Alabama Employment Holds Steady as Mines and Mills Rebound
U S labor department report says June employment rose in Alabama coal mines and lumber mills while building activity expanded across the state offsetting textile and northern industrial cuts. Mobile district shows full time operation with some layoffs in furniture and iron industries. Birmingham district largely steady with a rise in building work and road projects.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
States Department of Labor
North
Bureau
Bessemer
Ensley
Fairfield
Mobile
Montgomery
Anniston
Tuscaloosa
Daily Crossword Puzzle nCROSS 1 South America
Crossword clues fill a large puzzle grid with across and down entries. The list includes venomous serpents, tools, poets, measurements, animals, and many common crossword answers.
Manufacture Of Booze Is Again Popular
Limestone county sheriff reports three whiskey stills destroyed this week in Alabama. A 250 gallon still was found near Athens with operators escaping. Two 120 gallon stills were seized in Beulahland, a known whiskey making area.
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Athens
Ala
Limestone County
Beulahland
River at Six Feet Stays Stationary
Weather observer Z Trimble reports the Tennessee river remained stationary at six feet today. No change in water level noted from previous reading.
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Z. Trimble
Tennessee
Johnson Family Attends Father’s Funeral in Tennessee
Mr and Mrs Lewis C Johnson and Mr and Mrs W M Wilson returned from Waverly Tennessee where they attended the funeral of their father Lewis C Johnson Sr who died after a brief illness.
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Lewis C. Johnson
W. M. Wilson
Waverly
Tenn
Johnson
Caddy Is Too Awed To Offer Any Advice
In New York the open golf championship play off showed two contrasting caddies. Al Espinosa’s bagman Vincent Peck McDonald with 22 years of international carry experience advised his player, while Bobby Jones’s 16 year old caddy Arthur Moore offered no guidance to the champion as spectators watched in awe.
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New York
al Espinosa
Vincent McDonald
Peck
Abe Mitchell
George Duncan
Bobby Jones
Arthur Moore
Arthur
Jones
Decatur Man Attends Athens Fights
W Hill of Hill Chevrolet Co. was among many Decatur residents at the Thursday night boxing matches in Athens.
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A W. Hill
Hill Chevrolet Co
Decatur
Athens
Arm Cut While Plowing Leaves Farmer Seriously Injured
ATHENS Ala July 19 Special Yate Wallace a 50 year old farmer from the western county was seriously injured late Wednesday afternoon when entangled in a plow his arm was cut and he lost so much blood he had to be rushed to a doctor to prevent death The mule pulled the plow as the accident occurred Wallace was plowing at the time and became entangled in the implement.
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Athens
Ala
Yate Wallace
Wallace
Work Begins Soon on Athens Hotel Expansion
Athens Alabama reports plans to start August first on a 23 room brick addition to the Ross Hotel replacing the east wing. The project includes running water in every room and modern conveniences, with a gradual renovation to a roughly fifty room brick hotel. Architect Donald S. Southgate of Nashville prepared the plans and Mrs. W C Ross expects to award the contract soon.
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Athens
Ala
Ross
Donald S. Southgate
Nashville
W. C. Ross
City extends street tax payment deadline to July 25
An announcement from Mayor B L Malone states the street tax deadline in Decatur is extended through July 25. About 2,000 residents received notices this year, with many paying on time but a large number still delinquent. records are being reviewed to determine exact totals.
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City of
Decatur
B. L. Malone
Morgan County Road Expenditures Reported
The semi annual financial report for Morgan County covers January 1 to July 1 1929 and shows road expenditures of 5767 73 in six months. District two disbursements total 18822 14 while district three is 12232 50 and district four 2773 90. The board of revenue signed the report: Frank J. Davis A. D. Sample A. K. Frost and Jas. W. Lynn.
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Morgan County
Board of Revenue
Hartselle Enterprise
Frank J. Davis
A. D. Sample
A. K. Frost
Jas. W. Lynn
Legionnaires 10 Visit at Mobile Convention Plans
Plans near completion for the Alabama Department American Legion annual convention in Mobile August 18-21. Lamar Y. McLeod Post and civic groups organize a memorial service in Bienville Square, with business sessions and entertainment, plus fishing parties and outings scheduled by special committees.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama Department American Legion
Lamar. Y. McLeod Post
Sunda
Bienville Square
Post
Miss Yarbrough Is Called To Reward
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon for Miss Fannie Yarbrough who died at her brother W. T. Yarbrough’s home in Athens. Dr. E. G. Mackay of the First Methodist church officiated. She had lived in Athens for many years and is survived by two brothers W. T. Yarbrough and W. M. Yarbrough, both of Athens.
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Athens
Ala
Fannie Yarbrough
W. T. Yarbrough
E. G. Mackay
First Methodist Church
Miss Yarbrough
W. M. Yarbrough
Publishers J. Parka Elected President of Southern Newspaper Group
Heads Publishers Associated Press Photo J. & Parka of the Fort Smith Times Record was elected president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association at the Asheville North Carolina convention.
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Associated Press Photo
J. &. Parka
Fort Smith, Ark
Times-Record
Southern News~paper Publishers Association
Asheville, NC
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Strand Cullman
William Fox
Movieton
AA Tyene
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Talking Screen
Strand—Cullman
Athens Hotel
Ross House
Iceberg—Firm Crisp Heads
Sunkist
Pickle Sales Oye
Jar
CERTO
Randall’ S
Concord
Bama
Hill’s Mane Mayonnaise
Hart
Hill
H.g.hill Company
Legionnairs
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