Fifteenth North Carolina Farmers Convention Planned
Raleigh Aug 2 Special preparations are underway for the fifteenth annual Farmers and Farm Women state convention at the State College of Agriculture and Engineering August 28 to 30. Officials expect at least 1,000 attendees, with a focus on food production and conservation through lectures, demonstrations, and extended morning sessions.
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Raleigh
Farmers’ and Farm Women
State College of Agriculture and Engineering
Conventino
Ecoastal Plains
Blue Ridge
North Carolina
Wmoen
North Carolina State College of Agricultures Engineering
West Raleigh
N. C
Two Negro Boys Die in Cape Fear River Drownings
In Wilmington two nine and eighteen year old Black boys drowned within an hour as treacherous currents pulled swimmers from near Ann Street and the Atlantic plant area. Names Freddie Morris and Willie Smith appear in early reports with no bodies recovered.
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Wilmington
Cape Pear River
Smith Creek
Freddie Morris
Ann Street
Willie Smith
Atlantic Wneering
Morris Boy
W. B. Thorpe and Company
Fred
Smith
Keeping Cool in Heat The Baby Care Advice
Dr. Charles F. Bolduan advises simple steps to guard infants during warm days. Keep milk cool and hydration high while avoiding meat and alcohol, and limit talk of heat. Do not seek crowded outings. a calm, cool home is best. winter will arrive in due time.
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Charles F. Bolduan
Bureau of Public Health Education
Department of Health
Winter skating season opens amid harsh conditions
North Pole reports opening of the winter skating season with skaters grumbling about the cold. Detroit and Cleveland race in fans’ minds as Detroit challenges the Indians while earlier chatter pegged the Tigers for weak end. A faded playoff forecast lingers as the Yankees once led the league. Alexander advertises a half price remnant sale Friday to Monday.
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North Pole
Fort Geveland
Detroit
Indians
Tigers
Alexander
Mortgagee's Sale of Mechanicsville Lot in 1917
Mortgagee TEDGECOCK sells at public auction on September 1, 1917 in Mechanicsville. The lot, 1 3 acre with a two room house, lies 85 yards from Mechanicsville graded school and is bounded by Elisha King’s property. Sale to satisfy the secured note under a July 1915 mortgage.
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the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
N. C
Elisha King
Adna Kinny
Ptember
Wy Montgomery
Mechanicsville
Do W Tedgecock
High Heels and Corns Prompt Painful Feet Remedy
An ad notes high heels cause corns and offers Freezone as a cheap, fast remedy to remove hard or soft corns or calluses. The copy urges clipping and pinning the ad on a wife’s dresser.
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Styl
Police Court Workloads Rise In Heat
A Tuesday discussion noted that criminal court dockets grow larger in hot weather. Dr. Dred Peacock questioned why cases tried each morning increase during warm periods, while a police court expert from The Enterprise seeks an explanation.
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Dr. Dred Peacock
Dred Peacock
Public Auction of Lands in Randolph and Guilford Counties
Public auction to sell lands in Randolph County North Carolina and Guilford County on September 3 1917 and September 4 1917 with payments of one fourth cash and installments over 18 months finalizing with title held as security. Included are nine tracts in Asheboro and Cedar Falls plus stocks and personal property of Greensboro Loan and Trust Co and other local firms.
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Superior Court
Randolph County
North Carolina
Greensboro Loan and Trust Co
O. R. Cox
Sarah FE. Cox
First National Bank of
Thomasville
Dixie Fire Insurance Co
Bank of Randolph
Calotabs De-Nauseated Calomel Tablets Marketed
Modern pharmacy announces Calotabs a purified calomel tablet free of nauseating qualities. One tablet at bedtime with water, no taste no griping no nausea, promises a good night’s sleep and a clean liver. Sold oily in sealed packages twenty doses for thirty five cents with druggist guarantee.
Lands for sale in Davidson County North Carolina July 1917
The Greensboro Loan and Trust Co announces a land sale at the premises near Thomasville on September 5, 1917 at 10 a.m. Viewing shows Lot No. 7 in Block G on College property and an undivided half-interest in Pickerstick property near Hamby’s Creek with the other half owned by W. P. Pickett. Details available from attorneys in Asheboro and Greensboro. sale conducted by J. W. Fry, president commissioner.
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Davidson County
Thomasville
N. C
June A. Johnson
C. E
Office of Register of Deeds
N.C
Henry Rapp
Bard Lumbr and Mig. Co
Hamby’s Creek
Southerm Railway Co
Pickerstick
W. P. Pickett
Ifijgh Point
W. C. Trammer
Asheboro
J. A. Spence
King and Kimball
Atorneys
Greensboro
Greensboro Loan & “Trust CO
J. W. Fry
Hair care ad promotes Q-Ban products for color restoration
An advertisement touts Q-Ban Simple Safe Healthful and Guaranteed to restore natural color with a money back warranty. It promotes Q-Ban Hair Tonic Q-Ban Toilet Soap Q-Ban Liquid Shampoo and Q-Ban Depilatory sold by J A Tart Drug Co and Hessig Elis Drug Co Memphis Penn offers a free illustrated booklet and direct mail order options.
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J. A. Tart Drug Co
Hessig- Elis Drug Con
Memphis
Penn
Guilford County Sealed Proposals For Courthouse Jail Project
Guilford County Board of Commissioners invites sealed proposals for construction heating plumbing elevator and jail equipment for a Greensboro courthouse and jail building. Bids due August 21 1917 at 10 am with a 2 percent certified check. Drawings from architect Harry Barton Greensboro deposit $25 for good faith and return of documents. Right to reject bids reserved. July 20 1917 W C Boren chairman.
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Board of County Commissioners
Guilford County
N. C
Greensboro
Harry Barton
W. C. Boren
Board County Commissioners
Lands of late Rev W W Lawrence offered for sale
Power of attorney sale listing 376 acre Randolph County land five miles from Seagrove in Richlands township. Two buildings, timber about 502000 feet, suitable for grain crops cotton tobacco and wheat. Water mill site and good highway access. Private bids welcomed, else auction at Ashboro court house door at noon Saturday September 29 1917. contact I L Stack South Mills NC for details.
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Randolph County
Asheboro
N. C
Depot Street
High Point, Randleman, Asheboro and Southern Railroad Company
J. S
W. P. Lewis
Bank
Hardware
J. S. and
North
Finch and Caviness
High Point, Randleman, Asheboro and
Southrn Railroad Company
First National Bank
North Street
McCrary-Redding Hardware Company
High Point
Randleman
Ashehore
Fisher Ave
Hoover Street
Arthur Ross
J. W. Jolly
Prydlis Baldwin
Pranklinville and
Boro Road
W. W. Lawrence
Seagrove
Richlands Township
N.C
Court House
Ashboro
1. L. Stack
South Mills
BE. L. Stack
Mann Drug Co Digestive Aid Review
To prevent self poisoning rowels clogged with waste matter pit s on the whole system. Foley Cathartic Tablets work gently but surely and do not gripe or cause nausea. Recommended for indigestion constipation sick headache bloating biliousness sour stomach gas on stomach coated tongue bad breath or other conditions caused by disordered digestion. Mann Drug Co.
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Mann Drug Co
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A. & E. College
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Roush
Griffith
Neal
Clarke
Chase
High Point-Greensboro
William
Armstrong High Point
Bell ’Phore
North State
Cape Fear
Yankees
ALS
Morris Addition
Cherry Street
Rush Street
A. A. Spencer
Office of the Register of Deeds
Franklinville Township
A. S. Foust
Hartwell Bird
Cedar Falls
Deep River
Old
Asheboro Land and Trust Co
High Point, Randleman, Asheboro, and Southern Railroad Co
Bank of Randolph County
Brockett Ave
Tate Ave
Price Street
Lee Street
Chippendale Road
No. 14
J. M. Sechrest
Liberty Street
George T. Penny
Calotabs
Pepsi-Cola
Elow
City Transfer Co
J. A. Dalton
Jay
E. B. Owen
Aorica Traeppatterson
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