Bellas-Hess Buys Gilmer's Stores in Carolinas
National Bellas-Hess buys Gilmer's department store chain with locations in High Point Greensboro Lexington Winston-Salem Asheville Durham and Statesville. Local manager unavailable for details until a company visit next Monday and a conference will decide policy changes at the High Point store. Two cents per ounce first class mail introduced in 1883.
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Gilmer’s
High Point
Greensboro
Lexington
Winston-Salem
Asheville
Durham
Statesville
National Bellas- Hess Company, Incorporated
National Cloak and Suit Company
South Main Street
Bellas-Hess Company
Presbyterians Debate Overtures and Reformation Sunday
A church assembly reviews overtures from 75 Presbyteries and adopts the reformation Sunday plan. Reports cover correspondence courses, worship, divorce surveys, and the Book of Common Worship optional forms. Committees are named for further consideration.
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Europe
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Northern
J. L. McMillan
D. D
Norfolk
E. L. Siler
Maxton
N. C
L. R. Walker
Hamlet
Archibald Currie
Davidson College
R. C. Anderson
Montreat
Mountain Retreat Association
Cleveland clinic disaster inquest closes with 125 deaths
An official inquest in the Cleveland clinic disaster reported no negligence after investigating a chain of explosions. Coroner A. J. Pearse stated there was no fault found. The incident, linked to cellulose gas-filled buildings and spontaneous combustion, resulted in 125 deaths.
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A. J. Pearse
Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
Grove's Black Root Pills Offer Included With Tonic
A package of Grove's Black Root Pills is enclosed with every bottle for those who wish to take a laxative in connection with the tonic.
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Grove
Graf Zeppelin Returns From Atlantic Flight After Engine Failures
The dirigible Graf Zeppelin faced two engine failures forcing a return to Friedrichshafen. Captain Eckener reported the ship with three functioning motors near Marseilles and Barcelona while passengers showed low spirits. Repairs may take about a week, with hopes for a late next week renewal of the American trip.
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Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin Works
Maybach Company
Graf Zeppelin
Mediterranean Sea
Balearic Islands
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Eckener
Cape de la Nao
Spain
Alexander R. von Kryha
France
Cleveland clinic rebuilds after disastrous fire and gas event
County Coroner A. J. Pearse reports on the clinic tragedy that killed and scarred staff, while 38 prominent Cleveland citizens back a fund to rebuild. Samuel E. Mather heads the philanthropy committee as the original facility faces an $800,000 damage estimate and a six week reopening plan. A Zeppelin rescue effort reaches Saintes Maries de la Mer in France with permission granted to recross, as authorities confirm.
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A. J. Pearse
Cleveland
Samuel E. Mather
America
France
French
Saintes Maries de la Mer
Montlinar
Zeppelin dirigible struggles against wind over France
Messages from Alexander von Kryha aboard the Zeppelin report the huge airship moving slowly amid strong winds over Nimes and Bellegrade with a third motor lost. Mrs Mary Pierce of New York is the only woman passenger. Eckener expects Friedrichshafen arrival by nightfall, while fears remain for the ship and its passengers.
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Alexander von Kryha
Mary Pierce
New York
Nimes
Marseilles
Bellegrade
von Kryha
Associated Press
Herr von Kryha
Dr. Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin Company
Bruce Carraway Leaves for Washington on Veterans Bureau Work
Bruce Carraway leaves tonight for Washington D C to handle business with the veterans bureau. Ex service men are urged to contact him before 9 o clock tonight to request assistance with their claims.
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Bruce Carraway
Washington
Washington, D. C
Veterans’ Bureau
Wisconsin Badgers shine in Big Ten all-round year
Madison reports a standout season as Wisconsin clubs claim top status in football basketball and baseball. The Badgers went undefeated in Big Ten play until the final football game losing to Minnesota, finished second in football, tied with Michigan for basketball, and contended with Michigan in spring baseball.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Badgers
Michigan
Wolverines
Plander Faces Francis in Bantamweight Bout
Paris reports Emile Spider Pladner meets Kid Francis in a bantamweight bout set for May 15. The clash is a temporary move from flyweight with catchweights, while manager Louis de Ponthieu cautions Pladner to stay near 112 pounds for the next bout against Izzy Schwartz in New York in June.
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Paris
Emile ‘Spider’ Pladner
Kid Francis
Louis de Ponthieu
Izzy Schwartz
New York
Two Escaped Convicts Obtain Civilian Clothing
In Goldsboro on May 17 two of fourteen convicts who fled a Smithfield road gang last week have secured civilian clothing. Two striped suits found in a ditch near the city carried tags from suits stolen in a local store burglary the previous night.
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Goldsboro
Smithfield
Lawn Party At Thomas Mills To Benefit Baseball Club
A lawn party will be held at Thomas Mills on Mallory Street tomorrow night at 8 o clock to benefit the mills baseball club. Ice cream sandwiches and cold drinks will be sold. The public is invited.
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Thomas Mills
Mallory Street
Mills
Highway department adopts Zebulon Wake Forest road into state system
Commissioner R A Doughton announced the highway department will take over the Zebulon Wake Forest road in Wake County as part of the state system instead of the Spring Hope Wake Forest road urged by delegations from Rocky Mount and others.
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Raleigh
R. A. Doughton
Highway Department
Zebulon
Wake Forest
Wake,county
Spring Hope
Rocky Mount
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United States
Presbyterians
J. O. Mann
Chester
5. C
H. &. Springall
Dallas
Tex
W. HH
Dubose
Johnson City
Tenn
Gage
Fulton
C. M. Campbell
Pratt City
Ala
Oscar Newton
Atlanta
C. R. Stribling
Orange
William McPheeters
Decatur
KR. Co. Anderson
W. B. Gabbert
Lake Charles
Fla
J. J. Hill
Memphis
South
Assembly
James I. Vance
Nashville
Vitaphone
Connolly
Wenrich
Trixie Friganza
Gene Morgan
Broadhurst
Tures
Richard
High Seas
North Main Street
Gether
Orpheum
Tim
McCoy
the Devil
NEA
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Ritz
West End
Vera Reynolds
Gay Paree
Gus Edward
Renardo DePace
Tom Mix
Tigers Shadow
Comedy and Rialto News
Edith Beggs
BIG Ten
Plander
Francis
MAVIS
Graham Ms Namee
Jack
Mavis Botrtiie Company OF
Iica
Cedar Street
Meredith
S. A
Mavis Bottling Co., of
West
Walnut Street
North Carolina
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