Guide to the South on your motor tours
Clark Kinnaird presents a one minute history of Texas for Central Press and The Decatur Daily. Texas derives its name from an American word meaning Friends or Allies. Nickname Lone Star. First settlement Lavaca July 1865. Twenty-eighth state December 29, 1845. Under flags of France Spain Mexico Republic of Texas U S and Flower Bluebonnet. First in area, fifth in population. Chief interests cotton and minerals, leading in both. Capital Austin. Largest city Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star
Robert de la Salle
Lavaca
Union
France
Spain
Mexico
Republic of Texas
U. S
Austin
Houston
Colorful Personnel To Make Up The New Senate
Alabama's 1935 Senate will feature a father and son pair and 13 veterans. Leaders foreseen include Will O Walton for president pro tem, with the new body to convene in January under Lt. Gov. Hugh D. Merrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Montgomery
Ala
Senate of
Alabama
House
Hardy Riddle
Talladega
John A. Rogers
Gainesville
Humorous Snatches From Daily Life And News
A collage of light humor and quips about life, marriage, age, politics, and social habits. The snippets mention Huey Long, dating quirks, bureaucratic talk, and small-town observations, ending with a joke about a languishing honeymoon.
Roosevelt Oversees Wedding of Anna and Franklin Roosevelt
In New York City on March 17, Franklin De Lano Roosevelt 23, a law student and cousin to the bride, married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. Uncle Theodore Roosevelt gave the bride away, as she was an orphan, with bridesmaid Alice Roosevelt later Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. Their romance dates to childhood years near Hyde Park.
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Teddy” Roosevelt
Anna
Franklin Roosevelt
New York City
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The
United States
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Anna Eleanor
Franklin
T. R
Tivoli
Hyde Park
Keeping Fit and Home Improvements for the Club
Home Demonstration Club notes promote Keeping Fit as a broad study. Farm Improvement News suggests practical improvements from lumber yards for women and men alike, including shelves cabinets and ready-to-assemble decor. Ideas cover lawn fences trellises screened patches for meals and canning, with cost benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Improvement News
Definition: The United States a country where the Chief Executive is paid less
Fragmented dialogue teases about old times and money, contrasting a resort wife and a local man. A caller jokes that the President earns less than a newspaper’s heartache columnist, hinting at satire on income and honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Samuel Insull
James Keeley
Pullman Company
Insull
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clark Kinnaird
Central Press
Decatur Daily
Texas
Dad
James A.simpson
Birmingham
Earle Thomas
Maplesville
R. L. Goldsmith
Whitehall
J. L. Kelly
Evergreen
Judson C. Locke
Marion
H. L. Glover
LeRoy
O. D. Carlton
Thomaston
G. R. Swift
Atmore
J. Miller Bonner
Camden
W. A. Parrish
Midland City
A. M. McDowell
Eufaula
Thomas J. Thrower
Luverne
Thomas E. Frazer
Union Springs
Turner Coal & Grain Co
Checkerboard
United States Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Decatur, Ala
Huey Long
Smith
Brown
Womét
Flora
Dora
Irious
Isham J. Dorsey
Opelika
Floyd Mooneyham
Webb Chesnut
Centre
Edgar P. Russell
Selma
W. B. Mixon
Hackerburg
H. A. Taylor
Greensboro
C. M. A. Rogers
Mobile
Grady W. Cook
Heflin
D. A. Walden
Headland
Pifcang
Roosevelt Hyde Park
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Limestone County
Mrs. Marian Spindle
Hazel-Atlag Glass Company
SD Ne
Arrenoawr
Site
Calter
Florida
Mat Phillips
J. T. Belue
W. E. Flood
R. L. Cox
A. H Chambers
K. C
LIVE
Postoffice
Vine
Sycamore Sts
Wilson and
Kaylon
Wilson and Allen
Cheney
Russell
Second Ave
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