Cotton Situation in State Serious at Present Time
Enterprise Bureau reports the cotton crop in North Carolina is late and spotty across counties Cumberland Bladen and Scotland. Entomologist Dr. C W Leiby cautions that heat and dry weather are needed to curb the boll weevil as late development reduces feeding and reproduction potential. Weather through June July and August remains pivotal to final yields and weevil impact.
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Leiby
Division of Entomology
Cumberland
Bladen
Scotland
California Fig Syrup Told to Clean Liver and Bowels
A promotional note urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to children of all ages for relief from feverish colds and digestive issues. It stresses the pleasant taste and directs buyers to ask for genuine syrup with printed directions on the bottle to avoid imitations.
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California
Reparations May Build New Bordeaux Harbor
Bordeaux, the principal port on France’s west coast, eyes an $80 million ten year project to enlarge deepen and modernize the harbor. The plan hinges on German reparations credited as stone cement iron and harbor equipment, with France eager for the ships and goods and Germany offering more goods to supply the plan.
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Bordeaux
France
Louis XV
Germany
Friendship crew ready for transatlantic flight from Trepassey
June 13 in Trepassey N F conditions described as perfect as the crew of the Friendship prepares for a ground run. Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon are aboard the heavy aircraft after several failed launch attempts yesterday.
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Trepassey
N. F
Friendship
Amelia Earhart
Boston
Wilmer Stultz
Louis Gordon
White linen dress with dragonfil bodice pleats and boxed skirt
A white linen dress features a dragonfil pleated bodice, a box pleated skirt, and a three quarters length coat of red, white and blue patterned Shantung silk.
Cuba Still Uses Old Spanish Garrote for Executions
In Havana, Cuba continues to employ the garrote, a device dating back 134 years, as the official method of execution at the penitentiary. A prisoner operates the machine and earns money as the blade carries out beheadings. The Havana garrote is said to have claimed about 184 lives since its Cuban use began.
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Havana
Cuba
Expansion at Hoover Chair Company Plant in Lexington
An addition 65 by 90 feet two-story is being erected to enlarge the Hoover Chair Company's Lexington plant. The new building adds about 11 700 square feet of floor space and will house additional machinery, with output set to rise as the plant comes online soon.
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Lexington
Hoover’ Chair Company
Seventeen planes forced down in night flight storm
Seventeen military planes of a squadron diverted from Nancy during a night flight were forced to land in a violent Paris region storm. Five were wrecked and one observer was killed. Twelve planes have not yet reported, with hopes they landed safely in the countryside.
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LE Bourget
France
Nancy
Parisian
Commissioners Sale of City Property in High Point
Under a Guilford County Superior Court order in the Commercial National Bank of High Point case, the commissioner will sell at public auction on Tuesday July 17 1928 at 2 p m the lot on the south side of Chestnut Street High Point described as 1008 square feet, Lot No 10 and part of Lot 9 in Block 3, the former residence of Ruth Virginia Jennie Burton. The sale is for cash to the highest bidder.
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Superior Court of
Guilford County
Commercial National Bank of
High Point
North Carolina
Ruth Virginia
Jennie) Burton
Sarah Pope
Chestnut Street
County
Guilford
State of
J. B. Richardson
Richardson
West View
Register of Deeds Office
Jennie
Swedish revival of Bret Harte hero found alive in Sweden
In Sweden the original Arizona Peter, famed Bret Harte character, is believed alive in Smejebacken. Per Erik Aastroem, 70, now blind, once rescued captives with Grey Bear, killed 50 brigands, and later became a stone cutter before losing his sight in an explosion. Plans envision a fireproof hall for pioneer and Indian relics.
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Stockholm
Arizona
Peter
Bret Harte
Smejebacken
Per Erik Aastroem
Aastroem
Sweden
Peters
Grey Bear
Canadian Pioneer Proposes $65,000 Auditorium Gift
Pendleton Oregon reports that John Vert, noted wheat grower from Canada and Umatilla county, offers to fund a $65,000 auditorium and museum as a memorial to his wife. A special election is called to decide whether the gift will be accepted.
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Pendleton
Ore
John Vert
Canada
Umatilla County
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Carnation
Coolidge
Kansas City
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Saunders
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Kester Furniture Company
North Main
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