North Carolina campaigns hinge on persecution fears
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh July 25 observers warn that Democratic factions and press attacks risk creating political martyrs. Lt. Gov. R. T. Fountain, Frank D. Grist and W. A. Graham face ridicule as they seek nominations for governor U S senator and agriculture commissioner. Strong supporters say harsh attacks may boost their chances, especially Fountain amid country-people appeal and Grist with a poor-man candidate angle.
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North Carolina
R. T. Fountain
Frank D. Grist
Labor and Printing
Senate
Cameron Morrison
William A. Graham
Fountain
Frank Grist
U. 6&8
Grist
Morrison
Tom Bowie
Ashe County
West Jefferson
Budget Bureau
Raleigh
U. S. Senate
Cam
W. A. Graham
J. W. Harrelson
Graham
Notice of Sale in Guilford County Land Wake
Order of the Guilford Superior Court in J A Cecil administrator versus Ethel Welborn et al calls for a sale of 100 acres in Jamestown Township Guilford County North Carolina adjoining Frazier and Coffin lands. Commissioner will sell on August 8 1931 at 12 noon on the premises for cash to the highest bidder. Boundaries reference river Deep River drains and various landmarks. conveyance from J E Wade and wife recorded Book 358 page 296.
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Superior Court of
Guilford County
J. A. Cecil
Admr
Ethel Welborn
Et Als
Jamestown
North Carolina
Jamestown Township
Frazier
Holtons Corner
Crater
Deep River
Coffin
J. E. Wade
Sister of Deeds
J. A. Cec
Com’v. Frazier & Frazier, Attys
Americans Said To Be Courteous In Daily Life
Paris letters describe Henry Bernstein praising American courtesy seen in everyday acts. An English visitor, J B Priestley, recalls a barber shop scene where a barber’s patient customer, a stranger, tips with a Henry Ford card, leading the barber to take days off due to shock.
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New York
Paris
Henry Bernstein
America
M. Bernstein
Bernstein
Melo
J. B. Priestley
Belmont Legend No 1001 and a Ford visitor at the Belmont
James Woods of San Francisco once managed the Belmont hotel for six years around World War I. He recalls Henry Ford’s regular visits to New York and familiarity with almost every worker. One barber did not know Ford by sight, reflecting limited personal contact amid the era’s buzz.
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Belmont
James Woods
San Francisco
Henry Ford
Woods
New York
Ford
Westport children enter pony show at Fairfield County Hunt
Mary Eileen and Betty Luescher, daughters of Mark Luescher, entered toy Shetlana ponies Frankie and Neigh-hi in a Fairfield County Hunt Club horse show. A chalk drawer in a window stops traffic on Broadway and Forty-eighth Street. Real estate and radio price bargains appear across the lower West Side around Cortlandt Street. Elinor Smith, nicknamed Smitty, is seen at flying fields.
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Mark Luescher
Westport
Mary Eileen
Betty
Frankie
Neigh-hi
Fairfield County Hunt Club
Broadway
Forty-eighth Street
Cortlandt Street
Elinor Smith
Smitty
Wyoming Forest Fires Spread Across Western High Ground
About 3,000 firefighters pressed to control nearly a dozen Wyoming fronts as flames neared Newcastle and Toltec while brush fires 30 miles north of Wheatland raged. Totals flagged ~45 000 acres burned with some livestock losses and no ranch property damaged near Diamond Bar.
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Cheyenne
Wryo
Wyoming
Newcastle
Black Hills
National Guard
Toltec
Wheatland
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Teton National Forest
Dubois Dude Ranch
Diamond Bar Ranch
Lacrosse Booms in Australia Drawing Large Crowds
Lacrosse gains popularity in Australia as galleries attract up to 35 000 spectators to contests. The article notes strong public interest and growing participation in the sport across the region.
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Australia
A Man’s Life Dead Reckoning in Daily Counts
A 50 year old man has slept 6000 days, worked 6500 days, walked 800 days, amused himself 4000 days, eaten 1500 days, and been ill 500 days. The figures reflect a life measured in ordinary daily activities.
Cardner and Mull Stick on the Job
Governor Gardner and state Democratic Chairman O M Mull stay in town to boost the silk mill venture in Cleveland County. Mull has served in multiple party roles while directing the Cleveland Cloth Mills to run near full shift capacity and provide high wages for 500 workers as the Democratic leadership keeps business and crops flourishing.
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Walter Hotel Sralbion
Gardner
O. M. Mull
Gotham
Mull
House Finance Committee
Shelby
Cleveland County
Cleveland
North Carolina
Democratic Party
Mull and Gardner
Farmer P. B. Tyndall Dies After Wagon Fall
Rocky Mount North Carolina report says 49 year old Edgecombe county farmer P. B. Tyndall died from a fall from a wagon breaking his neck.
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Rocky Mount, N. C
P. B. Tyndall
Edgecombe County
Local Youth Injured Diving in White Lake
James Knight of Maxton is hospitalized in Lumberton with a broken neck after diving into shallow water at White Lake. The injury occurred while he was visiting the area. his condition is not yet updated.
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Lumberton
N. C
James Night
C. M. Knight
Maxton
White Lake
Merl McCormick Dies in Tetnus From Foot Injury
Fairmont North Carolina report states Merl McCormick 17 son of Mr and Mrs Dock McCormick died of tetanus in Fairmont after stepping on a splinter July 13.
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Fairmont
N. C
Merl McCormick
Dock McCormick
Watermelon Trade Flourishes In Laurinburg District
Laurinburg North Carolina markets report a watermelon boom with about 60 carloads shipped daily from the Laurinburg district. Farmers note strong demand as the season peaks and prices hold steady amid harvest activity.
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Laurinburg
N. C
Sam Phillips Must Serve Six Months For Rock Throwing
Sanford North Carolina Sam Phillips a former hitch hiker was sentenced to six months in jail for throwing a rock at an automobile driven by Frank Page a Raleigh banker and former highway chief after Page refused to give him a ride.
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Sanford
N. C
Sam Phillips
Phillips
Frank Page Raleigh
Page
Insurance claims paid in Winston-Salem hit 1 085 000 in 1930
Life insurance companies reported claims totaling 1 085 000 dollars in Winston-Salem for 1930, according to figures announced at a local briefing.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Farmers Trap Grasshoppers for Bait Trade
Lincoln Nebraska farmers catch grasshoppers ravaging crops and pack them in preservatives to sell as fishermen bait. Bait fetches 20 cents per pound in Michigan, boosting local efforts.
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Lincoln, Neb
Michigan
Wade Theories Taught At Duke Summer Coaching School
Wallace Wade's football theories drew more than a hundred mentors to Duke for a summer coaching school. Coaches from North and South Carolina and Virginia attended, with additional college men. Track and basketball were also taught as the session closed with athletic directors and coaches departed with filled notebooks.
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Durham
Wallace Wade
South
Duke
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Chapel Hill Golfer Makes Hole In One
Chapel Hill July 25 Maurice Hill joined the select circle of hole in one players at the Chapel Hill Country Club tournament after winning a close contest the previous week and acing the 100 yard ninth hole this week securing a memorable feat for the local course.
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Chapel Hill
Maurice Hill
Engineer Killed In Train Wreck Near Harrisburg
The New England Express, a nine car Pennsylvania train, derailed over an embankment at Conewago east of Harrisburg. Engineer P. McCormick is believed buried under the engine, fireman W. Waller was injured.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Conewago
Here
P. McCormick
W. Waller
Judge Neblett indicates grant of toll bridge injunction
In Muskogee hearing Judge Colin Neblett signaled he would grant the Red River Toll Bridge company a temporary injunction against Oklahoma to end the blockade of the Duranton Durant Denison toll span. Oklahoma guardsmen manned the Texas end as Texas Governor Sterling signed a bill to open a parallel free bridge and allow a possible dissolution of the injunction.
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Muskogee
Okla
yJul
Colin Neblett
New Mexico
Red River
Estate
Oklahoma
Durant
Denison
Texas
Oklahoma National Guardsmen
Ross S. Sterling
Texas Rangers
T. M. Kennerly
Houston
Tex
Sterling
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Bridge Company
Oklahoma Highway Commission
W. C. Lewis
Linen labeling urged for August sales and laundry returns
A notice advises marking all linen in indelible ink or with woven names when sending items to the laundry. It warns that this is the safest way to ensure you receive your own belongings back.
Seawell Contemplates Run for North Carolina Attorney General
Raleigh July 25 Political leaders across the state expect A E F Seawell assistant attorney general to enter the race for attorney general and likely win He attracts broad support from Democrats legal professionals and school leaders and would provide a strong challenge to Senator John Baggett If he runs the contest with Baggett would be a notable clean battle highlighting education law and public service values.
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Seawell
General Assembly
Raleigh
Dennis Brummitt
Dennis Brummitt. Mr. Seawell
Mr. Brummitt
Senator Baggett
Baggett
Lashes of Life and a Libel Case Move to Action
The Delaware and Hudson railroad reports an average of two passengers per trip on its Ausable Valley Plattsburg division with some trains carrying none in 180 days. Norman Rockwell, who campaigned to restore service, expresses astonishment at the figure. London reports a woman convicted of criminal libel avoided prison after her blind husband pled for mercy saying she was his only ray of sunshine.
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tTne
Delaware and Omnes Railroad
Public Service Commission
Norman Rockwell
London
Evans Youth Dies After Neck Injury Fight
Alfred P. Evans age 18 of Luguma North Carolina died from a broken neck suffered during a tussle with other youths at his home in Richmond Virginia. He passed away last night.
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Richmond
Alfred P. Evans
Luguma
N. C
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