Libby Holman Tops Wentworth’s Long Drowsy Revival
Libby Holman’s arrival in Wentworth, North Carolina, revives the town briefly as locals recall its tobacco boom days. The article frames Wentworth as a near ghost town tossed into national attention by a Broadway star, with court cases and industry decline shaping the scene relative to Libman’s dramatic entrance and the town’s fading fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Swan
Wentworth
N. C
Yetentworth
Libby Holman
Smith Reynolds
American Tobacco Company
Reidsville
Tom
Broad
Broadway
Numa Reid
Wentworth, N
A. M. Slack
Z. Smith Reynolds
Alfred Holman
Gangsters Erase Beer Racketeer Killers in Chicago Style
Machine gun killers killed Joe Connell a 35 year old brewer and minor labor leader outside his cabaret in Chicago as revenge for price cutting beer. Investigators link the slaying to racketeering rivals and unions while witnesses describe a crowded rural audience watching a trial echoing earlier theater.
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Big Rabbit
Connell
Chicago
Joe
Big Rabbit) Connell
Teamsters Unions
North Side
Oee
Farmers 10 Hold Two Weeks Meet At North Carolina
North Carolina farmers plan the 30th annual convention in Ralleigh from August 20 to September 3 expected to draw 2000 to 3000 attendees. Governor Max Gardner and Senator Josiah W Bailey are invited to address attendees at night meetings. Courses in agricultural topics will be taught free at N C State College during the convention and a meeting of the state federation of home demonstration clubs will also be held. Mrs D A McCormick of Robeson county is president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Sheffield
Max Gardner
Josiah W. Bailey
Sheffield
N. C. State College
State Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
D. A. McCormick
Robeson County
Homes in the United States Wired for Electricity
A report by the VA and Department of Commerce notes that roughly three in four American homes are now electrified. The finding highlights nationwide progress in utility access and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
VA. &. Department of Commerce
Dr. Poston Dies in Statesville at 35
Dr. J. L. Poston 35 of the Statesville sanatorium medical staff died of heart trouble at his home. Leonard Slate sues for 35000 claiming eye loss from a dynamite cap blast near a Danville bridge. Wallace Scales to serve 13 months in Rowan County jail for liquor violations after acquittal in a jewel robbery case.
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Poston
Statesville
N. C
J. L. Poston
Greensboro
Danville
Atlantic Bridges Company
Leonard Slate
Infant saved by artificial respiration after sewing thread causes hang
In Concord North Carolina a 17 month old baby of Mrs Raymond Hinson slipped from bed and hung over the side a doubled sewing thread caught under its throat. Artificial respiration saved the infant.
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Concord
N. C
Raymond Hinson
Charged with Embezzlement in Local Jail
J. M. Barnhill former cashier of Home Industrial bank was jailed on embezzlement charges for allegedly stealing $6000 from Mrs. Annie P. Farrar. Local authorities report the incident and ongoing investigation.
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Greensboro
N. C
J. M. Barnhill
The
Home Industrial Bank
Annie P. Farrar
Hoboes rounded up as freight train sweep nets 12
Police detained 12 men during a Sea Board freight train sweep targeting hoboes in a harbor district. The operation aimed to curb vagrancy and prevent trespass on railroad property.
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Seaboard Railroad
Lexington plumber sues for 4000 over jewel robbery shadowing
Peacock of Lexington plumbing and heating contractor filed suit for 4000 against A. H. Galloway of Winston-Salem claiming he was shadowed by Galloway in connection with the jewel robbery at the Galloway home last year.
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Lexington, N. Co
Peacock
Lexington Plumbing and Heating
A. H. Galloway
Winston-Salem
Galloway
Typhoid Dropping In State But Whooping Cough Shows Gain
Raleigh reports 45 typhoid cases in the week ending August 6 in North Carolina down from 80 the prior year. Whooping cough rose with 179 cases versus 118 last year. Pellagra remained at 6 for the week.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Division of Epidemiology
State Board of Health
North and South Carolina Tobacco Festival At Mullins
Thousands attend Mullins South Carolina annual tobacco festival with barbecue 125 pig roasts a band from Fort Bragg and a tobacco queen crown planned speeches by lawmakers and farmers. North Carolina delegates join the event ahead of South Carolina season opening markets next Tuesday.
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Mullins
Pee Dee
South Carolina
Young People Class Meets at Deep River Church
Last Wednesday night the young people's class with Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Jordan held its regular monthly meeting. Refreshments followed the business hour. Sunday school occurred as usual with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Orton and family, Miss Lois Skeen, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Ridge and Ed Thornton among attendees. Carrie Richardson of Winston-Salem visits mother Mrs. Emma Richardson who has been ill.
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Reuben Jordan
Clarence Ornton
Lois Skeen
Dewey Ridge
Ed Thornton
Carrie Richardson
Winston-Salem
Emma Richardson
Local Social Roundup From High Point and Nearby
Mrs Addie Williams hosted her daughter Mrs Will Thornton from Burlington and Miss Pearl Jones of Newtons Inc High Point on a vacation week. Misses Florence White and Ruth Wood visited Miss Frances Williams in High Point. Glen Jackson of Baltimore is mentioned.
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Addie Williams
Will Thornton
Burlington
Miss Pearl Jones
Newton's, Inc
High Point
Florence White
Ruth Wood
Frances Williams
Notable Visits and Illness Reported in Local Society
Social notes describe Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Jackson hosting their son and others at home. Mr. and Mrs. J. Perry Jones entertained guests including Mr. and Mrs. Ed Welch of High Point. A misfortune befalls the Jones family horse Mon and word comes that El Corum and his spouse are both seriously ill.
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Mrs. C. L. Jackson
J. Perry Jones
Ed Welch
High Point
Mrs. el Corum
Paris Police House World’s Largest Fingerprint Collection
Paris police boast the world’s largest collection of criminal fingerprints. Official records show comprehensive archives built over decades, illustrating a monumental effort to catalog suspects and cases for rapid identification and justice.
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Paris
Quick Relief for Corns Ad Offers Money Back Guarantee
An advertisement promises rapid corn relief with a simple paste applied several times daily and at night with a cloth wrap. It claims corns shrink and peel within a day or two and soreness vanishes or a money back guarantee is provided.
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