House built from plantation to college home
Mrs Louise Burr Jacobs owns an old Tennessee plantation house that became the first to go to college. It studied home planning with 26 students from George Peabody College for Teachers and Vanderbilt and recently graduated as a model Old South residence on the Harpeth River estate near Nashville.
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NEA Service
New York
Ahn Old Plantation
Tennessee
Louise Burr Jacobs
George Peabody College For Teachers
Vanderbilt University
Old South
Spea
Women Dont Suffer Needlessly BC Remedy Ad
An advertisement claims BC relieves headache neuralgia and backache from functional disturbances without opium. It highlights quick action from multiple ingredients, suitable for simple colds and nervousness. Available in 10c 25c sizes or by the dose at fountains.
Nine Room College Thesis Home Shaped in Old South Style
The Wean tenok house along the Harpeth River blends modern living with antique touches in a Tennessee project dubbed the only nine room college thesis. Students surveyed, blueprints drawn, bids and contracts set as the class crafted a stone and timber home. A double construction southern fireplace, field stone from slave-era fencing, and a green asphalt shingle roof stand out. The interior mixes antique Southern furnishings with modern baths and electric kitchen, walls and floors in pale linoleum, and a wall switch lighting system. Mrs. Jacobs leads the theme of Old South authenticity with handmade hooked rugs.
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Tennessee
Uncle Tom
Weantenok
Harpeth
Jacobs
Highway Body Opens Talks On State Districts
The ten new State Highway and Public Works Commission members meet in Raleigh with Chairman Frank L. Dunlap to divide North Carolina into ten districts. Governors Hoey appointed the commissioners who must map counties into ten districts before any actions can proceed. The group plans an all day session, hoping to finalize the district boundaries despite prior legislative attempts failing.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Frank L. Dunlap
Clyde R. Hoey
House
Senate
Dunlap
Hoey
Waynick seeks short term coal bids to curb price rise
Raleigh May 10 The Division of Purchase and Contract calls for 30 day coal bids to stockpile for public schools and state agencies before the Guffey act price schedule takes effect. Waynick notes 70 000-ton yearly school need, limited storage caps purchases to 20 000–30 000 tons at a time, and districting plans for ten districts proceed.
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Raleigh
Capus M. Waynick
Waynick
Adam and Fallen Man in Christian Science Sunday lessons
The May 9 1937 Sunday Lesson-Sermon across Christ Scientist churches centers on Adam and Fallen Man. The Golden Text cites I Corinthians 15 49 and Romans 8 1 2 speaks of no condemnation for those in Christ. Eddy’s Science and Health notes the supremacy of Spirit over matter for mortal to heavenly likeness.
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Christ
Scientist
Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Ostrich Grows to Eight Feet and 300 Pounds
A full grown ostrich reaches nearly eight feet in height and weighs about 300 pounds, illustrating the bird's impressive size and weight.
Filming the Hindenburg Disaster Described by Cameraman
Springfield Lakehurst NJ reports a cameraman recalling the Hindenburg arrival and explosion. He details watching the ship descend through rain, the sudden blaze near the tail, the crew and rescuers, and his rapid filming as survivors faced injury and fear. He credits American Airlines for transporting his film to New York.
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Springfield
Lakehurst
N. J
Darrel Firry
Navy
New York
American Airlines
Worldbound Auté Bends Rubber For 1.5 Laps Journey
A daring project uses rubber to encircle the globe one and a half times. Engineers outline the method, goals, and routes while noting the endurance required for such a global circuit.
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Ree Leef
Capudine
Hindenburg
Naval Reservation
Shenandoah
Brittany
Nova Scotia
Rhineland
Bermuda
Wees Ries
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