Asheboro Sees 1938 Boom With Banks Post Office Growth
Special to The Enterprise reports Asheboro’s 1938 boom as new municipal building and streets projects advance. Building permits reach 260,637 valuation. postal receipts rise about 12 000. Banking deposits climb 214 000 at First National Bank and 218 303 13 at Bank of Randolph. total business up 237 200 68.
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Asheboro
Chambers Commerce Ceveland Thayer
Bosny, McCrary and
Asheboro Osiery Mills
Maple Grove
Fayetteville
Salisary
Fayetteville Street
Church Street
Fayetteile Street
Shedoro Motor Company
Piggly - Wigely Standard Drug Company
Coffin- Scarboro
W. W. Jones and Sons
National Food Stores
McCrary- Redding Hardware Company
M. E Church
New Episcopal Church
Organization of Lutheran and Evangelical and Reformed Church
Barnes-Griffin Clinic
S. Fayetteville Street
H. L. Griffin and
Tiffany Barnes
First National Bank
Bank of Randolph
Police raid report corrected on 310 North Main street
The Enterprise report misnamed O. F. Stewart of 404 Tate Street as one of three arrested in a police raid at 310 North Main Street. No charge was preferred against Mr. Stewart, and the report was received from a police officer.
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Enterprise
North Main Street
O. F. Stewart
Tate Street
Stewart
Skiing Romance in a Rescue Amid a Mountain Storm
Sally Blair pursues Dan Reynolds in a treacherous blizzard with Corey Porter in tow. They struggle to stay alive until Dan, guiding through the storm, arrives to rescue Sally and renew their connection.
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Sally Blair
Dan Reynolds
Sally
Corey Porter
Dan
Corey
Lake Placid
Darling
Lots of Pigs in North Carolina Reach 15 Year High
North Carolina hog numbers climb to a 15 year peak with a 11 percent YoY increase. The Federal Crop Reporting Service estimates 1,403,000 pigs saved from spring and fall farrowings, and a January 1 swine population of 1,133,000, highest since 1922.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Federal Crop Reporting Service
Cranium Crackers True or False Quiz
A brief quiz item asks which statements are true. It lists five claims about a timbale, Alice in Wonderland, camels, the word anachronistic, and the Welland Canal, inviting evaluation as true or false.
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Welland Canal
Holland
Answer Key Riddle Pack: Amendments Titles and Phrases
Answers include Article V provides the President power to amend the Constitution and Nine for Beethoven’s symphonies. The wife of an earl is a Countess. Caveat emptor means let the buyer beware. The greatest known periodic titles occur at Minas Basin Bay of Fundy Nova Scotia.
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U. S
Beethoven
Minas Basin
Bay of Fundy
Nova Scotia
Cleaning extreme dirt on overalls and hair care tips
Flat washboard scrubbing with a stiff brush removes heavy dirt from overalls and makes future washes easier. Rub salt into the scalp and massage to stimulate tingling, then wash with salted water. Soak teapot in hot soda water overnight, then rub with vinegar and salt solution.
Modern Etiquette Q&A on Carte Blanche and Greetings
The piece explains carte blanche as a blank signed paper granting unconditional power, pronounced kart blangsh with Ah vowels and stress on the final syllable. It says avoid Dear Friend when unknown, use My dear Mr. Davis, and recommends two maids for ten to twelve guests for better service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Davis
Lessons in English by W L Gordon
An excerpt on word usage and pronunciation guides by W L Gordon. Covers words often misused and mispronounced with examples and a daily vocabulary aim. Includes notes on synonyms and a focus word cincture meaning surrounds with a quoted example about Rome.
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W. L. Gordon
Seven Hills
Rome
Jewish youth launch nationwide Nazi boycott campaign
The American Jewish Congress youth division begins a campaign to urge individuals nationwide to boycott German goods. In a preliminary drive 150,000 blue and white lapel buttons with the inscription boycott Nazi Germany have been distributed in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Jewish Congress
Roy Kelly Lodged in State Prison Until Alamance Court
Roy Kelly 20 year old escaped convict wanted for killing two officers in a Burlington gun battle December 7 was returned from Virginia and placed in the state prison in Raleigh. He waived extradition and will stay there until the next Alamance County Superior Court term for arraignment in Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Roy Kelly
Burlington
Virginia
Kelly
Alamance County
Citizens Fund Civil War Pension Tax Across 13 States
States across the union tax citizens to finance pensions for Civil War veterans from both sides, reflecting a broad federal and state partnership in veteran support and postwar reconciliation.
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States
The
Union
Captain Cook names Sandwich Islands in 1778 voyage
Captain James Cook discovers the Hawaiian Islands in 1778 and renames them the Sandwich Islands in honor of the fourth Earl of Sandwich, then lord of the admiralty.
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Captain Cook
Hawaiian Islands
Sandwich Islands
Earl of Sandwich
Admiralty
Fishermen Missing After Storm Capsizes Two Boats
A Domei dispatch from Tsuruga reports 51 fishermen are missing after a storm capsized two fishing boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Domei
Tsuruga
Japan
Fire kills mother and stepdaughter in Boston blaze
A Christmas tree short circuit sparked a fire in a three family house in Boston. The blaze killed a mother and her stepdaughter and left another young woman seriously injured. Firemen attributed the cause.
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Boston
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A&p Bread
Lux Totet Soap
Clapps
Sunnyfield
Jim Dandy Grits
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Red Devil
Glan Page Foods
Ann Page
Ann Page Tomato
Oz. Bots
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A. C. Gordon
BY Anne Ashley
Alamance Court
Epsom Salts
ECKO
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