Distinctive Shape Of American Teakettle Highlighted
Kovels describe 18th and 19th century American teakettles mainly copper with little brass, detailing gooseneck spouts, soldered seams, and the evolution of design into the 19th century. The article lists current prices for antiques and notes a book review on Dolls and Toys at The Essex Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Ralph and
Terry Kovel
First National Bank
Harvard
Essex Institute
Salem
Mass
Register and Tribune Syndicate
Paved Highway and Booze News From Fifty Years Ago
Alabama Governor Bibb Graves promised a paved road from the Tennessee line to the Gulf of Mexico. The state highway department announced a five mile concrete section on the Bee Line Ardmore to Athens and a Pryor Plantation to Athens segment tied to Keller Memorial Bridge completion. A government car auction story noted a rum runners car repurposed into a milk truck with liquor sold for 245 dollars.
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Alabama
Bibb Graves
Tennessee State Line
Gulf of Mexico
State Highway Department
Bee Line
Ardmore
Athens
Pryor Plantation
Keller Memorial Bridge
U.S. 31
Decatur Nostalgia Batch Highlights 1927 Events
Readable notes recall 1927 Decatur events including a circus strongman neck pull stunt, Jaycees dances to cover debts, local grocery prices, a pie baking bear defense, and plans for a municipal auditorium. Also mentions Wings of the Storm at Princess Theater and Lindbergh parade reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Theater
William Russell
Thunder
Decatur
Party To Pay Primus King Award
Democratic Party officials in Columbus Georgia say they will pay a $100 damages award to Rev Primus King from a 1947 judgment securing his voting rights in a 1945 suit against the Muscogee County Democratic Executive Committee. A check of records showed nonpayment since, and attorney John Partin urged settlement.
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Columbus, Ga
Primus King
Georgia
Rev. King
Muscogee County
Democratic Executive Committee
Columbus
John Partin
John Simpkins
County Executive Committee
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England
United States
Losol Ware
Shanghi, Keeling and Co. Ltd
Burslem
Cambridge Glass
Best
Russell
Canton
Ohio
Is ‘Etary Aes
Steele Holman
the International News, Service
Wisconsin
Helen Cisco
Jaycees
Old Connecticut Mills
Minneapolis Miller
Jack Lynx
Society Serenaders
South
Charles Lindbergh
Washington
New York City
St. Louis
Moulton Garden Center
Moviton
Hwy
Alabama West
Gospel Meeting
Ellis Walker
Delta
HN UE
Our
Nic Jug
Chaise
Mit
Beltline
Paar
K Mort
Iter
el Ote
Fas
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