Bulls' Rampage Unchecked on Wall Street Benchmark
Bullish leadership dominated the two hour session with more than three dozen issues at record levels. U S Steel American Telephone Bethlehem Steel International Telephone American Can led gains while Allied Chemical rose up to 10 points.
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Stanley W. Prenosil
Associated Press
New York
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Bethlehem Steel
International Telephone
American Can
U. S
Allied Chemical
Republic Steel
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Western Union
Radio
Ingersoll Rand
U. S. Freight
Pacific Gas and Electric
Shattuck
Underwood Elliott
Allis Chalmers
American Smelting
Consolidated Gas
Betsy Small Mammy Dies at 115 in Georgetown
Betsy Small known as mammy, born August 12 1814 at Fairfield plantation, dies at 115 in Georgetown. She lived her life in this county.
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Mammy
Georgetown
Betsy Small
Fairfield Plantation
Betsy
Carbolic Acid Evaporation Threatens Room Objects
A report notes that if 20 drops of carbolic acid evaporate daily from a hot shovel, items in a room may disappear. The exact context and location are not specified in the readable text.
Notice of Land Sale Under Deed of Trust Greensboro NC 1929
Public auction to sell at 12 noon September 11 at the Greensboro courthouse the Burton Place lot 19 in High Point Guilford County North Carolina as described in the 1927 deed of trust Harold L. Ryan W W Jones Central Bank & Trust Co trustee. Sale is subject to taxes and assessments. August 9 1929. By J C Alexander Assistant Secretary Central Bank & Trust Co. Trustee.
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Harold L. Ryan
W. W. Jones
Central Bank and Trust Company
Office of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
Court House
Greensboro
City of
High Point
County of
Guilford
State of
Boulevard
Poplar) Street
Lindsey
King
Lindsay
Poplar
King) Street
R H. Wheeler
Burton Place
J. T. Ryan
Central Bank & Trust CO
J. C. Alexander
New York Cotton Opens Steady With Declines In Early Trading
The New York cotton market opens steady to up to 4 points lower amid weather worries in the southwest and old commitments. By mid-morning December slipped to 18.70, dragging other months down with net declines of 3 to 4 points. Liverpool reports improved spot demand and Indian cloth trade. 41,000 bales await clearance, up from 34,900 a year ago.
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New York
Liverpool Cable Advices
India
New Orleans Cotton Opens Quiet as Weather Keeps Market Mixed
The New Orleans cotton market opened quiet with modest advances on Liverpool cues. After early gains, selling trimmed prices, then muted by weather expectations, futures closed with small advances across most contracts. Ernest Beek of Charleston, Indiana fell 126 feet from a water tower and filed suit for damages due to his injury and time off work.
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Ernest Beek
Charleston
Inl
Hall asserts partnership in newspaper deals in court
In Macon Georgia Harold Hall contests being an employee in a deal with William Lavarre and the International Paper and Power Co. He seeks control of the Chronicle and stake in three other papers. Testimony shows private communications with an company official and signatures by Hall and Lavarre indicating equal footing.
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Macon
Harold Hall
William Lavarre
International Paper and Power Co
Southern
Hall
International Company
Chronicle
Spartanburg
S. C
William Head
Archibald Graustein
Paper and Power Company
H. M. Reid
New York
Lavarre
Richmond Superior Court
August
Federal District Court
North Carolina crime court records show 16810 cases in 1928 29 terms
From the Wake and Mecklenburg led counts, 16 810 cases were disposed in 1928 29 fall and spring terms. Convictions reached 11 946 with 2 883 nol presses and 1 888 acquittals. Delinquent charges include intoxicating liquors 5 307 and larceny 2 874, with race and gender breakdowns by county.
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Raleigh
Criminal Courts
North Carolina
County Clerks of Superior Court
Dennis G. Brummitt
Wake County
Mecklenburg
Wake
Forsyth
Durham
Gaston
Guilford
Wheat Prices Slip After Brief Rally In Chicago
Chicago grain notes a late session down grade as export demand for North American wheat stalls. Lower ocean freight to Europe boosts southern hemisphere competition, while favorable harvest weather raises spring wheat movement in Canada and the U.S. Midwest.
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Chicago
North America
Europe
Cedar Rapids Woman Rescued From Detriot Seaplane Mishap
Mrs. Robert Little of Cedar Rapids Iowa survived a float in life preservers after the Cleveland Detroit seaplane crash. Captain R F Pyette of the Midland King led a rescue from the water along with crewmen Al Emmerson Sam Wilkinson and Walker Joslyn. Co pilot John Kasper was lost.
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Robert Little
Cedar Rapids
Detroit
Cy Caldwell
R. F. Pyette
Great Lakes
Midland King
al Emmerson
Sam Wilkinson
Walker Joslyn
Mrs. Little
John Kasper
Fost
Spokane hosts eighth of nine air derby starters
Eight of nine speed planes began the Portland to Cleveland derby leg from Spokane toward Missoula. Clarence Bates crashed near Veil Oregon during the second lap and was unhurt though his plane was wrecked. T. A. Wells led landings, with Charles Holman close behind fourteen seconds back.
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Spokane
Wash
Portland
Ore
Cleveland
Missoula
Mont
Clarence Bates
Milwaukee
Wis
Veil, Ore
Walla Walla
Wells
Travelair
Holman
Laird
Fire Threatens The Hermitage Historic Estate
A late night fire at The Hermitage in Nashville damaged the stable boiler and pumphouse rest rooms and nearby structures while sparing the 1834 brick mansion built by Old Hickory. The state of Tennessee owns The Hermitage and the Ladies Hermitage Association oversees it. The blaze began mysteriously in the stable and spread to adjacent buildings.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
State of
Tennessee
Ladies’ Hermitage Association
Flashes of Life and Odd Notices from Across the Nation
A mixed collection of brief wry items reports John Andrus railing against new one dollar bills for sticking together and causing extra payments. coatless men barred from a garment tower elevator in New York. William J. Strong of Chicago leads Ark hunting efforts with Turkey embassy guidance. Hindenburg in Bavaria pursued chamois in fog and rain. Frances Ryan of White Plains seeks separation over her husband’s distaste for radios after destroying the set’s tubes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Frances Ryan
Seed Potatoes Developed In N C Mountains
North Carolina seed potatoes are being developed in Ashe Avery and Watauga counties with aims to rival Maine in southern markets. Commissioner W A Graham returned from a ten day absence and praised progress after visiting farms and field day events at Black Mountain. Former South Carolina congressman A F Laver spoke at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
A. F. Laver
South Carolina
East Africa Breeders Unveil Sebrule Beast of Burden
A sebrule, described as a cross between a horse and ze bra, was developed by East Africa breeders. The discovery came from the building caretaker at 6 30. Fire apparatus from Nashville, eleven miles away, and from Old Hickory, four miles distant, arrived but three hours later the wooden stable complex burned to the ground.
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East Africa
Nashville
Old Hickory
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