Death toll from rat poison campaign in High Point
City officials announced the final day to obtain poison rat bait from city hall as a week long campaign reports over 5 000 rats destroyed. Poison mixed with hamburger oatmeal and other foods killed or sickened rodents while posing no danger to humans or pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
A. E. Oman
U. S. Department of Agriculture
High Point
Guilford County
Garen
Snow Lumber Company
Paper 110 Years Old Gives Sidelights On Journalism
A 1821 copy of the Hampden Patriot and Liberal Recorder, owned by Dr. Charles Haddon Nabers, offers a rare look at early journalism. The issue from Springfield Massachusetts mixes poetry, ads, and editorials with a foreign news section detailing Greece’s struggle for independence, and a dramatic local death tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampden Patriot
Charles Haddon Nabers
First Presbyterian Church
Springfield
Mass
Edwin Lyman
Journalism Aid
Harrisburg
Penn
Wilson
Society of Men
Philadelphia
Hille
Dauphin County
Greece
Turkey
Cat eye colors echo Mona Lisa myth in Poynette note
In Poynette Wisconsin a local quip compares Mrs R J Haddon's cat eye colors to Mona Lisa portrait lore. The cat is said to have a sapphire blue right eye and a yellow left eye, echoed by Dmitri Merskowski's romance claim about Mona Lisa's pet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poynette
Wis
R. J. Haddon
Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa
Committee backs 20 year plan to fully electrify British railways
A government committee favors a program to complete electrification of British railways within twenty years. The proposal outlines phased upgrades to lines and rolling stock, aiming to reduce emissions and improve efficiency across the network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Railways
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sears
Kenmore
Sears,roebuck and
Momey
Peru
Utah
Rawsell Gardner
Tank Canyon
Royal Duncan Gardner
Salt Lake City
Gardner
Alexander Ypsilanti
Ali
Janina
George Gordon Byron
Constantinople
Odessa
England
Russia
Naples
Samos
the Newfangles
Mom’s Pop
Mount Wiew Inn
Paris
By Cowan
Mount View Vna
Ervice
Penney’s
Jersey
Gay
Children's Jersey
Penney
J.C. Penney
High Point, N.C
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!