Decatur Hosiery Mill Plans Immediate Knit Machine Additions
The Decatur hosiery plant will install twenty one new knitting machines immediately. The day’s business also reports the Decatur Brick Company sale to a Georgia syndicate including John R. Morrison Paul B. Morrison H T Rawlins and Paul Baker. Other notes mention residents Sue King James J Chrissinger Charles B Saunders and Will Ricks visiting and returning from trips to Olney Princeton Evansville and Birmingham plus Wash ington D C Belle Mina west Albany Tuscumbia and related personal movements.
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Decatur
Decatur Brick Company
Georgia
John R. Morrison
Paul B. Morrison
H. T. Rawlins
Paul Baker
Connie Mack Shows Patience In World Series Pitching
Connie Mack, famed manager, kept Grove in despite four early hits and two runs as the Cardinals drilled him in the first inning. He endured the barrage because the hits did not produce runs, a decision a majority of managers would have altered, illustrating Mack’s understanding of his pitcher.
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Connie Mack
Grove
Cardinals
Mack
Hoover Declares End to Commissions Amid Economic Strain
A 1932-era editorial argues President Hoover is through with commissions after costly farm board actions that drove crop prices down. It blames bungling, notes unemployment studies, and asserts only market laws of supply and demand, not politics, can revive the economy.
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Hoover
United States
Farm Board
Train of Thoughts for the Sabbath and other days
A preacher narrator recounts personal temptations and hypocrisies tied to gambling and dishonest behavior. He condemns slot machines and “buckets” of corruption while urging scriptural honesty and personal integrity over insincere religiosity. He cites Bishop Cannon and Christ’s stern moral standard, urging immediate honesty.
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Athens
Ala
L. & N. Railroad
Decatur
New York
Bishop Cannon
Cannon
Jesus
Christ
Beware the wolves warning from the advertiser
The Montgomery Advertiser reprints an editorial from The Progressive Partner Ruralist opposing outside agitators stirring race tensions in Alabama. It warns whites and blacks to reject incendiary tactics linked to communists and emphasizes harmony, mutual cooperation, and responsible action by both races amid Scottsboro and Dadeville tensions. It condemns lynch law and outsiders while urging unity and justice.
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Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama
Jackson County
Scottsboro
Dadeville
Birmingham
A 21 Billion City How Strange Is Gold
Arthur Brisbane presents a King Features syndicate column exploring wealth, global markets, and cultural contrasts from Chinatown to distant China, with reflections on forgiveness and the peculiarities of money in 1930.
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Chinatown
China
Aces
King Features
E, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
New York Real Estate Valuations Hit Record Heights
New York City real estate taxation values exceed nineteen billion dollars with total value near twenty one billion including nonproperty and franchise assessments. Empire State Building alone valued at forty two million. Foreign gold flows and questions about federal reserve policy complicate currency dynamics amid high property wealth and cross border trade.
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New York
New York City
Empire State
Smith and Associates
Washington weighs gold standard over silver return
The administration signals it will not discuss restoring silver or placing it back to its old role. Government officials insist gold remains the best basis for the nation's monetary system, noting Britain and other European nations have temporarily abandoned the gold standard.
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Washington
Hsm
Britain
Silver as Money and the Need for Currency
The speaker argues silver has long been money and society needs more currency. It notes that Uncle Sam's annual revenue runs about one thousand million dollars and that governments, like individuals, lose credit when money is scarce, yet can obtain funds when they do not need them.
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Federal Reserve
Sam
Shylock
France
Germany
Alsace
Lorraine
Sir Herbert Samuel’s political ascent and roles
Sir Herbert Samuel, British politician born in Liverpool on November 1870, first stood for Parliament in 1895 as a Liberal. He served as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1909, Postmaster General 1910-14 and 1915-16, held a cabinet post in 1916, and directed Palestine as high commissioner from 1920 to 1925. He writes political articles.
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Herbert Samuel
British Coalition National
Duchy of Lancaster
Palestine
Liverpool
Madison Gin Totals Top 2000 in Statewide Report
Madison county leads state ginning figures with over 2000 bales ginned by September 16 according to the department of commerce. Last year at this point Madison county had processed over 4500 bales, showing a sharp year to year decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison County
Department of Commerce
Fragmented historical trivia and foreign policy musings
A collage of questions and answers on cords and weights, a list of names including Frank W. Lee and Attila, and reflections on borrowing, bimetalism, and forgiveness. The piece surveys Sino British and Franco German tensions, noting Uncle Sam’s role and wartime costs, with historical anecdotes about Attila and a New York boy who became a Chinese minister.
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New York
Tom Lee
New York University
Frank W. Lee
China
War debt readjustment seen as Britain's aim in coming monetary step
Charles P. Stewart argues in a Central Press piece that Britain will seek war debt readjustment following the gold standard suspension. He warns a weaker pound, lower English wages, and a shift in debtor relations with the United States and France, urging a full readjustment of war debts and reparations.
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Britain
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
York City
John Bull
Puss
America
France
United States
London
Deceptive bites pack calories in small portions
Logan Clendening MD warns that tiny foods like a walnut, small salad portions, or a teaspoon of mayonnaise conceal high calories. Examples include 1 English walnut at 20 calories, 2 leaves lettuce with tomatoes and 1 tablespoon mayo at 270 calories, and three hundred calories in a small ice cream serving.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
Court Throws Out Suit Against Otto H. Kahn
A suit against Otto H. Kahn, prominent New York banker, is dismissed for lack of proof. The court also finds a slander claim in the case to be fraudulent. The decision is praised as a stand in open court rather than private settlement.
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Otto H. Kahn
New York
Mr. Kahn
Rioting Workers in Lancashire Rally for British Goods Boycott
Lancashire workers riot brandishing clubs shouting Remember 1914 to 1918, arguing the nation they fought for should feed them now. The unrest links to Gandhi’s followers in India, as Gandhi’s boycott of British goods fuels unemployment in Lancashire.
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Lancashire
Gandhi
India
Thrift Rules Prominently Featured in Classifieds Section
The classified page highlights thrift rules and regulations guiding buyers and sellers. It outlines accepted practices, pricing norms, advertising standards, and how to handle disputes in local marketplace exchanges. The notice emphasizes fair dealing and clear item descriptions for community transactions.
Dr Clendening pamphlets offered by mail
Dr Logan Clendening offers six pamphlets by mail for ten cents each. Send a coin and a self addressed stamped envelope to the paper or Central Press Association in Cleveland Ohio. Pamphlets include Indigestion and Constipation, Reducing and Gaining, Infant Feeding, Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes, Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
Central Press Association
East Twelfth Street
Cleveland
Lambs and Law in Old Arkansas Prison Tale
A governor interview at the Arkansas state penitentiary reveals a colored inmate asking for a pardon while noting pride in a good home as she seeks release. A separate wedding anecdote playfully questions the clause love honor and obey, with the groom requesting further explanation of its meanings.
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Arkansas
State Penitentiary
Soldier’s Plea for Furlough Ends in Absurd Letter
A dusky soldier pleads for a two day furlough to help his wife move but the captain refuses after a letter from the wife claiming he is troublesome at moving. The soldier salutes and leaves saying he is not even married, calling his wife two people in one.
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Restus
Aner
Rastus
Rastus Comments On Excavation At Filling Station
Rastus watches a tank excavation at a new filling station and muses that a white man surely is smart, Word ends abruptly with the remark.
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Rastus
Wise words and caution in a minstrel tale excerpt
Rastus Rastiebones jokes about false appearances while Uncle Remus reflects on mortality. A minister's naughty son is seated at a separate table as punishment and solemnly prays that the Lord has spread a table before him in the presence of his enemies.
Traps Needed for Rat Problem at Home
A back and forth conversation shows one person asking for three rat traps to control a rat issue, while the other notes having just bought three recently and confirms all traps contain rats.
Carrie Carried to Ferry in Strained Shore Crossing
Carrie could not walk farther so helpers carried her to the ferry. The vessel then ferried Carrie to the shore, as she exhausted herself during the crossing.
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Carrie
Witty quotes on marriage and life from a humorous collection
A set of quips about marriage and social observations. Notable lines include hints that a husband becomes dull when married, memos about money and debt, and jokes on matrimony teaching a man to manage clothes. The tone is light and observational with a stream of gags.
Portable appeal in a college boy visit home
A preacher asks which portable form appeals to the young man and the college boy replies he favors the one about a multitude that leafs and fishes, reflecting a humorous mishearing.
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W. R. Shelton
B. C. Shelton Benjamin Bloodworth
R. T. Sheppard
Associated Press
National Advertising Representatives
Frost, Landis & Kohn
Atlanta
Chicago
Tennessee Valley
Sue King
Leighton
James J. Chrissinger
Olney
Ill
Princeton
Evansville
Ind
Charles B. Saunders
5S. D. Johnson
Will Ricks
Tuscumbia
John Minor
Thomas J.hatton
Washington, D. C
Ida Roberts
Belle Mina
Mrs. T. T. Roberts
West Albany
Poli
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Progressive Partner-Ruralist
Commission On Interactial Relations
Commission
Progressive Farmer-Ruralist
Booker T. Washington
Switzerland
Belgium
Japan
Niagara
Canada
Sir Herbert Samuel
Despond
Madison
Owl
Savannah
Attila
Rome
Mongolia
Europe
Chice
Canon Rogers
King George
Uncle Sam
Dank
England
Weill
Samuel
LPL
Lamb
Guvner
Rastus Rastiebones
Bilessin
Remus
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