Duke Acquires Rare Peruvian Library for Duke History Collection
Duke University has purchased the Perez de Velasco library from Peru, an 8000-volume collection of rare manuscripts, government documents, and newspapers. The set, assembled over 20 years, includes unique viceroyalty decrees, pre 1800 Lima presses, and travel histories, making Duke a major latin american history repository.
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A. A. Wilkinson
Durham
N. C
Peru
Duke University
Francesco Perez de Velasco
Lima
National Library
Tenor de Veloso
Fred Rippy
Duke History Department
University of Mexico
Rippy
Sug
Pedro de Villagomez
Spain
Duke
Amazcon
Father Rodríguez
de Velasco
Institutiones Grammaticae
Ionem de Vega
Medenaz
Taboda
Lemos
Croix
Notice of Sale of Interest in North Side Motor Co
Public notice states that the entire interest in the North Side Motor Company has been sold effective May 1 1929 and that the signer W A Hayworth will not be responsible for any bills after that date in High Point North Carolina. The notice is dated March 19 1927 and lists multiple dates ending in 31.
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North Side Motor Company
High Point
N. C
W. A. Hayworth
New Library at State University Archive Destroyed
State University mayors report that a new library was torn down by angry citizens. The collection includes 198 volumes of The Guides of Peru, a unique set, plus a manuscript titled Opinions of the Council of Lima. Cataloguing 3,000 volumes will begin this fall, with Latin American history graduates watching closely.
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Guides of
Peru
Council of
Lima
America
Four States Lacking Worker Injury Protections
Arkansas Florida Mississippi and South Carolina are the only states in the Union without any form of worker injury protection measures for industrial accidents as reported.
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Arkansas
Florida
Mississippi
South Carolina
Road Patrol to Move One Man Monthly in Each District
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh Aug 10 Only one member of each highway patrol squad will be reassigned to a new district each month. Captain Charles D Farmer said the plan limits hardship on lieutenants by avoiding a full platoon shuffle while ensuring patrolmen rotate districts.
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Eati
Charles D. Farmer
State Highway Patrols Begin Monthly District Shifts
Captain Farmer reports a rotation plan where nine districts receive monthly new patrolmen while two veterans stay in each district. Lieutenants also rotate their personnel to avoid long placements. County and state officers cooperate, with county patrols covering mornings and afternoons and highway patrols handling noon to midnight shifts.
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Farmer
Cowboys on 101 Ranch Turn to Hog Raising
In Ponca City Oklahoma Zack Miller sole survivor of the famous trio shifts the 101 ranch from cattle to hogs feeding an expected 20000 hogs. The country’s largest purebred Duroc Jerseys herd is raised here with a 20000 chicken colony and cattle herd removed for hogs. New alfalfa pastures have been planted to feed the hogs.
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Ponca City
Okla
Zack Miller
San Juan County Utah larger than New Jersey
San Juan County in Utah appears larger than New Jersey in area but has a small population near 40,006 per the last census data. The county sits in the southeast corner of Utah with vast land area and low population density.
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San Juan County
Utah
New Jersey
Library Hours and Notable House Plan Books
Library hours in summer run 12 to 7 P M daily except Sundays and holidays. The shelf list includes many titles on house plans and design such as A Book of House Plans by Butterfield, The Next to Nothing House by Carrick, Home Builder's Plan Book, The Book of Little Houses, Spanish House for America by Rexford Outwater, Designs for American Homes by H G Outwater, The Smaller American House by E B Power, Ideal Homes of Today by Wilburn, and House of Simplicity by Seal. The volume House of Gardens Second Book of Interiors by Wright features hundreds of room illustrations and color schemes.
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Butterfield
W. H
Crane
Everyman's
Carrick
Builider
House Beautiful
Hubbell
L. E
Mear, Marcie
Newcomb
Rexford
America
Outwater
H. G
Power
E. B
Wilburn
L. R
J. R
Seal
E. D
Wright
R. L
House of Garden
Air Mail Ads Topped Trucks Widen Campaign
The Post Office directs postmasters along air routes to use top of motor trucks for adverts. Tops of trucks will bear the message Use Air Mail in 15 inch letters to reach people watching traffic from office windows.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Capitol Dimensions and Fatigue of Metals Noted
The Capitol in Washington spans 761 feet 4 inches with a floor area of 143,112 square feet. It notes metals suffer fatigue and a dull razors sharpen better after a week of rest.
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Capitol
Washington
Lee's Laxative and Cathartic Compound Ad
Mann Drug Store promotes LEE'S LAXATIVE and CATHARTIC COMPOUND for stomach relief. Two tablespoons ease gas and heart palpitations in about thirty minutes, with a money back guarantee on one bottle. 10 days sale price $1.00 at Mann Drug Store High Point NC.
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Mann Drug Store
Lee
High Point
N. C
Adyv
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Center For
Beig
New Duke
Mexico
EFIRD
FLOOR
Curtis
Smith Supply Company
D. R.R
State University
University of North Carolina
Texas
High Point Publi’e Library
Percales
A. E. Alexander & CO
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!