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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1922
Page
8
The American Junior Red Cross earned high praise for expanding school links, expanding international exchange, and aiding war relief. In the year ended June 30, 1922, 24,528 schools enrolled 4,483,845 pupils wearing the I Serve badge. Foreign efforts funded by the National Children's Fund totaled 938,297.40, with 56,022.70 contributed that year and a July 1 balance of 20,361.58.
Coyet Smart aged 47 was found dead in woods near Shelby. The coroner's jury ruled death by his own gun with insufficient evidence to determine whether it was a personal crisis or accidental. Neighbors believe the discharge happened after he leaned the gun against a stump and sat beside it. His bride from last March had planned a dinner with his brother-in-law when he left to hunt a squirrel. A search found his body 12 hours after the shot. He had attended a community gathering Monday night.
A Caroleen village note details a Charleston visitor’s accident near De Brule's, various high school staff and students’ weekend visits, a large Baptist church sermon on The Potter and the Clay, plans for a stronger Caroleen High School basketball team, and community church activities.
The American Red Cross promotes public health nursing, home hygiene instruction, nutrition, first aid and life saving courses. It reports 1,240 nursing services, 1.5 million home visits, 140,000 school visits, and 1.25 million school children examined in six months. Rural areas gain, with 3,834 classes and 93,448 students. Nutrition shows 1,199 classes and 77,523 children. Ambergris expedition departs Seattle for Yukon coast to seek the prized perfumery material amid a shortage motoring ships north on the Victoria.
In Peking China there are sixty rug factories employing over 200 workers each with capitals around 10000 dollars. Growth surpasses figures from years past driven by rising popularity of Peking rugs in the United States. Direct buying by major American firms grows. Many small establishments exist, each with a few dozen workers and modest capital.
A fragmentary dialogue recalls Mrs. Blackstone and a man named Ike in a social scene where women display new finery to friends and men respond with a jab about lodge conventions. The exchange hints at fashion vanity and masculine ritual without full context.
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