Dare County Tops Attendance Marks in State School Facts
Enterprise Bureau reports Dare County leads white and colored student attendance in North Carolina counties for 1928-29. White attendance in Dare reached 93.2 percent, with Camden and Dare also posting high averages. statewide rural white average is 76.3 percent. Colored attendance trails, with wider county variation and more frequent shifting populations impacting rates.
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Carteret
Northampton
Camden
Dare
Bach Composing Much New? He Is Decomposing
A humorous quip from a 19th century stage revue noting Bach’s compositional activity as declining jokes about his death. The dialogue is presented as a brief curtain exchange.
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Bach
Rival New York Skies Vie In Height
A look at New York City’s two skylines the downtown cluster near Wall Street and Broadway and the midtown skyline around Forty second Street led by the Chrysler tower the Bank of Manhattan and the Daily News building. The Empire State Building rises as a future tallest, signaling a new business center tied to transit access and continued construction.
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New York
Wall Street
Broadway
Manhattan Island
Midtown
Forty-second Street
Grand Central Terminal
Chrysler
Catacorner
Chanin
Lincoln
Daily News
Woolworth
Bank of Manhattan
New York World
Singer Building
Metropolitan Life
Manhattan
Empire State Building
Thirty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Empire State
Atlantic Beach and Bridge Company of Morehead City
Charters granted in Raleigh include Atlantic Beach and Bridge Company of Morehead City to own and operate a bridge and amusements on Bogue Banks. Authorized 1000 shares no par value. subscribed 16 shares by W A Mace C R Wheatly and A D MacLean.
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Raleigh
Atlantic Beach and Bridge Company of
Morehead City
Humans By Post Delivers People By Mail In Empire
The London post office and branches across the empire offer mail delivery of human beings. A person needing transport calls the post office and an express messenger escorts them to the destination. Charges depend on distance traveled.
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London
Empire
NC primary to require party affiliation at polls
Raleigh May 27 voters in North Carolina will be asked to declare party affiliation for the June 7 primary for the first time in years. Every voter must indicate Democrat or Republican to receive a ballot, ending the era of assumed party alignment and prohibiting split-ticket voting.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
J. C. Biggs
State Board of Elections
Biggs
Judge Biggs
United States
Health Superstitions Use Care In Washing the Ears
Dr Morris Fishbein explains safe ear washing to remove wax and debris without injuring the tympanic membrane. He describes equipment, temperatures, and technique including warm water, salt solutions, and minor antiseptic meds, with cautions on force and equipment cleanliness.
One Eyed Cars Targeted as Night Lights Fail Inspectors
May 27 Raleigh report: state highway patrol chief Captain Charles D Farmer says drivers with faulty headlights and tail lights face arrest rather than warnings after a year of patrols. He notes road hogs and slow drivers causing traffic congestion are the main troublemakers, while railway mileage tops 750000.
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Farmer
Captain Farmer
New Notaries Named in North Carolina
New notaries public commissioned for North Carolina include Florence C. Bobbitt of Durham Kathleen Harris of New Bern W B Howard of Winston Salem J F Jackson of Salemburg R J Jones of Wagram R K Mendenhall of Winston Salem H R Paschal of Roxboro Paul L White of Greensboro.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Florence C. Bobbitt
Durham
Kathleen Harris
New Bern
W. B. Howard
Winston-Salem
J. F. Jackson
Salemburg
R. J. Jones
Wagram
R. K. Mendenhall
H. R. Paschal
Roxboro
Paul Ll. White
Greensboro
Woman Wins Air Prize for Airship Paper
London based Hilda M. Lyon, a young Englishwoman, becomes the first woman to win the B-38 Memorial prize from the Royal Aeronautical Society for a paper on airships. She has five years on the British Airship Works technical staff and helped design many aircraft including England’s new airship the R-101.
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London
Hilda M. Lyon
Royal Aeronautical Society
British Airship Works
England
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Dare County
A. Mace
C. R. Wheatly
Beaufort
A. D. MacLean
Washington
Dodge Brothers
F.co.b. Factory
H. G. Ilderton Motor Company
Willowbrook and
Commerce
Plymouth
Dodge Ee
F. O. B. Factory
Merkers
DR. Morris Fishbein
The
American Medical Association
Hygeia, the Health Magazine
Brandreth Simmons
Medical Record
American Tobacco Co
Mire
Notaries
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