State fair site faces injunction threat in Raleigh
Raleigh leaders and Meredith College oppose locating the 200 acre fair site near the city nine five miles from Raleigh. An injunction may block mayoral funding of 75000 to the new fair directors, while Governor McLean pushes ahead under the 1927 act amid mounting opposition and argues the land holds high value and must be used.
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Commissioner of Agriculture
State College
Department of Conservation and Development
Raleigh
North Carolina
Fred W. Mahler
Raleigh Merchants Association
Mahler
Meredith College
W. N. Jones
Charles E. Brewer
Meredith
Jones
Brewer
Talcott Brewer
McLean
Sta
Jess
Not Alarming Anthrax Report Supposed at Jacksonville Mules
Raleigh November 19 Dr H A Taylor state epidemiologist says no cause for alarm over the reported anthrax outbreak among a shipment of mules at Jacksonville He and staff examined two dead animals and found no definite link to anthrax germs
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Raleigh
Jacksonville
H. A. Taylor
October shows surge in North Carolina construction contracts
North Carolina reports 7 837 100 in October contracts for new building and engineering work per F W Dodge, up 35 percent from September and 6 percent above October last year. Public works utilities 2 197 900 led, residential 2 078 300, educational 1 228 000, industrial 940 000. Since January 1 total construction reached 68 007 800, down 26 percent from the first ten months of 1926.
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Cording
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Death of Lester Roberts Described as Suicide
Despondency over unemployment is advanced as the probable cause of Lester Roberts a young painter of Greensboro who hanged himself yesterday after leaving an unfinished meal. He used a cord tied to a high bed post and leaped from the bed to end his life. Relatives cite failure to obtain work as a key factor in the tragedy.
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Greensboro
Lester Roberts
Holt Brothers Knitting Co Incorporation Formed in Burlington
Raleigh November 19 reports the Holt Brothers Knitting Company of Burlington incorporated to manufacture knit goods with authorized capital stock of 150000 and subscribed stock 300. Founders include W. K. Holt A. Glen Holt and J. H. McEwen of Burlington.
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General Assembly
Moore’s Book Store
Sth
Ryr
Century Building
Indianapolis
Indiana
Eligit
Laundryowners National Association
Canada
Sunshine Laundry
Pine St
Enterprise
E. Linthicum & Son
Willowbecks St
Ishae
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