Short courses announced at State College for farmers
Raleigh December 1 final arrangements for special short courses in tobacco grain fruit and vegetable growing farm dairying poultry and cotton grading from January to January 19 at North Carolina State College have been completed. Dean C B Williams says farmers may take any or all portions. Outside specialists will aid the college to make the courses most helpful to busy farmers both young and old seeking modern, business like farming.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
C. B. Williams
North Carolina
Tales of the London 700's Unusual Pet Keepers
The article describes a wolf that shakes hands with visitors a dingo also called a wild dog and a fox reared on a bottle as part of the unusual menagerie kept by the London 700's staff.
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London
Arabians Introduced Distillation and Distinctive Terms
The note claims Arabians first distilled alcohol and notes that terms for coffee and alcohol are of Arabian origin. It reflects linguistic and historical assertions about early chemistry and beverage terminology.
Society Notes Tell Of Visits In Durham And Greensboro
Thanksgiving holiday plans feature siblings in Durham with Mrs. Lily Hayworth. Lena Maud Beyles visits cousin Mary Elizabeth Adams on English street. Nine Girl Reserves members join Miss Matson and Miss Gardyne for a Greensboro outing.
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Mrs
Lily Hayworth
Durham
Lena Maud Beyles
Mary Elizabeth Adams
English Street
Vivian Matson
Dorothy Gardyne
Greensboro
Thanksgiving social in Thomasville with Mrs Newby party
In Thomasville on a brisk day Mrs C H Newby hosted a rock party and handkerchief shower for Miss Jessie Gray Boggs the December bride. The lower floor featured pine decorations, ten tables hosted rock, prizes went to Mrs J Arthur Morris and Mrs E C Morrisette, guests served punch and guided to the cloak room.
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C. H. Newby
Jessie Gray Boggs
J. Arthur Morris
E. C. Morrisette
Rocky Mount
Death Pit at Spangler Records Eighty Lives Lost
Eighty lives were lost at Spangler in a disaster referred to as the Death Pit. The report notes a fatal incident on a heavy rail straight track and mentions a high speed estimate of 112 miles per hour with ballast by a train. The enamel on teeth is cited as the hardest human tissue.
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Spangler
Air Pn B
New York
San Francisco
Betty
Social News Briefs and Trivia From Local Gatherings
Afternoon guests at Mrs. Newby’s party included her mother Mrs. Jennie Fife and Miss Blanche Erwin serving gelidus and tea. Attendees ranged from Raleigh to Greensboro linking families such as the Webb and Hoover households with visitors from New York and Jamestown. The column also notes ancient Rome’s Acta Diurna as an early newspaper concept and other miscellany on health, metals, population shifts, and locomotives.
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Lexington
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Martinsville, Va
John Green
Lexington Avenue
Percy Tudor
Danville Military Institute
Airs
W. HH. Tudor
DR. Livingston
Lineeda Biscuit
Basketeria
Mamie Broadsher
EB. Kl. Webb
Clyde Grimes
Wake Forest
Martha Grimes
Paul Hoover
D. E. Hoover
Mises Odessa Rice
Cynthia Flo
Emma Lee Hoover
Thaddeus Hethcock
Winston- Salem
Roland Holton
T. J. Gold
High Point
R. L. Lambeth
Rudolph Pernan
R. C. Bernstein
CC. H. Newby
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Tom Harris
Miss Margaret Reams
Spray
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Mrs. H. B. Brewer
Frank Kaplan
Chapel Hil
Jacob Harr
M.M. Melvin
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Gouraud
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