239 3 in Morgan County Alabama and the state sets final settlement for June 18 1955. All claims must be filed at the G N office in McMinnville Tennessee before the settlement date. G N Construction Co. May 18 25 June 1 8

G & N_ Construction Company Alabama Morgan County McMinnville Tennessee G & N Construction Co

College dean halts necking on campus with laughter

A dean of women at a large co educational college began an important announcement to students stating that the president and she have decided to stop necking on the campus. The remark was delivered amid a gale of laughter from the audience.

Cryptoquote puzzle lesson and sample quote reveal

Daily Cryptoquote explains a substitution cipher with the example A representing L and X representing O. It notes single letters and punctuation as hints and mentions yesterday's solved line and an opening day quote. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.

Baillie King Features Spndicaie

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