Investigation 18 Revealing Little in Raleigh Hearing
The ongoing investigation at the Caswell institution continues with delayed testimony and new charges. Dr. Banks McNairy and other witnesses testified as the board weighs evidence about fertilizer vouchers, kitchen conditions, and patient treatment while noting possible delays due to distant witnesses and shifting defenses.
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Dispatch
Board of Directors
KE. T. Dickinson
Wilson
Raleigh
Hardesty
J.©. Hubbard
Clinton
Bickett
Palm Beaches
Charles H. Hardesty
Biggs
Young Charles Bb
Latta
Aydlett
Banks McNairy
Caswell Training School
Nellie Price
Painter Falls Through Skylight at Elwood Hotel Work
M L Hatley a shop painter fell through a skylight while painting Elwood hotel window facings. He landed on shirt boxes on the second floor then on the floor, suffering bruises and cuts but none serious. Dr Mann dressed the wounds and Hatley returned home.
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M. L. Hatley
Elwood
Dennon and Fepeor & Score
Haller
Mann
Hatley
Ham
Filbert Street
Carnen and Fetzer’s
Freeze
Bundy
Good Roads Men at Wrightsville
North Carolina road boosters gather for the state convention in Wrightsville Beach with over 200 delegates and more than 2,500 supporters arriving by special train. Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt reports a milestone year for road construction and repairs as sessions open and memorials to Congress are discussed.
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North Carolina Road Roads Association
Joseph Hyde Pratt
Chapel Hill
Congress
Fishernman
H. B. Warner
Wrightsville
Wilmington
H. A. Merrit
Board of County Commissioners
New Hanover County
Warner
FE. L. Daughtridge
Leutenant
North Carolina
Joseph G. Brown
D. Tucker Brown
Hotel Irvin for Women to Rise Above Gotham
New York plans a 13 story Hotel Irvin for Women with 400 rooms, dance and assembly spaces, roof garden, laundry rooms, gym, hospital and restaurant. Rooms priced 4 to 8 dollars weekly with a maximum 8 dollar cap. clerks to be women, male staff limited to porters and furnace men. Investors encouraged as shares offered to fund the 490000 structure.
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Manhattan
Mrs. Chadborne
Virginia Potter
Ory
Art Furnace
Wy Hare
John L. Thomas
Former Stokes County Man Sentenced to Death
James Henley formerly of Stokes county North Carolina and an employee of Battersea Cotton Mills in Petersburg Virginia was sentenced to die in the electric chair on September 29 for the murder of James Lewis the night watchman on April 9. Witnesses testified Henley after hours walked about the mill premises and after Lewis ordered him off the property he returned home got a knife and attacked the watchman who died from a single abdominal wound. He was arrested at his home.
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Petersburg
James Henley
Stokes County
North Carolina
Battersea
James Lewis
Hastings Court
Henley
Lewis
Evacuation of Czernowitz Amid Terrifying Russian Fire
Vienna reports Austria completes a third evacuation of Czernowitz amid heavy Russian assault. Analysts say continued defense would have doomed the city. most residents flee leaving about 100 people. The bombardment is described as relentless with trenches obliterated and night skies lit by shell bursts.
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Vienna
Berlin
London
Austria
Czernowitz
Bukowina
A Symbol of Health Cham Chamberlain’s Tablets Ad
A brief advertisement claims the five pointed red star on Cham Cham Chamberlain’s Tablets is a symbol of health. It urges readers troubled by indigestion biliousness or constipation to buy a package from their druggist for quick relief, noting availability everywhere.
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Ancient
Greece
Norfolk Southern Falsenger Trains Run From Tworth Carolina
Norfolk Southern operates Falsenger trains from Tworth Carolina into Terminal Station Norfolk with no transfer. Travel via Asheboro to eastern North Carolina points. Schedule figures are for information only and not guaranteed. trains leave Asheboro daily except Sunday for Aberdeen and intermediate stations. arrival times given. inquiry to L D Berkhead Asheboro.
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Falsenger
Tworth
Carolina
Terminal Station
Asheboro
Norfolk Southern
North Carolina
N. B
Aberdeen
Clement Cigar Company Advertises Quality Cigars
The ad claims from Clement Cigar Company that their cigars stay fresh in a fragrant condition, burn evenly, and remain never dry due to careful handling. It invites customers to try their favorite brands at their establishment.
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Albert Anderson
W. T. Bost
Albert Ander
George W. Montcastle
Lexington
Mr. Douglas
Ben
Aydrett
Douglas
Mr. Aydlett
Mr. Douglass
Messrs. Douglass
Anderson
Painter
Arma
Mr. Harley
Good Roads
Wrightsville Beach
Roads
Gotham 'S
New York
Gothams
Struc
Ture
Beaux
Irvin
Richard Irvin
Philip Chadbourne
Pany
Detroit Jewel
N.C. Public Service Co
North State
Bell
J. A. Hart Drug Co
Bell-Ans
Norfolk
Southern
Stu
Charlotte
LD. Berkhead
Kyle
H. S. Leard
Columbia Records
Snraraers
Arctic Ice & Coal
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