Rendezvous State Park Formed In Wilkes County North Carolina
The Enterprise reports a deed transfer from Judge and Mrs. T. B. Finley of North Wilkesboro to the state creating Rendezvous State Park in Wilkes County. The 140 acre mountain site honors Revolutionary War heroes and will feature a bronze tablet with 225 named patriots. The project includes a 40 acre state forest and a planned three mile access road costing about $8000.
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the Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
Rendezvous State Park
Wilkes County
T. B. Finley
North Wilkesboro
Finley
Rendezvous Mountain
Daughters of the
Union
Forestry Division
Department of Conservation and Development
Finey States Forest
General Assembly
Pocket theft and moral talk from a Life magazine cartoon
A Victorian style exchange colors a theft question with a child asking about punishment. A girl answers that stealing money makes the thief a wife, reflecting a moral stereotype in a Life magazine cartoon caption.
Real estate sale ordered in Mendenhall guardianship case
Under a Guilford County Superior Court order in the In re Estate of George C. Mendenhall, Horace v. Haworth Guardian, the property described as 12.42 acres on the Jake Newton Road will be sold at public cash auction on January 20, 1927 at 2:00 p.m. on the premises. Sale is subject to court confirmation.
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Superior Court
Guilford County
George C. Mendenhall
Horace v. Haworth
Highlang Cotton Mill
Jake Newton
Amos
Potatoes Trade Sluggish as Prices Edge Higher
Chicago December reports slow potato trading with light offerings and prices rising for January and May contracts. Receipts reach 37 cars as buyers pause, while private wires cite Liverpool gains from Manchester and Bombay buying amid bullish cotton demand and improved market mood.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Manchester
Bombay
Icaeae
Cotton market opens steady with gains in New Orleans
The New Orleans cotton market opened steady with early trades up 8 to 5 points in line with unfavorable Liverpool cables. Prices firmed after brief gains as short covering renewed before the census ginning report due Monday, with January at 1236, March 1251, and May 1265.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Weekly Grain Report Highlights Corn Market Shifts
In Chicago on December 18, the weekly grain report notes new corn movement expanding as cold weather boosts husking. Corn receipts are expected to rise, with prices net lower by 1/8 to 1/2 cent compared with last week, while wheat dips about 4 cents, oats gain up to 1.5 cents, and provisions vary from 35 cents down to 50 cents up.
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Chicago
Market Quiet After U.S. Steel Dividend Frenzy
New York reports a cooling stock market after the United States Steel 206 million stock dividend sparked a speculative surge. Profit taking offset gains as trading softened with irregular activity and W U. S. Steel opening at 159% before retreating below that level.
New York Cotton Opens Steady on Firm Liverpool Cables
The New York cotton market opened steady with a 3 to 4 point advance as Liverpool cables stayed firm. Dealers noted renewed buying on rumors of small private ginning returns through December 13 as trading houses with trade connections observed limited ginning activity.
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New York
Liverpool
Chicago Dairy Prices and Receipts Report
Butter prices rise with higher receipts of 7 652 tubs while creamery extras and firsts show mixed quotes. Eggs hold steady with 6 561 cases received as market notes indicate commodity activity in Chicago.
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Chicago
Poultry Market Receipts Across Cars and Fowl Types
Poultry alive firm reports receipts totaling three cars with fowls at 18 2316. Springs show 18 23 percent, turkeys 20 39, roosters 18 percent, ducks 20 28, geese 20 21.
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Chicago
Poultry Alive
Wheat Gains Lead Chicago Grain At Open As Rates Rise
Wheat prices rose in early Chicago trading aided by higher Liverpool quotations and a jump in Argentina freight costs. Prices opened up about a few cents, while corn oats and provisions eased with corn flat to slightly lower before retreating below yesterday’s close.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Argentina
Foreign exchange rates listed for major nations
On December 18 the New York foreign exchange market showed irregular quotations across currencies. Highlights include Great Britain at 48411-16, 4853-16 for cables, and 69 day bills on banks at 480611-18, plus France at 399 and 400 on cables. Other demand levels were Belgium 1319, Germany 2380, Holland 3997, Norway 2520, Sweden 2675, Denmark 2564, Switzerland 1938314, Spain 1524, Poland 1175.
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Foreign Exchange
New York
Great Britain
France
Cabes
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
Unclear Sports Scores From Fragmented OCR Note
Fragmented OCR text lists various country or city entries with numeric percentages and values such as Czecho-Slovakia 296 and Tokyo 48871. No cohesive event or outcome is clear. the note appears to be a garbled data series or scoreboard scrape with multiple mismatched figures and places.
New York Cotton Market Hints at Rallies on Census Data
New York December 18 AP The cotton market was inactive but firmer on anticipated census ginning figures due Monday and higher Liverpool cables. March touched 1250 and closed 1246 with steady overall gains of 3 to 17 points as buying and covering continued.
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New York
Census Bureau
Liverpool
March
Irregular stock advances and slow trading resume in New York
Irregular advances were distributed in the stock market with trading resuming at a slower pace. United States Steel held last night’s close at 159 percent while several independent steels and railway equipment stocks opened higher. Profit taking caused a slight downturn in Dupont, Southern Railway and other prominents.
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New York
United States Steel
Sioss-Sheffield
Crucibe
American Locomotive
Dupont
Southern Railway
OGR
Ches Kee & Colotego
Ecck Ieee Eee Consolidated Gas
Puogwete Ok Ck Vnc Ee Crucium
Cisciccewuee
Davison Chemical
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Cs Cciee
Baldwin
Woolgs
Cbs
Anaeonge Oon
Ckwar OO Atchison
Bam
Corio
Bee
Bae
Chesakeape
Ohio
Erie
Momitore Ik Heehee
Lost penny replaces sorrow in class tale
A small boy cries after losing the penny the teacher gave him for being the pee boy in class. An old gentleman comforts him with a new penny and asks how the loss occurred, prompting the boy to admit he was not the best student.
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Laurie Daly Post
Mechanicsville Teams Fight Scoreless Tie
The Rainbows led by Charles Kelly battled the Golden Eagles of Mechanicsville graded school to a scoreless tie in a season opener played on the school grounds. Both sides produced a cautious first game showing as neither team found the net.
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Rainbows
Charles Kelly
Golden Eagles
Mechanicsville
Golden Eagles Bolt
Aie Ees
Hedgecock
Ecu
Srolutoor FB
Lekhebati Sete
Eee
Brown L F. B. Mares
Jennings R. H. B. Voss
Hucks
E. Ie
BCOMG
Proctor O. R
Davoer
Hutchins
Lee
It Looks High
A brief dialogue scene set in Paris features a wife asking about a new hat and a husband commenting that it has a large bill, capturing a light humorous moment from Pele Mele.
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Paris
Colleges Reserve Views On New Athletic Body
Duke University and Wake Forest faculty athletic chairmen reserved formal comment on a proposed eleven college athletic association for North and South Carolina and Virginia. A Charlotte meeting on January 15 was tentatively suggested to perfect the organization. Duke and Wake Forest said the invitation was news but offered no objection.
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Durham
Duke University
Wake Forest College
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Charlotte
Duke
Wake Forest
Charlottee
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Nat Walker
Hart Drug Co
High Point N. C
Horace S. Haworth
Guardian
Marset Reports
United States
U. S. Steel
Chicago Dairy
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo Slavia
Austria
Rumania
Argetina
Brazi
Tokyo
Shanghai
Montreal
Wall Street
Webster
Harvard
Princeton
Columbia
Cornell
University of Pennsylvania
Pen UE
Fisk Rubber
Fourgalion CO
Csceecteess
Freeport-Texas
General Asphalt
General Electric, New
General Motors
Cove
Gt Nor Iron Ore
GS Nopemeta Big Vadeccaens
Gulf States Steel
Boumog OL Inca Cis
Ty Herghon Moms
Illinois Central
Evewneohae Int Combustion
Int
Harvester Sere
Inter Mar
Nickel
Inter Tel
Kansas City Southern
Kennecott Cop
Kresge
S.S
Lago Oil
Lehigh Valley
Louisville and Nash
Mack Truck
le Mariand Oil
Mid-Continent
Pet
Mo, Kan
Tex
Cesses
Missouri Pac
Montgomery Ward
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Pacific Oil Ok
Packata Motor Car
Iks Ss
Pan Am Pet
Pennsylvania
Pierce-Arrow
Radio Corp
Ir and Steel
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San Fran
Seaboard Air Line
Rv Ee
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Con Oil
Southern Dairies
Southern Pacific
Southern Ry
Standard Oil
Cal
Studebaker
Texas
Willys-Overland
Woolworth
Schultheiss
Fraley
Equitable
W. J. Fraley Hood Bank Building
Main St
High Point
Tanenhaus
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North Main St
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