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 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1975
Page
11
An illustrated exploration explains how modern mirrors use a glass plate backed by silver with ammonia and nitrate of silver to reflect light. It traces origins to ancient polished metals and Venetian glass mirrors around 1300, noting plate glass and polishing steps.
Readers are invited to rearrange letters in three animal names to reveal their identities. Tomorrow's paper will publish the solutions. The note also mentions a $7.50 answer to yesterday's Puzzle Box and asks for riddles and jokes with a ZIP code.
Marlboro Vermont prepares to open its season on June 22 marking 25 summers of professional musicians at the Green Mountains center. Pablo Casals resided there for 13 summers from 1960 to 1973, with well over 1,000 artists participating over the years.
Obituaries list services for James Austin Beck 60 Trinity 2 died at home with funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Brown Service Chapel burial Dancy Chapel Cemetery. Emer Scott Cochran 84 Houston dies in Hartselle hospital funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Moreland Church burial adjoining cemetery. Survivors include four daughters, a son, three sisters, a brother, 16 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Jessica Lynne Copeland infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Copeland Hartselle dies. service 2 p.m. at Roselawn Cemetery. Mrs. Charlie Slate 85 Hartselle dies. funeral Saturday 2 p.m. Peck Funeral Home Chapel burial Hartselle Cemetery with pallbearers named. The notice extends condolences and confirms church membership and survivors.
The Dow fell to 839.88 at noon as gains faded after First National City Bank cut its prime rate from 7 to 6 percent. The Labor Dept reported unemployment at 9.2 percent, while the NYSE composite slipped to 49.21 and the overall market remained choppy.
Metropolitan bass James Morris will sing Mephistopheles in the Cincinnati Opera production of Faust opening June 18. The Corbett Foundation sponsors the new staging, with Norman Treigle previously cast as the devil. The show travels to Philadelphia and Houston after Cincinnati, with Morris also slated to sing Mephistopheles in Philadelphia and to open Houston on November 21.
The list records admissions and dismissals for Lawrence and Athens Limestone counties. Names include Frances Woodard Danville Wallace Bailey Hope Jerry Latham Trinity Myrtle Blaxton Moulton others with multiple entries from Moulton Courtland Town Creek and nearby towns. The Athens Limestone section lists Joe Rice Athens William Brias Smith Athens Claude Leicher Ardmore Bryan Freeman Athens Burling Newborn Anderson and others.
In Alabama Bryson Construction Company completes the Decatur General Hospital dining and admitting areas project and requests final settlement. Probate Court of Morgan County grants letters testamentary for Herman M. Lockwell deceased. executrix Betty D. Lockwell urges all claimants to present claims within legal time. notice dated May 26 1975.
City of Decatur Alabama schedules a public hearing July 7 1975 at 7 00 p m on proposed amendments to Chapter 27 zoning map and district boundaries affecting R 4 and M 1 classifications. Map available in Planning Department. Public notice dated June 2 1975.
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.