Plans Completed for Guilford County Sunday School Convention
Plans are rapidly finalized for the Guilford County Sunday School Convention to be held Tuesday at the Pleasant Garden Methodist Episcopal church. The opening session is at 10:30 a.m. with a full day of practical discussions and question periods led by Miss Flora Davis of Raleigh, a noted North Carolina Sunday School leader.
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Guilford County
Pleasant Garden
Flora Davis
Raleigh
North Carolina Sunday School Association
Davis
North Carolina
Georgia
Diner and Dog Observe Each Other in Paris
In Paris a diner asks why a dog sits watching him while a waiter notes the dog guards the plate the diner usually uses. The exchange captures a casual street moment between patron, server, and animal.
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Paris
Contagious Disease Down Statewide Says Health Board
North Carolina sees overall drop in contagious diseases per the State Board of Health weekly report. Diphtheria falls to 192 cases. measles 10. typhoid 56. scarlet fever 22. smallpox 4. whooping cough variances across counties including Davidson 16 and New Hanover 19.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Health
Davidson
Vance
New Hanover
Pitt
Granville and
Greene
Randolph
Rowan
Beaufort
Guilford
Cumberland
Forsyth
Lengir
Mecklenburg
Person
Wilmington
Goldsboro
Durham
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Charlotte
High Point
Asheville
Roller Coaster Crash Kills 3 and Disease Cases Across Cities
The report tallies multiple disease outbreaks across North Carolina cities. Diphtheria cases in Asheville Charlotte Rocky Mount Wilmington Goldsboro total two coastal cities each. Scarlet fever only Winston-Salem. Smallpox in Asheville Raleigh Goldsboro. Measles in Durham two with Asheville High Point one. Typhoid two in Asheville High Point. one in Durham Wilmington. Franklin County Typhoid seven. Nash five. Wake county and others listed as scattered cases.
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Asheville
Charlotte
Rocky Mount
Wilmington
Goldsboro
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
Durham
High Point
Franklin County
Nash
Wake Coun
Loopholed Law Lets Second Primary Expenditure Go Unreported
The Enterprise Bureau notes the state election law lacks a filing date and filing requirement for expense statements in the second primary. Major A. L. Bulwinkle, Democratic nominee for Congress in the Ninth District, failed to submit his expense statement. Max Abernethy, clerk in the Secretary of State's office, questions when Bulwinkle will send it in.
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Secretary of
James A. Hartness
Counties Free From Contagious Diseases Listed
The report notes seven cases of scarlet fever. A long list names counties free of contagion including Alexander Allegheny Ashe Avery Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Catawba Chatham Cherokee Clay Craven Davie Gaston Graham Henderson Hertford Jackson Lincoln McDowell Pasquotank Perquimans Polk Stanly Stokes Transylvania Tyrell Warren Watauga Wayne and Yancey.
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Alexander
Allegheny
Ashe
Avery
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Camden
Catawba
Chatham
Cherokee
Clay
Craven
Davie
Gaston
Graham
Henderson
Hertford
Jackson
Lincoln
McDowell
Pasquotank
Perquimans
Polk
Stanly
Stokes
Transylvania
Tyrell
Warren
Watauqua
Wayne
Yancey
State election law questioned on filing time limit
The state board of elections said no time limit exists for filing expense statements after a second primary. Hamilton C. Jones, Bulwinkle's opponent, filed his second primary expense last week. The article discusses campaign expenditure limits tied to office salaries and how a NC congress candidate might exceed annual limits across primary and general elections with reporting rules.
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State Board of Elections
Hamilton C. Jones
Bulwinkle
Congress
North Carolina
Prisoner Demands Interview Over Alleged Theft
An Irish convict in Birmingham prison demanded an interview with the warden after claiming a personal kit item was missing. The interview was conceded as the man accused a thief within the prison.
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Sorr
Birmingham
England
Gazette
Spider Web Observation Cited in Conversation
In a lively exchange a mistress notes a spider web in the corner and asks for an explanation while a maid replies that the spider is to blame, mentioning Travasa and Rome in a brief, period voice.
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Mistress
Ethel
Ma’aly
Travasa
Rome
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