Merger details issued on Nickel Plate consolidation
New York reports an official statement detailing the proposed merger of Nickel Plate with four other railroads into a single system led by O P and M J Van Sweringen. The plan includes Erie Chesapeake and Ohio Hocking Valley and Pere Marquette with stockholder and Interstate Commerce Commission approvals to follow.
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New York
O. P
M. J .van Sweringen
Cleveland
Pere Marquette Railway
Pere Marquette
Erie Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hocking Valley
van Sweringens
J. P. Morgan and Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ashboro Bride Honored at Lofin Home Reception
Mrs. C T Loftin and daughters hosted a large reception for bride Mrs. Curry Loftin last month. Punch on the porch, receiving line led by Mrs Ed Crawford and Miss Bera Scarboro, greens and clematis decor. Cream shaped like brides and grooms, angel food cake with green and white mints. About a hundred guests thanked by Miss Donna Lee Loftin. A later bridge luncheon at Central hotel by Mrs T E Myatt featured two prize hand painted candle sticks.
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Asheboro
C. T. Lofiin
Donna Lee
Mary
Curry Lofiin
Punch
Lena Hilliard
Elger Richardson
Ed Crawford
Bera Scarboro
Joe LenaHen
Lucille Morris
Carrie Brittain
Donna Lee Loflin
Bessie Rice
Handpainted Candy Jar Luncheon Held for Guests
A 1 30 luncheon in a private dining room offered three courses to fifteen guests. The event featured a handpainted candy jar as a centerpiece and provided a refined social gathering.
Dawes Visits Old Home Then Launches Campaign
Charles G. Dawes arrives in Lincoln Nebraska for a morning reception as a former resident and friend. He is to speak at 8 p.m. local time at the University of Nebraska stadium in a radiocast address with a motorcycle police escort color guards and bands aiding a parade. Dawes and his party will parade the track as a community song fest sings Auld Lang Syne.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles G. Dawes
University of Nebraska Stadium
Dawes
LaFollette Urged to Speak in Montana and New England
Washington Aug. 29 Independent presidential hopeful Senator LaFollette is urged by advisers to follow Wheeler into New England for at least one campaign speech after Labor Day. Wheeler plans a Boston Common address and a tour of New England and New York. LaFollette will also speak on Labor Day via radio and aims to begin active campaigning mid-September with a New York curtain raiser.
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Washington
LaFollette
Wheeler
Montana
New England
Labor Day
Bostom Common
New York
Davis Turns Attention To Organization and Cash
Democratic presidential candidate John W. Davis, in Wheeling, completes his Labor Day speech and shifts focus to campaign organization and finance ahead of a western trip. He will base in Chicago and visit cities on a planned itinerary with advisers Senator Key Pittman and Cordell Hull joining him.
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New York
Wheeling
W. Va
John W. Davis
West
Key Pittman
Nevada
Cordell Hull
Democratic National Committee
New Charters Issued by North Carolina Secretary of State
Raleigh August 29 The secretary of state issued charters for H G Waring Co of Pinehurst engaged in buying selling chemicals and related products with authorized capital 100600 and 15000 subscribed by H G Waring H G Phillips and Evelyn Waring all of Pinehurst
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Raleigh
Secretary of State
H.G. Waring Co
Pinehurst
H. G. Waring
H. G. Phillips
Evelyn Waring
Senator Carter Glass Out Of Action In Campaign
Lynchburg Virginia August 29 United States Senator Carter Glass will not take an active part in the national democratic campaign until he recovers his health after the infection responsible for erysipelas has been definitively ascertained and removed, his physician said today.
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Lynchburg
United States
Carter Glass
Virginia
Hem-Roid Internal Remedy for Piles Sold at Randall’s
A Dr. Leonhardt tablet named Hem-Roid is advertised as a safe internal treatment for piles. It claims to remove the internal cause by improving blood circulation in the lower bowel, offering relief without surgery. Sold at Randall’s Pharmacy and druggists generally.
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Leonhardt
Randall’s
Randall's Pharmacy
The Black Hood and The Woodcarver of Olympus Rise Again
Dixon promotes The Black Hood about the 1870s Ku Klux Klan era and its controversial appeal illustrated by two July 4 meetings. Mary E. Waller discusses Deep in the Hearts of Men set around coal regions and the Alleghanies with a strong love story and cadre of named characters.
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Thomas Dixon
D. Appleton & Co
New York
Dixon
Ku Klux Klan
John Craig
Judge Hawkins
Jefferson Davis
Craig
Claudia
Cape Cod
Boston
Miss Waller
Little, Brown & Company
Miss ‘Waller
Donald McQuade
Adrien Boncoeur
Powers
Adrien Powers
Jean McQuade
West Virginia
Alleghanies
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
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Ashboro Society
Ties Happie Poe
Page Chevrolet Co
London
Davis
City Fuel Co. c
Blake
Mgr
Elizabeth _ Jordan
Pentlands
B. G
Bruce Gordon
Genevieve
Valerie
Elizabeth Jordan
Mary E. Waller
H. Harris’ Sale
Kuppenheimer and
Stratford
H. Harris
Sat
Urday
the Ladies’ Store
Holmes’ Cash
Holmes
Cash
Enterprise
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