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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1921
Page
14
International News Service reports in St Louis on a remarkable Rhode Island Red hen named George Siefert praising the bird as the copper keeper. The hen lays three eggs totaling eleven ounces with a prize mother, the largest egg measuring 8 1 3 by 6 1 3 inches and weighing four ounces.
A Long Beach reader from October 1921 praises the Sunday issue comparing it to larger papers. He and family enjoyed Catalina Busch Gardens Hollywood and beach resorts and note visits to the Pacific Fleet with two Albany area sailors aboard the Tennessee. He thanks Mr. Shelton and asks continued delivery.
In Boston on October 15 a man named Frank Doherty from Allston encountered a sailor who claimed to be a Babe Ruth admirer. The sailor, a reform school graduate, quips that Ruth is also a former reformer. Doherty jokes Ruth’s fame may outpace his own.
The London Zoological Society occupies 34 acres at Regent's Park and pays just over $1,500 annually. The land’s commercial value is estimated at more than $500,000 per year.
New York readers see holidays stretch social and travel plans beyond prior eras. The piece notes 1,000,000 New Yorkers took extended Labor Day trips, motorists adding 100,000, and discusses urban changes including the Greenwich Village theater site and a famed circular rug linked to Shah Jehan. It profiles a funeral-obsessed resident and quotes unemployed park bench observations as evidence of urban hardship. Also mentions The Whiteheaded Boy play by Irish Players en route to Broadway.
Reports from Mexico City describe San Pedro Lake in Coahuila nearly dried up with piles of dead fish filling the former lakebed. The drought affects other northern lakes, many already so low that fish can be gathered by hand, prompting strong odors and disappointment for fishermen.
A Birmingham pastor praying for rain during a heat spell led his flock to gather and prayers were answered as a thunderstorm brought heavy rain. A lightning bolt struck a nearby manufacturing building, sparking a fire that caused about 150000 dollars in damage.
Local reports describe a rising crime wave in Axhyme with multiple incidents triggering police alerts. Authorities urge residents to lock doors and report suspicious activity as investigations continue.
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