This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1913
Page
2
Rates for carrier and mail subscriptions vary by duration with per line tributes and obituaries charged at five cents. Advertising rates require in office copy by noon. navy enlistment incentive note appears in the text.
Chicago city council weighs an ordinance banning crowing before 7 a.m. After 7 a.m. no loud noises may occur in Chicago on Sundays.
Alfalfa is being grown in Maine on soil imported from Massachusetts while Kansas remains unaffected as a point of comparison. The note highlights cross state soil use and regional agricultural practices.
The article notes that 696 automobiles passed Fair mount park in 1899 while 900000 did in 1912. It also mentions repeated counts of the same car and states the Good Roads Association Executive Committee will meet in Birmingham to choose the next meeting site.
In a Chicago case Selwyn H Maxon sues to block a loan company from collecting 729 on a 140 note. He says he borrowed 30 in 1904 and later 110 more, paying 579 so far. The piece calls loan sharks beasts of prey and urges stronger laws, noting many states have remedies but courts still fear to air borrowers’ cases.
A dated editorial denounces ragtime and modern dances from the Barbary Coast to upscale ballrooms. It warns of moral decline, citing a 12 year old girl and urging parental support to curb dancing deemed indecent.
In a melodramatic political romance set around a hotel in Waganee, Congressman Standish faces a man’s plot to weaponize a scandal. Wanda Kelly, the hotel operator, resists moral pressure as pressure mounts from Jim Blake and Governor Robertson while the race to reveal the woman’s identity spirals.
Tom Blake offers to defend Wanda Kelly as she faces jail for wire orders mishap. Mark exposes Wanda's knowledge of the Standish case, menacing legal maneuvering, and a tense standoff with the machine behind the conspiracy. The scene ends with Wanda denying knowledge as the plot continues.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.