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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1929
Page
13
The fate of Yanceyville hinges on a decision this week by the municipal board of control to declare the community a town or keep it a village. About half seek city status while the rest favor remaining a village after a year of hearings and petitions.
The state board of control led by Hartness Lee and Brummitt weighs petitions and briefs on a proposed tax change for Yanceyville Caswell County, where property values exceed 25 000 dollars and a majority of freeholders favor action. The town lacks railroad service.
Durham April 5 Chief Justice W P Stacy of the North Carolina supreme court delivered the principal address at the unveiling of a maker in Mangum township honoring Willie P Mangum a distinguished U S Senator before the Civil War. Miss Marian Baldwin Turner a Salem College student unveiled the marker.
A sequence of conferences travels through multiple North Carolina sections. Organizers schedule sessions, meetings, and public discussions across towns, inviting residents to participate and hear expert talks on regional topics. Local officials emphasize community engagement and information sharing.
Fayetteville reports Wear Schoonover a Pocahontas AR athlete and student owns a baby razorback piglet as a symbol of school spirit and local pride.
Wear, long a mainstay of Arkansas backwoodsmen, was named the most valuable student at the University of Arkansas. The Razorback is the emblem of the Arkansas school.
The bridge across the Delaware River in Philadelphia ranks among the world’s longest suspension spans with a 1,750 foot main span.
Raleigh Apr 5 The North Carolina Council of State and the governor endorse supporting local industry by purchasing a Lincoln for the governor rather than a Cadillac. They note Ford investments in Charlotte worth about 2 million dollars as a key factor. Some departments also favor Ford vehicles.
Miss Billie Lemm impersonates Robinson Crusoe as the show theme opening at the California Valencia Orange Show in Anaheim from May 2 to June 2. The production features Crusoe as the central motif throughout the event.
The commissioner suggests the highway commission follow the council of state and the governor by prescribing Ford cars for officials. This would mark a reversal for those who have driven state owned Chryslers previously.
The National Laundry Owners association says the old family laundry is disappearing as consolidations rise. The 1925 laundry bill stood at $509,000,009 and may top $1,000,900,090 by year end. New York City alone shows a consolidation creating a firm with nearly $10,000,000 in annual gross income.
Twenty three Princeton University students will travel 11 000 miles this summer in specially built railway cars to study gas wells coal beds and geological features in Canada as part of a field trip led by faculty.
An advertisement touts Jay-Kol as a guaranteed remedy for hyperacidity and digestive upset. It claims to relieve sour stomach, indigestion, heartburn, biliousness, and related disorders by addressing the root excess acid, urging readers to try it today.
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