Longevity of a 1914 Dodge in Nevada Mountains
A 1914 Dodge with over 306000 miles, owned by Bill McCardle, a copper prospector in northeastern Nevada, shows remarkable reliability. Since 1916 the car has required only 91 dollars in repairs through 1921, with a further 21 dollars spent this spring. McCardle and his brother Hank traverse rugged terrain to manage claims and market produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge Brothers
Bill McCardle
Evada
McCardle
Bill
Nevada
Klondike
Hank
Konjola hailed as a modern cure by High Point promoter
The Konjola Man at 105 South Main Street promotes a new medicine claimed to relieve stomach, liver, kidney and nerve ailments. A testimonial from William A. Cecil credits Konjola with ending six years of suffering and restoring appetite, digestion, liver function, nerves, and bowel regularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konjola
South Main
William A. Cecil
Main Street
Cecil
Faith and Service at Junior Church Hour and Evening
The Sunday program lists Junior Church at 11 a.m. with Rev. C. F. Womble delivering the sermon and Mrs. J. F. Hayden accompanying. Evening service features The Chimes at 7:30, organ preludes, hymns, an anthem, scripture from Hebrews 11 10 and 32 38, offertory violin solo, and a discourse on Faiths Final Rewards by the Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Womble
J. F. Hayden
Schaman
Allen
Faber
Love
Bullard
Massenet
Virginia Frank
Iturst
Palmer
Rogers
Shelley
Topliff
J. H. Allred
Prelude and Hymn Service with Vacation Bible School Pageant
Church program features hymns led by Mary Agnes Crooks and a sermon titled Building a Great Life by the Pastor. Children perform Bible stories and psalm verses in a Spirit of Childhood pageant with a Doxology and Gloria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Agnes Crooks
Vacation Bible School
Joseph
Moses
Grieg
Witcon
Texas Policemen Tried as Killers
Tomas Hernandez and Raymond West, Laredo police officers, face murder charges in the death of Harry B. Williams, a Muncie, Indiana, newspaper reporter. District Attorney Robert Lee Bobbitt leads the prosecution, claiming the officers killed Williams and dumped his body in the river after his disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomas Hernadez
Raymond West
Laredo
Tex
Harry B. Williams
Robert Lee Bobbitt
Williams
Muncie
Ind
Webb makes Phi Beta Kappa in two years at UNC
Raleigh student Robert Hoke Webb earns Phi Beta Kappa membership after two years of study at the University of North Carolina, a record for the last four years. Webb, son of Alexander Webb, is noted for a wide range of activities including Sigma Alpha Epsilon, boxing, and the German club, with roots tracing to Raleigh and Bell Buckle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Phi Beta Kappa
Robert Hoke Webb
Raleigh
University of North Carolina
Young Webb
Addison Hibbard
Webb
Alexander Webb
North Carolina Home Insurance Company
North Carolina
Robert Hoke
Sawney Webb
Bell Buckle School For
Bell Buckle
Tenn
St. Nicholas School
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Bull Weevil Infestation Rising Across North Carolina
The bull weevil outbreak grows in eastern cotton fields with counts higher than any June since the pest appeared in the state. Entomologists recommend calcium arsenate dusting or poison molasses before first squares or blooms. Winter survival was unusually high, raising concern for potential heavy damage if summer stays not too dry.
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Department
1929 Motor Car Output Could Hit Six Million
Detroit reports taxicab and overall auto output rising. More than 9,000 taxicabs produced in January through May vs 6,713 in 1928, while total vehicle production, including trucks, runs about 45 percent ahead of last year, signaling a 1929 total near six million.
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Detroit
Favors Female Publicans In English Licensed Houses
The equal rights for women movement reaches British licensed houses with a publican license transfer proposed to women. A Licensed Victuallers Defence League member notes police oppose such transfers, claiming women are as capable as men to run a licensed house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Licensed Victuallers Defence League
Cooperative buying societies in Germany reach ten million members
German cooperative buying societies report a combined membership around 10,000,000, reflecting widespread consumer involvement. The figure highlights the sector's reach across regions and industries, illustrating substantial participation in cooperative purchasing networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Churches and Sunday Schedules Across City
A listing of church communities with pastors, Sunday school times, worship hours, and midweek prayer meetings. Includes First Baptist North Main, Southside Baptist, Green Street, Mechanicsville, West End, North Park, Church of God, Emmanuel Lutheran, Friends and many more denominations and locations citywide.
St Edwards Parish Notes Sunday Mass at 8:30
St Edwards Catholic Church on East Green and Park streets holds mass every Sunday at 8 30 a m with Sunday school following. Rev A C Adler is the pastor.
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St. Edwards Catholic Church
East Green and
Park Streets
A. C. Adler
Church Schedules at Tryon West Green and North Hamilton
Sunday school at First Christian Church 9 45 led by L G Gardner with prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30. Preaching first and third Sundays 11 am. Church of Christ at Hamilton and State streets with J T Saunders as minister and J A Mizell as Bible school superintendent. Bible school 9 45 and services 11 am and 8 pm on first and third Lords days.
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Mechanicsville
J. W. Tuttle
Sam McCullan
West End Baptist
Francis A Moser
Hoyle Love
North Park
B. H. Watson
B. J. Gladden
Mechanicsville Baptist Church
J. L. Underwood
John Willett
Christian Science
North Main Street
New Broadhurst
Methodist Episcopal Wesley Memorial
John W. Moore
W. B. McEwen
Epworth League
South Main
M. T. Smathare
J. W. Clinard
Calvary M. E
Byrum
A. H. Holton
Highland
C. F. Womble
R. L. Proctor
West View
Archdale M. E
E. M. Jones
Inglish Street
Geo. L. Reynolde
W. T. Kennedy
J. A. Lee
L. F. Honeycutt
C. FE
Inez Reynolds
Goebel
Ladies Aid
Christian Endeavor
Lebanon M. P
Edward Suits
J. W. Montgomery
Vera Hedgecock
A. M. E. Zion
St. Stephen's
C. W. Carver
D. D
W. B. Steele
Home Church League
Fairview Street
William E. Hairston
First Christian Church
Tryon
West Green Streets
L. G. Gardner
Rev. J. cM Ae
Hamilton Street
Church Service Notices at Saint Mary's North Main
Rev H Norwood Bowne rector announces church activities with a 9:30 a.m. school session led by L R Stewart superintendent. Holy Communion at 7:30 a.m. Morning service at 11 o'clock and an evening program at 6 p.m. at Saint Marys North Main and Farries avenue.
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Saint Mary's
North Main
Farries Avenue
H. Norwood Bowne
L. R. Stewart
Salvation Army on East Russell Street and Mangum Avenue
Salvation Army notices detail services at 11 a.m. holiness and 8 p.m. salvation meetings, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school, and a 7 p.m. Thursday Young People's meeting. Open air meetings are held Saturday night on Main Street, with class study at 10:30 a.m. and a public lecture at 8 p.m. at 118 1-2 North Main Street.
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Salvation Army Salvation Army
East Russell Street
Mangum Avenue
Ensign John O’beirne
Holiness
Salvation Meeting
Main Street
North Main Street
Colored Churches Headed by Local Pastors in City
Colored Churches including First Baptist Corner East Washington and Hobson Streets list services. Dr. F. R. Mason pastor and S. S. Whitted Sunday school superintendent. B. Y. P. U. led by H. M. Kirkpatrick. Worship at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday school 9:30 a.m. Prayer meeting Wednesdays 8 p.m. Cherry Street Presbyterian with Dr. J. C. Morgan superintendent. Sunday school 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. service by.
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First Presbyterian
Angelus
Massenet
Smith
Taylor
C. J. Gray
Kipling
Baptist First Baptist
Washington
Hobson Streets
F. R. Mason
S. S. Whitted
H. M. Kirkpatrick
Cherry Street Presbyterian
J. C. Morgan
Myers Loses Temper After Bad Day And Dashes Home
A blunt confrontation on the street ends with Myers leaving early. He snaps that if his dinner is late he will raise old Nick, but if it is ready he will not eat it. The exchange shows his irritable mood from the day.
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Myers
Nick
Microbe Population Growth Over 18 Hours
Starting with a single microbe, with ample food, the population grows to about 18 million in 12 hours and then to nearly 80 thousand million after six more hours, illustrating rapid exponential replication.
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High Point
America
Stephen
Mer
William A. Crhcil
Christ
Central Friends
Tschaikowsky
Biggs
Archdale Playground
John Russell
Howard Roberts
Friends University
Wichita
Kansas
Finale
First Baptist
Hastings
Bethoven
Kadesh-Barnea
Norris
G” Chopin
Doane
Doddridge
Hewsett
Newton
Stewart
Hoover
Daniel Poling
Henry Ford
Roger W. Babson
First Methodist Protestant Church
Roy I. Farmer
E. B. Stimson
Texas
Hoke Webb
Spence
Mesdames
Alfred and
Whitesell
Harrison and
Fidler
Jesus
Cross
Handel
Lloyd T. Wilson
A. K H. Tate
Southside Baptist
Highland Avenue
Stanton Street
O. A. Elmore
L. E. Edwards
P. U
Green Street
Herman. T. Stevens
Church of God Church of God
Asheboro Street
Mise Cottie L. Herndon
W. E Hitchett
P. m
Lutheran
Emmanuel Lutheran
F. L. Conrad
H. F. Cooper
Luther League
Friends
Tom A. Sykes
Horace CC. Hayworth
Brotherhood
Archdale Friends
Reuben J. Payne
Oscar L. McCampbell
Springfield
Cottage
Wesleyan Methodist
C. Connor
Newton and Meadows Streets
Methodist Protestant First M. P
Richardson
R. Farmer
E. Lester Ballard
Pilgrim
O. L. Ruth
G. O. Hayworth
Young People’s Society
Pentecostal
J. F. Goins
J. L. Oham
C. P. Cobl
F. Logan Porter
First Reformed Church
W. R. Shaffer
M. F. Crooks
Rev. C. A. Washington
Women's Memorial A
Washington Street
J. A. Hunter
L. W. Easterling
St. Luke’s
Leonard and
Walnut Streets
J. E. Shufelt
Morris Chapel
Methodist
H. L. Ashe
W. M. Holt
T. A. Brower
Calvary Baptist Calvary Baptist Church
vVail
Hilltop Streets
C. L. Mathews
J. E. Melton
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Corner Price
Leonard Streeter
G. W. Buckrham
Roosevelt Miller
Sisters’ Prayer
Brooks
Christian
Episcopal
Mbean
Stamey
Gihassware
Firestone
Firestone Tire Division
Gate City Motor Company
South Wrenn Street
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