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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1933
Page
2
The fragmentary text notes a motion and mentions The Associated Press rights and advertising representatives such as Devine Tenney Corporation with offices in New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines Allasta.
The article argues constitutional prohibition may pass this year but temperance remains a goal. It promotes Baynard L. Malone of Morgan county for congress, praising his public service and development efforts in the Tennessee Valley, urging voters to back him on October 3.
A historical reflection argues laws must spring from the hearts of the people rather than the courtroom. It emphasizes that common law, unwritten, wields the true power as it flows from the souls of the populace.
Column by Arthur Brisbane explores how society regulates faith and the role of media satire in discussing cultural norms. Notes reference to changing daily life under themes of travel, culture, and public opinion in 1983.
Connecticut's Commissioner of State Police warns against Gray Goose Airways Inc claiming no authorization or knowledge of the company and urges investigation of any stock offering. The piece mixes handling of Abrahamic sacrifice, German and Weimar references, dehydration claims, San Francisco job days, and stock market notes.
Miss Josephine Roche, head of Rocky Mountain Fuel Co, faces a divided coal code battle as southern Colorado miners earn $5.25 while northern mines set $5.00. The code, praised by Roche, aims to aid union labor and scale processing taxes debated by farm leaders and officials in Washington.
In the September 23 1921 item it reports the Tennessee Valley Poultry Association will hold a 7 30 PM meeting at the courthouse this Saturday. Amanda Pride plans a Madison visit and Mrs Winston Jones plus children join Mr Jones in Collierville for the winter. Hope Hampton stars in The Bait at the Star Theatre and Tom Mix in Hands Off is the Princess attraction. Early Phinizy of Pine Bluff Ark is visiting his family here.
The family of D. O. Looney an Athens broker barely escaped severe injuries when their automobile overturned between Athens and Nashville sliding into a ditch and turning on its side. Mrs Looney was the only occupant seriously injured and is reported on the road to recovery.
The article notes a rumor that Washington might resist inflation measures, sending stocks wheat and cotton lower. It recalls Pierre Guzman’s 100000 franc legacy at the French Academy of Sciences to fund interplanetary communication research, with no applicant to date.
A humorous dialogue sketches a learning driver and a worried husband who wants to sell the car. A magistrate questions a speedster who ignored a GO SLOW sign while a mother notes the late father who bought a car on time. A girl with ideals slaps a boy who suggests parking on a dark road. Boys without cars take dates to the rail station to kiss.
A new device from Wendell Fathers of motor car fame uses a phonograph to deliver comical and cautionary lines at various speeds. The courting parodies warn drivers at 25 35 50 60 70 and 80 mph with quips about law limits country driving insurance and repairs. A health joke about milk mileage closes the piece.
Amee Semple McPherson Hutton earns six thousand dollars a week to save souls in New York. The coinage of the times is mocked with influenza inflation talk and a joke about a wind up Japanese car. A Maya highway remains and a looming highway scandal is foretold.
A readers’ letter discussion on balance and boldness in public comment. The writer urges stronger civic participation, invites diverse opinions, and argues for constructive debate without fear or self censorship.
In a Sept 23 1923 letter from Decatur Alabama the editor urges Morgan County voters to elect Judge B L Malone to Congress. The piece highlights his long service as Morgan Probate Judge and his ability to unify Decatur Hartselle Albany and rural areas for regional industrial progress under the banner We Will Win With Malone The People’s Candidate.
Notice from the Probate Court states September 28 marks the last day for absent voters to apply for absentee ballots. Applications must reach Sheriff A. W. Davis by Thursday. The cutoff is five days before the October 3 primary.
The passage notes that many women in the era face unfulfilled romance with few spinsters remaining and most married women disappointed in love, reflecting social expectations and romantic constraints of the period.
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