North Carolina's good roads showcase at Rutland meeting
North Carolina invested 115000 in roads, funded by automobile and gas tax, with 7500 miles under state maintenance. Commissioner Frank Page told Vermont Chamber of Commerce officials that highways pay for themselves, boost traffic, support agriculture and industry, and enable rural school consolidation without local property taxes. He noted bond issues will be paid off in 20 years.
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Frank Page
State Highway Commission
Vermont
North Carolina
Page
Highway Commission
North Carolina highway system pays dividends to education and state growth
Mr. Page argues that the highway program reduces tax burden on landowners, funds rapid school expansion from 1 million to 35 million yearly spending, supports 1050 schools with 3234 buses serving over 120 thousand rural students, boosts agriculture by easing marketing, aids tourism to Asheville Pinehurst and coast resorts, and unites residents by removing distance barriers.
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Page
North Carolina Enterprise
North Carolina
Asheville
Pinehurst
Second Assembly in Davidson 0
The Davidson county Democrats set July 7 at 2 PM for the second county convention to nominate candidates for county offices except the clerk of the superior court. Precinct conventions will name delegates on June 30. Clyde Pickett has announced for sheriff. others may enter races for register of deeds, legislature, coroner, surveyor, commissioners and board of education.
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Lexington
Davidson County
W. F. Brinkley
Superior Court
E. C. Byerly
Clyde Pickett
Fred C. Sink
Register of Deeds
Board of Commissioners
Board of Education
Oxygen Discovery by Priestley Called 'Dephiogistigated Air'
Joseph Priestley first identified oxygen and named it Dephiogistigated Air in historical notes. The discovery highlighted Priestley as a pioneer in gas chemistry and opened doors for later work by chemists like Lavoisier.
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Joseph Priestley
Pasteurized Milk Helps Prevent Tuberculosis
Dr Morris Fishbein explains bovine tuberculosis spreads via milk and harms children. He urges removing infected cows, segregating herds, and mandating pasteurization to cut bovine TB in milk while noting slight vitamin loss and recommending cod liver oil and orange juice. Only certified raw milk is safe.
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Association of Medical Milk Commissions
Bones that misled scientists spark humorous mistakes
New York observers recount how misidentifications in paleontology sparked playful errors from horned dinosaurs to tusked mammoths. Tales include bison alticornis, Toxodon grouping, iguanodon horn myths, octopus giganteus, and misread tusk curvature, illustrating science correcting itself.
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New York
Frederick A. Lucas
American Museum of Natural History
Lucas
Dr. Lucas
Florida
Sinful church members blamed for moral decline sermon
Rev G F Millaway of Liberty denounced church members for driving people from the kingdom of God in a State Street Methodist Protestant sermon. He warned that evil guests like Mr Big Head and Miss Ball Room inhabit hearts until Christ enters, after which virtuous guests such as Mr Faith and Miss Peace take their place. Evangelistic meetings continue with two daily services through tomorrow and longer sessions next week.
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Lexington
G. F. Millaway
Liberty
State Street Methodist Protestant Church
Christ
Big Head
Miss Ball
Whisky Barrel
Card Player
Hate
Liar
Miss Flirt
Lust
Mr. Faith
Miss Peace
Joy
Miss Meekness
Work
Hallulah
Small Loot Taken From Lexington Clothing Store
Thieves broke into Pickett and Green in Lexington by breaking a glass in the hear door and removing an iron bar to open the rear entrance. About fifteen dollars in cash was stolen. no merchandise was reported missing. The robbery occurred about 11:30 p m.
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Lexington
Pickett and Green
Dual vellum copies of Parliament acts sent to rolls and record office
The text notes that each act of the British Parliament is printed twice on vellum. One copy bears the royal assent and is stored among the rolls, while a second copy is sent to the record office.
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Record Office
New Brunswick Bill Bans Highway Advertising Billboards
A bill introduced in the New Brunswick legislature would prohibit erecting any advertising billboards along provincial highways. The proposal targets outdoor signage to limit roadside advertising across the province.
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New Brunswick
Canada
CONFLICT by Olive Higgins Prouty at High Point Public Library
The review calls CONFLICT a vivid character study of Sheilah Miller, a woman torn between conscience and desire through life from childhood to adulthood. It questions morality, secrets, and the cost of duty, presenting a universal yet modest psychological examination rather than a literary milestone.
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Conflict
Olive Higgins Prouty
Stella Dallas
Mrs. Prouty
Sheilah Miller
Sheilah
Felix
Edgar A. Guest
Measles Epidemic Continues in Randolph County
Dr G H Sumner county health officer reports the Randolph measles outbreak shows no abatement with 415 new cases in May. Seven scarlet fever and one each of typhoid and diphtheria cases were quarantined and visited where no doctor was present. Schools remaining open did not curb the spread.
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G. H. Sumner
Randolph County
Sumner
Randolph Democrats Schedule County Convention at Asheboro Courthouse
The Randolph Democrats issue a call for a county convention at the Asheboro courthouse on Saturday June 9 at 2 30 p m Delegates chosen at May 26 precinct meetings will attend The convention led by W J Scarboro will open promptly to elect delegates for the state Democratic Convention in Raleigh on Tuesday June 12.
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Randolph
Asheboro
W. J. Scarboro
Raleigh
County Delegates, Poultry Shipments Highlight Dem Plan
County convention delegates total 36 as about 7000 pounds of live poultry shipped from Asheboro under the cooperative plan with County Demonstrator E. J. Millsaps in charge. Farmers received about $1800. hens sold for 20 cents per pound and fryers and broilers for 25 cents.
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Asheboro
E. J. Millsaps
Four Deaths of Violence Reported in Gastonia
Four youths under 21 died in Gastonia and surroundings in a night of violence. Arthur Southard 18 and Virlin West 19 were killed in a room at the Southard home when West shot his friend and himself. authorities suspect a self inflicted end led to the accidental shooting. A fractured crushed body was found near the Gastonia Bessemer City rail crossing with no clues for the coroner. Virginia Lee Medlin 7 was shot at the Medlin home by a playmate using a .38 pistol who demanded she raise her hands. The shooter’s name was not determined.
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Gastonia
Arthur Southard
Virlin West
Cramerton
Southard
West
Gastonia-Bessemer City Southern
W. A. Bentley
Virginia Lee Medlin
Zeb Medlin
North Belmon
Medlin
Lineford Mill Village
Fatal shooting leaves two dead in Gastonia incident
In a Gastonia area event, Young West died instantly after a gun blast that ripped part of the child’s head away. Southard was shot in the abdomen and chest and died en route to a local hospital.
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Young West
Southard
Gastonia
Lexington Male Chorus to Sing at Stallings Baptist Church
The Lexington Male Chorus an organization of Lexington male singers will give a musical concert at Stallings Baptist Church Salisbury tomorrow evening at 3 o clock announced by a member of the group.
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Lemington
Lexington Male Chorus
Lexington Male Singers
Stallings Baptist Church
Salisbury
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Liter Journal
American Medical Association
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