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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1928
Page
11
Notice indicates the item was entered August 22 1918 at Forest City North Carolina post office as second class matter under the 1879 act.
Public debate grows as election day nears with calls to register immediately and vote on November 6. Citizens urged to participate, noting past low turnout and the need for the will of the majority to be known through ballots.
The text muses on leap year myths and whether women propose more in leap years. It notes 1928, 1929, and 1932 timelines, wonders if numbers of proposals vary year to year, and concludes there are no statistics or definite answers about leap year proposals. It adds that such behavior isn’t the paper’s business.
The article recalls Hallowe'en as the vigil of All Saints with old customs like nut cracking ducking and fires for Druids. It notes witches causing mischief and claims American playful excess is fading to chalk marks costumes and flour sacks. It contrasts past chaos with contemporary calmer celebrations.
The note laments the loss of traditional Halloween mischief while acknowledging a safer era. It questions the decline of the playful spirit and expresses nostalgia for older customs despite improved safety.
The piece surveys many character reading methods from horoscopes and palmistry to handwriting analysis, head shape and hair, noting their variety and dubious accuracy. It concludes with a simple, direct approach: look the person in the eyes to judge character.
The Graf Zeppelin arrives marking another milestone in transatlantic achievement amid rough weather and injuries. The piece surveys past milestones from Columbus to wireless and telegraph advances, noting the new passenger dirigible as the first to cross the Atlantic. Also mentions Wool knit baby items at Courtney's and death of Mrs. J A McGraw at Glendale aged 76, mother of Mrs. N H Welsh.
Train timetable lists Seaboard No. 109 south Arrives 10 30 am No. 21 south Arrives 12 18 pm No. 22 north Arrives 4 21 pm Suthern No. 113 south Arrives 6 20 am No. 86 north Arrives 10 09 am No. 35 south Arrives 5 35 pm No. 114 north Arrives 8 56 pm Chuela No. 87 north Arrives 10 45 am No. 88 south Arrives 4 48 pm No. 110 north Arrives 11 20 am.
The listing promotes The Ghetto starring George Jessell a comedy Hectic Days and Buster What Next plus Foreign Legion with Norman Kerry Lewis Stone Mary Nolan and June Marlowe and a Morocco themed feature describing seething passions and varied escapades at Horn's Theatre.
The listing highlights October screenings with Betty Compson and Kenneth 113 Lan in Cheating Cheaters a Broadway based melodrama. The Cossacks stars John Gilbert Rene Adoree with Lookout Below as the comedy. Power of Silence stars Belle Bennett in a courtroom mystery of a mother protecting her son with a diary witness and flashbacks detailing a murder case. The cast includes John Westwood Marion Douglas Anders Randolf and John St Polis.
The film Lilac Time with sound shatters house records in Oklahoma City with a hundred degree heat. Lines stretched half a block as crowds waited for the opening hour and the box office closed early for overcapacity at Horns Theatre.
Court house sale of four parcels in Rutherfordton N C described as Lots 173 174 175 176 in the J D Ledbetter subdivision part of F B Harrill Farm. sale at noon by trustee B T Jones Jr under a 1928 deed of trust from Z T Searcy. references to Cool Springs area and local survey maps mentioned. Original date October 24 1928. purchasers to pay cash.
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