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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1929
Page
7
Listing rules govern placement times and deadlines for notices. Rates specify 6% cash with next day pay and minimums. 6% 6 point type. 8c per word for 4 day minimum. space charges based on inches with daily rates. Extra charges apply for repeated insertions and gold face type.
A fragmented page lists classification headings for announcements employment and merchandise plus stray entries. The text includes items like USED CAR BARGAINS and various vehicle descriptions but is largely garbled with incomplete words and stray characters.
This notice compiles varied ads and legal notices from a 1929 Alabama town section. Listings show shop offerings furniture rentals apartments and homes for rent plus sales of feed seed live fish and merchandise and a probate court final settlement notice for Dixon Glover estate with hearing date September 26 1529. Includes phone numbers and street addresses Albany Shoe Shop 210 Johnston St Birmingham Seafood 224 E Moulton St. J M Clark & Son First Ave. T M Dix Co Inc. Lester Sheffield Fourth Ave West. 724 6th Ave. 715 Oak St among others. Continuous classifieds reflect era commerce and public notices.
Dallas radio operator Charles F. Baker leaves his post at WFAA after six years to pursue theology studies at Evangelical Theological College. He plans further study at Wheaton College near Chicago and has begun substituting for Dallas pastors during vacations.
Cleveland sept 6 listeners of WTAM may attend Baldwin Wallace College at Berea Ohio this year by remote control Classes will be conducted over the air by the local station in conjunction with the college Two semesters of work divided into 17 lectures each will be given The subjects will be astronomy chemistry biology physics vocational guidance English history public speaking and sociology The lectures will require 15 minutes.
Advices from Hot Springs Arkansas say T Z Bailey is rapidly improving after an infection in his leg. He left for the Arkansas resort several weeks ago following a period of confinement at home.
Greer Hendon underwent a tonsillectomy this morning and is reported to be resting well after the operation.
Central time radio grid with programs on WEAF KS D WCKS and many others listing nightly shows and hours in a dense parse of station names and musical acts. Includes Chicago Detroit and Dallas stations with WEAF WJZ WLS WGN listings and program slates for September Friday.
N B Navarre of Wilmington North Carolina stands trial in Burgaw on theft charges after his dog allegedly found a $500 bank roll and Navarre pocketed the money when a teller could not confirm ownership. The bank later did not balance by $480 and Navarre was arrested after the note was not returned.
Athens public school opened with the largest attendance in its history more than eight hundred pupils on the first day and expected about a hundred more by week’s end. The junior high was moved from the Athens agricultural school. To gain space the cafeteria and lunchroom were repurposed into classrooms while the auditorium was reconfigured. A new school building is planned for next spring pending a special election.
A critique argues that Alice Judson Peale’s Songs for Children leans toward vulgar and sentimental jazz influenced lyrics while rhythms entertain. It urges parents to seek richer sources like folk tunes and Gilbert and Sullivan to broaden children’s musical experiences.
Evelyn West daughter of Charles West, a Tulsa lawyer and former Oklahoma attorney general, has won the first woman’s scholarship from Columbia Law School after a post graduate course in public law. Since 1924 she has earned three scholarships and chose Barnard College on a Tulsa American University Women scholarship. High Barnard entrance marks led to another award and a strong start to her legal career.
Mrs J H Scoggins continues critically ill at the home of her daughter Mrs W L Hatchett on Prospect Drive.
Mrs. A. P. Allen of Coxey has returned home after visiting her sisters Mrs. J. O. Goode and Mrs. Z. K. Goode.
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