Tax Listing Notice and Local Advertisements
County tax supervisor reminds all persons firms and corporations to list property for May taxation under law penalties enforced. Polls for males 21 to 50 required. Non residents may list via township tax lister or Rutherfordton records. Also local ads for Mother's Day cards and inexpensive hats from Courtney s and D M Stahl s Ten Cent Store plus Cedar Garment Factory sewing job offer and straw hats.
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Grand Jury
Rutherford County
Register of Deeds
Rutherfordton
N. C
New Store Opens at Harris Led by Mr. B. H. Wilkins
Mr B H Wilkins opens a new store at Harris announces a big opening sale Saturday. He has prior business in the area and is well known there. An ad in today’s Courier lists some great bargains for the initial sale. Local friends predict success for his venture.
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B. H. Wilkins
Harris
Courier
Mr. Wilkins
Great Picture at The Movie Next Week
A bold pitch for a crime drama featuring the Patent Leather Kid. The tale follows a tough East Side fighter drawn from love of country and a girl to a brave ring hero journey. The film shows Tuesday and Wednesday May 15 16 at The Movie. Also mentions Murphy Cohen entering the Long Branch city commission race and notes a local store selling picnic supplies and party favors.
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East Side
Murphy Cohen
City Commission
Long Branch
New Jersey
Herrick Male Quartet tops Redpath Week lineup
The Herrick Male Quartet led by Robert Herrick, a noted entertainer and singer, is highlighted as a popular Redpath Week attraction. The four college men perform lively quartet singing and sketches with high spirits, blending four voices in harmony and drawing enthusiastic audience reaction.
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Herrick
Robert Herrick
Redpath
Walker announces birth of son in Marion
Mr and Mrs A A Walker of Marion announce the birth of a son Robert Alvin on May 7, weight seven pounds. Mr and Mrs Walker formerly resided here. Baseballs gloves and mitts Courtney's Ten Cent Store. FOR RENT Five room house on East Main street. Miss Jennie Morris Forest City. B1-1tp.
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A. A. Walker
Marion
Robert Alvin
Mrs. Walker
Courtney
Ten Cent
East Main Street
Jennie Morris
Forest City
Bell System Plans Record Southern Expansion in 1928
The Bell System will spend 78 million dollars in 1928 to expand telephone facilities across the south and southwest. Three companies participate: Southern Bell, Southwestern Bell, and Chesapeake and Potomac. Tennessee leads in spending within Southern territory, followed by Georgia and Louisiana, while Texas heads Southwestern projects. Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia see 13.5 million in construction. The program funds toll cable, local exchanges, toll line rebuilds, and new offices to meet rising demand.
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Bell System
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Tennessee
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Southwestern Bell
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Direct Telephone Link Between Washington and Albany
Washington D C and Albany now share a direct telephone circuit eliminating the need to route calls via New York City. The new line increases direct connections between the national capital and the state capital, signaling heightened communication ties.
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Washington, D. C
New York State
Albany
Washington
New York City
Telephone ties Memphis to New York direct
A new direct long distance line between Memphis and New York City eliminates the prior need to route calls via St Louis. A collection of brief notes covers varied telephone facts from Cleveland and Pennsylvania to Marcus Indiana and a Nordic cable project, ending with Denver building plans.
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Memphis
New York City
St. Louis
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Amsterdam
New York
D. M. Stahl
Herrick Male Quartet
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B. Hi. Wilkins Cash Store
Clarence Griffin
Smiths
Cleveland, C
Browns
Johnsons
Joneses
Pennsylvania
Marcus, In
Toomey
Finland
Sweden
Norrtalje
Mariehamn
Aland Islands
Abo
Denver
Colo
Jon
A&p
Atlantic
Pacific
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