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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1921
Page
5
A compact guide to preserving produce. Recipes detail sweet pickled eggplant and curried cantaloupe with vinegar, spices, and raisins. Also covered are methods for blueberry jam and grape preserves with sugar, ginger, and lemon, plus canning notes.
Oct 10 report highlights a small restaurant operator nicknamed Jake who profits from minimal margins. Other notes include a Brooklyn husband denying fault in a separation suit and ministers seeking to view the Carpentier-Pep tune fight photo for church fundraising.
The New York Sun excerpt blends street talk on exchange rates with reviews of Eltinge Theater and Greenwich Village performances. A missionary’s remark about cash for spirits echoes a dealer’s taunts about large sums. Helen MacKellar shines as Hester Bevina in Back Pay, a Wall Street tragedy. The piece also follows a young Sappho reincarnate in Sheridan Square and references Juanita’s prolific art and song output.
Captain John A. MacReady, head of the Flying Section, U S Air Service, using a Le Pere biplane with a General Electric supercharger, reached 40 000 feet in altitude. The Le Pere plane has been used for altitude tests since 1919, following Major Schroeder’s 1930s flight in the same aircraft.
Ordinance 342 authorizes Albany's mayor to enter a contract with Alabama Power Company for furnishing electric lights for five years. The agreement sets lamp sizes, placement limits, and cost handling, with ownership and relocation terms for city lamps and a stipulation that power must be supplied nightly.
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