North Carolina tobacco revenue rises in early 1920s fiscal data
Raleigh report from William Grissom shows tobacco tax revenue in North Carolina increases during the first four months of the 1928 fiscal year versus 1922, with total internal revenue up by about 6.6 million and overall revenue from all sources rising to about 47.3 million for the year, despite a general decline since 1920.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Associated Press
Wiliach Grissom
United States Codee of Internal Revenue
Eal
Gerstom
High Point Freight Station to Add Western Wing
The Southern freight depot in High Point will add a 40 foot western end with offices a loading platform and storage area. Officials say the improvements will enhance handling of large shipments and improve service for local shippers and receivers.
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Iedl Freight
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Aaa of Commerce
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Southern
High Point
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He .Westers
Irc
Market Report: Openings Steady in New Fork Cotton Prices
New Fork Potton ewe YORK, Nov 8 The cat 162 Merket opened steady with gains 4 to 19 points. Prices moved higher later. Cotton futures opened firm with December 25.95, January 25.30, March 25.39, May 26.31 and July 26.01.
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New Fork Potton Ewe York
Women Need Swamp Root for Kidney Trouble Ad
An advertisement urges women to consider Swamp Root as a treatment for kidney and bladder issues. It describes common symptoms such as backache headaches and nervousness and promotes Dr Hilmers Swamp Root as a physician’s prescription available at drug stores with a test bottle offer.
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Hilmers Swamp
Root
Prices At Mines Halved From 1920 Peak In Nonstrike Year
Article examines how coal prices at mines are now half of their 1920 level during a nonstrike year. It notes Herbert Hoover's conferences and campaigns guiding price restraint, record ore reserves, and voluntary agreements to prevent profiteering. Hoover advocates ending intermittent employment to boost miner conditions and curb costs for the public.
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Hoover
America
Herbert Hoover
Harding
Borah
Duncombe County Campaign Fights Illiteracy Progress Noted
Asheville reports Duncombe County has educated over 1500 illiterate residents since 1919. Funds from state, county, city boards and private groups totaling about 7080 dollars support community schools, teachers, and health contests with volunteers from churches and civic groups aiding ongoing efforts.
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Civic Bodies Unite
Asheville
Ilteracy
Duncombe County
Elizabeth C. Morris
Specife
Federation of Women’s
Fencombe County
Bean
State Capitol
Teachers’ Assembly
Tar Heel farmers get better prices in two months
North Carolina is economically and financially better off than most states, says Frank Parker agricultural statistician. Cotton and tobacco prices and yields have improved, showing the state’s diversified agriculture and sound finances with loans and sales reflecting better conditions.
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State
Frank Parker
Raleigh
North Carolina
United.States -Departments of Agriculture
Iowa
Ilinois
Texas
Parker
North Carolina Farmers See Rising Prices and Diversified Crops
Prices paid to farmers show live hogs at 10.25 dollars, beef cattle 5.15, lambs 8.20, milk 0.51 per gallon, apples 3.61 per barrel, and eggs at 0.43. Cotton seed 45 per ton, tobacco 0.32, and poultry values rise. The state’s crops include corn 34 percent of land, with cotton and other crops diversifying the economy. Things are not bad and are improving in North Carolina.
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Hill
Russia Builds Locomotives for Domestic Railfleet
Moscow reports Russian locomotive works run so well that foreign purchases will be unnecessary. So far 1180 locomotives have arrived from Germany with two more expected, and 180 from Sweden with 300 more to come.
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Russia
Moscow
Germany
Sweden
St Jacobs Oil Promises Fast Rheumatic Pain Relief
St Jacobs Oil stops pain from rheumatism and aches by topical application. The advertisement claims instant relief with a harmless formula that cannot burn the skin and fits ailments like sciatica neuralgia lumbago backache and sprains. A small trial bottle is offered at drug stores.
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St. Jacobs
Drug Stores Are Necessary In North Carolina
Bulletin argues that about eight hundred drug stores serve 2 5 million people in North Carolina. It asserts pharmacists provide prescriptions, medicines, poisons, and daily goods, and warns that restricting to prescription sales would reduce apothecaries to few urban shops, leaving many areas without pharmacists in sickness. It urges public support for druggists as vital health partners.
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North Carolina
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