One Cent Postage Come Back July 1
Changes in postage rates authorized by the last congress take effect July 1 returning to the one cent rate on post cards and introducing business reply cards and envelopes. Returns are at the sender’s cost if the prospect answers, with collections on delivery. Also effective July 1 are changes in short paid matter, publishers’ rates, bulk third class matter, and revised parcel post. Caroleen notes Mrs. T. H. Ferree dies at 61 in Shelby hospital after four weeks’ illness. survivors include husband, two daughters, one son. Funeral held at Caroleen Baptist Church with Rev. R. N. Childre officiating. interment at Caroleen cemetery.
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Secuire Loon
Caroleen
T. H.ferree
Trustee Sale of Real Estate in Rutherford County NC
Trustee will sell at public auction to the highest cash bidder on July 28 1928 at Rutherfordton County Courthouse for a parcel in Cool Springs Township Rutherford County North Carolina. The act is under a 1923 Deed of Trust by Jess Jackson and Ora Jackson to secure indebtedness. The parcel lies along Will Ellis line to a branch and Yarboro street and is part of O P Blanton land and C G Young lot description continues.
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Jess Jackson
Ora Jackson
the Register of Deeds
Rutherford County
North Carolina
Rutherfordton
Cool Springs Township
O. P. Blanton
H. E. Coffey
J. D. Ledbetter
C. G. Young
Will Ellis
Yarboro Street
C. J
Local News Roundup in Spindale and Nearby Areas
Rev H C Sisk reports Mrs R S McCluney very ill with hopes of recovery. Several residents, including Mrs Linnie Baynard and Mrs Cindin Ritch, remain on the sick list. Weekend visits link Miss Nettie Bradley Callie Han and Wanford Hall to Chesnee. Elija Harris and children dine with I Res family. Bessie Sisk and Colin Sisk visited from Charlotte. Tent meeting at Spindale continues. Invitations issued to attend. Will Baynard family visited mother Timmie Baynard. Horace White family spent weekend with J F White and Lillian White. Mrs Nannie Sue Bradley buys a new player piano.
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H. C. Sisk
R. S. McCluney
Linnie Baynard
Cindin' Ritch
Will Mask
Nettie Bradley
Callie Han
Wanford Hall
Chesnee
S. C
Elijah Harris
Montford Cove
I. Res
Bessie Sisk
Colin 'Sisk
Charlotte
Spindale
Will Baynard
Timmie Baygard
Horace White
Roy
Mr. White
J. F. White
Uree
Lillian White
Nannie Sue Bradley
Henry Bradley
Train Schedules and a County Record Entry
Seaboard schedule items list arrivals for Nos. 21 109 22 113 36 35 114 37 38 110 with various times. A note on Nevada annexation mentions Reno industry. a May 6 1920 marriage is recorded in Book 114 page 313. a June 26 1928 trustee notice signs L C Powell with Moss & Powell attorneys.
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Seaboard
South
North
Young and Wife
Register of Deeds
L. C. Powell
Moss & Powell, Attys
Death claims Mrs Pantha Martin at 83 in Forest City
Mrs Pantha Martin aged 83 died at her daughter Mrs A T Heltons home on Big Springs Avenue after injuries from a fall two months earlier. Funeral services will be held at 11 a m Thursday at First Baptist Church with Dr W A Ayers in charge. Interment in Cool Springs Cemetery beside her husband Billy Martin. She is survived by daughters Mrs A T Helton and Mrs J C Scruggs and three grandchildren. Mrs Martin had lived her life in Forest City and was a member of First Baptist Church.
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Pantha Martin
A. T. Helton
Big Springs Avenue
J.C. Scruggs
Forest City
Billy’ Martin
New Masonic Officers Installed at Forest City Lodge 381
Forest City Lodge No 381 A F and A M met Tuesday evening for installation of new officers for the year. District Deputy Grand Master F I Barber conducted the work naming G C McBrayer W M C Erwin B W P L Marks J W R E Biggerstaff Treas Jno S Wood Secretary P Parks S D G W Long Jr J D J M Burkeholder S C Fred Y Hamrick J S M H Hewitt Tyler. Committee on Oxford orphanage B H Price W L McBrayer M H Hewitt. Eastern Star and Masonic Home Z Flack M E Dorsey O T Mor. A doctor comment on payment by knowledge of patient condition. A lighthearted note on proposals and roll size.
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Forest City Lodge No
A. F
A. M
F. I. Barber
G. C. McBrayer
W. M
W. L. McBrayer
M. H. Hewitt
Eastern Star and Masonic Home
Z. Flack
M. E. Dorsey
0. T. Mor
Longest Direct Line Connects Los Angeles to New York
With the new direct line from Los Angeles to New York the longest telephone circuit in the world is now open linking Los Angeles directly to ten major cities. Circuits range from 500 miles to 3,412 miles the distance to New York. Other lines serve San Francisco Denver Seattle Salt Lake City Chicago Dallas Phoenix Tucson and El Paso plus nearby cities.
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Los Angeles
New York
San Francisco
Denver
Seattle
Salt Lake
Chicago
Dallas
Phoenix
Tucson
el Paso
Telephone expansion worldwide and in major cities
Facts show Japan leads Asia in telephones, San Francisco exceeds 32 phones per 100 people, and ocean liners now equip every stateroom. Chattanooga, Tennessee, saw over a doubling in ten years. Construction spending nears $1,000,000 daily in 1928. Some express trains link to the national telephone system before departure, and future links are planned between Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Frigidaire promotes food storage, Farmers Hardware Co. advertises.
Efird’s June Sale Declares Biggest Yet At Store
Efird’s Annual June Sale touted as the largest in store history says manager Curlee. Despite poor weather, sales surpassed last June and Shelby branch leads narrowly in a city contest. Two clerical teams greens and blues compete for sales while the sale runs through July 3 with a closure on July 4.
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Efird
Curlee
Shelby
Greens
Blues
Mind Your Own Business Week Proposed
A columnist muses on hypocrisy and seasickness while joking about a Mind Your Own Business Week. The playful piece weighs behavior and decision making with light, ironic observations.
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T. H. Ferre
Crnchfield
California
Nevada
Reno
Ie van Raalte
Holeproof
Onyx-Pointex
Big Springs
Japan
Asia
Chattanooga
Tenn
South America
Buenos Aires
Argentine Republic
Montevideo
Uruguay
Farmers Hardware Co
Geo. K. Gillespie
Forest City, N. C
Oscar J. Mooneyham
Geo. R. Gillespie
Clio
Alabama
Mooneyham
Gillespie
J. S. Tillman
W. A. Arnold
Clio Banking Company
George R. Gillespie
A. Arnold
Supreme Court
Recorder's Court
Ligon
Peterman
Ligon’s Drug Store
Spartanburg, S. C
Eagle “Mikado
Eagle Pencil Company
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