Thursday Bridge Club Holds Pleasant Thomasville Meeting
Mrs. A R Swaim hosted a Thursday Bridge gathering on Fisher Ferry street with seven members and two guests. Mrs. Robert Rapp won highest score and Mrs. George W Lyles was low. refreshments followed as guests arrived. The Woman's club American Citizenship department met at Mrs Zollie Boles home with fifteen members and discussed Taxation, led by Mrs H W Maier who gave a talk and a round table discussion.
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Thomasville
A. R. Swaim
Fisher Ferry Street
Thursday Bridge Club
Robert Rapp
George W. Lyles
Carson Cox
R. G. Jennings
Charles F. Phillips
W. E. Tomlifnson
Mamie Harris
Martine Barker
High Point
W. H. Curlee
American Citizenship Department
Woman’s Club
Zollie Boles
J. W. Boyles
Boles
H. W. Maier
Dur ham musical tea draws visiting guests and prize winner
Mrs Swaim attendance prize at Heed Warnes Bridge Club goes to Mrs W P Beck. Mrs W A Lambeth of Washington DC, en route to Thomasville, stops in Durham for a musical tea hosted by Mrs W W Rankin Friday afternoon, accompanying Mrs Frank B Lambeth home. Local Thom asville ladies joining the Durham tea include Mrs John R Myers, Mrs Charles F Lambeth, Mrs John F Kirk and Mrs James E Lambeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Lambeth
Washington, D. C
Thomasville
Durham
W. W. Rankin
Frank
Lambeth
John R.myers
Charles F. Lambeth
John F. Kirk
James E. Lambeth
Teachers Night Observed by Thomasville Rotary Club
The Thomasville Rotary Club held its annual Teachers Night Friday at the Sheraton hotel in High Point. Dr. R. V. Yokeley served as toastmaster and welcomed faculty, new Rotary members, Rotary Annes, and guests, as Rev. J. F. Kirk gave the invocation. The program featured dancing pupils, Miss Nell Perkins fortune telling, and songs by Mrs. Edith Moore Sherrod with accompanist Mrs. Sidney Gayle. Rev. W. W. A. Lambeth, introduced as the Father of Thomasville Rotary, gave a memorable address on the teaching profession’s obligations, pinch-hitting for Wingate Andrews.
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Thomasville Rotary Club
Sheraton
High Point
R. V. Yokeley
Rotary
Rotary Club
Rotary Annes
J. F. Kirk
W. F. Davis
Nell Perkin
Sidney Gayle
Edith Moore Sherrod
W.W. A. Lambeth
D. D
Lambeth
Thomasville Rotary
Wingate Andrews
Dr. Lambeth
Diphtheria Danger Rising Says Health Officer
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh October reports diphtheria cases rising weekly and urges immediate vaccination with toxin antitoxin serum for children. Dr. H A Taylor notes immunity can be achieved with usually three injections a week apart and that inoculations are free at county health offices or inexpensive via physicians.
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Taylor
Girl and boy scene sparks playful exchange in Sidmouth
In Sidmouth England Observer a streetcar encounter between two women leads to a humorous moment as one friend teases Bobby noting how grown he is yet still young enough to kiss. Bobby defiantly replies that she is the one who should kiss.
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Bobby
Sidmouth
England
True Love Pupil Essay Cited in German Satire
A humorous anecdote from Der Lustige Sachse of Leipzig recounts a pupil describing true love as a maid who writes a letter to herself every night to ensure the postman will arrive the next day. The tale contrasts naive romance with comic social norms.
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Hersef
Leipzig
Six Women Sail for Canada to Marry on Arrival
Six women bound for Canada to wed then departed on the same liner sailing from Liverpool. The group planned marriages upon reaching their destination, highlighting a coordinated voyage for matrimonial plans.
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Canada
Liverpool
England
Odd Laws Are On State Statutes
North Carolina history recounts 1790s laws and curiosities. Bigamy punishment, riding districts for judges, taxes, capital location, and capitol life are outlined with notes on Tryon’s Palace and early industry. President Washington's visit, Cape Fear navigation, and first cotton factory at Halifax are mentioned along with lighthouse land deals and Eli Whitney’s cotton gin.
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North Carolina
Edenton
Halifax
New Bern
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Hillsboro
Morgan
Morganton
Salisbury
Cape Fear
Chapel Hill
State University
Raleigh
Pittsboro
Cape Fear Navigation Company
Tryon’s Palace
Government House
Washington
Christopher Taylor
Willie Jones
Washington County
United States
Cape Hatteras
Cape Lookout
Beaufort
Eli Whitney
Phineas Miller
North Carolina Legislative Milestones 1800s Highlights
From 1800 to 1825 the state enacted laws on mariner tools and sawgins, renamed courts, bank charters, university powers, and currency shifts. Notable actions include suffrage for women in slander cases, U S currency adoption, Raleigh capital issues, and the creation of the state literary fund to support public schools.
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Raleigh
Western College of North Carolina
Lincolnton
State Board of Internal Improvements
Joseph Caldwell
State University
John Lovet Taylor
Duncan Cameron
Peter Browne
State Literary Fund
State Senate
House of Commons
Archibald D. Murphey
North Carolina
Radio Station Schedule Highlights and Listings
A dense rundown of Sunday radio programming across WEAF WABC WJZ WHAS WSM WTIC WGN and others. Timed blocks include symphonies choirs talks comedies and organ programs with numerous station cross‑references and shared feeds.
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WEAF
Wekeel
WJAR
WCSH
WTAG
WGK
WIOD
WRVA
WSAL
WJAX
WHAS
WWJ
WFLA
WCAE
WFIC
WHTE
WRC
WGY
Phila. Symphony
WEEI
WFI
WSM
WGR
KYW
WFJC
WEFLA
WSAI
Big Brother Club
WLIT
Theater Family
WIODD
WTAM
WSAN
WJAS
WFBL
WKBW
WADC
WXYZ
WABC
WEAN
WNAC
WCAU
WMAL
WHP
WLEW
WEBL
WWNC
WTAR
WDBJ
WPG
Fur Trappers, Orchestra
WHEK
James
WJR
WLW
KDKA
Musical Crusaders
WHAM
WBAL
WJIR
Kudaroa
WBZ
WPTF
WJZ
NBC Chain
WCAKE
WEJC
WSB
WTIC
WEFJC
WEE
Ws5sb
Champions Orchestra
WFIL
WGN
Seth Parker
CKGW
WEJIC
Sam Herman
Xylophonist
WLBZ
WCAC
WLBW
WEKBW
WDEL
CFRB
CKAC
WHR
WKRC
WSPD
WDOD
WLAC
WBT
WCAO
WHEC
WJB
WHK
Mayhew Lake
WBRC
WMAI
WKERC
Coral Islanders
Ann Leaf
K—760
Trans-Siberian Railway Carries Big Weekly Passenger Load
The Trans-Siberian Railway moves a weekly average of 300 passengers each way, an unusually large figure for the route.
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Trans-Siberian Railway
Old Scotch Fairs A State Institution Remembered
The article recalls North Carolina's old Scotch fairs once run under state charter between Laurinburg and Laurel Hill in Scotland County. They opened on first Mondays in May and November, banned Sunday setup, and drew traders, horse stock, and gambling around campfires, ending in 1873 after state abolition.
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North Carolina
Laurinburg
Laurel Hill
Laurinburge
Scotland County
Richmond County
Piedmont
South Carolina
Old Plank Road
Carolina
R. R. Ross
Asheboro
Ross
Mr. Ross
Randleman
Rosswell
Randolph County
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Sheraton Hotel
Bridge Club
Mrs. Swaim
W. P. Beck
Charles Lambeth
Crowell- Newby
Susie Crowell
Walter Newby
G. FE. Crowell
C. H. Newby
M. QO. Alexander
Boyles
Ben ’Arham
Glenn Pennington
John Crowell
Walter Rapp
Bill Fife, Jr
Dave Long, Jr
George Finch
Jessie Green
Parent-Teacher Association
Colonial Drive
Miss Outland
Annie Mae Atwater
Main Street School
Florence Lawrence
Lawrence
Doxey
Clara Harrison
Kate Norment
Thelma Worth Starling
Wilbur Dennis Madry
Burlington
Roseboro
Miss Starling
J. M. Starling
Mr. Madry
Scotland Neck
R. J. Madry
Mss
Thelha Worth Starling
Fred A. Olds
State Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Wake County
First State Bank
State Bank of
William Eaton
Fort Macon
U. S
John Barger
Rowan
Second Creek
Great Britain
Charlotte
Fair Rae Powell
Roy Hargrave
New York
The
Associated Press
Clear Channel
WIZ
Rover
Baltimoreans
Orchestra Gems
Merry Madcaps
Dynamic
Detroit
the Welcomers
Shadows
Sweethearts
Garden Melody
WJIZ
Quartet
Melodistas
Pioneers
Bretz & Wertz
WJZ Hiljo
Heaven & Home
WERAF
lj—Baker Vboys
Journal Review
Journal Hour
Mozart Trio
Rangers
WIZAZ
Balladeersa
WIA
Jim
Swise Navy
ANNEL
Hom
WSM Symphony
WLAF
WEA
Globe Trotters
Invisible
Fensemble
bLacquer & Jade
Playhouse
the Moonbeams
the Paramount
Paramount Theater
Harriette Hammer Walker
Lorraine Gingham
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