Harris couple wed in Greenville Christmas week
Mr Howard Webster and Miss Virginia Davidson of Harris wed in Greenville on Monday night December 26. The note lists holiday arrivals, local moves, school events, banquets, sports results, and social happenings from Rutherfordton, Hollis, Spindale, Ellenboro, and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Webster
Virginia Davidson
Harris
Greenville
S. Monroe Beam
Ellenboro R-3
Spindale
Beam
Nora
J. B
Minnie Butler
Ellenboro
The Friendless Man Editorial Draft Found
One of the last editorials by late B. C. Ashcraft is found in a desk drawer. It argues that wealth or health matter less than friendship for a life well lived and warns that believing one has no friends drives despair, drives suicide, and darkens the soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Ashcraft
Monroe Journal
Funny Comedians to Stage Home Talent Show in Avondale
Headed by famed juggler J L Hawkins the Avondale troupe of young men plans an all home talent play at several county venues opening in Caroleen on Saturday night January 4. The Funny Comedians will perform Hawkins act plus three plays The Troublesome Servant The Great Arrival and The Haunted House with part of proceeds benefiting the Avondale Sand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.L. Hawkins
Avondale
Caroleen
Hawkins
Leading Spartanburg merchant touts county collections
R. A. Burnett of Wellford says a major wholesale house told him their Spartanburg County collections reach 95 percent, the best county record in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Burnett
Wellford
Spartanburg County
Spartanburg
United States
Birth of the Standard Barrel and Tank Gauging in Oil History
The article traces 19th century oil storage evolution from the first standardized 42 gallon barrel by Samuel Van Syckle in Pennsylvania to the 1865 adoption of tank gauging by F E Hammond. It notes widespread prestandard fraud with oversized or undersized barrels and how standardization consolidated the industry and measurement practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Samuel van Syckle
Miller Farm
Titusville
England
Edward IV
van Syckle
F. E. Hammond
Hammond
Collector Gets Half of Debt as Creditor Seeks Full Share
A Vancouver sea captain lent money to a neighbor. After years with no payment, he sought a debt collector known for recovering sums. The collector claimed he had earned half the debt, prompting questions about the remainder and ethics of the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Modeling in Rags Becomes New Fashion Art Form
A wave of old finger-work crafts returns as tiny rag figures replace feathers and wax. Mme Wolkoff, once Princess Troubetskos, in Petrograd, now in England, models lifelike figures of well known people from odd scraps for charity benefiting Russian soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Wolkof
Princess ‘Troubetskos
Petrograd
Mme. Wolkoff
England
Christian Science Monitor
Marinette County Land Clearing Record of 1990
The season of 1990 saw 18000 acres cleared in Marinette county Wisconsin a record that promises at least one million dollars yearly in crops The ceremony near Wausaukee ended with 158 sticks of dynamite exploded as an official closed a switch A land clearing campaign included a school and 57 educational meetings with 14 carloads of explosives used in Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinette County
Wisconsin
Wausaukee
White Gold Forgery Baffles London Jewelers
In London a new alloy marketed as platinum with gold as a base deceived many buyers paying platinum prices for jewelry. Separately in Tokyo the house of representatives passed a bill granting women the right to attend political meetings as part of emancipation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Representatives
Tokyo
Foreclosure Sale Under Deed of Trust In Rutherford County NC
Under power of sale in a deed of trust from W F Wiggins to R R Blanton trustee and after default on indebtedness held by S A Summey, I R Blanton will sell January 16, 1922 at 12:00 PM in Rutherfordton NC a parcel in Colfax Townsail adjoining William Walker on the public road. The tract totals about two acres more or less and is described by old lines and corners, beginning at an Elta corner and running through several calls to the road. The sale follows the deed dated December 16, 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Wiggins
R. R. Blanton
S. A. Summey
I. R. R. Blanton
Rutherfordton
Colfax Townsail
Skutherford County
State of North Carolina
Martha J. Park
William Walker
Po’ Elta
Land Sale Under Deed of Trust at Rutherfordton
Notice of a court house door sale in Rutherfordton North Carolina on January 16 1922 at 12 oclock noon for a house and lot in Forest City near the graded school. It is bounded by Reinhardt Weathers and Huntley lands containing about 183 100 acres with a schedule of payments totaling 218 40 down and four yearly installments through July 14 1925 at 6 percent interest, title to be conveyed after payment. J C McBrayer Assignee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anave
C. E. Huntley
T. S. Atkins
Court House
Rutherfordton
N. C
Forest City
N.C
Reinhardt’s
Weathers
Huntley
Reinhardt
J. C. McBrayer
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State Highway Commission of Michigan
John Tabor
Trinity College
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Frances
Louise
Davenport
Brock
Geraldine
Winston-Salem
Rutherfordton Council No. 138
Logan
G. W and ML
Edwards
D. C
Hollis
Fallston
Marion Guffey
Maude One
Hove Taylor
H. Ellenboro
Mary
John Byers
Frank Griffin
E. Wade Crawford
Spindale School
Pearl Harrelson
Crawford
Oscar Padgett
Bostic
Linnie Harrill
Concord Church
Kestler Collins
W. A. Thomason
Union Mills
Condry
Arthur W. Young
The
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New York
Boston
T. P. Edwards
Gilkey
W. T. Wilkins
Chimney Rock
Round Hull
Burl Alley
May Debrulet
Gray's Chapel
George Young
Morgan Jones
Route 3
Mr. Young
Constance Talmadge
Sallie
Movie Theatre
Aotar
Farmers Bank & Trust Company
Lattimore
North Carolina
Liberty Stock
Federal Reserve Bank
Bankers & Trust Companies
Able
Lashier
U.S. Liberty
State of
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I. B. H. Long
H. Long
J. B. Long
J.if. Alexander
J. H. Thomas
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