North Carolina crop conditions improve over forecasts
Enterprise Bureau reports North Carolina crops show stronger early results than predicted. Frank Parker of the U S state crop reporting service notes good yields for English peas and snap beans, excellent potato quality with 120 to 150 bushels per acre, and a promising tobacco stand with slightly higher acreage.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
Frank Parker
U. S. State
Parker
Highway 62 work begins in South Asheboro progress on grade
Work started on Highway 62 at Park Street end in South Asheboro with plans to grade and greatly alter the road toward Farmer. Sam Swarringer returns to Asheboro to supervise the project. In other news, Women’s Mission Work heads in High Point after a merger forming the new organization under Methodist Protestant Church.
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Asheboro
Park Street
Farmer
Sam Swarringer
Methodist Protestant Church
High Point
High Point College
Esther Tross
Cleta Rich
Lottie Jones Mesdames
J. S. Lewis
W. M. Ridge
M. C. Spoon
J. K. Pritchard
R. D. Lowdermilk
Wm. c. Hammer
Hal W. Walker
W. ¥. Redding
W. Frank Redding, Jr
Ivy Clarke
Compton
Cal
Women’s
Great Magnetic Survey by Canada Reported
Canada claims the world’s largest magnetic survey led by A. O. Gorman and begun in 1880 with over 24 000 observations charting variation from true north across the country. London crowds hinder actors as police and Home Office efforts fail to keep passersby moving.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
A. O. Gorman
Dominion Land Surveyor
London
Home Office
Engineers Enter Public Life Rise in U.S. Politics
The American engineering council reports engineers are entering public life in increasing numbers led by the President and cabinet secretaries. It notes five governors, five senators, and 21 congressmen among engineers in public positions.
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New York
The
American Engineering Council
Commerce and Interior
The Woman's Day and Social Rules in Wealth and Crime
A column by Allene Sumner discusses Chaplin child support costs at $1000 a month, contrasts rich and poor in family expenses, and notes legal cases involving a wife’s push for alimony, a man jailed for scorned love, and Robert Elliott Burns linked to a prison escape.
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Charlie Chaplin
Lita Grey Chaplin
Hell
Emily Pocheo
Emily Delphino
Robert Elliott Burns
Cleaning Accessories Instructive Jar Cleaning Method
Instructions describe cleaning delicate party handkerchiefs artificial flowers and other accessories by sealing them in a fruit jar with non inflammable cleaning fluid. The jar is shaken vigorously then rinsed in clean fluid to finish.
Second Hand Clothing Becomes Foreign Trade Item
A Department of Commerce report shows rising international trade in used clothing. Turkey boosts western fashion aiding imports mainly from the United States, with Tunisia as a key French regime market. About two million natives in the Tunisian dependency have limited buying power but prefer western garments.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
Tunisia
Farm land values hold slim gains in 1928 drop
Omaha report says farm land values fell only one percent in 1928, the smallest decline since 1920, signaling cautious optimism among regional dealers.
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Omaha
Neb
Department of Agriculture
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Asheboro News
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Allene Sumner
Charles Spencer
Sidney Chaplin
Jack
Jim
Greater
Chicago
National Bellas Hess Co., Inc
National Bellas Hess Co
South
National
George I. L. Brown
Rayon
Princess
Goodyear
Oxfords
Jou
Dimity
Columbia
Dow
Tan
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