Flying Experts Study Plane Used By Lindbergh In Atlantic Flight
Dayton observers at McCook Field analyze the all metal propeller and ground induction compass used by Lindbergh on his Atlantic flight. Orville Wright lauds the achievement and foresees commercial use, urging development of a lighter fuel to enable longer nonstop flights.
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Lindbergh
Julian
Bratt International News
Dayton
Charles
Becaveo
McCook Flying Field
McCook Field
Wright
Orville Wright
Lin’bergh
Junior Chamber of Commerce Board to Meet Tonight
The Junior Chamber of Commerce directors meet at 7 30 in The Daily office. Roland Gray of Connecticut Mills discusses housing for mill operatives and cheap rent options. They aim to resolve a campaign to raise funds for retiring the spring training deficit. The canning plant proposal is also on the agenda.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Roland Gray
Connecticut Mills Company
Life Insurance as Protection and Investment in 1926
New York outlines life insurance as essential for investors seeking protection and future income for dependents. It notes 1926 totals near 80 billion dollars in force, with group and ordinary policies dominating, while insurers use selective underwriting and expert bond analysis to manage investments.
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New York
Local Students Set to Graduate From Birmingham-Southern College
Birmingham-Southern College announces the close of its 1927 sessions on Tuesday morning. The graduating class includes Joe Davis Bell Decatur Martin Briscoe Union Grove D. D. Cox Arab Richard Fennell Decatur Aileen Moseley Decatur Joe Ray Hanceville Edmond Rice Albertville Cleen Rogers Danville.
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Birmingham-Southern College At
Birmingham
Joe Davis Bell
Decatur
Martin
Briscoe
Union Grove
D. D. Cox
Arab
Richard Fennell
Aileen Moseley
Joe Ray
Hanceville
Edmond Rice
Albertville
Cleen Rogers
Danville
Decatur Promotes City Spirit in Local Talk
Boost Decatur is the theme of recent chatter as residents rally for civic pride and community initiatives. Officials encourage neighbors to engage, share ideas, and support local projects to strengthen the city.
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Decatur
Motorists Flock To Open Moulton Road
Sunday traffic clogged the four mile stretch of the Moulton Decatur highway as motorists sought the unfinished surface. The route will eventually span about ten miles and extend toward Decatur, with full asphalt coating planned after settlement. The completed road will connect Morgan and Lawrence counties, linking the county seat with Morgan County.
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Moulton-Decatur
Decatur
Hoa Road
Morgan Lawrence
Lawrence County
Morgan County
Church Program Ready For Week
Church of God announces a weekly program led by Rev A at 6 o clock on Walter Boast lawn with supper and Bible studies. Attendees include Mrs Homer Best Mrs Oxerick Tessie Bradford Shely Fox and A Q Br. Prayer and praise sessions follow the supper and Bible study schedule continues through June 20.
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Church of God
Walter Boast
Avenue
James. Stanford
Homer Best
Mra. Oxerick
Tessie Bradford
Shely Fox
A. Q. Br
Moesthn
Sore Schoot
Williams Puzzle Contest Advertisement Inquiry in Decatur
Inquiry asks who participates in the Williams Puzzle Contest and how contestants answer. It questions which man’s store in Decatur led advertising last year and which store offers youth and adult pricing with same advantages, urging readers to save money long term.
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Decatur
Store with quality merchandise and known lines
The store stands for quality merchandise rather than price. It carries recognized lines. its leading hat for men and leading shoes for ladies are highlighted as top offerings.
Decatur's Big Family Shoe Store Upholds Quality
In Decatur a large family owned shoe store offers men's, women's and children's footwear built to top brands. The store emphasizes quality over discount pricing and serves the area with durable, well styled shoes worn by many well dressed residents.
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Decatur
The Price Is The Thing Store Advert
The advertisement proclaims The Price Is The Thing and the store’s confidence in the people and quality merchandise. It lists non fade wash goods and notes the store’s long-standing business in the community. The address given is street and number, with details of a second establishment recently opened, including its name and street number.
No. 4 Heidie-Eialiabione Oil Celebrates 25th Anniversary
The firm marks its 25th anniversary this year and reports over 115 million dollars in sales last year, highlighting a growth trajectory built on the stated Golden Rule.
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Heidie
Storefront Brings Fashionable Women’s Wear and Millinery
A local shop advertises a steady flow of new stock featuring stylish women’s wear and hats. The store emphasizes honest values and truthful advertising as its hallmark. Multiple daily arrivals promise fresh selections for discerning shoppers.
Pioneer furniture house builds on quality and service
The city’s pioneer furniture house, built on quality and service, offers the latest improved talking machine and a famous mattress and spring line.
No.7 What is it and where to get it for building care
This item explains the purpose and sources for a product used to beautify and protect homes and other structures. It outlines common places to purchase and general uses in maintenance and improvement projects.
Albany and Decatur Store Ad Highlights 21 Departments
The notice touts No 8 Albany and Decatur as the area’s most up-to-date department store with 21 complete departments selling "Always Dependable Merchandise" across its wide range.
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Albany and
Decatur
Mystery Classified Ad Poses Grocery Action Questions
A fragment asks which well known grocer offers a full line of groceries fruits vegetables canned goods and delivery at fair prices and how he sells chickens along with his telephone numbers.
Albany meat market proclaims quality and fair prices
The ad touts a local Albany meat market that stands for quality and low prices with the motto Satisfied customers means friends and future business. It invites readers to try a choice roast for Sunday dinners.
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Albany
What am I No home is complete without me
No home is complete without me. No young ladies education is complete unless she has mastered me. I am enjoyed by readers and learners alike, a cornerstone of daily life.
Where in Decatur is my recognized headquarters
A reader asks where their recognized headquarters can be found in Decatur, seeking a precise location or official designation. The question implies a need for a street address or defining landmark to identify the principal base of operations.
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Decatur
What am I and where in Decatur Albany can I be secured
Riddle asks for a thing everyone should possess growing generation. Mastery takes time and effort, then it acts as a faithful servant. It can raise a master's standing in business society and his associates and help him get a position. It also simplifies complicated business problems under its direction. The location in Decatur Albany to obtain it is sought.
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Decatur
Albany
What science heals without drugs in Decatur and Albany
A local practitioner in this profession offers relief to hundreds in Decatur Albany and vicinity. If you are sick of being sick you should consult this expert who provides alternatives to drug treatments and aims to restore health through non pharmacological science.
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Decatur
Albany
Beauty Parlor Promotes Facial Cleansing Cream
A city beauty parlor advertises its facial and scalp treatments including bobbing, waving, manicuring and shampooing. It highlights a celebrated cleansing cream name that thoroughly cleanses the face and ends with a call for their phone number.
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Eugene
Unknown Decatur merchant sells blue serge suit for 29.50
A well known Decatur merchant offers a blue serge suit priced at 29.50 with a manufacturer guarantee of satisfaction. If customers are not satisfied they may return the suit to the dealer. The text asks who is the merchant and the suit name.
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Decatur
Best Known Clothing Brand in This Community
Local shoppers identify a leading clothing brand dominant in the area. Residents recall its long history, mass appeal, and extensive store network, highlighting consistent presence across shops and markets in the community.
Local Grocer Promises Quality Goods at Fair Prices
A city food store offers a full line of staple and fancy groceries, seasonal fruits and vegetables, and western beef. The business emphasizes quality products and fair pricing, built on reliable service. Contact details and brand information are not provided in the text.
Long lived battery service station in Decatur
No 18 describes a city service station fully equipped for automotive needs including starting lighting and ignition. It markets the world’s oldest and largest battery, advertised as the long lived battery, asking for the shop name and the Decatur seller’s details.
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Decatur
Coal and Building Materials HQ Shingles Brand History
The question refers to a long established firm known for permanent fire proof shingles that has served as a center for coal, feeds, and building materials for over 35 years. The named shingles brand is recognized as its hallmark and identity in the trade.
New Car Line From Old Maker Displayed Soon
An automobile dealer plans to showcase a wholly new line from a veteran manufacturer. The model name is disclosed as the debut car in the revived lineup.
Insurance Advice For Property Owners
No 21 Insurance offers free guidance on the kind and amount of insurance for homes businesses and autos. It invites readers to call for information on protection forms tailored to individual risks and assures no charge for advice.
Furnace care and sheet metal work offered by local firm
If your furnace needs fring or is beyond repair, this is the season to tend to it. A city firm with many years of experience and a reputation for square dealing offers the best service and is prepared to handle all sheet metal work. Who?
Ice cube maker promises cooler foods without ice
A compact domestic refrigeration device from a large U S corporation claims to solve home cooling. It requires no ice, makes ice cubes for table use, and can freeze creams salads ices and desserts while staying cooler than ice and never melting. The query asks which seller in Decatur Albany offers it.
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U. S
Decatur
Albany
Famous shirt with seven buttons and no fade fabric
The item described is a renowned seven button front shirt using durable no fade no shrink material. The other feature is the world’s most comfortable straw hat. The two items are sold at a major downtown men’s store not on Second Avenue, noted as one of the city’s busiest.
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Second Avenue
Local drug store promises accurate prescriptions and personal service
The store touts a flawless checking system and equal care for children and adults. It emphasizes convenient access by phone and urges customers to call and watch for the delivery boy, positioning itself as a neighborhood option close to home.
Decatur's Top Attractive Up-To-Date Eatery
A clean modern restaurant in Decatur highlights its thorough sanitary standards and efficient refrigerating cooling system with tiled walls ensuring easy hygiene and upkeep.
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Decatur
Best city meal at 60c floors walls and lunch
The advert promises well cooked food served as the best meal in the city for 60 cents. It invites patrons to try it to be convinced.
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Aia
Riddle asks about things praised in home and yard
A playful verse prompts a guess at homely comforts that cheer families and aid the sick. It hints at items beloved in a pretty yard or home, essential to gatherings, and valued by a lover of domestic scenes.
Brand of the best ee in town and roofing trade mark
The notice asks about the brand of the best ee in town and the name of the roofing big A trade-mark. It mentions lumber company selling articles and an exclusive agency for a new metal all copper weather strip.
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of Wall Board
Lumber Company
New Metal
In Town Shop Ready for Repairs and Awnings
When your car needs recovering or upholding and repairs or insuring, as well as awnings for windows or doors, there is a shop in town prepared to handle all these in a workmanlike manner at the right prices.
Moving firm in Decatur offers local or long distance service
A Decatur firm promotes moving furniture or pianos locally or long distance and promises delivery in the same condition as received. It asks readers to identify the firm and provide its telephone number.
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Nce
Decatur
Battery with thread-a-sd rubber insulation on U.S. aircraft
A reader asks for the name of the sole market battery using thread a sd rubber insulation. The instrument reportedly used by the U S government on aircraft, by most radio broadcasting stations, and on a large majority of automobiles. The question continues to inquire who makes it.
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U. S
Decatur Battery Sale By Local Firm Questioned
A Decatur concern reportedly sells a battery with distinctive branding. The article queries whether the well known name is used in the sale and what the public record shows about ownership and legitimacy.
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Decatur
No. 32 Who in Degatur is the beat ped with both machinery and men to repair shoes for the family
A fragment from a Degatur column asks which person uses both machinery and workers to repair family shoes and make them like new, highlighting skilled cobbling in a local feature.
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Degatur
No. 33 What concern has just mate the latest machinery
A garbled fragment from a historical page mentions cleaning reputation and apparel, implying a query about a new device or service. Readable text suggests a speculative note on latest machinery for image or wardrobe maintenance, but details are unclear.
Local auto parts firm named for car enthusiasts
A reader asks about a city firm supplying new or used car parts to pair vehicles and save money, wondering who they are and where located. The note hints at a tip about quick eating yet seeks the firm’s identity and address.
No. 35 Which car tops world nine straight years in sales
The fragment asks which car led global volume sales for nine consecutive years and who sells them if December.
Roadside repair contact and location inquiry
A reader asks for a telephone number for a repair shop and notes the shop is on Ton Street. The message mentions a stalled car and the need for a ¢ equipped to do the repair, seeking patronage details.
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Ton Street
Best historical records teased for family members
A fragmented note asks about the best historical records to tease or reveal among family members. The garbled text hints at selecting records that suit relatives, possibly to compare histories or uncover lineage.
No. 38 Name of Picture and Star Play at Princess Theatre
A brief theatre note lists No 38 with the picture title and star billed at Princess Theatre during June. It notes show details and venue context for local patrons seeking entertainment.
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Star Pla
Princess Theatre
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