No Tax Levied On Lubricating Oil In North Carolina
Raleigh bureau report notes strong sentiment against a 2 cent per gallon lubricating oil tax for county roads. Lawmakers cite gasoline tax sufficiency and collection difficulties, while a companion bill to aid widows and orphans undergoes committee review. The session also weighs a measure to curb immorality by restricting contraceptive device sales, with testimony from Dr. Haywood and Dr. Horton.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
F. D. Winston
Bertie
Committee On Roads
House
Klutz
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Committee On Health
Haywood
W. C. Horton
Horton
Wes
Wall Street Buzz on Rail Merger Talks and Stock Moves
Rumors of railroad mergers drew attention on February 3 as rail stocks rose. Reports claimed Baltimore and Ohio planned to buy parts of Western Maryland and Wheeling and Lake Erie, with Minneapolis and St. Louis may join a St Paul eastward link. Short sellers faced massive losses, and three Louisville brothers held substantial profits from Wheeling and Lake Erie shares.
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New York
Wall Street
Baltimore and Ohio
Rockefeller
Maryland
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Wall Street South
St. Paul
Minneapolis and St. Louis
East
Wheeling
Lake Erie
Brothers of
Louisville
Wheeling and
Lake
Local Druggist Promises Refund on Hoarseness Remedy
The druggist offers a refund of 50 cents if customers are not satisfied with the hoarseness remedy. It is marketed for hoarseness cough colds sore throat asthma and swollen tonsils. Manufactured by (manufacturer unspecified).
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Ady
Reynolds Brothers Buy Erie Stock At Ten Dollar Share
The New York World reports C. K. Reynolds R. G Reynolds and A. D. Reynolds purchased Erie stock in 1929 at about ten dollars per share and held through the stock's dramatic rise.
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Erie
New York World
C. K
R. 9
A. D. Reynolds
World Guys
Senate moves on nationwide patronage probe plan
The senate judiciary committee would be authorized to conduct a nationwide investigation into charges of barter of federal patronage under a substitute resolution reported today. Also noted is a Pan American military movement from Paita to Chimbote with refueling en route to Lima. Louisburg police hold suspects in a theft from railway cars linked to a youth gang.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Tragic Farmhouse Fire Claims Parents and Two Children
A Durham Black family is forced to watch their log cabin burn with two young children trapped inside. Neighbors report assisting as flames engulf the home. two bodies were found in a corner of a bedroom in the blaze.
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Durham
Value Driven Buying and Selling Promise
A sales promise emphasizing low prices on purchases and high savings for families. The text stresses maximizing value in every purchase, drawing on the organization’s resources to ensure lasting pleasure satisfaction and profit for customers throughout the year.
Stores expand as good roads cut travel time
Large dry goods clothing and shoe distributors tout expanded reach with new roads. The narrative credits improved highways for cutting long horse and wagon journeys to a few hours by car, enabling access for hundreds of thousands more families to the stores.
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Gores
J. C. Penney Company
United States
J. C. Penney Company Department
Gulf
Great Lakes
Yesteryears
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ON Owl
the Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Stanback
Page-Hudson
Greene
Greene Drue Co
High Point, N
Paita
Peru
United States Army
Pan-Amer
Ican Filerg
Chimbote
Lima
Louisburg
P. C. Holmes
Glenn Stanton
Franklinton
Numa Pace
Jcpenney TO
James C. Penney
Kemmerer
Wyoming
Jcpenneyco
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