Scientists change salamander sex by bobbing its hair and smoking
National Advertising Representatives Frost Landis and Koln Bruns versus building at 250 Fork Ave New York People's Gas building Michigan Boulevard Chicago Monday January 18 1926 Norris claims President Coolidge will receive resignations of his appointees in advance of appointment Caucus Cal
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National
Frost, Landis and Koln
Brunsvs Building
250 Fork Ave
New York
People’s Gas
Michigan Boulevard
Chicago
Norris
Coolidge
Cautigus
Cal
Bryan Commons Memorial Proposed by Josephus Daniels
Josephus Daniels endorses a Bryan commons as a memorial honoring William Jennings Bryan, describing it as a proper perpetuation of his association with the people.
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Josephus Daniels
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan Commons
The
People
Pershing in South America Flight Recalled
Fragmentary note suggests a military withdrawal involving General Pershing from South America, hinting at a covert operation but lacking concrete details or dates. The terse line implies a less painful exit with colorful imagery and unresolved implications.
Mussolini Declares Opposition Useless in Italy
The statement argues Mussolini asserts opposition is futile while noting recurring patterns of challengers in Italian politics ending in error, reflecting a provocative stance on party unity and political risk.
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Mussolini
Italy
Working Women Petition White House for Equal Rights
A group of working women petitions the White House seeking the right to earn their own way without laws unfairly favoring male competitors. They protest both favorable and unfavorable laws to prove their sincerity.
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White House
Forest preservation fuels Smoky Mountains Park push in NC
The Smoky Mountains National Park movement gains momentum in North Carolina with Judge Finley offering a free mountain top for preservation. Proposals include Linville Gorge and Grandfather Mountain regions as additions. Dr. Isaac Lippincott warns conservation is the era’s key economic challenge, urging forest protection and watershed restoration to sustain timber and labor, noting heavy timber consumption and low replacement.
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Charlotte Observer
The
Smoky Mountains National Park
Finley
Linville Gorge
Grandfather Mountain
North Carolina
United States
Isaac Lippincott
Washington University
League of Women Voters
St. Louis
Southern Furniture Market growth boosts regional industry
The southern furniture market shows rising output and strong demand as Florida’s boom fuels a solid year. High Point remains the key trade venue, with North Carolina shipments topping 56 million dollars and a projection for 1926 to be equally active.
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A&s
Florida
North Carolina
Georgia Reform Movement Targets Evolution Teaching
An Atlanta led campaign denounces evolution and related doctrines in schools and literature. An Indianapolis man, close Bryan ally, is named national chairman. The plan suggests secrecy and potential muscular action, reflecting a climate of hard reform in Georgia and past lynching associations.
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Atlanta
Indianapolis
William Jennings Bryan
Darkness
Georgia
Uncertain Advice Over Cole’s Recurrent Antics
Observers familiar with Cole’s past years warn against following the notice given, noting patterns of erratic behavior and unpredictable outcomes. The remarks suggest caution and skepticism about formal guidance amid recurring antics.
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Cole
Langley Sentenced to Twenty Years in Federal Prison
John W. Langley, a Kentuckian and former congressman, receives a twenty year sentence for conspiracy to violate federal prohibition laws. The article notes apparent guilt, compares Langley’s offense to others, and comments on drinking among members of Congress and President Harding during his term.
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John W. Langley
Congress of the United States
Atlanta
Langley
Congress
Harding
Auto Is Fine, Now How About Fuel
The piece notes strong interest in winter auto shows with emphasis on higher speeds and braking. It questions fueling issues as gasoline quality declines while supply tightens, urging improved carburetion and cheaper substitutes. It also mentions a Chicago survey showing 85 percent of housewives buy meat by sight, with little telephone assistance.
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Chicago
Abusive Speech by Sen Cole Blease Hits International Relations
The Associated Press underreported Senator Cole Blease's Washington remarks that insulted foreign diplomats and implied semi racist descriptions of international guests. A correspondent details Blease claiming foreigners are protected by embassies while urging equal rights for "cotton mill" workers to drink publicly, questioning whether the executive should apologize or ignore the outburst.
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Associated Press
Cole Blease
Washington
The
Press Association
Blease
United States Senate
South Carolina
Saloon Troubles Bloom in France, Pastor Warns
Rev Joseph Wilson Cochrane of the American Church of Paris says saloons thrive in France as the best indication of vice, contrasting with movements to abolish saloons in America. He cites lingering venues and social habits fueling concern.
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America
Joseph Wilson Cochrane
American Church of
Paris
France
American tourist image shocks with red nose in Paris
In Paris the American tourist is labeled as the American bar and temperance societies call their hardest problem the hard drinking Yankee. Previously seen for spending, the stereotype now focuses on the red nose as the emblem of the traveler.
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Paris
France
Davidson College Votes to Discontinue Magazine for Year
At Davidson College the student body voted to suspend publication of the college magazine for the remainder of the year after faculty ousted editor C F Monk over a controversial short story. Spring elections will choose a next year editor and restart the magazine in fall. The story, "Dime Morning," portrayed house party scenes and petting.
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Davidson
Davidson College
C. F. Monk
T. C. Barr
Barr
Guggenheim Creates 2.5 Million Fund For Aviation
Daniel Guggenheim, copper magnate, establishes a 2.5 million dollar fund to lead U S civil aviation. His son Harry F. Guggenheim, a former naval aviator, aided by a prior 500000 gift to NYU Aeronautics. Trustees will direct interest and principal. fund ends after ten years.
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New York
United States
Daniel Guggenheim
Guggenheim
Harry F. Guggenheim
Hoover
Mr. Guggenheim
School of Aeronautics
New York University
Carolinians Protest Rates On Fruit Crops
Peach growers from North and South Carolina filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint over rail transportation rates and refrigeration charges. Through their attorney C R Marshall the American Fruit Growers Association and the Sandhill association seek rate readjustment and reparations for alleged excess charges.
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Washington
North Carolina
South Carolina
Interstate Commerce Commission
C. R. Marshall
American Fruit Growers’ Association
Sandhill Association
Commission
Boy Breaks Arm While Cranking Automobile
Thomasville schoolboy P. W. Leonard injured when the car stuck in mud backfired while he tried to crank it early this morning. The accident occurred about five miles from Thomasville.
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P. W. Leonard
Thomasville
Mysterious $12,000 Estate Remains Unveiled in Spokane
Ellen Wallace, a 79 year old Spokane resident, died unaware she was the heir to a $12,000 estate. Her niece Emma Billings of Harrington died a month earlier and named the aunt in her will. News of the legacy was withheld to protect the elderly woman. The estate may pass to a nephew.
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Spokane Wash
Ellen Wallace
Wallace
Emma. Billings
Harrington
Child Found Dead in Bed by Mother Frances Stone Five Months Old
Frances Stone five month old of Mr and Mrs R B Stone of 109 Asheboro street was found dead in bed shortly before 8 yesterday morning. Funeral services held at Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist church at 2:30 this afternoon with ministers E J Harbison W B Davis and Washburn officiating burial in the church cemetery.
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Frances Stone
R. B. Stone
Asheboro Street
Mechanicsville Primitive Baptiste
E. J. Harbison
East End
East End Methodist Church; the Rev. W. B. Davis, Pastor of Main Street Methodist
Washburn
Church
Register To Endure His Second Trial
R S Register faces a second trial in Warrenton for embezzling about 9300 from the Norlina Cooperation Building and Loan association. The first jury failed to agree, a mistrial was ordered, and retrial was set for Wednesday. Register has served as secretary and treasurer since 1913, with defense claiming the alleged embezzlement was a loan backed by real estate.
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Warrenton
Ap) R. S. Register
Norlina Cooperation Building and Loan Association
G. E. Midgette
Midgette
Register
The
Norlina Building and Loan Association
Monarch Club Members Plan Salisbury Luncheon Meeting
Monarch club members are urged to attend a luncheon at the Sheraton hotel Wednesday at 12:15 to discuss plans for traveling to Salisbury for the installation services of a new club Thursday night. Several talks are planned during the luncheon.
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Monarch Club
Sheraton
Salisbury
Mrs. John W. Bundy Dies At Her Home
Mrs. John W. Bundy 65 died after months of illness at her Home near Greensboro. Funeral services set for 11 am at Springfield Friends church with Miss Clara Cox leading. Interment in church cemetery. Survived by husband four sons W J Bundy Joe Bundy Charles Bundy J M Bundy all of High Point two daughters Mrs Lethia Potts Thomasville Mrs Sarah Tinsbloom California three brothers John and A L Hayworth High Point Henry Hayworth Groomtown one sister Mrs Mattie Ward Groomtown.
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John W. Bundy
Greensboro
Springfield Friends Church
Clara Cox
Church
Bundy
W. J. Bundy
Joe, Bundy
Charles Bundy
J. M. Bundy
High Point
Lethia Potts Thomasville
Sarah
Tinsbloom
California
John
A. L. Hayworth
Henry Hayworth
Groomtown
Mattie Ward
Funeral Services For Weldon Child Today
Mack Weldon two year old son of Mr and Mrs W Chiscoe 308 Asheboro street died yesterday after brief illness. The family recently moved from Randolph county to High Point. Funeral services at Emmerson Grove church Randolph county at 3 pm with interment in the church cemetery.
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Mack Weldon
Asheboro Street
Chiscoe
High Point
Randolph Couuty
Emmerson Grove Church
Randolph County
Church
Fatal Accident at Veneer Plant Fireman Falls Into Hot Vat
Elliott Countee, a black fireman at the Carolina Veneer company plant, fell into a vat of hot water last Friday and died at a local hospital yesterday. His body will be sent to Blythewood, South Carolina, for burial tonight. He was badly burned before coworkers could rescue him.
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Elliott Countee
Carolina Veneer “Company
Blythewood
S. C
Countee
Birth Announcement for Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Kenson Son
Announcement made this morning of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Kenson yesterday morning. The mother is reported to be doing nicely.
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B. H. Kenson
Miss Shields Leaves for Danville Lynchburg and New York
Miss Martha Shields departed this morning for Danville and Lynchburg in Virginia and New York along with other destinations. She will be away for two weeks.
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New York
Martha Shields
Danville
Lynchburg
Vandyke Faces Five Charges After Cherryville Shooting
Vandyke will appear Tuesday afternoon on five charges linked to a Thursday night drunken spree in Cherryville. He fatally shot a police officer and wounded a bystander, drawing a tense local response.
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Vandyke
Cherryville
Pedestria
Poorly Planned Car Purchase Leads to Fatal Overexertion
A fragment notes that buying a used car and overworking oneself can be a dangerous path to death. The text presents a cautionary view on self-harm through excessive labor tied to vehicle ownership.
Lloyd George rushes to Megan’s bedside in illness tale
London gossip notes David Lloyd George abandons a Mediterranean vacation to comfort his favored daughter Megan convalescing after an appendectomy. The report blends court intrigue and family ties with a cinema critique of Three Faces East, praising its drama, photography, and thrills.
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London
Berlin
Alice Day
Mack Sennett
Fox News
Elsie Mackay Elected to British Air League Advisory Committee
Miss Elsie Mackay a pioneer English woman aviator joins the advisory committee of pilots for the British Air League and plans to devote more time to aeronautics in 1926. She received her pilot certificate in August 1922 and was the first Englishwoman to own her own airplane. The daughter of Lord Inchape he chairs the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Mackay uses her plane for business and pleasure and is also an artist who has helped decorate ships in her father's line.
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Elsie Mackay
England
British Air League
Miss Mackay
Lord Inchape
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
London theater wrestles with winter theater cough epidemic
Theater managers campaign against a cough epidemic affecting actors and patrons in London. One manager offers free cough lozenges to curb noise. coughs hit drama houses hardest, with farces and musical shows less affected. Sybil Thorndike is noted for suffering the cough in a dramatic scene.
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London
Sybil Thorndycke
Katherine
Artificial rain to protect Ascot racecourse
The Daily Mail reports a new watering system for Royal Ascot involving long pipe networks and hydrants along the track. Spraying devices will moisten the turf during watering to prevent hard going after rain and keep Ascot's reputation as a premier course intact.
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Ascot
The
Daily Mail
Royal Ascot
Victorian Revival Marks London Spring Fashion Trends
London spring fashion leans toward Victorian revival with graceful gowns and frothy flounces. Fewer tweed suits and low heel shoes, silk coats with narrow flounces replace severe tweeds, quilting returns in garments, and floral patterns appear. Evening gowns feature tulle chiffon and lace, garden party dresses use shaded georgette, lace intensifies across dresses, millinery, and stockings.
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London
London mothers protest vaccine rule demanding paternal consent
Mothers oppose a health department directive requiring written consent from the father for smallpox vaccination. They claim women gained equal parental rights, but officials maintain the man as head of the household and sole decision maker for children.
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London
Health Department
Three Faces East at Broadhurst Today and Tomorrow
Cecil B DeMille presents the new photoplay Three Faces East at the Broadhurst opposite Sheraton hotel. The film follows adventures of British and German secret service members in a wartime espionage drama.
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New Broadhurst
Sheraton Hotel
Cecil DeMille
Secret Service
Charleston Expert to Dance at American Theatre
Local dance fans can see three demonstrations of the Charleston at the American theatre this Thursday to Saturday. The performances will be on the night bill only and are expected to draw a capacity crowd each evening. A Charleston specialist will lead the demonstrations.
Ward Reveals Schwab Speech Writer's Task
James H. Ward, secretary to Charles M. Schwab, says his employer calls him in and explains he is busy and will say the lines, so Ward is asked to draft the speech text for Schwab. The anecdote highlights Schwab relying on aides to prepare his public remarks.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
James H. Ward
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