Crest Lake Summer Balance Meets Clouds of Suspicion
Jo Darien travels to Crest Lake to work for Douglas Marsh, leaving Bret stunned and suspicious after a heated argument. Marsh warns about his outspoken mother and possible family tension as Jo hopes for a fresh start away from the city and past heartbreaks.
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Bret
Arthur
Ortune
Crest Lake
Dad
Gadder
Douglas Marsh
Marsh
Aaron Marsh
Jo Darien
What Do You Know of North Carolina
The questions ask about North Carolina history including the abolition of customs speakers in black gowns the arrival of the first locomotive in Raleigh the first American soldiers to Havana at the start of the Spanish American War the founding of Halifax the early University of North Carolina graduate who served as governor senator in the cabinet and territorial governor and Governor Dobbs 1755 correspondence with London officials.
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Raleigh
Havana
Cuba
Halifax
Dobbs
London
Early North Carolina History Snapshots Reforms and Milestones
A compilation of historical notes covers 1799 reform abolishing a custom to fit democratic ideas, abolition of sheriffs with warded wands, Raleigh and Gaston railroad milestones in 1840, the Tornado locomotive built in Richmond with few safety features, the 1898 North Carolina Volunteers muster and Cuba service, 1757 land grant in Edgecombe county with rapid settlement, John Branch’s political career and Florida governorship, and a quotation on deficiencies in clergy, schooling, and morality.
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Raleigh and Gaston
Capitol City
Richmond
J. D. Burr and Company
North Carolina
Joseph Armfield
Camp Bryan Grimes
Raleigh
Jacksonville
Florida
Cuba
General Assembly
James Leslie
Roanoke River
Edgecombe County
John Branch
Enfield
U. S. Senate
Jackson
Navy
Territory
Tyler
William Dunn Moseley
Lenoir County
Unusual Ellore Celebration Demands Ten Million Names
In Ellore Madras India a unique religious event requires each devotee to write the name of a god ten million times. The act is part of a long tradition attracting participants and onlookers to the ritual observance.
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Ellore
Madras
India
Reward Offered For Cat Deserters By ASPCA
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals posts a standing $10 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of cat and kitty deserters in New York.
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New York
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Sleepwalker Girl Struck On Highway In Athens Tenn
Lois Raby, 12, wandered from home while asleep and lay down on a paved highway. Oliver Nichols, driving, mistook her for a piece of paper and ran over her. She suffered only superficial cuts and bruises.
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Athens
Tenn
Lois Raby
Oliver Nichols
Cattle Rustling Twist In Colfax Suspects Sleuth
Two men in Colfax Louisiana are under arrest accused of shooting cattle and driving them to market in their car. The case marks a new twist in cattle rustling as authorities investigate the route and accomplices.
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Colfax
Monkey escapes cage sparks chase in Kansas town
In Topeka a monkey fled confinement chasing palm trees and coconuts were gone. The unruly simian prompted a neighborhood manhunt and drew help from police to capture the creature after it tossed green apples during the escapade.
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Peka
Kan
Laverne Bonnawitz
Man Finds Work Then Fatally Falls From Ladder
Olaf Hetland, 46, had pursued steady employment for months. He secured work on a construction project but died after a 12 foot ladder fall minutes into the job.
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Denver
Olaf Hetland
Prisoner’s Song Leads to Slaying Inquiry
A transient in St. Joseph Missouri sang Red River Valley before being arrested for questioning in the December 17 Pemell Washington fill station attendant killing. The man gave the name Bob Moran and sheriff Robert Moran said he sought a guitarist whose favorite tune was that song.
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ST. Joseph
Red River Valley
Pemell
Wash
Bob Moran
Robert Moran
Car and dog collide in Mason City crash injures woman
In Mason City a car jumped a curb after a sharp brake, a dog yelped as the vehicle and the animal tangled. The car overturned. Passenger Mabel Christensen received a leg gash needing five stitches, while the dog fled unhurt and disappeared.
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Mason City
Mabel Christensen
Court Rules 20 Percent Salary Hike for North Carolina Court Staff
North Carolina Supreme Court holds the legislature intended at least a 20 percent raise for officers and employees of the court for the 1936 fiscal year. The decision notes the assembly funded 230 527 dollars less than needed to cover a 20 percent rise plus longevity and certification increments.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Leroy Martin
School Commission
General Assembly
Baxter Durham
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Whale egg far larger than mouse egg by a factor of two
A scientist notes that the whale egg cell is about twice as large as the mouse egg cell, highlighting a significant size difference in early reproductive cells between species.
Bible texts do not claim Jesus birth in a manger
The passage notes that while the manger is frequently referenced in biblical accounts, no explicit verse states that Jesus was born there. It highlights common interpretations and clarifies that birth in a manger is not directly stated in the scriptures.
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Jesus
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NEA Service
Chapter
der Bret
Dous Marsh
Uglas Marsh
Fendale
Crest Lake Station
Lake
Mr. Marsh
Lytsen's
Mariana
Paris
Lux
Locearr & Myees Tosaten Og
Solons
Frank Dunlap
Direcor
J. W. Sechrest & Son
J. W. Sechrest
Main
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