Rare Lincoln Portrait Rescued From Daubed Restoration
Dr. Isaac M. Cline of New Orleans acted on a hunch that a Lincoln portrait by Frank Carpenter had been overpainted. He found the piece in an obscure Washington antiques repository and scraped off the daubs. The restored portrait is now housed on loan to Cabildo in New Orleans, where it draws thousands of admirers.
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Lincoln
Frank Carpenter
Isaac M. Cline
New Orleans
Washington
Cline
Cabilado
Gaines to Speak at Davidson Omicron Delta Kappa Initiation
Dr. Francis P. Gaines president of Wake Forest college will deliver the annual address at Davidson college spring initiation of Omicron Delta Kappa. The event includes a Tuesday night initiation and a chapel hour tapping, followed by a Maxwell Chambers hotel banquet. Alumni invitations are being sent to boost attendance.
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Davidson
Francis P. Gaines
Wake Forest College
Omicron Delta Kappa
Davidson College
Maxwell Chambers
Delta Circle
Kansas City Bares Mortgage Racketeering Ring
Kansas City investigators probe a real estate racket blamed for swindling about $100 000. Investors were urged to buy first mortgages with forged deeds of trust and fraudulent notes. Racketeers paid initial interest to keep holders trusting, then defaulted.
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Kansas City
Recorder
Fifteen grades of emeralds found widely
A brief note states that emeralds come in fifteen grades and are found everywhere, suggesting broad distribution and variety in quality.
Students Overcrowd Chicago Airport Campus
Walter W. Wright, director, says the municipal field in Chicago is not a campus for undergraduates. In March two thirds of arrivals and departures were student training planes, totaling 2 324 student flights while mail planes made 360 stops. Commercial flights complain student ships hover over the field blocking runways up to half an hour. A plan to rehabilitate the old Maywood mail field for student planes and transients is being considered.
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Chicago
Walter W. Wright
Wright
Maywood
High Point Woman Cured By Prof Pole
A High Point woman reports relief from ear pain after five minutes with Prof. S J Pole. Advertises nonmedicinal treatment at 212 Commercial National Bank Bldg from 1 to 5, 7 to 9 pm daily, Sundays 9 to 11 am. Special pricing April 15 to May 5 offers 13 for $10 and 30 for $20.
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S. J. Pole
Pole
M. HH. Elliott
High Point
N.C
Jacksonville
Georgia
Prof
Commercial National Bank
Notice of Sale on Guilford County Mortgage Property
Default on a 1927 mortgage by Farlow Insurance & Realty Company leads to a forced cash sale at Greensboro courthouse door. Property in High Point Township includes Spring Valley Development No 1 Lots 1 2 14 15 16 17 44 57 60 61 62 635 64 65 81 838 84. Sale at 12 o clock noon on Saturday April 27 1929. Mortgagee Mrs W L Kivett. Attys Brooks Parker Smith Wharton.
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Farlow Insurance & Realty Company
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
Greensboro
North Carolina
High Point Township
Spring Valley
Office of the Register of Deeds
Notice by Publication in Guilford County Real Estate Division
In Guilford County Superior Court Francis Beaman Myra Beaman vs Richmond Beaman begins with action to sell real property for division. Richmond Beaman must appear before the Guilford County Clerk on May 10 1929 to answer or demur to the complaint or plaintiff seeks relief. This notice is dated March 30.
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North Carolina
Guilford County
Francis Beaman
Myra, Beaman
Richmond Beaman
Cross Word Puzzle Enroll in the Army and Iceland Quiz
This word puzzle lists clues for a themed crossword with multiple related terms. It includes definitions for entries such as Inlet coronet meadow and elbow tests and asks for words like measure of area and animal exported from Iceland.
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Enterprise
N. C
Paramount
Pilot Hosiery Mills
Lexington, N. C
Mechanicsville
Mirror
Galax Mirror Co
Galax
H. Gordon & Sons
South
Hamilton Street
East Green Street
Stehli Silk Mill
Centennial Avenue
White Oak Street
Hamilton St
N. Main St
Grimes
Is Haty
Superior Motors, Inc
W. Quattlebaum
Mer
Asheville
R. D. Penny
Lexington Ave
Wiltshire Boulevard
Macon Printing School
Georgia-Alabama Business College
Macon
Petersburg
Carter Street
D. H. Gowing Veneer Co
Portsmouth
Walnut Street
T. S. Hedrick
East Russell] Street
Fisher Street
Cummings Electro Chemical Co
Willowbrook Street
Willowbrook Stree
J. N. McCrary
Redding
Jarrett Stationery Co
Royal Typewriter Agency
L. R. Sykes
Moser College
Forsyth N. W
Atlanta, Ga
Mechanicsville Hardware Co
SU Ts
Lane D
Byrum
Greben Ems
Bloom Furniture Exchange
Washington St
W. C. Brown
North Wrenn Street
B. B. Wagner
Thomasville
N. J
W. Green St
Cellent Meals
East
Rowland Imemarks
Parkway
Carolina Homes, Inc
Orie
Cable Street
Wachovia Bank Bldg
Amos Realty CO
Wachovia Bank
Ausborn Street
Cloverdale
N. M. Barker
West Green Street
J. FE. Robbins
Johnson Street
J. SS. New Pickett Cotton Mills
Briggs Avenue
Home Bond & Mortgage CO
West Washington Street
Ideal Shoe Shop Mechanicsvills
M. T. Hicks Furniture
W. Russell St
Greene
DR. Gaines
N. E. Russell Shoe Shop
S. Main St
W. L. Kivett
Mortgagee, Brooks, Parker, Smith & Wharton, Attys
Greensboro, N. C
Co. S. Lambeth
Superior Court
Bragg
Gwe Pop
Hawk
Hwat
Wes
Alook
Reno
Colorado
Uncle Sam
U.S
Uncle Sak
Oro Junta
Anaconda
Horgan
Junta
Bessy
Wraucher
Woden
Odin
Valhalla
BR “Fa
The
Groliee Society
Iceland
North America
Saint John
Tirjolo
Rie
Piatn E
Ioir
Olp
Nieto
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