Wheat crop in Piedmont North Carolina falls short
Frank Parker of Raleigh, agricultural statistician, reports a disappointing wheat crop across the Piedmont belt as heads fail to mature and grain in the middle and ends remains underdeveloped. Harvest reveals a short yield despite earlier promising conditions.
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Charlotte
Piedmont
North Carolina
Frank Parker
Raleigh
State
Federal Departments of Agriculture
Parker
Funeral Granted for Death of Sid ney Lee's Daughter
Sid ney Lee, serving a two year federal sentence in Atlanta, was allowed to return home unaccompanied to attend the funeral of his 6 year old daughter Sara Ellen at Boiling Springs. He was a former postmaster and served as a trusted inmate in charge of six men maintaining the grounds.
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Shelby
Sidney Lee
Atlanta
Sara Ellen
Boiling Springs
Lee
Charlotte
Methodist Women Meet in Statesville District
The Statesville district missionary societies gathered at Broad Street Methodist Church for a district meeting. Mrs. E. G. Gilmer gave the welcome, followed by music and social hour. Business sessions continued through the day with a luncheon for delegates.
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Statesville
Methodist Missionary Societies
Broad Street Methodist Church
E. G. Gilmer
Woman's Missionary Society
Broad Street Church
Atlantic Coast Line awards multimillion dollar box car contract
Wilmington officials announce ACL has let contracts totaling over one million dollars for modern box cars, adding to prior orders for locomotives and equipment. The action came from ACL headquarters as part of ongoing system-wide expansion and modernization.
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Wilmington
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Morvich Poised for Latonia Stakes Rematch
Morvich is back in form after a recent defeat by Whiskaway in the Carlton Stakes. At Watterson Racecourse he tuned up for the $50,000 Latonia special with a half mile in 0 49 1 5 and a telling gallop in the saddle. Deadlock, Pillory, and other rivals loom as potential challengers for the Derby winner in Saturday’s big race.
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Watonia
Whiskaway
Morvitch
Ben Block
Morvich
Block
Fred Burley
Swift
Runnymede
Pillory
Deadlock
Cof
Burlew
Atention
Girl Jockey Seeks License For East Coast Purses
Jorens Trickey, 22 from Oregon and weighing 90 pounds, went to the Jocks Club in New York to apply for a jockey license. After initial denial, proof of racing success in Oregon Idaho Arizona and Washington was accepted and she declared her aim to compete for big money in eastern tracks.
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New York
Jorens Trickey
Oregon
Jocks Club
West Fortieth Street
Miss Trickey
Idaho
Arizona
Washington
Cocaine Seized On Fabre Line Steamship Ihraga
Police found 250 bottles of cocaine behind paneling in the galley of the Fabre line steamship Ihraga after it arrived from Marseilles. The drugs had an American market value around $100,000 and were concealed within the woodwork during a galley inspection.
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SIO
SELB
New York
Fabre Line
Ihraga
Marseilles
Trade details on ivory and paint color popularity
A fragment notes that Behring sea walrus and narwhal supply genuine ivory. It also states Turkish paint preferences favor blue green light green gray and red colors.
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Behring Se Walrus
Camp Mystic Girls Relish Swimming Records At Mystic Bay
Miss Mary L Jobe a Bryn Mawr and Columbia graduate and New York City resident leads Camp Mystic on Mystic Bay Connecticut with eighty girls from across the country. An explorer with Alpine Club and Canadian ventures she inspires outdoor love while girls achieve Red Cross swimming tests and lifesaving skills including deepwater rescues and Shaffer resuscitation.
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Mary L. Jobe
Bryn Mawr
Columbia University
New York City
Connecticut
Mystic Bay
New York
Canadian Northwest
Miss Jobe
A. M
American Alpine Club
Alpine Club of Canada
Club Alpin Francais
Publi
British Columna
Canadian Rockies
Girksam
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Tobe
Camp Mystic
Mystic
Red Cross
Shaffer
Asheville Man Heads Merchants Association
S. P. con of Asheville elected president of the North Carolina Retail Merchants association, succeeding B. F. Roark of Charlotte. J. C. Williams of Wilmington named vice president, J. Paul Leonard of Fayetteville re-elected secretary, Av Wa Bunch of Statesville treasurer. Statesville chosen for 1923 convention. Resolutions endorsed Made-in-Carolinas movement and changes in state advertising law at closing session.
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Wrightsville Beach
S. P. Con
Asheville
North Carolina Retail Merchants Association
B. F .Roark
Charlotte
J. C. Williams
Wilmington
J. Paul Leonard
Ayetteville
Av Wa Bunch
Statesville
Senate halts army officer promotions below colonel
Washington June 23. The senate military committee decided to suspend promotions of all army officers below the grade of colonel effective at once. The action was taken largely as a result of concerns over officers and potential issues within the force.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Six Months Bar on Promotion After July 1 Provisions
Provision in the annual Army appropriation bill imposes a six months bar against promotion after July 1. Sanders arrived here from Union. S. C.
Death by Own Action Found in Sanders Case
A coroner's jury in Atlanta tonight returned a verdict of death by own action in the case of J Walter Sanders who was found dead in a rooming house concluding the death was self inflicted with no foul play suspected.
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Atlanta
J. Walter Sanders
Britt Named Counselor for Prohibition Unit
James J Britt former North Carolina congressman assumed duties today as counsellor for the prohibition unit in Washington. The appointment places Britt in a senior advisory role within the enforcement effort led by federal authorities.
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Britt
House
North Carolina
Prohibition
Deputy Gray Captures Large Copper Still Near Town
Deputy Gray captured a 50 to 60 gallon copper still about six miles southeast of town. The contraption weighs over 100 pounds and was not ready for operation. No arrests were reported in connection with the find. The county could gain wealth from selling the copper as junk.
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Gray
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McCormick's Visitors
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Chicago
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Harvester
Mathilde
Howard Colby
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