Addie L Yelton Dies After Monthlong Illness
Rutherfordton Aug 14 Mr Addie L Yelton aged 47 died last Wednesday at Rutherford Hospital after a monthlong illness, following a prior week in Augusta Georgia. Funeral services were held at Centennial Methodist church with two Georgia ministers and Rev R T Baker of Brittain Presbyterian assisting. the church was crowded. He is survived by his widow a son Earl and his parents four brothers and one sister. A lifelong Rutherford County native, he moved to Georgia in 1916 and led in lumber with Hines Yelton Lumber Co Harlem Ga. A Presbyterian, he helped fund a Georgia church house of worship and was active in the Junior Order. A Georgia delegation attended the funeral. The pallbearers were Georgia friends and neighbors.
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Rutherfordton
Addie L. Yelton
Rutherford Hospital
Augusta
Centennial Methodist Church
Georgia
R. T. Baker
Brittain Presbyterian Church
Mr. Yelton
Earl
Leonard Yelton
Westminster
Messrs
Fred Yelton
Appling
Chas. Yelton
Gordon Yelton
Sam Yelton
Yelton
Rutherford County
Hines-Yelton Lumber Co
Harlem
Presbyterian Church
Addie Yelton
Will Hines
New Magnetic Probe Aids Physicians in Healing
A cobalt steel electromagnetic probe designed by Western Electric researchers offers a compact strong pull to extract iron splinters from skin or eye without surgery. The two ended tool, pencil shaped on one end and flattened on the other, marks a humanitarian advance from Bell System medical research.
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Alexander Graham Bel
Bell System Scientific Laboratories
Seven Seas
Lindbersh
Atlantic
Avondale Man Claimed by Death in Rutherford Hospital
Avondale Aug 14 Fletcher Melton age 33 died Monday morning at five o clock in Rutherford Hospital where he had heart trouble. A respected Avondale mill employee, he fell ill a week ago and was moved to hospital Friday. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs B J Melton wife and three children Glenn Harland Boyce eight brothers and two sisters listed: B M M E and Robert Melton Caroleen Howard and S D Melton Avondale Hatcher Melton Hazelhurst Farm near Hunters Creek.
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Avondale
Fletcher Melton
Rutherford Hospital
Melton
Avondale Mill
B. J. Melton
Glenn
Harland
Boyce
Messrs
B. M
M. E
Robert Melton
Caroleen
Howard
S. D. Melton
Hatchert Melton
Hazelhurst
Telephone Growth and Global Comparisons in the 19th Century
The article details U S investment in telephone plant totaling over three and a half billion dollars, with New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, California and Ohio each exceeding a million telephones. It cites 1895 counts: United States 285,400. Germany 115,007. Britain 73,383. It notes high wire density per cable and long-distance reach from the Pacific Coast to London.
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United States
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
California
Ohio
Germany
Great Britain
Remarkable Operation On Baby In Rutherford Hospital
Donald Clay Griffin five weeks old son of Editor and Mrs Clarence Griffin of Spindale underwent pyloric stenosis surgery at Rutherford Hospital Friday. Though very weak after a week-long illness the infant was reported to be making a brave fight and has good recovery chances, among the hospital’s youngest operated patients.
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Donald Clay
Clarence Griffin
Spindale
Rutherford Hospital
Forest City Lodge Masonic Notice and Meeting Info
Forest City Lodge No 381 A F and A M meets on the second and fourth Tuesday nights at 8 o clock Visitors welcome I S Wood Secretary G C Mc Brayer W M 30 f.
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Forest City
A. F
A. M
I. S. Wood
G. C. McBrayer
W. M
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Ice
Forest City, N. C
Western Electric Company
Bell System
By J. C. Perrine
Mr. Fletcher Melton
Gifton Melton
Shelby
Horace Melton
Henrietta
Bell Telephone System
Pacific Coast
London
Smith Or Hoover
Jack
Sacks
Leader Store
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