Unofficial presidential primary proposal splits North Carolina factions
In Raleigh the state democratic executive committee prepares to meet to decide on Zeb V. Turlington’s push for a June 2 unofficial presidential primary. Hull and Smith factions clash over whether to authorize the nonbinding vote.
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Raleigh
Zeb V. Turlington
Cordell Hall
Hull
Turlington
Smith
General Assembly
W. B
Buck” Jones
Josephus Daniels
News and Observer
Mr. Daniels
Daniels
State Executive Committee
Potatoes market report from Chicago May 17 Goods and prices
Chicago market notes show receipts of 63 cars with total U S shipments 808 cars and improving demand for old stock. Prices are listed for several potato varieties and regions including Wisconsin round white Idaho russets and Texas Louisiana Bliss Triumphs with mixed but steady market levels and moderate new stock demand.
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Chicago
USCOA
U. S
Wisconsin
Idaho
Texas
Bliss
Louisiana
Florida Barrel Bliss
Spalding Rose
Women cooks enter French army amid social debate
The War Ministry has authorized replacing male army cooks with women cooks, sparking soldier complaints about their ability to daintily prepare salads and pastries. In other items the column notes paid up parties, coed grades, a London safety belt novelty, and a Louisiana alienation of affections case with the judge’s ruling.
McCoy's Tablets Promise Quick Weight Gain
An advertisement targets thin men and women claiming McCoy's Tablets will add at least five pounds after four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes. It guarantees a full refund through a druggist if the user does not gain weight or feel improved health. The product is marketed as McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets.
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McCoy
Mann Drug Co
America
Black Draught Claims Longtime Effectiveness for Dizziness
Mr M F Fink of Harrisburg recounts using Thedford's Black Draught for years to relieve dizziness and loss of appetite. He says a big dose after a fall and later regular use helped restore hunger and ease headaches tied to constipation.
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Harrisburg
N. C
M. F. Fink
Local boys to attend state Y M C A camp
About 16 High Point youths will go to the Y M C A summer encampment at Camp Elliott near Old Fort in the Blue Ridge mountains from June 15 to August 15. Edgar Hartley announced the plan. C C Smith Jr will serve as a camp life saver and Marvis Davis as a camp councillor, both members of the High Point Y M C A leader corps.
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High Point
Camp Elliott
Old Fort
Blue Ridge Mountains
Edgar Hartley
C. C. Smith, Jr
Marvis Davis
High Zc
MM. G. A
Market swings as New York stocks reel on loan calls
Turbulent session as opening declines give way to sharp intraday gains then losses. Bank loan calls of about 30 million dollars send call money up and rates to five and a quarter percent. Airplane stocks gyrate wildly with Curtiss, Wright, and radio shares fluctuating. AT&T and others push to new highs amid selective strength.
Market swings as call money climbs and loans called strike stocks
In New York on May 17 rising call money to 6 percent followed by about 30 million in bank loan calls tempered a stock market rally. Prices initially slipped then recovered, later erasing gains amid afternoon selling. Time money rose to 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 percent, highest since 1923, as treasury opinions cited expanding business activity but warned of a possible rise in the rediscount rate. American Telephone & Telegraph and others were cited among movers.
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New York
Curtiss
Wright
American Telephone and Telegraph Common
Equitable
Comyon
Ludlum Steel
Park and Tilford
Cushman
Barkery
General Motors
U. S. Steel Common
U. S. Treasury
New York Federal Reserve Bank
American Telephone & Tele
Commission Denies Seaboard Takeover of South Georgia Line
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused Seaboard Air Line permission to take over the 81 mile South Georgia railway from Adel Georgia to Hampton Springs Florida. Seaboard proposed to rent the line for 38280 annually with a purchase option at 788900, but earnings fell in 1927 and the commission said the road should not incur more financial burdens at that time.
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Washington
Seaboard Air Line
South Georgia Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
South Georgia Line
Adel
Hampton Springs
Fla
Seaboard
Elegant pink satin robe de style shines in silver lace
A pale pink satin robe de style features a bouffant silver lace skirt and a diamante bodice embellishment, presenting a glamorous evening look.
High Point Public Hearing on Zoning Change 1928
City of High Point NC schedules June 5 1928 meeting to amend Building Zone Ordinance. Proposal moves Business A area along the South side of the Southern Railway from Business A to Industrial District from Mangum Avenue to 150 feet west of Beaman Street.
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City of
High Point
N. C
Southern Railway
Mangum Avenue
Beaman Street
Prp
Pilcher
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Eaberry
Chicago Market
Hanes ST Samsonbak
P. H. Hanes Knitting CO
Winston-Salem, N. C
Samsonbak
Aten Oy
Hanes
Athletic Union
Hanes College
Efird’s
Miss Paris
Raymonde Allain
Paris
France
Galveston
St. Thomas Aquinas
Charles A. O'Neill
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Rollins
Jersey Central
Collins & Aikman
Park & Tilford
International Harvester
Cushman’s Bakery
Atlantic Gulf & West Indies
American Linseed
National Tea
Petty Coal Co., Inc
W. Russell
South Georgia
W. E. Linthicum & Son
Boulevard St
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