Early Week Contest Judges Named for High Point Beauty Pageant
Local editor reports strong interest in a beauty contest aiming to send a High Point winner to Atlantic City next fall. Merchants offer prizes from pearls to lingerie as three judges are chosen Wednesday to measure entrants and select the winner. Fay Lamphier, last year’s winner, is noted as a film star earning a substantial weekly sum.
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the Enterprise
Atlantic City
Randall's Drug Store
Charles E. Hayes
Quality
American Theater
Waggers
Jake Welborn, Inc
Young Men’ Store
Miss High Point
Enterprise
North Carolina
High Point
Fay Lamphier
Guilford County Maps Completed for Public Use
New Guilford County maps by county engineer C O Lowe detail 2805 property owners outside city limits and 121.4 miles of hard surface roads plus 224.5 miles of topsoil and 277.1 miles of secondary roads and 356.1 miles of unimproved roads. The four color map marks churches schools streams and ponds.
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Guilford
C. M. Miller
Salisbury
C. O. Lowe
High Point
Greensboro
Gibsonville
Train Tries to Climb Mountain Census Figures Cited
The article notes a population estimate near 80 000 based on the last census. The county map has been inspected and approved by the county commissioners and is being distributed from the office of the county auditor.
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Cording
North Carolina public schools face eight month term gaps
Nearly half of state students did not attend school eight months in the 1924 25 year per State School Facts from the Department of Public Instruction. Rural white and negro students show large short terms while New Hanover leads in eight month terms.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction
Asheville
New Hanover
Currituck
Edgecombe
Pamlico
Vance
Wilson
New Hanover Avery
Jackson
Haywood
Charlotte
Concord
Salisbury
Burlington
Dunn
Greenville
Hickory
Lexington
Mooresville
Morganton
Mount Airy
Reidsville
Roanoke Rapids
Shelby
Smithfield
Statesville
Tarboro
Washington
Fayetteville
Calvin H. Wiley
Confederacy
Aycock
General Assembly
Cascarets Laxative Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a mild laxative that improves digestion and clears head achy, dizzy, and bilious feelings. It claims a pleasant candy like form for men women and children and cites it as the largest selling laxative in the world.
Boswell Convicted of Second Degree Murder in Beaman Case
In Wilson on February 20 AP reports Ern est Boswell was found guilty of second degree murder in the Beaman killing. Beaman a slot machine operator was shot four times in his car. Judge M W Barnhill postponed sentencing to Monday.
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Wilson
Ernest Boswell
Clayton BE. Beaman
Beaman
M. W. Barnhill
Gentleman Known For Presence More Than Laughter
A terse adage attributed to Chesterfield notes that a gentleman is often seen but rarely heard laughing, reflecting a cultivated demeanor and restraint.
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Chesterfield
Constipation Cure Promises Gentle Regularity
Dr. W B Caldwell of Monticello Illinois promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle safe laxative that establishes natural bowel regularity without griping or upsetting the system. The remedy is described as harmless and pleasant enough for feverish or sick children and available in a 60 cent bottle at stores selling medicine.
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W. B. Caldwell
Monticello
Ill
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Myrtle Stedman
Olive Tell
John Bowers
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