Negro slave recalls owner as grave coffin is moved in Hendersonville
In Hendersonville on May 5 an elderly Black man named George Mills watched workers exhume an iron coffin containing the body of his late master, a Confederate captain who died at Sharpsburg in 1863. Mills had transported the officer from Fredericksburg to Greenville before bringing the casket to Hendersonville, where the remains rested for 59 years before a new church edifice is built.
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Hendersonville
First Methodist Church
Sharpesburg
George
Fredericksburg
Greenville
Tenn
George Mills
High Point Sealed Bids for Municipal Building Work
City of High Point invites sealed proposals for construction plumbing heating electrical and cell equipment of a new municipal building. Bids due noon June 1 1922 with a certified check at least two percent of bid. Drawings from architect Harry Barton Greensboro. City reserves right to reject all bids. May 2 1922.
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City of
High Point
N. C
Harry Barton
Greensboro
Einstein relativity explained in motion pictures
Washington May 5. The Einstein theory of relativity is considered vital yet hard for the public to grasp. Six European professors produced a film to demonstrate relativity in clear diagrams. The motion pictures, arriving in the United States by month’s end, aim to aid educators and public understanding by visualizing space light and motion with practical examples such as a rifleman firing two shots 12 hours apart illustrating planetary movement.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Salisbury Spencer Road Connection Approved
Salisbury and East Spencer to be linked by an 18 foot penetration macadam road following county board action.
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Salisbury-Spencer
Salisbury
County Board of Commissioners
East Spencer
Admit Women Delegates In Massachusetts Episcopal Conven
In Boston on May 5 four women were seated as lay delegates at the Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts convention marking the first time women participated in such a diocesan assembly. They voted in the election of a bishop coadjutor.
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Boston
Episcopal Diocese of
Tanlac Restores VA Merchant After Long Suffering
Gar land Morriss a Manteo Virginia merchant credits Tanlac with ending a decade of stomach trouble and other pains. He endured days without food and kidney pain before relief from Tanlac began after a half bottle, and he now says he is healthier than ever. Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
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Garland Morriss
Manteo
Buckingham, Co
Taniac
Tanlac
Man Postpones His Funeral
A 66 year old man claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cured his stomach and liver troubles after two years of suffering. He states three doses removed catarrhal mucus and inflammation, and he offers a money back guarantee through Hart Drug Co and Randleman Drug Co in Randleman North Carolina.
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Mayr
Hart Drug Co
Randleman Drug Co
Randleman, N. C
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Highland Road
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Prompt
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P.O
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