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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1936

Page

3

Glamorous Adventure and Homecoming Across Two Tales

An adventurous tale follows Gail seeking work in New York after winning a costume design prize, facing a difficult employer Madame Lizette while rival Natalie Preston schemes. In a separate tapestry, Mark Chapman travels across the country to reunite with his lost family, crashes on a canyon bridge, and begins a cautious recovery with a hospitable stranger.

Gail “Veerett New York Madame Lizette Madame Derek Hargreaves Gail Dick Searles Natalie Preston Lucille Travers Lucille Mark Chapman Arizona Rancho Angelo Union New York Harbor

Rancho Angelo Mystery Drives Mark Toward Truth

Mark Chapman returns after 40 years to the valley to learn Rancho Angelo may stay in Travers hands. He discovers a web of land deals tied to Travers Mining and Development, visits the Hall of Records, and questions why the deed to Rancho Angelo remains unrecorded as he tries to uncover who owns the now valuable property.

Everett Jed Peter Everett Angelo New York Travers Rancho Angelo Dan Draffen Mark Chapman Mark Evertet Giles Harbour Hall of Records Jimmy Travers Mining and Development Company Travers Corporation

Fair trade code price and court outcomes

The report notes a buyout after a price dispute under a fair trade code. One competitor was arrested, pled guilty, and received a suspended sentence. Mellor and Werts were arrested, but a court found they sold no butter below the code figure and acquitted them. Locusts devastate cotton in the Chaco with 10,000 tons consumed and 60,000 acres invaded in Buenos Aires region.

Mellor Werts Buenos Aires Chaco Ministry of Agriculture

Butter Sold Half Cent Below Rival Prices in Market

In San Diego on May 2 George Mellor and EB Werts staged a playful confrontation near a market. One shouted at a rival across the street that they were selling butter a half cent below the competitor.

San Diego George Mellor EB. W. Werts

Ten Minute Jelly Recipes For Election Year Women

A vintage style feature promotes quick jelly and jam making with ten minute recipes using strawberries and rhubarb. It lists steps for Strawberry and Pineapple Jelly Rhubarb and Strawberry Jelly and Strawberry Jam, including juice preparation, sugar and pectin quantities, boiling times and canning notes.

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