Mothers' Aid helps North Carolina family after husband’s death
A North Carolina Mothers' Aid recipient, a widowed mother of seven, thanks state director Miss Emeth Tuttle for the monthly grant that supported her children’s schooling. The August 1925 aid of 13 dollars and 34 cents enabled her to educate her oldest daughter, others pursuing college and trade courses, while she kept sewing to sustain the family.
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Raleigh
Mothers’ Aid
Emeth Tuttle
Mabel
Mothers’ Aid Fund
County Board of Welfare
Ford Agency
East Carolina ‘Teachers’ Training College
North Carolina
More Children Are Working Now
Washington December 13 The annual Grace Abbott report shows a nationwide rise in industrial employment of children in 1925 compared with 1924. In 24 of 9 large centers studied, child labor increased with notable percentages in Fall River New Britain Bridgeport Yonkers and several others, while declines occurred in five cities including Washington Chicago and St Paul.
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Washington
United States
Grace Abbott
Children’s Bureau
Miss Abbott
Fall River
New Britain
Bridgeport
Yonkora
Birmingham
San Francisco
Hartford
New Haven
Waterbury
New Orleans
Baltimore
St. Louis
Jersey City
Newark
Tranton
New York
Rochester
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Reading
Milwaukee
New Bedford
Detroit
Minneapolis
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Indianapolis
Louisville
St. Paul
Market Reports Chicago Poultry
Poultry market round up from Chicago dated December 13 notes steady live prices with car receipts at 14. Fowls and springs range 18 to 24 percent, turkeys to 35, ducks 20 to 22, geese 17 to 18, roosters 18 to 14. Lists many railroad and industrial stocks including Inter Tel, Kennecott, Lehigh Valley, Missouri Pacific, Montgomery Ward, New York Central, Norfolk and Western, Pennsylvania, Sears Roebuck, Standard Oil, General Electric, Du Pont, Erie Railroad, and more with varied percent values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inter Tel and Tel
Kansas City Southern
Kennecott
Ceeuvees
Cveccees
SRO
Lehigh Valley
Louisville and Nash
Vasecien
Mid-Continent
Esses
Missouri Pac
Montgomery Ward
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
North American
Ceebe Northern Pacific
PaeCciiic
Dodge Bros. Aie
Pourggcion Cor
Generel Bissidle
Illinois Central
THU Nickrole Vc Kes
Sears Roebuck
Eecades Standard Oil
Cal
Texas Gulf Sulphur
Crucible Steel Davison Chemical
du Pont de Nem
Electric Pow
Ctfs
Erie Railroad
Wisk Bupoor Vee
Dees
Freeport-Texas
General Asphalt
General Electric
Nor Iron Ore
Gt Northern Ofd
Gulf States Steel
Remeron Ol i Ieee
United Drug
Eeeveser
Ceteas
Wabash Ry
Wakes Ward Baking
Westinghouse Elec
White Motor Willys-Overland
Man Returns to High Point After 88 Years Away
Nathan Parsons of Denvers Illinois returns to High Point for the first time in 88 years. He notes the city has grown from a village to a real city since he left 38 years ago, and he hopes the North Carolina visit aids his health. Parsons recalls West wild days, married life, and stresses feeling at home despite many changes. He is brother to local attorney D. H. Parsons and has sister Miss Mary Parsons nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Parsons
Denvers
Ill
High Point
North Carolina
Parsons
West
Mr. Parsons
D. H. Parsons
Mary Parsons
Town Talk Briefs From High Point
The Main Drug store on South Main street closes today in respect of William Henry Dowdy who died in a local hospital last night. High Point schools will close Friday for Christmas holidays for two weeks until January 3. Construction on the High Point Greensboro highway stalls due to rain and will resume when ground dries. C B Strong and Ben Jeffries guests of R R Blackburn of Clinard Electric. The Kappa Phi fraternity at High Point College plans a club night. Local students will begin returning for Christmas holidays this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Main Street
William Henry Dowdy
D. A. Dowdy
High Point-Greensboro
J. W. Mills
High Point
T. Wingate Andrews
Kappa Phi Fraternity
High Point College
North Carolina
Chicago Dairy Prices Shift on Higher Butter and Eggs
Butter prices rise as receipts reach 10 400 tubs with creamery extras at 63 and varied firsts from 43 to 50 1 2 cents. Eggs advance with 50 389 cases received.
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Chicago Dairy
Chicago
Potatoes receipts and carload figures drift through market
Trading slow and market dull as receipts appear in small lots. Wisconsin reports 200 to 225 sacks of round whites, Minnesota 200 to 210, Idaho 260 to 275 for russets with occasional fancy at 285 to 300. Total U S shipments sum to 679 Saturday and 19 Sunday across 109 to 257 cars on track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Idaho
Chicago Grain Edges Lower As Foreign Selling Leads
Active selling, largely on foreign account, pushed wheat prices down in early trading in Chicago. Argentina reports rapid harvest and high quality new wheat heading to Atlantic ports. Corn, oats and provisions also eased with corn holding steady then dipping slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Argentina
Metals News Roundup From New York Market
Copper steady at 155-8 for spot and futures. Tin firm with spot and nearby at 6862 and Feb at 6700. Iron steady with No. 2 fob Eastern Penn at 2250-2300, No. 2 fob Buffalo 1900-2000, No. 2 fob Alabama 2000-2100. Lead dull at 790. Zinc steady East St. Louis spot and futures 705. Antimony spot 13.50.
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New York
Eastern Penn
Buffalo
Alabama
East St. Louis
New Orleans Cotton Futures Rise on Weather Prospects
First trades in the New Orleans cotton market showed gains of 3 to 6 points as buying returned after a brief dip. Reports of unfavorable belt weather and a forecast for colder conditions supported prices with December at 1200, January at 1202, and March at 1217, all up from Saturday’s close. Liverpool cables were firmer than expected.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Foreign exchange quotations for world currencies
New York December 13. Foreign exchange rates show firm quotas with bid and cable values for Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Switzerland Spain Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Australia Roumania Argentina Brazil Tokyo Shanghai Montreal and other markets.
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Foreign Exchange
New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Australia
Roumania
Argentina
Brazil
Tokio
Shanghai
Montreal
New York Cotton Opens Steady and Rises on Demand
The New York cotton market opened steady and rose up to 1197 for January and 1244 for May amid steady Liverpool cables and improved domestic consumption expectations. Local buying and profit taking among sellers supported the advance, with private cables noting Bombay buying absorbing hedge selling and stronger demand for cotton goods from India.
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New York
Liverpool
Bombay
India
Silas
Opening Bell Tends Upward In Early Wall Street Trading
Wall Street opened the week with a market tilt higher as blocks of 1000 shares or more traded in initial transactions. General Motors and Delaware and Hudson posted early gains, while Phillips Petroleum and Eureka held steady for the year amid a sea of mixed quotes and notable price levels across many major issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New York
General Motors
Delaware and Hudson
Phillips Petroleum
Eureka
Chem. & Dye
American Cam
Amn Cop
Eie Ee
Tew & Tel
Cetro Ge Pasco
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chic. Mil
St. P. Pfd
Chic
Northwestern
Cee
Gchryaier, Corpi Ois Ksce
Randoph County Men Injured When Struck by Car
H P Stinson of Asheboro and Theodore Hammer of Ramseur were injured when their car was struck on the Asheboro highway seven miles from town. Hammer suffered a fractured leg while Stinson sustained body injuries. The driver’s name was not known and both were taken to Guilford General hospital. Earlier Otis Bowles fell from a car door at High Point and was treated at Yow's ambulance service. the child was not seriously hurt.
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H. P. Stinson
Asheboro
Theodore Hammer
Ramseur
Yow
Guilford General Hospital
Hammer
Stinson
Otis Bowles
8. G. Bowles
High Point Hospital
Chestnut Street
Plans for Suxes Christmas boxes for Oxford Orphanage
Members of the Eastern Star Chapter plan Christmas boxes for Oxford Orphanage. Donations are urged at tomorrow night’s meeting or at the Masonic club quarters with Mr. Parrish. Hosiery mills Pointer Piedmont Textile Dunn Amos Slane Melrose contributed hose. Moffitt Underwear Mill sent underwear. Merita Bakery gave a five pound fruit cake to the orphanage and to the Masonic and Eastern Star Home in Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Eastern Star
Masonic Club
Parrish
Pointer
Piedmont
Textile
Dunn
Amos
Slane
Melrose
Moffitt Underwear Mill
Merita Bakery
Masonic and
Greensboro
Carraway Addresses Men’s League on Bible Study
Bruce H. Carraway spoke to the Men’s Christian League at 2:30 PM in the YMHA club room on East Russell Street. He outlined a systematic Bible study and how its teachings apply to daily life. Jess House led singing, J. F. Hart read scripture, C. I. Smith offered opening prayer, and F. L. Brown gave the benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce H. Carraway
Men’s Christian League
Young Men’s Christian Association
East Russell Street
Mr. Carraway
Jess House
J. F. Hart
C. I. Smith
F. L. Brown
Garner Leads House Controversy on Tax Legislation
Representative Garner of Texas and party rivals clash as he votes to shelving tax bills including the 335 million dollar reduction. He contends the revenue act may yield a surplus after the fiscal year and accuses Coolidge and Mellon of shifting tax relief to big contributors before the 1927 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Garner
Texas
Coolidge
Mellon
Sunday crusade leaders clash over Sabbath injunctions
The article notes a gas station operator repeatedly jailed for fare violations and his bail across the street. Five city movie theatres led the campaign while ministerial opposition declined comment. In New York, Rev Dr Henry Goward challenged the idea that Sunday abstinence is mainly restrictive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Golding
Newark
New York
Henry Goward
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Unlisted Brattleboro Wedding Ties Two Before Court Time
Rev. Walter Bernard married Alicide Leblanc and Hazel Kent in a ceremony not on the social calendar. Leblanc then left for Windsor to serve six months in the house of correction for bootlegging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro, Vt
Walter
Bernard
Alicide Leblanc
Hazel Kent
Leblanc
Windsor
House of Correction
The Barber of Seville at Passing Show London
The lodger plans a night out to see The Barber of Seville while the landlady asks to learn the charge for ladies at the passing show in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber of Seville
London
Ministers' Association names nomination committee in High Point
At Wesley Memorial church the High Point Ministers Association named a nominating committee to draft officers to be elected next Monday. The three former presidents C P Coble F L Conrad and Milton Whitner will serve. President Dr Lloyd T Wilson and vice president W B Davis along with Edgar Hartley secretary treasurer currently hold offices.
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High Point Ministers’ Association
Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
C. P. Coble
First Presbyterian Church
F. L. Conrad
Lutheran Church
Milton Whitener
First Reformed Church
Lioyvd T
Lloyd T. Wilson
W. B. Davis
Edgar Hartley
Empty Stocking Fund Seeks Help for Christmas Hope
Citizens of High Point face hunger and rental stress while others prepare for Christmas joy. The Empty Stocking fund collects contributions for the welfare department to aid needy families and bring Christmas happiness to those in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Christ
Enterprise
Welfare Department
Debates on America's Role in World Peace at Washington Meeting
Miss Dorothy Gardyne reports on the second conference on the Cause and Cure of War held in Washington. She notes the United States has renounced its historic leadership in arbitration and urges steps toward world court action and broader international cooperation, with five recommendations including ratifying disarmament protocols and promoting universal obligatory arbitration.
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Dorothy Gardyne
Central Friends Church
United States
Washington
North Carolina
Young Women's Christian Association
American Association of University Women
Council of Women For Home Missions
Federation of Women’s Boards of Foreign Missions of North America
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
National Board of Young Women's Christian Associations
National Council of Jewish Women
National League of Women Voters
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
National Women's Trade Union League
Gardyne
Miss Gardyne
League of Nations
Permanent Court of International Justice
World Court
Senate
Congress
Borah
Philippines
China
Japan
Latin America
James T. Shotwell
Columbia University
Carnegie Institute For International Peace
Geneva
Pest Control Funding and Bureau Allocations Debate
The bill outlines funding for pest eradication across cattle, orchards, cotton, cereals, and fields, with allocations for moth prevention and beetle control. It authorizes payments for condemned cattle and notes weather and cooperative extension support. The measure also covers migratory bird protection, upper Mississippi refuge development, and eradication of the pink boll worm amid other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry
Weather Bureau
Co-Operative Marketing Information Service
Bureau of Agriculture
Biological
Mississippi River
Arizona
Department
Road plan links Catawba Claremont Newton via new route
The highway commission approves a route extending through Catawba and Claremont to Newton to join route 16 near the Catawba county courthouse. The selected path abandons the Newton Statesville connection, which had been the main link for the towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Commission
Catawba
Claremont
Newton
Catawba County
Statesville
Older boys conference in Winston-Salem a landmark event
The eighth North Carolina older boys conference drew seventy five delegates in Winston-Salem. Attendees reported strong home provisions, shared experiences from Helsingfors, and heard Dr Soper and Harry Comer urge service to other boys. Delegates elected officers and pledged to improve self and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Charlotte
Virginia
West Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
South
Young Men's Christian Association
Harold McCurdy
Salisbury
Henry Ruark
Raleigh
Helsingfors
Finland
Dr. Soper
Duke University
Harry Comer
Chapel Hill
Soper
Comer
League Ends Allied Armament Control in Germany
The League of Nations council in Geneva agrees to end inter Allied control of German armaments. On January 31 1927 the decision shifts supervision to the league as the French cabinet approves the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of League of Nations
Geneva
Representative Garner charges Coolidge and Mellon oppose tax bill
Representative Garner accuses President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon of opposing a Democratic tax reduction measure for political reasons. The remarks frame the bill as a partisan move amid national debate over fiscal policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garner
Texas
Coolidge
Mellon
Untermeyer Denounces Ford Paper as Rubbish in New York
Samuel Untermeyer declares Henry Ford's anti Jewish article a baseless outburst calling it rubbish and the ravings of a mad man as he weighs in from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Untermeyer
New York
Henry Ford
Farm loan control alarm raised by Karu borrowers head
Carl S. Vrooman, president of the National Association of Karu Loan Borrowers, warns in Washington that further domination of the federal farm loan system by the Treasury Department cannot be tolerated by farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl S. Vrooman
National Association of
Washington
Treasury Department
Bank Robber Rebecca Bradley Released on Bail
Rebecca Bradley a 22 year old stenographer who held up a county bank in Buda Texas and stole 81000 is released under 5000 bail She criticizes saps who let a bit of a girl get away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Bradley
Buda
Texas
West City Mayor Joe Adams Killed in Home Attack
Mayor Joe Adams of West City Illinois is killed at his doorstep by two gunmen who escape. Authorities blame the shooting on gang vengeance as investigators search for suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Adams
West City, Ills
Lita Grey Chaplin Considers Catholic Annulment
Lita Grey Chaplin in Los Angeles says she is weighing seeking a Catholic annulment of her marriage. She has not confirmed final plans and discussions continue with representatives.
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Lita Grey Chaplin
Los Angeles
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Clinard Electric Company
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Hart Drug Company
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