Uncle Joe Bacon Recalls Lincoln Funeral Train at 80
Joseph D. Bacon known as Uncle Joe, 80, living with daughter in this city, recalls his life from Georgia birth in 1860 to Illinois Missouri and North Carolina. He remembers the Lincoln funeral train near Springfield, his father's Civil War service, and early hardships that shaped his move to North Carolina and work on farms and in a mine.
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W. A
Joseph D. Bacon
Joe
A. E. Taplin
Woodland Drive
Georgia
North Carolina
Hillsboro
Illinois
Missouri
Bacons
Mr. Bacon
Middle-West
Uncle Joe
Abraham Lincoln
North Carolinas
Alamance County
Garlic Tablets Promoted For Digestive Health
An advertisement touts garlic tablets as helping fight harmful bacteria in the colon and reducing digestive distress from accumulated waste. The ad invites readers to purchase tri packs at Mann Pred ores Co. and Faas A. Tri Package.
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Dtenlan Dearborn
Mann
Uncle Joe Bacon Respected Local Worker Remains Faithful
The obituary recalls Mr. Bacon’s early education at Trinity High School and his shift to textile work in Albemarle Concord and Goldsboro. He later settled in High Point buying a concrete mixer and working while health allowed. A stroke on Lindsay Street slowed him, but he lived with his wife and several children and stayed devoted to faith and family.
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Joe
Albemarle
Concord
Goldsboro
High Point
Bacon
Lindsay Street
C. W. Gaddy
Worth Bacon
Winston-Salem
Mr. Bacon
Guilford County Realty Transfers Across Townships
Transfers list numerous property conveyances in Guilford County including High Point Morehead Gilmer Clay Deep River townships. Buyers include G Curtis Smithdeal Benson L Pierce Bertha Strickland Ruby Graham Penny W R Grant J L Starr Irene Starr Dr Koonts Otis Oakley B S Austin Geneva Holmes Ora M Lomax Fisher J D Kirkman Eli Fields Lester Fields J B Wade ER J Lewis W Gossett and others with plats on East Commerce Street Portland Street Jefferson Street Nocho Park Nocho Park Starland Heights Tate Street J A Bundy and other adjoining properties.
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High Point Township Snow Lumber Company
G. Curtis Smithdeal
Commerce Street
Jasper Lee Jones
Benson L. Pierce
Fairmont Park
H. M. Palmer
James Carter
East Street
J. Fred Lambe
Bertha Strickland
Oneka Street
F. Williams
Stella York
Ruby Graham Penny
Tate Street
J. L. Newton
W. Swaim
W. Frank Rook
J. A. Bundy
Morehead Township
R. H. Melvin
A. H. Southern
Portland Street
City of
Greensboro
Pete Rhodes
Jefferson Street
William Henry Hunter
Dr. Koonts
W. T. Hinton
City of Greensboro
Otis Oakley
Latham Park
Gilmer Township
Donna Aldred Rankin
J. L. Starr
Irene Starr
Starland Heights
B. S. Austin
Geneva J. Holmes
Nocho Park
Ora M. Lomax Fisher
Clay Township
B. J. May
UNC honor roll lists 402 students from High Point
W. P. F. Hamlin and J. A. Wel of High Point were among 402 UNC students named to the scholastic honor roll last quarter.
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W. PF. Hamlin
J. A. Welborn
High Point
University of North Carolina
Chelsea wedding shocks photographers in English rush
Bride Diana Sanderson and groom Alick Hay left Old Church Chelsea amid a crowd of photographers. She shouted in a brief hurried remark about German measles as they exited.
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Diana Sanderson
Old Church
Chelsea
England
Alick Hay
Grady And Gravely Balk Over Roosevelt Policy In NC
The North Carolina Roosevelt movement splits the Democratic field for governor with Paul Grady urging Roosevelt for the people and Lee Gravely calling to continue Roosevelt leadership. Other candidates mostly mute as events unfold across Scotland Neck Trenton Salisbury and a high school commencement.
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Hoey
Cordell Hull
Hull
Paul Grady
Roosevelt
Lee Gravely
Roose
Velt
W. P. Horton
Tom Cooper
North Carolina
A. J. Maxwell
Maxwell
Scotland Neck
J. M. Broughton
Trenton
Grady
Salisbury
Compass presented to Matfield Grang School in England
The compass Captain Bell used to steer the Exeter in the Graf Spee battle has been presented to Matfield Grang School in England, the captain’s former alma mater.
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Bell
Exeter
Matfield Grang School
England
Talks Feature Meet Elizabeth City Concert Event
Talks on musical appreciation renditions and sightseeing open the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs annual convention in Elizabeth City. Mrs. Vincent H Ober of Norfolk Virginia, president of the national federation, spoke to start the meeting.
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Elizabeth City
Nort Carolina Federation of Musi Clubs
Vincent H Ober
Norfolk
National Federation
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Abe Lincoln
West
Town
Springfield
Kingdom Come
Whittier
Joseph D. Baker
Mr. Baker
The
Trinity High School
DeSoto
Detroit
Michigan
de Soto
Desoto Division
Chrysler Corporation
Plymouth
Furniture City Motors, Inc
North Main Street
Guilford County Realty
U.N. C
Gravely
Associated Press
Per Carton
Crttania
Reasonable Brig Frices
Bic Phillips Milk
Magnesia
Haarlem
Bsc
Burma
Williams
Soe
Phillips
Dubaruff
Woodbury's
Seidlitz
Ceans
By Richard Hudnut
Bourio
Av Malo
Stening
Faria
du Barry
Hudmua
Klek
EPSOM
Ade
Johnson
Dawn
H. H. Johnson
Philadelphia
Ilanta
Delig
Eckerd
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