Murder at Hamiltons Echoes in a Small Town
Bonnie Dundee pieces together gossip from Miss Earle about Forsyte girls once at Hamilton High. Flora Hackett Janet Raymond Serena Hart and Nita Leigh are tied to rumors of chorus life and scandal. Dundee learns Serena Hart supports Nita’s Easter play directing bid and hints at deeper fault lines in society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Dundee
Miss Earle
Forsyte
Hamilton
Nita
Dundee
Flora Hackett
Miss Pendleton
Miss Macon
Flora
Serena Hart
America
Miss Eale
Serena
Penny Crain
Penny
Atlanta
Mise Farle
Mocketts
Missile
Janet Raymond
Europe
Janet
Miss Pendelton
Miss Leigh
Mrs Maurice W Thatcher in new study among stage circles
In a vivid reminiscence Serena Hart recalls Nita Leigh, once a chorus girl in Teasing Tilly, who married during the 1917–18 Broadway run and was later deserted. Hart, a Louisville native now in New York, notes Thatcher's wife is the congressman’s spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice H. Thatcher
Maurice W. Thatcher
Kentucky
Congress
Thatchers
Louisville
Warburton Theater
Broadway
Times Square
Star’s
Serena Hart
Right to Love shines with Chatterton double role
Ruth Chatterton delivers superb mother and brilliant daughter in The Right To Love at Paramount Theater. Critics hail it as one of the year’s best pictures with a masterful, anguished performance that captures fate and resilience through two generations. John Mebane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Chatterton
Miss Chatterton
Brook
Joe
David Manners
John Mebane
North Carolina Weighs Gross Sales License Tax Shift
The Tax Commission weighs replacing the flat rate license with a gross sales tax. The plan would tax larger volume more fairly, covering department stores, jewelry shops, drug stores, and advertisers. Estimated revenues from signage and moving pictures are noted, with prior history of a 1908 style scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Baskerwill
Raleigh
North Carolina
Tax Commission
Virginia
U. S. Department of Commerce
Annual Meeting Notice for Hood System Industrial Bank
Notice of the Hood System Industrial Bank annual meeting in High Point North Carolina. Stockholders will gather in the Directors Room on Thursday January 15 1931 at 730 PM to receive the president’s annual report elect a board of directors for the coming year and address other business. M H Folger cashier signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood System Industrial Bank
High Point
N. C
M. H. Folger, Casbier
New Edition of Magazine Is Quitting Southern Bearings
The January issue debuts as Furniture Merchandising a national monthly journal for furniture manufacturers and retailers. It shifts from Southern Furniture Journal after 30 years and expands its scope to cover key American cities with supplements for merchandise and factory managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Furniture Journal
United States
South
America
J. J. Farries
Wilber Jones
High Point
Charlotte
New York
Chicago
Hugh A. Murrill, Jr
C. C. Prince
This City
New Urniture
Lincoln’s Tomb Rededication Set for Feb 12 1931
Lincoln’s tomb in Springfield Illinois will be rededicated on February 12 1931 after a rebuilding project. The ceremony marks the completion of restoration work on the memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Springfield
Til
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promises Gentle Bowel Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe prescription for children and adults with constipation. It claims quick bowel action, relief from feverishness and biliousness, and notes a doctor’s 3500 birth-case record. It markets wide availability in drugstores.
Notaries Public Commissioned Across North Carolina
A list of individuals commissioned as notaries public at the offices of Governor O Max Gardner. Names include Norman D Ayers Asheville C C Brown Hot Springs Rose Fizer Charlotte E B Harrill Elizabethtown D K LeGwin Wilmington J L Palmer Waynesville Mildred Dozier Beth City M E Robinson Canton James Y Thompson Reidsville G T Vernon Asheville J T Wilkinson Aurora Frances M Williams Rockingham B A Woodell High Point P G Crumpler Clinton Leonia C Gaskins New Bern J D Bales Pikeville John K Slear Charlotte L H Thompson Gastonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman D. Ayers
Asheville
C. Cc. Brown
Hot Springs
J. Rose Fizer
Charlotte
E. BE. Harrill
Elsenboro
D. K. LeGwin
Wil
Mington
J. L. Palmer
Wayniville
Mildred Dozier
Beth City
M. Robinson
Canton
James Y. Thompson
Reidaville
G. T. Vernon
J. T. Wilkinson
Aurora
Francis M. Williams
Rockingham
B. A. Woodell
High Point
P. G. Crumpler
Clinton
Mre
Leonia C. Gaskins
New Bern
J. D. Bales
Pikeville
John K. Slear
L. H. Thompson
Gastonia
Natex sample invitation promises free trials at Mann's Drug Store
An advertisement invites readers to sample Natex free at Mann's Drug Store 105 South Main Street. It touts Natex as a superior remedy for stomach trouble, weak kidneys, liver issues, rheumatic pains and general rundown health, claiming quick improvements and no obligation.
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Mann’s Drug Store
South Main Street
Mann's
South Main St
Natex
Mann's Drug Store
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al Bridge
Anne Austin
Segal
Gladys Earle
Gladys
Nita Leigh
Tilly
Miss Hart
Philo Vance
Betty Compson
Hugh Trevor
THE
Clara
Clara Bow
Stanley Smith
Stuart Erwin
Mitzi Green
Gallagher Langdon
Geo. M. Dyott
India
Axx
Richard Arlen
Bert
Lytell
Dorothy Sebastian
Kay Francis
Kay Johnson
Lewis Stone
Zasu Pitts
William DeMille
Paramount
Talkie
Kathleen
Norris
Paramount Theater
Perth
Stickler
Furniture Merchandising
DR. Caldwell
da. W. B. Catonete’s
Doctors Family
H. Gordon and Son
Hamilton Street
Notaries
Raleigh, Jan
RAKI
Henry
Idaho
A&p
Hickey-Freeman, Griffon
Kuppenheimer
N. H. Silver Co
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