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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1930
Page
4
The Gadsden Times comments that the nation endures under the weight of Republican prosperity, praising steadfast strength and resilience in a period of economic growth.
The Gadsden Times News cites F Scott McBride of the Anti-Saloon League to argue the Republican Party is shifting toward wet lines. He notes Dwight Morrow as a rising wet candidate and says Hoover and GOP leaders plan to soften or repeal Prohibition before 1932, with Underwood predicting a shift in the party stance.
A cotton broker urges Alabama newspapers to promote longer staple cotton to boost prices. The FPW Gist bulletin, citing seed choice and weather, explains why Alabama lags in long staple production, notes global competition, boll weevil risks, and suggests higher yields and wider cultivation as remedies. The Daily urges bankers and businessmen to support quality improvement.
A reflective editorial critiques wealth uncharity and social injustice. It condemns selfish money hoarding and promotes biblical warnings about greed. The piece discusses economic contrasts, copyright prices, and the duty of property owners to act responsibly. It also appeals to belief in accountability before God and society.
Mr Morrow seeks the New Jersey Senate nomination as Fort looms a strong rival amid prohibition politics. Ivar Kreuger surveys global finance while Rockefeller plans a civic opera center in Manhattan. A London “Murder Game” and a Buffalo jewelry heist provide darker realties.
A plan to build an opera house for national benefit with radio distribution claims 120000000 potential listeners. National figures like Aylesworth and investors such as John D Rockefeller Jr and Otto H Kahn are named as possible prime movers. A separate Harlem river death involving a woman with wires around throat is noted in a crime fragment.
A crime report notes a murdered woman found with money, fine clothes, and a ring containing nine diamonds. The ring remains valued as photos of the body go to the morgue, while other details fade from memory. The piece also mentions silver prices and market shifts involving India and China sellers.
New York notes party trends for children reaching remarkable splendor. Shops on Park and Madison avenues offer hand painted invitations decorations and menus costing up to three dollars each. Decorators transform homes or lawns into fitting settings for children’s celebrations.
The article notes lavish children's parties with clowns magicians and animals charging 10 to 40 dollars per act and 10 to 25 dollars per head. A record party on Long Island hosted 60 guests with a 2 800 dollar total a circus style fete with elephants. In Hoboken a motor car ran on voice commands referencing a telephone girl experiment.
Wynn unveils a trap this year claiming mice cannot enter it. The device deters rodent visitors and potentially drives them to seek other houses as a result of its claimed barrier.
In a moment of economical prudence the narrator places rubber bands around a desk drawer. An uninvited visitor talks and removes them into a waste basket, narrowly averting serious harm.
In Louisiana near the Mississippi River, U S Senator Joseph Eugene Ransdell cultivates a 110 acre pecan orchard as a hobby. For 30 years he has tended 1,100 trees and shares intimate stories about many, including a notable tree he named the "Ransdell" after discovering a unique pecan variety.
Louisiana senator keeps a 110 acre pecan orchard with named trees. Olivette is a tiny nut and his personal favorites are among 1100 other trees including Schley Stewart Pabst James Morton and the Centennial. The centennial tree was brought from the south to Chicago in 1876.
Senator Ransdell spends time at his Lake Providence plantation tending a pecan orchard with trees named Teche Success Money Maker and Egg Shell. An old negro serves as foreman reader, handling letters from Washington outlining tasks. The harvest has reached 14,000 pounds in a year but is not treated as a business venture.
The article explains polinosis or hay fever as a reaction to undigested pollen proteins that enter the bloodstream. It describes pollen as the male plant cell carried by wind, seasonally abundant, causing sneezing, nasal and eye discharge, head fullness, and general misery when not digested.
The entry explains hinterland as the inland territory behind rivers or coasts and fervor as intense zeal. It also defines disgruntle as making someone dissatisfied or cross and ill-humored.
Every Decatur merchant offers broad service to encourage trade among the 135,000 residents of the Decatur trade territory.
A string of ditsy anecdotes and quips from a Decatur street scene features couples quarreling over gardens humor and fashion while transplanted moralizing and sly jabs at publicity circulate. The exchanges reveal social snatches about marriage honesty and daily life with playful wit.
A satirical sketch contrasts evolving courtship with casual social customs and a scene of two lawyers lamenting business. It riffs on habits, criticism, and pretenses, ending with a brisk jab at doctors and imagined illnesses.
Doubled curb market sales for May compare 1928 and 1929. J H Eubanks and W L Humphrey visited Nashville for Atlanta game. Mrs Mary Chenault and son James vacationing in Hot Springs Arkansas. The Select Tire company at Oak and Lee Streets completed a modern tire station and will open on Saturday.
Passage from Hebrews 10 26 to 34 warns of dire consequences for trampling the son of God and despising the blood of the covenant, urging reverence for God. It recalls former days of persecution and endurance as believers faced reproach and affliction.
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