Local notes list Blackstone visit and area social events
Mary Stokes returns home in Blackstone Va after visiting Rev CA Munroe family. several residents travel to Blowing Rock Lincolnton Drexel and Morganton for parties and health. Reverend J Be Gay to lead August retreat. Sheriff Hewitt considers sheriff run. community gatherings and visits noted with multiple locals and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Stokes
Howwe
Blackstone
CA. Munroe
Oxford Orphan Asylum
Singi Sigs
Cee
Thornton Opera
Obituaries for Thomasson and Bean in Caldwell area
Mr. J B Thomasson died at his home last Friday aged 64 after a stroke seizure. He moved from Gastonia three years ago and funeral services were held at his residence with Rev J G Garth, with interment in Gastonia. Rev Garth accompanied the hearse, three of his children present at death. Mr J W Bean, a prominent farmer near Lenoir, died suddenly Tuesday night from heart trouble at his home, leaving the Caldwell community to mourn a longtime civic figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Thomasson
Thomasson
Gastonia
J.G. Garth
Garth
J. W. Bean
Lenoir
Ben
Caldwck
Pai
Wilted Dons Mule Dress And Wins Rival Love
In Wheeling West Virginia eighteen year old Dessie Welsigrey hatches a quirky revenge plot against her rival and the man she adores. She enlists a disguise as Lawrence Dessing to court Miss Henrietta Aiken of Bridgeport Ohio and catches the attention of Harry Pendleton who had just become engaged to another woman. The tale unfolds with encounters on Market Street and porch confrontations as the masquerade drives the drama.
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Wheeling
W.va
Dessie Welsigrey
Gil
Noni Wheeling
Harry Pendleton
McIntyre
Henrietta Aiket
Bridge
Lawrence Dessing
Iss Aiken
Dessing
Miss Aiken
Pendleton
Pendiston
Miss McIntyre
Market Street
Found Dead in the Woods in Sugar Loaf Township
Taylorville July 21. Mr Neson Curlee about 70 was found dead Sunday in Sugar Loaf township woods. He had left his son Greene Curlee and later Taylor Curlee's home and was found under a tree a short distance from a path with $64 in his pocket. Heart trouble cited. no inquest held. Buried in the family graveyard. Survived by several children.
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Taylorwile
Neson Curlee
Sugar Loaf
Curlee
Sreene Curle
Taylor Curlee
Greene
Sirlee
la Ter
Americans seek protection in China amid provincial tension
The report outlines U S concerns for American citizens in Kiang Si province as Peking warns of extraordinary powers to preserve order. It notes Wang Tung province declaring independence from central authority and mentions disturbances in Shanghai. In North Carolina Wadeboro, J Smith and St B Thompson are linked to a fatal shooting. Smith shot in the head, Thompson sought a peace warrant but fled.
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Washington
Peng
Maria
Ka Ling
Cts
Kiang Si
Sanghai
Peking
Stanton
Wang Tung
Gsinness
Wadesboro
Ansonian
Smith
St. B. Thompson
Catawba County
Thompson
Wadeboro
Sher's
Lowery
Jones Arrested After Whisky Still Found Near Pink Hill
A notorious moonshiner named Jones was arrested after carrying a load of whisky into Pink Hill. He was jailed in this city and located near Lenoirline in 0 county after reports from a neighbor led the sheriff to his still. He had moved the still into this county just before the arrest.
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Kinston
Jones
Moon
Pink Hil
Lenoirline
Social Circles Hosts Mrs Morton Party and U D C Meeting
Social notes describe a Mrs W Morton event on the 22nd with Mrs Morton assisting Mss Celine Munroe hosting Miss Wisston and Miss Anderson of Oklahoma. The rooms were decorated with ferns and evergreens. Guests exchanged handpainted cards and an ice course followed by couples forming for mingling. A Methodist church ladies party followed with a musical and literary program, refreshments, and U D C meeting notes noting officers and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Morton
Kathrine Shuford
Isabel Morton
H. A. Hambleton
Ben Gaddy
the Methodist Church
10Th Avenue
Card of Thanks to Friends and Neighbors
Acknowledgment from Mrs J B Thomason and children for kindness shown during illness and death of beloved husband and father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Thomason
Dynamite accident injures 16 year old John Jones
Young John Jones, 16, son of Mr Mote Jones of Bik, was severely injured when a dynamite blast on the bank near his father’s home exploded. His left hand and leg were badly damaged, and he was rushed to Wilkes hospital after the accident yesterday afternoon. He is reported to be improving after transfer by rail.
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J Fissee
Margaret
Nica
Eddie Hooker
Motimer
J.P. Chew
J. E. Hendrix
Nicce
Cara Rawls
Lexington C
Ieee
J. H. Hatcher
J. P. Miller
Charlotte
Elizabeth College
Miller
Catawba County
J. E. Haithecock
Catawba
Springs
Haithcock
Connelly
Frietdship
J. Be
EL J Poe
Bulingers Chapel Methodist Church
Waidece
R L. Hewitt
Dickory
Fas Leen
Ageic
John Jones
Mote Jones
Bik
Wilkes Hospital
Hils
Trane
Watooga
Vom Gurtis
Imins
North Wilkes
Soro Hustler
Local Merchant Buys Chamberlains Medicine Stock
Whitemound Wisconsin merchant W. D. Magic bought a stock of Chamberlains medicine for customers but fell ill himself. He testifies a small bottle of Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was worth more than his entire stock. Available from Moser Lutz and Grimes Drug Co. Also an advertisement extolling a hot weather tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Magic
Whitemound
Wis
Moser & Lutz and
Grimes | Drug Co
Adv
Southern Railway Annual Excursion to Norfolk Seashore
The Southern Railway announces an annual popular excursion on July 29 to Norfolk and Virginia Beach resorts. A special train will run from multiple stations including Marion Norwood Albemarle and Statesville with day coaches and Pullman sleeping cars, arriving Norfolk around 6 30 p m. and returning July 31 after two days and one night at the seashore. Pullman reservations should be made in advance through designated agents.
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Southern Railway
Spectrain
Marion
N.C. S'M
Norwood
Norfolk
Northdown
Seashore
Virginia Beach
Ocean View
Newport News
Old Point Cos ‘Ort
Hampton Roads
Fortress Monroe
Bridgewater Glen Alpine
Morganton
Connelly
Hildebran
I Statesville
Taylorsville
Stoney Point
Mocksville
Hiddenite
Barber Norwood
Albemarle
Rockwell Granite
Pullman
Nation Hickory Grae Ie
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J. H. Shuford
Pennsylania
Afr
W. L. Hallman
Greenville
D. C
Nellie Rowe
Greensboro
Heinzerling
Statesville
Bertha Bradshaw
Mamie Sue Johnson
Mis ‘Deve
Bryant City
Maud Ekard
Mary Knox Henderson
Lincomton
Loneiss Radisiil
Lucile Litaker
Nanette Radisill
Oak Grove
Lincolnton
Hickory
McCoy
Birmingham
Alabama
D. M Li Aker
Methodist Parsonage
Virginia Clark
A. Monroe
S. M. Clark
Knox
Moretz - Whitener Clothing Company
J. B. Thomasson
John W. Bean
China
The
Clea
Yarus
Big
U. D.C
Keith
John Ciley
Mes
Eal Shuford Tech
Royster
Dynamite Pie
Young John Jones
Ste
Thompson-West Company
He Ladies’ Store
Jrand
Norfolk and Virginia Seashore
Fletcher
Hickory, N. C
Moser & Lutz
Cocorege
Geo. E. Bisanar
Jeweler & Otometr
Star
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N. W. Rys
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