A Ragged Dreamer Seeks Fame Among Mountain Artists
In 1925, Dolf Ackers leaves Mary and labor to chase painting fame at a remote mountain artist colony. He scrapes by in a shack, paints what he can, clings to a hope others will recognize his talent, and ends overwhelmed by strangers who reveal him as an artist of note.
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Bolp
Mary
Art
Dolf Ackers
Colt
Maury
Wilkett
Dolf
Dolph
North Carolina to Exhibit at National Exposition
Acting Director William C. Harris announced plans to secure space for a North Carolina exhibit at the tenth National Exposition of Chemical Industries in New York from Sept 28 to Oct 3. He highlighted key organizers, Dr. Charles Herty and Charles Roth, and urged cooperation with five main North Carolina railroads to present a comprehensive North Carolina display for Charlotte’s Made-in-Carolinas Exposition.
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Raleigh
William C. Harris
North Carolina
Charles Herty
Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association of the
United States
Journal of Industrial Chemistry of
New York
Herty
University of North Carolina
Major Harris
Georgia
Central of Georgia Railway
Southern
Seaboard Air Line
Norfolk Southern
Atlantic Coast Line
Carolina, Clinchfield
Ohio
Blue Cross Society Opposes Use of Furs Campaign
Springfield Mass May 29 The American Blue Cross society in its third annual appeal for animal life protection and cruelty eradication in trapping wild animals urges economy in fur use. Miss Maud Phillips, president, invokes President Coolidge's economy principle to back the campaign.
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Springfield
Mass
American Blue Cross Society
Coolidge
In the News Spotlight on Fur Use and Public Sanity
A discussion argues fur pelts should not be worn as decoration though abstinence is not urged. It contrasts views with North Carolina law on liens and exemptions including $500 personal property and $1,000 land, noting tax sales and certain liens exempt from these protections.
Pershing Defends Defense Day At Veterans Celebration
General John J. Pershing addressed a Washington audience praising Defense Day as a test of readiness and duty. He criticized pacifists and urged the public to prepare for emergencies, recalling Catigny and World War I history. Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy proposed April sixth for the related event.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Catigny
Walter I. McCoy
District Supreme Court
North Carolina’s cotton farming and wartime impact
A state agriculture publication notes cotton as a cash crop in North Carolina and reports that many farm and tenant supplies are purchased from town. It warns that low cotton prices have caused disaster for farmers dependent on these locally sourced inputs.
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Lina
State Department of Agriculture
Doan's Pills Help High Point Woman's Kidney Ailment
A High Point resident Mrs T J Steed reports backache through heavy feeling in the kidneys and nervousness improved after using Doan's Pills. She says her kidneys then acted right and the back pain disappeared. Years later she notes no need for another kidney remedy. 60c at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Doan
High Point
T. J. Steed
Foster-Milburn Co
Mirs
Buffalo, N. Y
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