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First 100 Years

Excerpts from accounts 1879 convention

In 1891 at Philadelphia

NAPA's first permanent constitution

Pillow fight

Almost fatal doldrums

1926 marked the semi-centennial

Little remembered giant

The Torpedo

The Mailing Bureau

Library of Amateur Journalism

Ralph Babcock

Presidents' Field

Tryout Smith

Thrift & Edkins

Vondy

Amateur press clubs

Philadelphia Connections

The material in this chapter has been garnered from a wealth
of information published in Truman J. Spencer's
History of Amateur Journalism; also from
the files of the National Amateur
and The Fossil, and from
other amateur
journals.