North Carolina Tops Nation in Birth Rate for 1920
North Carolina leads the United States with the highest birth rate in 1920, reporting 3,966 births totaling a rate of 32.8 per thousand. Deaths were 33,228 at a rate of 12.9 per thousand, with 4,171 stillbirths not included. The state shows strong population growth due to births, offset by higher 1918 deaths from influenza. Utah had the next highest birth rate among states.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
United States
Union
State Board of Health
Utah
Wies
Japan Projects 325 Million Barrels Of Rice This Year
Japan forecasts a harvest of about 325 million bushels of rice for the year. Officials said favorable weather and strong yields across regions support the target.
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Japan
Explores Begin Five Year Asia Expedition Led by Andrews
Roy Chapman Andrews leads the Third Asiatic Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History as a multinational team sails from San Francisco on March 19 to Mongolia and Western China. They aim to uncover the missing link and collect thousands of specimens for a planned Asiatic life hall, aided by gasoline trucks and modern gear in a multi-year program.
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New York
Asia
America
Roy Chapman Andrews
China
American Museum of Natural History
Museum
San Francisco
Gobi Desert
Central Asian
Tibetian
Andrews
Central Asia
Mongolia
Northeastern
Walter Granger
George Olsen
Clifford Pope
Hardings in Public Life Lead List
The passage lists prominent men sharing the Harding surname including President-elect Warren G. Harding, Chester Harding, a former Panama Canal Zone governor, W. L. Harding a former Iowa governor, and W. P. G. Harding the Federal Reserve Bank governor.
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Hardings
Harding
Chester Harding
Panama Canal Zone
W. L. Harding
Iowa
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Bank
Ill wind hints at illicit still near Moultrie farm
A county policeman noticed smoke from a dozen stump fires drifting across a road at Lewis Johnson's farm near Moultrie Georgia on February 21. He detected a whiff suggesting a moonshine operation from a fat-lard can hidden in a hedge.
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Moultrie
Lewis Johnson
Stecher Set to Return in March Wrestling Match
Omaha Nebraska February first bound for March 7 Stecher of Dodge Nebraska meets John Olin in a scheduled return bout Stecher has not wrestled since his loss to Ed Strangler Lewis and has been sidelined by injuries from that match
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Stecher
Omaha
Neb
Doge, Neb
John Olin
Strangler) Lewis
Balkans War Escalates as Servians Occupy Cettinje
A Berlin wireless dispatch, via Swiss reports, claims Montenegro declares holy war on Serbia. Two Serbian regiments occupy Cettinje, as the Balkan crisis deepens.
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Balkans
London
Berlin
Cettinje
Montenegro
Election Contests Hearing Delayed to March 7
Statesville report notes further hearing in the Campbell-Doughton election contest postponed to March 7 as examinations of county precincts occur. Investigation targets irregular registration poll tax absentee voting and use of improper campaign literature. Salisbury update says related hearings span Big Lick and Albemarle with Judge J D Lee presiding. Rowan hearings to open in Salisbury next Monday. Dr W L Jackson attends eighth district medical association in Asheboro.
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Statesville
Campbell- Doughton
Salisbury
Campbell-Coughton
Stanley County
Big Lick Township
Albemarle
J. D. Lee
Rowan
W. L. Jackson
Asheboro
Eighth District Medical Association
University Men Write Good Plays
UNC alumni Hughes and Wolfe gain early success in New York and Harvard dramatic scenes. Hughes co authored Wake Up Jonathan with Elmer Rice. Wolfe’s The Mountains was chosen from eighty plays for Harvard workshop. Both rooted in North Carolina life and hills people.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
University of North Carolina
Carolina
North Carolina
New York
Harvard University
Harvey Hatcher Hughes
Cleveland County
Jonathan
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Hughes
Columbia University
Elmer Rice
Baltimore
Chapel Hil
Pierce Baker
Tom Wolfe
Harvard
Banana vendor in Jackson faces eerie blow snake surprise
A Jackson banana seller was startled when a blow snake emerged from a banana bunch and exhaled its deadly breath. The creature does not rattle but its fumes cause groaning, and tropic natives claim no more lethal snake is known.
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Jackson
Mich
Mysterious Bird Spotted in Cornwall Barnyard
A strange bird described with a long red beak and gray legs was seen in a Cornwall barnyard near Feb. 22. Local attempts to identify the creature failed, as a rooster reportedly killed it, leaving residents puzzled about the bird’s true nature.
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New
Cornwall
Hog trained bird-dog scares Natchez birds
Tucker Gibson of Natchez Mississippi owns a hog trained in bird dog tricks. The local birds keep their distance as the hog appears to “squeal” on them according to residents.
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Natchez, Miss
Tucker Gibson
Frog Gobbler Shocker on Boston Street Scene
A humorous incident in Boston on February 22 describes a pickrel gobbling a frog and releasing it after the victim believed he would croak. Henry Fairbanks hooked the fish and freed the croaker, creating a comical controversy akin to Jonah and the whale.
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Boston
Mass
Jonah
Henry Fairbanks
Lake Erie Surges 330 Feet Above Lake Ontario
Lake Erie stands 330 feet higher than Lake Ontario in a striking geographic comparison. The claim emphasizes dramatic elevation differences between the two Great Lakes.
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Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
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