North Carolina Sees Record Fire Loss in December
The state reports 1922 December fire damage totaling 2.12 million dollars, led by New Bern with 2 million. Charlotte, Gatesville and Spray also record sizable losses, with dwellings most affected and fires from sparks, unknown causes, and exploding stoves. Winterville posts a No Fire Record for 1922.
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Montlien Avenue Open to Traffic on Grand Opening
Traffic on Montlieu Avenue resumed today after paving from Main Street to Centennial Avenue. Officials call the milestone the season’s best news from Highway Commissioner J. Elwood Cox. The project by Robert G. Lassiter and company completes a key street, expected to attract daily tourist traffic through the city.
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Bishop Kilgo's chapel talks issued by Trinity College
Durham readers learn of a new book compiling fifty talks by the late Bishop Kilgo from his Trinity College presidency. The volume, issued by D. W. Newsom, includes titles like The Dollar and Telling the Truth and portrays Kilgo’s humane ideals guiding students beyond athletics.
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Guilford Court Sentences Willard and Moore on Liquor Charges
Villard and Moore of High Point pleaded guilty in Guilford Superior Court to separate liquor selling charges. Willard gets 90 days in jail and a $1000 fine plus a $2500 appearance bond. Moore gets 30 days and a $500 fine with a $1000 bond for January 1924. Willard’s sentence starts March 1 due to illness.
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Orpheum Week Preview With Rufus Armstrong Blue Ridge Las Sies
The Orpheum opens Monday January 22 with Rufus Armstrong and the Blue Ridge Las sies from Asheville. The bill features Nick Wilkie the Super Comedian the Sunny Sisters Katherine Kellam and Frank Colton with a short comedy The Bran Blotters on Wednesday and Thursday and Mack Sennett’s Two Reel Comedy on Friday and Saturday starring Wanda Hawley plus Char es Ogre Theodore Roberts Fanny Medley Bertram Grassby J Farrell Macdonald in supporting roles.
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Frank Colton
Blue Idigo Quartette
Harmony Singers
Tesse Colton
Valentino Stars in The Young Rajah at Broadway
Paramount presents The Young Rajah at the Broadway theater with Rudolph Valentino as a breezy American college hero who is secretly a Hindu prince. The cast includes several notable stars and near stars, delivering a stylish, confident performance for Monday shows.
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Einstein to Revisit China on Japanese Lecture Tour
Einstein plans a return visit to China after passing through Shanghai en route to Japan where he has been lecturing. Educators in several centers prepared a welcoming gesture as news spread that he won the Nobel Prize in scientific research.
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New York Cotton Opens Steady Amid Mixed Early Action
The New York cotton market opened with a reactionary tone. Futures moved 2 points higher to 10 points lower before steadying with January at 28.05 March 28.20 May 28.40 July 28.15 October 26.63.
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