First Baptist Church Albany Dedication Set Later
Twelve years ago today the new First Baptist church in Albany was used for the first time with a formal dedication planned later. Mayor E C Payne returned from North Tonawanda and Mrs Fred Hunt is home with a sprained ankle from a recent fall. Miss Marjorie Workman visits Tuesday as August weather lingers and a weary businessman endures the street corner debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Albany
Fred Hunt
Persistence Pays Meaningful Toward Career Fit
The author urges trying and learning from initial setbacks at work. Even if you do not fit the business, the effort provides value and transferable experience for future ventures in a different field.
Small State Dailies Stand Up For Local News Quality
The Tuscaloosa News Anniston Star Gadsden Times Huntsville Times and Dothan Eagle showcase strong community assets. These papers emphasize solid reporting, local coverage, and editorial voice despite smaller markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa News
Anniston Star
The
Gadsden Times
Huntsville Times
Dothan Eagle
Call It Governor Governor Graves Urged By Tuscaloosa News
The Tuscaloosa News and the Gadsden Times urge Governor Graves to call the legislature into an extra session to seek a good roads bond amendment. They cite road building spurring industrial growth and stress a strong campaign to win voter approval, noting several highway projects and survey activity in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Graves
Alabama
Gadsden
Decatur
Guntersville
Nis County
State Department
Comert
Alabama Pays Largest Pensions to Confederate Veterans
Alabama led Southern states in pension payments to Confederate veterans and widows with 459 225 dollars paid on July 1 1929 for the quarter. The total included 1 497 veterans and 4 692 widows, reflecting national praise for Alabama’s remembrance of the Confederate cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
State
South
Southland
Speed Still Dangerous, Opelika News Declares
The Opelika Daily News editorial warns speed remains deadly despite car improvements and stricter road rules. It argues 60 to 70 mph is unsafe, urges motor patrols to enforce laws, and urges drivers to slow to avoid endangering others on Alabama roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opelika News
Opelika Daily News
Alabama
Firestone plant bid spurs Alabama city race
The Anniston Star notes Harvey Firestone may visit Muscle Shoals to inspect sites for a Southern Firestone plant. It argues Anniston offers water, labor, and transport advantages, near Goodyear, but warns a tough campaign is needed amid Alabama and Georgia competition. Decatur observers expect similar urgency as they push industrial expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston Star
Harvey Firestone
Muscle Shoals
Decatur
Southern Tire
the Star
Florence and Sheffield
Southern Fire Branch
Chamber of Commerce
Anniston
Firestone
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Goodyear
Georgia
Endurance race draws money focus over record pace in St Louis
The report notes growing interest in the $116 an hour wage for the performers rather than the record-breaking effort shown by the Qifers in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Editorial Fragments on War, Wheat Shortage, and Public Morals
The piece surveys Mr. Brisbane's editorials and invokes Prof. Snook's murder defense, then shifts to a looming wheat shortfall and a proposed world co operative market funded by Uncle Sam. It notes France's leadership change, NYC taxi radio limits, dog racing legality, and a veteran journalist’s exile plan plus extra verses of Home Sweet Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parm Board
Uncle Sam
Evedy
Just One Year Since His Return and Local Updates
Vernon McGwier has returned from Huntsville after a three day visit. Miss Margaret Harrison rests well at Benevolent hospital following an appendix operation Saturday. Alabama Power officials approved twenty thousand dollars for gas line extensions in Decatur in the last sixty days per local manager Garner Pride. Growing interest is noted as the Treas... nears a Paes ee is cheated for September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Harrison
Benevolent Hospital
Alabama Power Company
Decatur
Garner Pride
Willard Hotel Sold But Name to Stay in Washington
A long profile contrasts the Willard hotel’s famed history with new owners promising to keep the Willard name. The piece also sketches life in Hicksville and Farmer City, noting quiet streets, small lunchrooms, and modest local eateries as a counterpoint to urban bustle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Plummer Washington
Willard
Washington
United States
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Farmer City
Ill
Nasal Polypus and Catarrh Advice by Dr Copeland
A dental senator from New York explains catarrh as common in the American climate and describes nasal polypus, its effects on the nose shape, and the need for underlying treatment. He notes polypus can be large, requires surgical removal, and emphasizes specialist care for nose diseases. He also hints at varicose veins treatment and possible surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NASA
Gene
Willard Hotel Passages Through Presidential History
The Willard hosted many U S leaders and events. Calvin Coolidge stayed there throughout his vice presidency and first weeks as president, the White House staff worked from the hotel. Lincoln Lafayette Taylor and Pierce visited or were guests. Franklin Pierce and Mrs Millard Fillmore noted for inaugurations and a death in 1853.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Calvin Coolidge
Harding
Willard
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R. Marshall
Lincoln
Washington
Lafayette
Congress
Zachary Taylor
United States
Franklin Pierce
Millard Fillmore
About New York About New York by Richard Maslock
The piece argues New York resembles a village in social life despite its vast commerce fashion and pleasures. It suggests real village life exists within an hour from Forty-second Street in areas like Hudson Valley and Long Island, portraying hinterlands and country towns beyond the city core.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Maslock
New York
Hot Weather Advice for Mothers of Babies
Practical guidance for caring for infants in hot weather. Emphasizes regular feeding intervals, daily outdoor time when weather allows, consistent sleep and rest schedules, and attention to regular “call of Nature.”
Summer Days and Remedies Across Troubled Dialogues
A fragment from a humorous dialogue features a professor asking why days lengthen in summer and a tenderfoot answering with heat expansion. It shifts to witty quips about a girl’s fire dimmed by brain water, and a sketched home remedy plan with names Jones Simpson Brown in a sequence of days and a promise to write the remedy on a card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Simpson
Brown
Wry Jokes and Wit on College Life and Lady Humor
A collection of humorous quips about rain disappointment education love and college life. Jokes feature a disappointed bell repair, maple sugar, a watch boiled by an egg professor, and dialogue about marrying a beautiful or sensible woman. A Good Old Lady and a financially crippled youth add street humor.
Witty quips on marriage and gender roles in a society
A string of jokes and wry observations on marriage love and independence. Lines touch on women aging bachelor life and social expectations with mock wit and punchy one liners. The tone resembles gossip page humor from an earlier era.
3 A DAY Improvise and Graf Furore Defined
The terms 3 A DAY Improvise Graf and Furore are explained as extemporize to compose or sing, graf meaning facing the ground, and furore signifying excitement or agitation in this gloss of usage.
Verse closing passage from Romans 16 20 26
Epistle ending with greetings from Timotheus Lucius Jason and Sosepater. Gaius Erastus Quartus and others send salutations. Paul praises God and Jesus Christ and proclaims the gospel as the mystery kept secret since the world began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satan
Jesus Christ
Timothecus
Lucius
Jason
Sosepater
Tartius
Gaius
Erastus
Quartus
Rom
Mercury Up The Weather Brings Record Warmth
The weather bureau reports a high of 90 and a low of 7 degrees yesterday. The unusual swing in temperatures sparked local advisories and prompted residents to adjust plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Decatur Daily
First Avenue
Johnston Street
Ala
Tennessee Valley Printing CO
INO
W. R. Shelton
O. Shelton
Benjamin Bloodworth
T. Sheppard
Associated Press
Tennessee Valley
E. C. Payne
North Tonawanda, N. Y
Marjorie Workman
Early Phinizy
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicate
Brisbane
Prof. Snook
Theora Hix
Garden of Eden
Adam
Muller
Canada
Raymond Poincare
France
Briand
Poincare
America
E. S. Gorrell
Stutz Motor Company
Gorrell
Chicago
Frank O'Malley
Julian Ralph
Carvalho
Donnelly
Richard
Harding Davis
O'Malley
John Howard Payne
Library of Congress
Vernon McGwier
Huntsville
Tottering
Stance
Sing Sing
Hicksville
Manhattan
Copeland
New York City
Uerses
Sal Bee
Tenderfoot
Smith
Susie
Phyllis
Algy
Graf
Mercury
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!