State engineers to probe Haw River fish deaths
State board of health engineers join the department of conservation to investigate the Haw River die off stretching 15 miles through Alamance county. Thousands of fish killed by suspected poison from Reedy Fork prompted opening a Fort Snug flood gate to clear a carcass jam.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Department of Conservation and Development
Haw River
Alamance County
Burlington
Fort Snug
Reedy Fork
Guilford
Charles E. Ray, Jr
Conservation Department
Castoria Endorsed by Physicians for Babies
Castoria has been a trusted baby remedy for over 30 years, advertised as a pleasant substitute for castor oil paregoric teething drops and soothing syrups. It contains no narcotics and shows proven directions on each package. The patent medicine bears the signature of genuine product branding.
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Fletcher
Purification Cure Ad Promises Health via Calotabs
An advertisement urges purification of the body with Calotabs as a foundation of health. It claims chronic ailments vanish after a thorough cleansing taken once or twice weekly for several weeks and notes a family package is available for 35 cents at drugstores.
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Nature
County Officials Draft New Budget Estimates
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh May 17 County officials in North Carolina are drafting preliminary estimates under the county fiscal control act for the next fiscal year beginning July 1. The reports must be published in at least one newspaper per county and filed for public inspection, with a June 1 deadline for submission to the county accountant.
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County Government Advisory Commission
County Budget Process Under Uniform System and Accountability
The county outlines last year’s spending and forecasts for this year and the year starting July 1. The county accountant will compile a countywide budget estimate, to be submitted to the county commissioners by the first Monday in July, with budgets fixed based on the county’s income. Each department operates under a separate apportionment. funds cannot be moved between departments. The budget summary must be published in a county newspaper, showing at least one total appropriation per fund or function. The county accountant is responsible for implementing the budget system. no purchase is legal without counter signature, and the accountant is personally liable for orders approved without sufficient funds.
Fiddlers Convention At Oak Hill Tonight
An old time fiddlers contest will be held at the new Oak Hill school building tonight at 8 o clock. The public is invited and urged to attend. Sponsored by the Parent Teacher Association, fiddlers from Greensboro Thomasville Trinity Pleasant Grove and surrounding towns will participate.
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Oak Hill
Parent- Teacher Association
Greensboro
Thomasville
Trinity
Pleasant Grove
Prizes Donated for City Meet by Local Merchants
Merchants contributed a large number of prizes for a school meet. The contest winners will receive items donated by city merchants. J A Davis is invited to preside and may accept. Funds from the convention will aid the school library as 30 to 400 fiddlers and hundreds of attendees are expected.
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J. A. Davis
Wall Street Opens With Rail Merger Rejection
Rejection of the Southwestern railroad merger by the Interstate Commerce Commission spurred selling in rail shares at the open. Readings show declines of 1 to 2 points for Reading Wabash Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gulf Mobile and Northern and Chesapeake and Ohio. Industrials were mixed with Collins and Aikman and Case Threshing Machine hitting new high records.
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Wall Street
New York
Southwestern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reading
Wabash
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Gulf
Mobile
Northern
Chesapeake and Ohio
Collins and Aikman
Case
Franco American lawn tennis matches open in St. Cloud
The Franco American lawn tennis series began in St. Cloud France with William Tilden and Francis Hunter facing France's stars. Hunter won the first set against Jean Borotra 6 4.
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St, Cloud
France
William T. Tilden
Francis T. Hunter
Hunter
Jean Borotra
Webb Executed in Electric Chair at Dawn
Nashville Tennessee May 20 1926 AP John Franklin Webb a Memphis Negro was executed in the electric chair at dawn for criminally assaulting a white girl in November 1925. Webb was pronounced dead at dawn after the sentence was carried out in the state penitentiary.
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Nashville
Tenn
John Franklin Webb
Memphis
Webb
Aviator Floyd Keteer Killed in Self-Built Plane Crash
Floyd Keteer, an aviator from Moline, was killed today when the aircraft he built crashed near the Moline airport. The tragedy occurred shortly after maintenance and the plane had recently passed a safety check.
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Moline
Floyd Keteer
Peaches Show Little Growth in North Carolina
North Carolina peaches have grown little in the past month. Crop statistician Frank Parker notes cool weather and estimates a 1500 to 1800 car crop moving from the state. Seaboard area from Southern Pines to Hamlet hit hard, Pinehurst stands patchy, West End to Candor to Ellerbee shows varying crops. frost likely reduced Virginia yields in Crozet and Charlottesville.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Frank Parker
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Pines
Hamlet
Pinehurst
West End
Candor
Ellerbee
Crozet
Charlottesville
Virginia
MELLO-GLO French Process Face Powder Ad
A claim that MELLO-GLO, a French process face powder, keeps shine away and colors skin like peach. Ad encourages trying the new product at Randall's Pharmacy and remembering the name MELLO-GLO.
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Randall's Pharmacy
Notice of Summons and Attachment in High Point Case
Guilford County North Carolina Municipal Court High Point issues summons for 535.51 dollars in favor of Woodward and Son against Midland Valley Lumber Company. A warrant of attachment issued May 13 1927 attaches defendant’s property and sets June 25 1927 for appearance.
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North Carolina
Guilford County
High Point
Woodward & Son
W. Minor Woodward
Stewart M. Woodward
Midland Valley Lumber Company
Stewart A. Wetzel
W. L. Kurz
R. M. Caudle
Municipal Court
City of
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