Premium wages loom as textile mills seek workers
New England reports indicate Rhode Island and Connecticut mills plan two shifts after the 40 hour rule, offering higher pay to attract weavers. Fall River and New Bedford agents recruit operatives with transportation for families once satisfied, risking losses and potential disruption to mills if labor shortfalls persist.
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New York
Daily News
New England
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Fall River
New Bedford
Milla
Bible School Begins Today At Asheboro Methodist Church
Asheboro June 12 A union daily vacation Bible school starts at 9:00 A M at First Methodist Church Asheboro for children ages four to sixteen. Registration begins Friday at 11:00 A M at the school grounds tabernacle. R J Hilker superintendent with Miss Bertha Presnell as assistant and several department heads.
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Asheboro
First Methodist
Tabernacle
R. J. Hilker
Bertha Presnell
Cleta Rich
Elizabeth Stevens
Barbara Jean ‘Truesdale
Margaret Erwin Robins
Younts Infant Buried in Randolph County Church
Final services for one month old Bill Younts son of Mr and Mrs Baxter Younts were held Friday at Tabernacle Baptist Church Randolph County The infant died Thursday evening at Fuller's place home of the family, information from Thomasville special report.
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Thomasville
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Randolph County
Bill
Baxter Younts
Fuller
Quick Relief for Chills and Fever
Advertisement promoting Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a safe malaria treatment. It claims to destroy the infection, fortify against reinfection, and build up the blood with iron, featuring tasteless quinine and catering to children. Available at all stores.
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Grove
Fathers Celebrate Living Fathers Day in 1930s Style
The piece notes Father’s Day’s American origin and growing observance across the nation and High Point. It highlights honoring living parents, the role of a motherless woman in its inception, and the cultural shift from posthumous to living-parent tribute. It contrasts historical practices with modern living-parent homage.
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High Point
America
Steel Orders Rise Enduring Downturn Signs In May
United States Steel reports May unfilled orders up 65 241 tons, a notable rise after a long decline since 1930. The gain ends a sequence of shrinking backlog with May 31 at 1 929 815 tons, pleasing Wall Street despite minor contributions from rail and construction sectors.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation Today
Wall Street
Construction of Dirigible Urged by Congressional Panel
The Akron disaster prompts a push for a new airship with trained officers and a training ship. Lieut. Com. Herbert V. Wiley to report June 25 to the U S S Cincinnati as the committee cites need for naval airship continuity.
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Washington
Navy
Herbert V. Wiley
U. S. S. Cincinnati
Wiley
Joint
Congressional Committee
Akron Lom
Macon Inspection Board
Pacific
Akron
Carola Singers Signal Thirteenth Century Origin
Note fragment discusses Carola as first sung in the thirteenth century and mentions kelp as a long seaweed, with lengths up to 15 feet referenced. The text is garbled but preserves the core ideas about origins and seaweed length.
Woodrow Wilson and His Limerick Practice
The note recalls Woodrow Wilson as a lover of limericks who often wrote them himself. The snippet hints at a playful habit attributed to the former president and his poetic leanings.
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Woodrow Wilson
Mild colds offer rare rest amid busy days
Brief illnesses that keep a person at home for a day or two are described as a blessing in disguise, providing needed rest in the current era of constant hustle and bustle.
William Penn Honor Roll Highlights Large Freshman Class
The William Penn high school freshman class led scholastic honors with thirteen members. Senior seniors Thomas Collins Hunt Palmer McConnell and DeBerry top with high and higher honors. numerous juniors and sophomores listed with high honors or honors. An unrelated 1907 mining disaster in Monorysh, West Virginia, killed 358 men.
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William Penn High School
BE. E. Curtright
John Thomas Collins
Mae Elizabeth Hunt
Kathryn Lucille Palmer
Edna Louise McConnell
David Carter
Mary Frances Bynum
Viola Ellison
Rogers Gill
Woodrow Bates
Thelma Drake
Ella B. Jones
Ruby Truesdale
Bessie Gholston
Wade Gibson
Lillie Heading
Gladys DeBerry
Jessie Baldwin
Area Bates
Florence Smith
Velma Perry
Nell Johnson
Henry Truesdale
Sallie Alexander
Alphonso McConnell
Augustine Carter
Asalee Balem
Barney Humphrey
Glorifying Yourself Skin Care Guide Includes Simple Routine
A historical skincare column promotes a minimalist nightly routine with cleansing, astringent toning, and tissue cream applied overnight. It advises cleansing with soap if tolerable, or cleansing cream otherwise, followed by patting with astringent and massaging in circular motions for best results. It adds an odd note that Belgium has 650 people per square mile.
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Thor
Belgium
Dodge Show-Down plan sells rugged beauty in plain black and white
Up to Dodge sales doubling in eight weeks as the dealer presents the Show-Down plan. Thousands switch to the sturdy Dodge, praised for rugged beauty. No high pressure talks, only a black and white comparison of automobile values.
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DODGE
America
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Horace G. Ilderton
W. Commerce St
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