North Carolina fire losses rise in early 1929 totals
North Carolina’s fire losses for the first four months of 1929 reached 2,491,601 dollars, up from 1,945,250 the year before, with April reporting 213 fires and 468,279 dollars in damages. Major losses included a Charlotte machine shop 71,000 and a Marion veneer plant 61,600, while most fires caused smaller average damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Dan C
Boney
Charlotte
Marion
New Bern
Elizabeth City
Kinston
Bayborg
Reidsville
Pasquotank County
Fairmont
Gastonia
Wilmington
Concord
Plymouth
Oxford
Currituck County
Rocky Mount
Durham
Helped During Middle Age
Denver woman reports relief from menopausal symptoms using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says it eased nighttime anxiety and fear of going out, notes her mother’s previous success, and recommends the tonic to friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Denver
Colo
Aleep
T. A. Miter
Ams Street
Colorado
Fire losses by city and April report list
In April Charlotte sustained the heaviest fire loss at 86 603 from 30 fires followed by Elizabeth City at 46 350 from six fires. Commissioner Boney notes on roll that Greenville Statesville Thomasville Hamlet Farmville Lincolnton Graham Lagrange Williamston Siler City Spring Hope Spruce Pine Gibsonville Aberdeen Morehead City Chapel Hill Southern Pines Waynesville Nashville Black Mountain Burlington Enfield Chadbourn and Leaksville reported no fire loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Elizabeth City
Boney
Greenville
Statesville
Thomasville
Hamlet
Farmville
Lincolnton
Graham
Lagrange
Williamston
Siler City
Spring Hope
Spruce Pine
Gibsonville
Aberdeen
Morehead City
Chapel Hill
Southern Pines
Waynesville
Nashville
Black Mountain
Burlington, Enfield, Chadbourn
Leaksville
Thomasville Notes on Spring Bridge Parties and Local Notices
Mrs. R. M. Cooksey hosted a spring Afternoon Bridge with roses and larkspur at Main Street. Prizes went to Mrs. Ralph Wilson and Mrs. L. G. Barlow. refreshments followed. George Finch hosted another bridge evening at Colonial Drive with Miss Mollie Farmer and Buck Puckett winning top scores. Several social visits and notices from Tom Dark, Miss Faye Hargette, and others are listed along with a public notice from C. M. Cecil about a grocery business sale and a High Point fire station bid announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
R. M. Cooksey
Main Street
Bridge Club
Bridge
Ralph Wilson
L. G. Barlow
Colonial Drive
George Finch
Mollie Farmer
Buck Puckett
Misses Mollie Farmer
Alliene Hoover
Alma Parrish
Mae Martin
Hope Hardison
Susie Crowell
Mae Shearer
Marion Crider
Johnnie Connelly
Tom Dark
Doak Finch
Dan Watson
Joy Proctor
Glenn Pennington
Charles Clegg
Ervin Earnhart
High Point
N. C
North Wrenn Street
City of
High Pot
North Carolina
Hargette
H. E. White
Hasty School
J. F. Garner
Marie Jones
Faye Hargette
J. F. Gar
Illness and the Moon Myths Across Cultures
Dr Morris Fishbein explains historic beliefs linking moon phases to illness and human events. The article notes varied traditions in India Ireland Cornwall and Germany and cites Galen Bacon and astrologers, while debunking any scientific basis for moon caused disease. It downplays the superstition and urges understanding of natural phenomena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
Hygeia
India
Cornwall
Ireland
Germany
Galen
Francis Bacon
Greenland
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Randolph-Macon
Lyla Pearl Brown
Burlington
Lynchburg
Rita Brewster
Welch
W- Va
Mildred Martin
Clayton
Ala
Carroll Beatty
Montgomery
Frances Spaulding
Atlanta
Huttig
Ark
Neney Keith Snyder
Louisville, Ky
Eleanor Powell
Richmond
Constance Wilbgurn
Meridan
Miss
Annie Boisseau
Petersburg
Wong
Randleman
Thomasville Society
Carolus Lorance
Catawba
J. R. Myers
Frank Lambeth
W. W. Rankin
Unionville
Raymond Phillips
Greensboro
P. C. Lewis
Fisher Ferry Street
Faye
East Green Street
C. M. Cecil
A. York
E. M. Knox
F. B. Wlein
Sara Hudson
Hasty High School
Mrs. Lee Rice
City
Guy Dudley
Danville, Va
Arthur Black
Monroe Bean
W. H. Tudor
Dc. F. Phillips
North Carolina Insurance Agents Association
Bob Cooksey
Mrs
Marian Crider
Anderson, S&s. C
Maie Sueli
Frances
Lena Myers
West Main Street
W. W. Rowe
Dayton
Ohio
Rowe
D. E. Hoover
Lexington Avenue
Grove
Amoco Gas
AMOCO
Amoco-Gas
American Oil Company
Baltimore, Md
Pan American Petroleum & Transport Company
North Wier Street
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