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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1929
Page
7
The text marks June 15 1752 when Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a thunderstorm to prove lightning is electricity. It notes his fear of ridicule, the cedar silk kite, copper wire top, silk ribbon nonconductor, and metal key linked to the Leyden jar as shocks were observed.
A fragment shows a marital confrontation with I or we statements. The speakers debate extravagance and approval, ending with a terse exchange about marriage and parental consent. The incomplete line suggests a theatrical or literary dialogue rather than a full news item.
A fragment from Tit Bits presents dialogue with a claimed murderer and a defiant reply. The exchange hints at a sensationalized case but provides no verifiable details or context.
A political figure declares he owes nothing but to his mother while a heckler claims freedom from debt. the exchange erupts in a hall, capturing a moment of rhetorical bravado and audience reaction.
June 15 reports list Farmville Lumber Company Hickory based Magnolia Knitting Company The Carolina Colored Country Club Jeans of Asheville Inc Sir Walter Hosiery Mills Oak Hall Company Inc and others. Details cover proposed activities authorized capital stock and initial subscriptions with names of incorporators from North and South Carolina and Virginia.
Asheboro eyeing a July 4 event under the National Guard with a parade featuring merchant and manufacturer floats, contests, boxing bouts, and an armory dance expected to draw about 7 500 visitors. Coleridge near Asheboro will host a second celebration with I C Moser delivering the principal address and a negro minstrel show in the school auditorium.
A jumbled crossword like page lists Minnesota related queries and scattered word clues. The readable items include questions about Minneapolis, state boundaries, imports taxes, and various vocabulary prompts amid garbled letters and stray phrases.
By order of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Guilford County a commissioner will sell at public auction on Saturday July 13 1929 at 1 PM the lands described in High Point North Carolina. The property includes a half acre more or less and adjacent lots with details from a 1928 survey and subsequent conveyance to Guy Idol from Building Investment Company Inc. The Commercial National Bank of High Point trustee and Garland B. Daniel attorney oversee the proceedings.
Notice states two separate trustee sales for High Point properties. First, Guy Idol and Ollie Idol defaulted on a 1928 deed of trust. sale at 11:00 a.m. on July 8, 1929, in front of High Point City Hall for the North Hamilton Street parcel. Second, John T. Willett and Agnes E. Willett defaulted on a 1927 deed of trust. sale at 12:00 noon on July 3, 1929, at the Greensboro courthouse for 1713 Welborn Street, High Point, described parcel. Both sales subject to taxes and street assessments.
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