Runaway Girls Are Returned Home In Lexington
Virginia Evans aged about 14 and Gloria Wells about 15 ran away from Alexandria Virginia hitchhiking to Georgia. They were found by Nannis Crouse who sheltered them overnight then escorted to the police station. Mrs Wells, mother of Gloria, arrived in Lexington to take the girls home after welfare authorities were notified.
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L Ngton
Virginia Evans
Gloria Wells
Alexandrna
Georgia
Wells
Nannis Crouse
Here
Lexington seal sales chairman leads 20 member committee
Mrs. Fletcher H Wall accepted the chairmanship of the Christmas seal sales for Lexington and vicinity. She named a committee of 20 to broaden distribution and provide funds to sustain the longstanding charitable work in Lexington and Davidson county.
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Lexington
Fletcher H Wall
Lexington and Vicinity
Davidson County
Dear Miss Mansfield Advice on teen love and parental limits
A young woman asks how to handle her mother’s opposition to her engagement. The columnist counsels talking honestly, evaluating age and judgment, and proposing that the couple meet at home to ease parental concerns, urging parents to allow dating and to “make haste slowly” toward marriage.
Woman seeks guidance on marriage amid alcoholism and infidelity
A reader reports eighteen months of marriage troubled by her husband's heavy drinking and wandering, including a prior trouble last summer. An adviser warns alcoholism as a health issue, urges the husband to seek medical help, and advises the wife to decide whether to endure misery or live her own life. The piece closes noting early motorcycle history with Geo Hendree and the Davidson brothers.
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High Point, N. C
Washington Irving Sketch Book Published Years Ago
The note recalls Washington Irving's Sketch Book created during 1819 and 1820, marking a landmark in early American literature. The work paired stories and essays, shaping 19th century prose and travel writing.
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Washington Irving
Remarkable power claims and river splits cited
A gram of radium is said to hold enough energy to raise the Woolworth Building in New York City by 100 feet. Isa Lake in Yellowstone sends waters to both the Atlantic and Pacific in different seasons. An 1824 South Carolina act barred Charleston policemen from voting for city officials.
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Woolworth
York City
Isa Lake
Yellowstone National Park
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
South Carolina
City of
Charleston
Unique instrument at Nai Physical Laboratory in Tedding England
A single rare instrument at Nai Physical Laboratory, Tedding, England, can rule 400 lines to an inch. It is described as a one of a kind device in the facility.
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Nai Physical Laboratory
Tedding England
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Madame Meredith
Lexington Seal Sales
High Point, Thomasville
Denton Railroad
General Offices
Betts Drug Company
North Main Street
Marjorie
Mansfield
Marjorie Mansfield
Miss Mansfield
Fiarce
Morrage
Robert Taylor
Geo Hendree
Springfield
Mass
Davidson Brothers
Milwaukee
Ford
PAT Brown, Inc
Washington Street
Nature
Barber Genasco
T Lake
Hedgecock Lumber CO
Ward
Wachovia
Asheville
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Salisbury
Vitalaire Ice
Laire
Central Ice Delivery CO
East High Street
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