Love Gone Mad in Murder Case
Bridgeport report details a case in which Mary Seery Wade, age 24, marries Ellwood Wade and becomes enmeshed with Ethel Nott. Wade confesses love while a crime unfolds, resulting in Nott’s husband’s murder and two children left fatherless. The piece argues love without restraint led to tragedy and warns young girls to seek balance between emotion and intellect.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Cupid
Mary Seery
Ellwood Wade
Mary
Wade
Ethel
George Nott
Nott
John E. Johnson
Mrs Nott
Wade-Nott
Tragic Train Fatalities Near Gastonia
In Charlotte a 60 year old man Jeff Davis and his 18 year old daughter Mrs. R Barnes died instantly when struck on the tracks five miles from Gastonia. Misses Bessie Arme and Maude Babb escaped with injuries as the party failed to hear an approaching train while walking along the Piedmont and Northern tracks yesterday.
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Charlotte
Jeff Davis
Three Hendersonville Students Held on Laurel Park Fire Charge
Clyde Norman Green McDonald and Charles Welborn, white students from Hendersonville, are held in Asheville on charges of burning the Laurel Park casino. Bonds set at 5000 dollars each. officials say the trio confessed to the blaze.
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Asheville
Laurel Park
Clyde Norman
Green McDonald
Charles Welborn
Hendersonville
Raleigh Man Sentenced After Murder Trial
Owen McMillan, a Black man, was found guilty of second degree murder in Wake Superior Court for the killing of Purvis Pleasants in Johnson County. He received 30 years in the state prison and an additional 10 year sentence for highway robbery.
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Raleigh
Owen McMillan
Wake Superior Court
Purvis Pleasants
Johnson County
McMillan
Selma Report Describes A. Yard Sr. Incident
Selma report notes C. A. Yaad Sr. of Charlotte felled a person on Mosely Way No. 139 while en route to a local destination. The fragment details an event from January 12 with limited clarety due to OCR.
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Selma
C. A. Yaad Sr
Charlotte
Visit to Ill Brother Details Mosely’s Passing
A brief note reports visiting a brother who was ill on Sunday and had since improved. It records Mr. Mosely as 53 years old and a well known traveling and business math.
Southern Hosiery Makers Meet In Charlotte
Prominent knitting mill men from the south convene in Charlotte for a meeting of the two divisions of the National Hosiery and Under wear Manufacturers Association. Market conditions and worker issues are on the agenda and the call was issued by the association secretary.
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Charlotte
South
National Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers’ Association
National Association
Ben Franklin To Be Honored In National Celebrations
Benjamin Franklin will be commemorated nationwide on January 17 the 215th anniversary of his birth. Tributes honor his roles as statesman diplomat philosopher scientist journalist economist salesman philanthropist humorist printer and publisher. University of Pennsylvania alumni mark him as founder of their school and libraries highlight his founding of the first public library.
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New York
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
National Thrift Week
University of Pennsylvania
Simes
Colonies
Nungesser Gives Up Auto To Stick With Airplanes
Paris January 11 French ace Charles Nungesser once second to Fonck in World War I aviation says he will abandon driving after a dangerous accident. A court ordered him to pay 30,000 francs to the cyclist’s widow after he struck and killed a rider in Neuilly. He notes he would rather rely on his airplane where he would bear any risk.
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Paris
Charles Nungesser
Fonck
Nungesser
Neuilly
Hospital Will Be Dedicated Friday
Caplain and Mrs D T McAlice and Envoy and Mrs Howard of the local Salvation Army post will travel to Greenville South Carolina Friday for the dedication ceremony of the Mégs Booth Memorial building being erected by the Salvation Army. They will stop in Spartanburg for a Friday night meeting. Miss Evangeline Beath commander will lead the dedication exercises with Dr Hastings Hart of the Russell Sage Foundation as a speaker.
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Salvation Army
Hastings Hart
The
Russell Sage Foundation
Mrs. E. C. Lewis Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs. E C Lewis aged 26 died last night at her Mangum Avenue home after a short pneumonia illness. She is survived by her husband and an infant son. The funeral is set for Thursday at 3 PM at East Green Street Baptist Church with Rev J E Lanier officiating and burial in Lakewood Cemetery.
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F.€. Lewis
Mangum Avenue
Morrison Special Passes High Point on Way to Inauguration
Early this morning a special train carrying Governor Cameron Morrison and Charlotte citizens passed through High Point en route to Raleigh for Morrison's inauguration at noon. The Oasis band was aboard and planned to join the parade. Several High Point residents departed for Raleigh to attend the ceremonies.
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Cameron Morrison
Charlotte
High Point
Raleigh
Morrison
Oasis
Mackey At His Hunting Lodge Near James Town
Clarence Mackey president of the Postal Telegraph company arrived at James town yesterday and his special car was placed on a siding for several days as he hunts at his hunting lodge nearby. He plans to visit High Point for a few days during this trip.
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Clarence Mackey
Postal Tele- Brap! Company
Jamestown
Mr. Mackey
Postal Telegraph
High Point
Chinese Soldiers Strike Far Pay in Yangtze Uprising
Reports from Shanghai dated January 12 describe a five day insurrection by troops loyal to Chi nese authorities over unpaid wages. After looting British American French and Japanese gunboat areas and injuring about 60 people, the outbreak ended when the Ichang Chamber of Commerce agreed to pay a Chinese officer commanding mutinous troops. Foreign casualties were mainly Japanese, with over 100 foreign residents affected. River telegraph service was disrupted for days as the revolt unfolded along the Yangtze.
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Shanghai
Yangtsze
Chinese Chamber of Commerce of
Ichang
Robert Dollar Company
Standard Oil Company
Silk Experts to Demonstrate Chinese Reeling Methods in U.S.
Shanghai girls Chin Mei Yin Mei and Mei Ling, expert silk workers, plan to travel to America this month to show how Chinese filiature silk is reeled, showcasing skilled craftsmanship on an international stage.
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Shanghai
Chin Mei
Yin Mei
Mei Ling
America
Thompson Enters Major Indoor Track Meets This Winter
Hanover Massachusetts January 12 Earl Thompson holder of the world record in the 120 yard high hurdles will enter all the big indoor meets this winter in the east Coach Harry Hillman says Thompson is better than ever.
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Hanover
Mass
Earl Thompson
Harry Hillman
Thompson
Griff Seeks Baker Return in Trade Talk
Clark Griffith aims to bring Frank Home-run Baker back to baseball trading for him while Baker remains on the Yankees reserve list. Washington reports Griffith plans negotiations to reacquire the slugger.
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Washington
Clark Griffith
Frank
Baker
Yankees
Griff
Tigers Tour Japan as All Star Representatives
Two Detroit Tigers players are on a January tour in Japan as representatives of an all-star American baseball team. The outing features noted infighter fluber and Eddie bi ae wet Du amid exhibition play.
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Japan
Detroit
Tigers
Ley Pre
Fluber
Eddie
Silk exposition to open in New York in February
A New York exhibition of silk to open early in February will feature five delegates led by Sze Yu-ming representing the Peking government. Delegates from the Shanghai Steam Silk Filnatures and Cocoon Merchants Guild will join. The girls will demonstrate unreeled silk from the cocoon and the process of reeled skeins.
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New York
Sze Yu-ming
Peking
Shanghai Steam Silk Filnatures and Cocoon Merchants Guild
Chicago youth confesses to 200 burglaries and loot
Worther Mc Grath, 20, testified that he passed dark houses at night and did not steal them. he then confessed to 200 burglaries with $50,000 loot. He described his fear of sleepless nights if he skipped a break in.
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Chicago
Worther McGrath
Ferret Defined as Domestic Polecat Variant
The ferret is described as a domesticated form of the polecat, distinguishing it from wild relatives. The note clarifies its origin as a cultivated variety kept as a pet or for pest control.
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Dever
Jim
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Ben Franklin
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Forns
High Point Ins. & Real Estate Co
Printing & Office Supply Co
Carolina Motor Express
Salisbury
Greensboro
Charlotte-Statesville
Rankin-Sizemore Tire and Supply Co
N. C
Walter Hargett
Equitable Life
William Fox
Louise Lovely
Partners of Fate
N. C. Public Service Co
Rereser
Wilson Motor Company
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