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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1928
Page
14
A lost diamond ring advertised for one cent per word was identified and returned within an hour after Miss Luna Philbeck placed the ad. Marion Davis found the ring, learned the owner from the ad, and returned it, illustrating the value of classified notices. The page also promotes cash ads and local sales listings with several small notices including Beads sale and a business card for M. C. Phillips.
Train schedules show multiple arrivals including Southbound No. 21 at unspecified time, No. 113 at 6 20 a m, No. 36 North at 10 09 am, No. 35 South, No. 114 North at 8 56 p m, Clinchuela No 87 North at 10 45 am, No. 38 South at 4 48 pm, No. 110 North at 11 20 pm. New felt hats arriving weekly. Mrs. E E McCurry.
Transatlantic telephone service between America and Copenhagen through London opened on June 2. The American side covers the United States Cuba and 37 Canadian cities. Copenhagen hosts about 126000 telephones. Denmark becomes the seventh European country linked to America by phone. Eastern Daylight Time service runs 6:30 A.M. to 10 P.M. with Denmark time 11:30 P.M. to 3 A.M. The Copenhagen addition expands U.S. foreign connections to ten nations, linking Europe including Great Britain Germany Paris and major Belgian Dutch and Swedish cities.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange dedicated a new building with a radio audience of thousands and hundreds who viewed a telephoto banquet photo. A leading firm member sent the image to friends in Boston St Louis Atlanta New York Cleveland and San Francisco, reaching them while the banquet continued. The dialogue between Jim and Tom appears as a stray in the shuffled copy.
Mrs. Loley Liverette of Forest City died Tuesday morning after several weeks with tuberculosis at her daughter Mrs. Carl Huntley’s home on Harrison street. Funeral at Sandy Run Baptist Church conducted by Rev. T. M. Hester and Rev. H. C. Kiser, burial in the family plot. She was 48 and survived by husband, several children, six brothers, one sister, and many relatives. Also notes a 21st birthday surprise for Pauline Liverette with out of town guests Jan Padgett and Ida Morrow. Revival at Missionary Methodist Church ongoing led by Rev. H. C. Kiser with aid from Rev. H. S. Scruggs. A cooking tip on tenderizing beef by adding vinegar is included.
Ellenboro notes list visitors to W A Bridges include Edgar Beam and family and several Harrill members among others. Weekend visits occur among local families as school principal Layettle Weast and Mrs L G Bailey are noted. A death is reported for Master Thompson Spratt, son of A C Spratt, buried at Oak Grove Cemetery.
A humorous exchange has a patient complaining of loud snoring that wakes them. The doctor replies that the issue is simple to fix and suggests sleeping in the next room.
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