Fortune telling and finances collide in vaudeville satire
The piece skewers fortune tellers by linking the Star Gazer and Little Bright Eyes to debts, stock losses, and personal misreads. It mocks their prophecies about markets and politics while contrasting them with the teller’s own blind spots and social observations in a humorous travelogue voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Black
Venus
Bell Rayah
Shades
Belle Rayah
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Community Welfare board meeting outlines fund raising push
Mrs J G Woodruff hosted the Community Welfare board meeting noting strong attendance. Plans were made to raise funds as missionary pledges fall short of expenses, with Federation Auxiliaries urged to assist. Miss Lucy Bell reported on class activities and Mizpah offered the closing benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Welfare Board
J. G. Woodruff
W. H. Ritter
H. S. Roberts
Auxiliaries
Lucy Bell
Woman's Missionary Society of the
West Decatur Methodist Church
C. S. Napps
Personal notices reflect Decatur social rounds
S. H. Malone Jr heads to Tuscaloosa for freshman year at the University. Chicago visitor Nathan Harton spends two weeks with his parents on Fifth Avenue West. Numerous locals travel to Florida, Birmingham, Memphis, and other cities. several residents recover from surgery and join upcoming studies or visits. Crepe myrtle bloom and railroad crossing markers attract attention as community life continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Malone, Jr
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Nathan Harton
Chicago, Il
Mrs
W. T. Harton
Fifth Avenue West
Southernen & Loan sued in four Morgan County cases
Four suits filed in Morgan County Circuit Court name Southernen & Loan Association as defendant. Plaintiffs A B Walling C L Smith J J Dinsmore and J J Bryant seek damages totaling 12000, each asking 3000, based on alleged misrepresentation by Abbott of surplus certificates with supposed value 500 and 8 percent interest. Certificates allegedly have no market value or withdrawal value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southernen & Loan Association, Corporation
Morgan County
A. B. Walling
C. L. Smith
J. J. Dinsmore
J. J. Bryant
Harris and
Harris
Abbott
The Marry Round Price of Freedom
Opinion piece arguing freedom demands hard work and paying the price in labor. It warns freedom is not free and contrasts modern youth’s talk of liberty with the need for personal responsibility and earning one’s living. It emphasizes the costs of love happiness and freedom, urging self sacrifice and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Henry
Ballyhoo
Rotary club picnic moves to Gilbert White plantation
Ro tarians and families are urged to attend a Wednesday picnic at Gilbert White's plantation replacing the weekly meeting. The event counts toward permanent era records and follows resumed community sings at Westside Presbyterian church with new books and expected out of town leaders. Sam Arvidson praises local cooperation for the Malone Park barbecue with Decatur public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Gilbert White
Westside Presbyterian Church
Sam Arvidson
Louisville & Nashville Y. M. C. A
Malone Park
Decatur
Burts
World Acclaims Feat Of Fliers Who Span Ocean
Near Paris where Lindbergh first set his wheels to the ground 37 hours later they greeted the trans Atlantic runway of Roosevelt Field whence America's Lone Eagle took off on the road to France. Then they flew nine miles far-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtiss Field
Valley Stream
Coste
Dallas
Texas
Texas City
France
William Easterwood
New York City
Viva Cost
Long Island
Costay
Bellonte
Paris
Lindbergh
Roosevelt Field
America
Eyebrow Trends Shift With High Brow Hats In New York
New York beauty circles report a shift from plucked brows to modern shaped forms the Hollywood eyebrow and Maiden-In-Distress styles. Harry M. Spiro of the New York Ladies Hairdressing Association cites the high brow hat as prompting this change, urging dyes and eye shadow to match fall hats. Men also note eyebrow shaping and subtle gray at the temples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Furman
Washington
New York
Hollywood
Harry M. Spiro
New York Ladies’ Hairdressing Association
Spiro
American gangster to be deported from Germany
September 3 report says VP Jack Legs, an American gangster, will be sent from Germany as a troublesome foreigner. Authorities announced the decision today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Advertising Club
City Hall
Dallas
Hoover
America
Aix-La-Chapelle
Jack
Germany
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W. R. Johnson
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Elbert
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Memphis
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Birmingham
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Florence
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J. M. Minor
Drew Seminary
Carmel, N. Y
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Stevenson
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Falkville
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Albuquerque
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Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus
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C. E. Walker
E. A. Edwards
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W. E. Crawford
Huntsville
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Sacred Heart Academy
Maurie Cagle
Russellville
Guy Mitchell
Claude Crosswhite
Muscle Shoals
C. C. Cagle
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Hill Chevrolet Company
Texas Four Quartette
Mr. Burgess
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WBRC
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R. T. Tyler
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Athens College
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J. H. Hall
Lakeland
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FE. G. Lovell
Tracey City
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Mesdames
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Cambridge
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Lara Grace Penn
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Morgan County Medical Society
Decatur Baptist Church
Lockmont Tire Company
Lee Street
J. N. Baker
Baker
F. L. Crow
Hartselle
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Decatur Kiwanians
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Lamar Penney
Mr. Penney
Lindy
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United States
President Doumergue
Rits Tower
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Helen Rowland
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