Stedman Honored in Senate on Retirement and Civil War Legacy
Tributes were paid in the Senate to Representative Chas M. Stedman of North Carolina on his 89th birthday as he announced retirement at term’s end. Senators Heflin and Simmons lauded his chivalry, courage, and long service, noting he was the last Civil War veteran in Congress and beloved across North Carolina.
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Lee
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Warren
Wyoming
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Stedman
Gifford Sees End State Regulation of Public Utilities
Walter 8. Gifford, president of AT and T, told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that passage of the Couzens communications bill would likely end state regulation of utilities. He compared future federal control to railroad regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission and noted most bill provisions already exist in current law.
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Couzens Communications
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
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Interstate Commercce Commission
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Villager Kills 777-Lb Hog Near New London
F W Austin of New London Route 1 killed a 777 pound dressed hog while a dozen neighbors testified to the accuracy of the scales. The event took place in Albemarle on January 30.
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F. W. Austin
New London
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Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Advertisement Claim
The notice promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a healthful blood purifying tonic for family use. It claims the product strengthens invigorates and purifies blood and urges trying it for a few days. It notes a price of 60 cents at all drug stores.
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Grove
United States Steel seeks to add 261k shares for Columbia Steel deal
United States Steel applies to list 261,331 more Columbia Steel common shares at 158 per share to fund the Columbia properties valued at about 41.98 million. Steel closed at 181.75 on the New York Stock Exchange. In Chicago, heavy melting scrap steel jumps 25 cents to 18 to 13.50 per ton. Mitsui Bank of Tokyo ships 4 million gold yen to the United States aboard SS Tenumoaru.
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United States Steel Corporation
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New York Cotton Opens With Decline Amid Broad Liquidation
Cotton fell 8 to 5 points at the open as liquidation spread from Liverpool to the continent. May futures dipped toward 1612 cents while active months posted early losses of 18 to 30 points before some trade buying and covering emerged. Liverpool cables note heavy liquidation and nervous, unsettled sentiment persisted.
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Liverpool
New Orleans Cotton Slumps After Early Rally
The New Orleans cotton market opened excitedly then weakened as selling intensified near months. March dipped to 16.05, May to 16.35, and July to 16.58, down 25 to 28 points from prior close, with heavy trading and little news to spark a recovery.
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Liverpool
The Toughest Old Cough Can Now Be Stopped
A vintage advertisement touts Bronchy line Emulsion as the cure for stubborn lingering coughs. It promises quick relief with no chloriform or sugar and claims four daily doses for tough coughs and fewer for ordinary ones. Mann Drug Co and nearby stores vend the product.
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Snowbound South Braces Cold Wave Across States
Winter churned through the South with snow from North Carolina to Virginia and Georgia. Towns like Greenville and Greensboro reported heavy falls while Asheville and the western mountains faced major disruption and long commutes.
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Ocala Star
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Congress Doings Thursday in Brief
Senate continues debate on tariff bill. Interstate Commerce hears Walter S. Gifford of AT&T. Silk Association of America representative testifies to lobby panel. Indian committee keeps hearings on relief bills. House considers Cramton bill for George Washington Memorial Parkway along the Potomac. Expenditures committee reviews prohibition transfer in executive session. Appropriations subcommittee works on navy and deficiency bills. Immigration committee reviews world immigration quota proposal. Agriculture committee addresses flood relief in executive session.
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Interstate Commerce Committee
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Lobby
Silk Association of America
Indian Committee
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Potomac River
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Appropriations
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Multiple Train Collisions and Explosions Reported in AP Bullets
AP dispatches from Arkansas Kentucky Indiana and Tennessee recount a Missouri Pacific freight train rear ending a Cotton Belt passenger train near Denter Junction Missouri causing a conductor death. Separate incidents report a premature dynamite explosion killing three railroad workers in Shland Kentucky with others buried or injured. Additional items note political defense of Florida plant board and university athletic committee plans.
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C. H. Heiligman
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Missouri Pacific
Denter Junction
Shland, Ky
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Ashington
Florida Plant Board
Hyde
Konjola Promises Relief From Neuritis
Mrs. Kellie Adams and her husband in Lexington credit Konjola with stopping four years of neuritis pain in the neck shoulders and arms after three bottles. The ad notes the medicine is sold at Mann No. 1 Drug Store in High Point and by other local druggists.
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Kellie Adams
Payne Avenue
Lexington
High Point
Mann No. 1
Yeggmen Enter Big Frosty Bottling Co
Yeggmen broke into the Big Frosty bottling plant on the High Point road near Greensboro but fled before finishing the safe. The safe was battered and the dial knocked off after entry through an unlocked rear window. The office was opened this morning and a large sum is mentioned as the potential haul.
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Big Frosty Bottling Co
Greensboro
Big Frosty Company
High Point Road
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