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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1936
Page
8
A porch memory recalls Luther Burbank as a Lancaster area boy who loved growing things. He worked in a factory for 60 cents daily, later grew vegetables, and discovered seed variation in a potato plant yielding the famed Burbank potato sold for 150 dollars.
The article recalls Theodosius I building four mile triple walls at Constantinople and their fall to gunpowder and siege tactics. It then recounts Luther Burbank's early years near San Francisco, starting with $200, living in a chicken coop, and budding a career in plant breeding driven by a desire for creative time rather than wealth.
Mrs. James A. McCrae of Chesterfield died in a hospital following injuries from being thrown from her horse at Myrtle Beach. Authorities reported the fatal accident occurred last night as the woman rode near the pavilion area.
Dr John R Sampey of Louisville Kentucky president of the Southern Baptist convention called narrow nationalism one of the strongest foes of Christianity in a remarks at Ridgecrest Aug 10 Reports from Montreat NC Aug 10 note foreign mission activity of the Southern Presbyterian church shows the church's evangelization responsibility now covers 36 000 000 people abroad
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