Forest City Fire Loss Totals 572000 in 1930
A Forest City report details fourteen fires during 1930 causing total losses of about 572000. The year included the big blaze that destroyed the old school laundry building with 20000 in damage and no insurance, and a store room fire repaired for 1000. The volunteer fire department, led by Chief John T. Poole, earned praise for preventing greater damage and paid only 290 for fire duty.
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Rest City
Forest City
Forest City Fire Department
John T. Poole
Tom Petty
B. B. Green
J. M. Hendrix
L. H. Downs
P. L. Marks
J. M. Green
L. M. Kanipe
H. W. Kiser
J. A. Bradley
L. C. Cowdrey
W. M Doggette
C. B. Gurley
C. C. Lawrance
C. L. Carroll
G. A. Harris
W. F. Toney
F. C. Dorsey
Cystex Test Promises Quick Relief From Urinary Ailments
An ad claims relief from bladder irritation and nervous fatigue with Cystex. It touts fast action within 15 minutes and widespread praise, promising better rest and energy under a money back guarantee. The copy imitates period advertising with brand misspellings and exaggerated guarantees.
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Packacne
Lee Bains
Dobbins Baby Ruth Elizabeth Dies in North Carolina
Ruth Elizabeth Dobbins died Friday in Spindale at three weeks old from pneumonia. She is survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Chivous Dobbins of Hamlet. Funeral services were held Saturday at Mrs. Yelton’s home, with Rev. B P Parks and Rev. W A Barber officiating. Interment followed at Cedar Grove cemetery in Sunshine. Mrs. Dobbins, formerly Miss Mary Yelton, had been visiting her mother here for about a month.
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Dobbins
Mary Yelton
J. Y. Yelton
Hamlet
Tryon Bank Opens Amid New Local Financial Venture
Tryon News reports the Tryon Bank and Trust Company opened Saturday with deposits of $15,000 and a paid in capital of $25,000 held by 50 stockholders. E. E. Missildine serves as president, Julian Hester as vice president, and J. A. Dennis as cashier following the closing of the First Bank and Trust Company weeks earlier.
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Tryon
Tryon Bank and Trus Company
First Bank and Trust Company
E. E. Missildine
Julian Hester
J. A. Dennis
Mooresboro R-1 Bride and Groom Tie The Knot
Mooresboro January 19 wedding bells ring as Ambrose Bailey marries Thelma Whitaker at the bride’s home. Rev. I D Harrill presides at Race Path church and the couple receive best wishes for a long life together. Local Sunday sermon followed by a box supper attendance and community notes on visitors and ill health.
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Mooresboro
R-1
Ambrose Bailey
Thelma Whitaker
Burton Whitaker
I. D. Harrill
Race Path Church
Race Path
Doctors Disagree Over Worm Symptoms in Children
Many mothers doubt worms in irritable children with restless sleep and digestive pains. Doctors vary, but a large majority show relief after a few doses of White's Cream Vermife, a trusted expellant of round and pin worms. Available at 35 cents a bottle from Peoples Drug Store.
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Peoples Drug Store
Coffield Bill Fails To Pass In North Carolina House
Raleigh Jan 19 Representa tive R Coffield s bill to employ only North Carolina citizens as public school teachers failed to pass from the education committee Wednesday The measure would require bonafide state certified citizens for teaching with an exception for non residential teachers already employed Coffield serves on eight standing committees including Appropriations Banks and Banking Education Expenditures of the House Health Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb Public Roads and Public Welfare He says he will back the Governor s ten percent cut and opposes the short ballot plan while noting his vote against the inland waterway before it passed
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Raleigh
Jan
R. Coffield
North Carolina
Committee On Education
Coffield
General Assembly
Appropriations
House of
House
the Courier
Sparks welcomed eight pound son Da vid Lee
Mr and Mrs Hoyt Sparks are receiving congratulations on the arrival of their eight pound son named David Lee born Saturday in January birth details are noted in this local notice
Kruschen Salts Promises Safe Fat Loss Solution
A Carolina woman reports losing 47 pounds over nearly three months using Kruschen Salts with a daily teaspoon in warm water. She claims improved health, strength, and appearance, endorsing the product and recommending stopping fatty foods while noting a 85 cent four week bottle price and a money back guarantee.
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Tam
S. A. Solomon
New Bern
N. C
Peoples Drug Store
Brittain Church Hosts Missions School Next Week
Rutherfordton January 19 A missions school will be held at Brittain Presbyterian Church starting January 26 sponsored by the King’s Mountain Presbytery. Daily classes convene at 1 230 o’clock at the manse with a varied program. A fellowship supper is planned January 30 at Westminster dining hall with Rev Dr James I Vance among the speakers representing foreign missions.
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Rutherfordton
Brittain Presbyterian Church
King’s Mountain
Westminster
James I. Vance
First Presbyterian Church
Fof
Nashville
Tenn
Freign Missions
The
Presbyterian Church In
United States
Just Like An Ostrich Skin Care Adverts
A medical authority likens hiding skin blemishes with toilet creams to an ostrich burying its head in the sand. It claims eruptions signal constipation poisoning the blood and weakening health. It recommends a course of Herbine, a vegetable medicine, available at Peoples Drug Store.
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Peoples Drug Store
Poultry Cooperative Plans 1931 Sale Across Eight Counties
The Smoky Mountain Mutual Exchange, formed by members from Madison Haywood Jackson Swain Macon Graham Cherokee and Clay counties, announces a planned poultry sale by its member cooperatives in 1931 with related equipment and retailer updates.
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Smoky Mountain Mutual Exchange
Madison
Haywood
Jackson, Swain
Macon
Graham
Cherokee
Clay Counties
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