Highway Patrol Expands Bus Inspections In State
Raleigh Nov 20 The highway patrol has assumed bus inspection duties from the motor bus inspectors. There are now 60 inspectors made up of patrolmen and lieutenants, replacing the former one or two inspectors. Patrolmen monitor mechanical conditions and speed, improving results, despite no new appropriation.
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Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh
Corporation Commission
R. O. Self
State Highway Patrol
General Assembly
Mr. Self
Deaths From Auto Crashes Surpass Major Diseases in State
Raleigh report shows 599 killed and 4116 injured in auto crashes this year, outpacing contagious diseases like whooping cough, diphtheria, and typhoid. Dr. J M Parrott notes the public would demand action if epidemics matched auto fatalities.
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Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh
Rolina
J. M. Parrott
State Board of Health
Automobile License Division
Department of Revenue
Vital Statistics Bureau
The
Board of Health
Red Cross
Public Health Service
Rockefeller Foundation
Parrott
Highway Patrol Oversees Bus Driver Complaints
The complaint is relayed to Captain Charles D. Farmer and then to district patrol officers for full inquiry. The corporation commission supports Farmers 100 percent and patrolmen. Patrols may stop buses at any time to test brakes equipment and monitor speed, reducing speeding and accidents.
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Charles D. Farmer
Highway Patrol
Leutenant
Corporation Commission
Farmer
Mr. Self Said
War Dog Tim Killed By Motorcycle In London
London reports Tim the World War I dog veteran, who survived the battles of Ostend Zeebrugge and the Nieuport action, was killed after escaping death and then struck by a motorcycle.
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London
Tim
Morris
Ostand
Zeebrugge
Nieuport
Parable Dialogue From Tit-Bits Ad Looks at Vice
A Tit Bits satire shows a minister scolding a penitent as he admits drunkenness and a split head. The exchange depicts moral rebuke and a question of life’s value amid vice.
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Penitent
Meagre grid card lists limited Saturday games
Atlanta reports a sparse football schedule with 16 games. Auburn meets Georgia in Columbus in what could be the day’s marquee upset. Tulane hosts Sewanee in New Orleans while Georgia Tech eyes Florida. Other matchups include North Carolina State vs South Carolina and Duke vs North Carolina.
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Southern
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Fla
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Urges Building of Workhouse for Women Prisoners
Judge John M. Oglesby of the Superior court urges North Carolina to establish modern workhouses for women prisoners. He cites the highway commission decision not to accept women in prison camps and notes no county can adequately house or employ them, leaving only the state prison as a source of work.
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Winston-Salem
John M. Oglesby
Superior Court
North Carolina
State Highway Commission
Aaid
Highway Commission
Worthville Singing Convention Set By Local Club
Worthville will host a singing convention at 7:30 p.m. under the parent teachers association with R. P. Smith of Liberty directing. The program will feature singing and string music by groups including Gate City quartet Coleridge Franklinville union Kearns brothers Liberty Mount Pleasant girls Mount Pleasant double quartet Tabernacle and Richland. Miss Ruth White will be a special entertainer at the piano as Worthville string band provides music. Public invited.
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R. P. Smith
Liberty
Gate City Quartet
Coleridge
Franklinville Union
Kearns Brothers
Mount Pleasant Girls
Mount Pleasant
Tabernacle
Richland
Ruth White
Worthville String Band
Penarth Cigar King Smokes Hundreds of Thousands
The Penarth, Wales, cigar figure 7. B. Clode, a 51-year-old squire of Liandough, is said to have smoked between 150,000 and 200,000 cigars in his lifetime. He reportedly averages eight to twelve cigars daily.
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Wales
B. Clode
Liandough
Ru Ma promises fast relief for rheumatic pain
An ad claims external remedies only mask pain while Ru Ma acts on the liver kidneys and blood to expel toxins. It guarantees relief the same day or money back, with Mann Drug Company urging every rheumatic resident to try the medicine.
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Rama
Mann Drug Company
Ru-Ma
No, I don’t stand behind my product
A Humoriat quip imagines a salesman named Sambo failing to back his wares. The line pivots on a shopkeeper asking what he sells and the blunt answer mules.
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Sambo
Sam
Brewery worker stalls on telling his wife about job
Mrs Stout asks how her husband feels about his work at the brewery. He says he cannot tell her yet. Tit-Bits reports a light, humorous exchange revealing communication gaps in domestic life.
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Mrs. Tout
Not Guilty Or Guilty In Mock Courtroom Scene
A humorous exchange features a judge and a prisoner with the prisoner declaring not guilty and denying prior theft arrests. The brief dialogue mirrors a satirical courtroom setup from The Humorist.
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Humorist
Amusing New York musings and eclectic notes
A New York column blends light gossip on social scenes and arts with snippets about veterans of the French Foreign Legion relief funds, theater mirrors, and a message about public figures. It mentions Marilyn Miller visiting New York, theater lounge mirrors, and a local pair using a pen name in future literary work.
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New York
Marilyn
West Coast
M. McC
Indianapolis
Madame Rasch
J. W
Emporia
Kansas
Manhattan Theater
Bill N
Yonkers
Burton Davis
Lawrence Saunders
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