War saw opens cemetery for nonreligious burials
The city of Warsaw opens a new cemetery to bury people without religious affiliation. The first grave is for an employee of the Russian Soviet legation.
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1929
Page
1
The city of Warsaw opens a new cemetery to bury people without religious affiliation. The first grave is for an employee of the Russian Soviet legation.
H. H. Ader, manager of the local J. C. Penney store, heads to Atlanta for the annual Spring convention opening April 1 at the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel. The event, one of fourteen nationwide, features business sessions, manager talks, a Tuesday banquet, and four days of Spring buying with Penney lines.
Chekang province in China asks Austria to send elite officers to train a new Chinese gendarmerie. Posts pay $3850 annually for three years. The subject was born in Nashville and moved with his parents to the city two years ago.
Impeachment proceedings accelerated W. J. Holloway to the Oklahoma governorship two years ahead of schedule after Henry S. Johnston was deposed. Holloway, a 40 year old lawyer and longtime state politician, had served as president pro tempore and lieutenant governor, and he becomes governor under a constitutional limit.
The report details completed grading and open routes from Tuskegee to West Point via Opelika and Snowdoun Ada and Ramer. It notes gravel segments and deviations on Montgomery to Selma and Cahaba River, plus good paving from Grove Hill to Geneva and a Huntsville to Fayetteville corridor via Meridian Street and Charity Lane.
The gravel county road, except 1-2 miles of new construction between Charity Lane and Fisk Station, is passable. From Hamilton West to the Mississippi Line follow the present road with a short, well marked detour. Montgomery to Wetumpka is paved, and Wetumpka to Tallassee to Dadeville construction is nearly complete and passable.
Paris reports a Napoleonic legend disputed by Count de Bonds who says Napoleon did not wear the gray overcoat and sword when bidding farewell to guards. He claims Napoleon surrendered in civilian clothes with a high hat as he headed to Elba.
D K Callahan of Mercer county purchased two large police dogs to replace two wardens. One dog will patrol the walls outside the jail and the other will guard the jail yard, taking on sentry duties.
Havana average daily wage is 2.50 with bricklayers and city workers at 3.00. Common labor earns 1.20 and cane field unskilled labor 0.75. Berlin reports a native girl raised by apes found by a hunter. identification notes lack of tattoo marks. New York GP notes Jim Corbett promoting an All American health carnival at Grand Central Palace with beauty, brains and brawn contests and prizes for various events.
A Berlin group, the Cosmopolitan Union, seeks legal recognition for the Staatenlose, proposing a cosmopolitan passport and a welfare fund. Elsewhere in Italy and France, reports note fascist party suspensions over gambling arrests, a trio of long marriages near Udine totaling over 500 years, and France facing tourism competition as weather dampens Riviera fortunes.
P Bill Carey, now head of Madison Square Garden, attended a Boyle's Thirty Acres boxing card in 1920 mainly to inspect the stage and setup. He left as a devoted fan, marking a surprising pivot to the sport.
New York fans prepare for the Yankees home opener in April to evaluate Tony Lazzeri’s pitching strength once more while skepticism lingers about his throwing arm after prior doubts from fans and critics.
The report details road conditions across Alabama after floods, noting usable segments from Guntersville to Sylacauga, Talladega to Anniston, and Montgomery to Sylacauga. It lists gravel, paved, and under construction routes including Moundville to Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa to Winfield, and Montgomery to Tuskegee with detours and partial paving statuses.
Winston Salem woman from 522 Greenwood Avenue describes years of nervous shock and severe chills. She says New Year’s illness led to bed rest and medicines failing until Cardul, taken for six bottles, restored strength and health by fall. She endorses Cardul as a valuable restorative.
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