Judges Pick High Point Venus To Represent City At Atlantic City
City officials and civic leaders named to the judging panel will trim dozens of measurements to select about six finalists for High Point's Venus. The winner will receive gifts, a potential movie career, and a trip to Atlantic City for the 1926 beauty show.
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High Point
Venus
Atlantic City
H. A. Moffitt
Owen-Smith
Woman’s Club
R. EB. Ranson
G. F. Marshall
Monarch Club
Cecil H. Marriner
Civitan Club
Commercial National Bank
I. T. Mann
Kiwanis Club
R. Kk. Stewart
Chamber To Commerce
Robert I. Harris
Retail Merchants Association
Sheraton Hotel
Fruit juice cure gains notice beyond abstainers
Lady Fisher of Hertfordshire reports 28 days fasting on fruit juices and a three mile walk. Forty guests at her mansion follow a juice and boiled-vegetable plan with optional electrical treatment to combat auto intoxication and general debility.
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London
Lady Fisher
Tring
Hertfordshire
Herts Hills
Warren Fisher
British Treasury
Fisher
Shoestring Journalism Lamented in The Archive
In the current issue of The Archive, a literary review published in Durham on February 24 laments the state of Shoestring Journalism. The item critiques limited reporting and small-scale press hurdles facing writers and editors in the period.
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Durham
Six Graduates of Duke Admitted to Fraternity
At the senior Phi Beta Kappa election at Duke university six members of the graduating class were chosen for membership in the national scholarship fraternity. The new members are Miss Ethel M. Davis of Durham Miss Lizzie Loyde Cothran of Timberlake Miss Julia W. Potts of Blackstone Virginia Roderick Milner Love of Newland and Ralph Lyon Biggerstaff of Forest.
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Durham
Duke University
Ethel M. Davis
Lizzie Loyde Cothran
Timberlake
Julia W. Potts
Blackstone
Roderick Milner Love
Newland
Ralph Lyon Biggerstaff
Forest
Duke Elects Earl Sykes Phi Beta Kappa Alumnus
Dr Earl R Sykes associate professor of economics at Dartmouth Hanover N H elected an alumnus member in the Duke senior election The junior election had named 12 juniors to Phi Beta Kappa in October 1925
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City
Earl R. Sykes
Trinity College
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Duke
Phi Beta Kappa
State radio broadcasting station nears commission
Governor McLean moves toward establishing a state wide radio station after consulting state officials and interested groups. The plan awaits cost estimates for erection and aims to disseminate news about North Carolina to the public.
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Raleigh
McLean
North Carolina
Bridge plan across Cape Fear river to be discussed
Officials in Wilmington will discuss the location and type of the bridge crossing the Cape Fear River that would connect with state highway 20. The session focuses on routing, design options, and impact on local traffic.
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Wilmington
Cape Fear River
Administratrix Notice for J L Strayhorn Estate Guilford NC
Having qualified as administratrix of the estate of J L Strayhorn deceased late of Guilford County North Carolina this is to notify all persons having claims against estate of deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at High Point NC on or before February 9 1927 or this notice will be pleaded in that of their recovery All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment This is the 9th day of February 1926 Mrs J L Strayhorn Administratrix of J L Strayhorn estate.
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J. L. Strayhorn
Guilford Co
N. C
High Point
New Hanover County and State Highway Board Meet on Bridge Delay
Frank Pagé chairman of the state highway commission meets with New Hanover county commissioners to review a $1,250,000 bridge project authorized in 1925. Construction stalls pending soundings and tests to locate the site. a conference aims to settle the matter today. Hickory Troop G of NC Cavalry National Guard to be retained. Captain Hubert Setzer resigned and Claude M. Sides sworn in as captain after a transfer concern.
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Frank Pagé
State Highway Commission
New Hanover County
Hickory
North Carolina Cavalry National Guard
Hubert K. Setzer
J. van B. Metts
Claude M. Sides
Triangular Debate Set With Carolina Johns Hopkins
The annual contest features Carolina Johns Hopkins and Washington and Lee debating in Chapel Hill Lexington and Baltimore on the topic whether the United States should recognize Soviet Russia.
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Chapel Hill
Carolina
Johns Hopkins
Washington and Lee
Lexington
Baltimore
United States
Market Offers Abundant Goods When Prices Permit
The note asserts availability depends on market conditions, stating that items are common whenever the market provides them and procurable under favorable prices.
French Aviator Killed Flying Through Eiffel Tower Opening
Paris reports Lieutenant Leon Callot died when his airplane crashed through the Eiffel tower opening after tangling with radio wires during a stunt. His brother witnessed the fatal attempt, reportedly sparked by a wager with an American friend.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
Leon Callot
Callot
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