Doctor Burrus Spreads Florida Skepticism In High Point
Prominent High Point physician Dr John T Burrus returning from Florida denounces the land boom there calling it overrated with banks avoiding real estate loans and real estate agents pushing dubious bets He warns locals to invest in High Point instead recounting a $60000 land pitch and a bank heist to secure loan details. He also cites a West coast trip showing Florida towns as mere country towns offering little value. The piece contrasts Florida excess with High Point prospects.
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John T. Burrus
Florida
Burrus
Land of Sunshine
Dr. Burrus
High Point
Man
Sunshine
Florida Land
Court Hears Question About Alcohol in Courtroom
Judge Don MacRae presided as several cases were heard in the municipal court yesterday morning. The judge asked if anyone could name what people with an alcoholic thirst might drink next to get drunk, as proceedings continued.
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Bar of Justice
MacRae
Don MacRae
Mail Pickup in Mespotamia by British Airships
British airships on the wing collect mail in Mespotamia, signaling an aerial logistics operation. The unusual scene highlights wartime or colonial era mail delivery by air, with ships actively gathering correspondence.
Harold Lloyd in I Do and Fifty Fifty at Broadhurst
Harold Lloyd stars in I Do a three reel laugher shown with Fifty Fifty at Broadhurst theatre. East Lynne packs audiences with Our Gang One Wild Ride and Hope Ham on Louise Glaum appear. the program promises Tuesday plus a grand double bill tomorrow and Thursday with no advance prices.
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East Lynne
New Broadhurst Theatre
Our Gang
Hope Ham@on
Louise Glaum
Harold Lloyd
Lloyd
Virginian Declares Eclipses Wrong Says Aug 31, 1932
Charlottesville Virginia February 2 Astronomers who set the date for the next total solar eclipse more than a century ago are contradicted by Dr Samuel A Mitchell of the University of Virginia He predicts a total solar eclipse will be visible in New England on the afternoon of August 31 1932 Mitchell heads the Lindor McCormick Observatory and chairs the American astronomical society eclipse committee.
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Samuel A. Mitchell
University of Virginia
Mitchell
New England
Dr. Mitchell
Lindor McCormick Observatory
American Astronomical Society
International Committee On Solar Physics
International Astronomical Union
Regular $2.50 First Step shoes sale
A local retailer advertises a clearance sale on First Step shoes with prices noted as two dollars and fifty cents. The fragment mentions a clean-up price and a date 2.4.45, suggesting a limited time offer.
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Nettleton
Nettleton Oxford
Miller
Buster Brown
Oxfords
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Henry Coley
Edgar Kelly
Frank Rockey
Heet
Eet
Virginian
Charlottesville, Va
Oxford
Tan
Greany
JZ. Miller
Yale
Mae
Mar
Sport Oxfords
Beau
Quality Shoe Store
Sa En Ee Ame
Sina
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