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Newspaper
Charlotte News
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
7
Obscure weekly public notices mix with humor and political jabs about bonds water and schools in Charlotte. The fragment cites subscription rates and veteran phrases while lampooning politicians and urging voter registration, with references to Taft North Dakota senator and local editors.
A Tennessee town with 6000 residents ships over three million dollars in chickens and eggs yearly. The piece argues North Carolina should not depend on out‑of‑state supply, noting a new company near Asheville plans a 60000 dollar capital to breed poultry, signaling a statewide push to develop this industry.
Cleveland, O. leads with a three cent street car fare plus free transfers and a policy to keep fares low while maintaining a reserve. The plan mirrors Mayor Tom Johnson’s vision for affordable transit and stable funding, drawing praise from national papers.
Asheville on July 7 to destroy contraband whiskey seized from the “bling tigers.” Judge Adams orders the bottles broken at the Peach Brush bridge to flood the stream and deter heavy drinking fish. About 15 barrels hold nearly 2000 pints belonging to various owners.
Brain Hooker, versatile author linked to Mona and Yale dramatist Horatio W Parker, writes The Professor's Mystery a modern wartime thriller. Yale classmates FiF I Rogossdgird and Wells Hastings collaborate. Beginning next Sunday the serial will appear daily in The News. a popular new book.
Francis Bangs of the intercollegiate rowing stewards released the Poughkeepsie regatta course drawings for June 27. The varsity race starts at 5 30 p m with Pennsylvan ia leading from 1 and Columbia 2 Syracuse 3 Cornell 4 and Wisconsin 5. The Freshman race on 4 15 lists Cornell 1 Columbia 2 Wisconsin 0 Syracuse 4 and Pennsylvania 6. The four oared race follows at 3 30 Syracuse leads 1 Cornell 2 Pennsylvania 3 and Columbia 4.
A wry observation notes that a woman's tears typically elicit sympathy from two men unless they are the cause of the crying. The remark implies a shared emotional response among observers.
Western North Carolina plans a county fair sponsored by the board of trade Retail Merchants Association and United Commercial Travelers. H W Plummer pledges Riverside park grounds saving thousands. stock to fund the fair at $10 a share with four two person committees to solicit subscriptions. Next meeting is June 8.
Amid heat and dust a large crowd gathered at Erskine College in Due West South Carolina for the 72nd annual commencement. President Moffatt presided and Rev J P Knox offered invocation. Mrs W L Roddey of Rock Hill donated four perpetual scholarships in memory of her late husband. Dr Geo B Cromer of Newberry College gave the anniversary oration on The Individual in His Relation to the Group. At 4 p m Rev R L Robinson, president elect of the Women's College, delivered his inaugural address.
The pumping around the Maine wreck continued at Havana with water reduced by three feet two inches by 9 o clock. The after deck and the sighting hood of the aft turret on the port side appear above water while the forward section remains submerged. Engineers plan to work until five o'clock this afternoon to reach five feet depth before pausing for a board of American army officers arriving tomorrow.
Passengers and crew aboard the White Star liner Celtic report seeing a large winged aquatic creature off the coast. The monster chased a school of whales, rose as high as ten feet above the water, then disappeared from view.
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