North Carolina Leads in Bedroom Suit Manufacturing Nationwide
Census data from 1925 shows North Carolina tops the nation with 26,677,975 dollars in bedroom furniture production. The report lists 8,235 furniture plants nationwide, with New York and Illinois following, and total furniture value at 868,145,913 dollars, up 11.8 percent from 1923.
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North Carolina
United States Department of Commerce
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
California
Indiana
Massachusetts
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Library donations and community fund drive noted
Local residents show interest in a growing library as dozens of books are donated by Mrs. A. E. B. Tate and Mr. J. H. Tate. A long list details many contributors and amounts to the library fund, including individuals and groups such as Mrs. J. W. Harriss, Col. Wescott Roberson, the American Business Club, and Miss Florence Blair, with varied gifts.
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A. EB. Tate
J. H. Tate
Library Book Fund
J. W. Harriss
Col. Wescott Roberson
Fred J. Bartlett
W. G
Mungan
John Teague
American Business Club
W. T Hicks
Ci Bhald
R. O. Lindsay
G. H. Kearns
EB. Kirkman
Kogtos Coves Oss
W. J. Armfield
Eckes
Wrenn
Vaeses Eux Boulee
S. H. Tomlinson
W. G. Mungan
Sewoog
H. K. Griffith
R. C. Charlies
T. A. Sykes
Metengia
Minnie Pollock
H. Norwood Bowne
Eric Flormah
Mra. R. CC. Charies
Powoll
Magar Partiey
Bo Omor Aca
R. B. Parker
Owen Smith
Geo. R. Brown
Philomathean Book Club
Monarch Ciudie
Laura Dodemead
Panui W BM
Julius E. Marsh
B. Ditfendall
F. R. Taylor
Henry A White
T. Wingate Andrews
Bonner
Agro Ok
H. L. Brockman
J. A. Behelman
Sorocia Clu
Shelton Woodworking
Pescock
Market Reports Chicago Poultry and Stocks Mixed News
Chicago market notes show poultry receipts at 23 cars with varied live prices for fowls, springs, turkeys, roosters, ducks and geese, while a broad list of industrial and transportation stocks, railroads, and consumer goods firms appear with mixed price movement. The page blends market data with scattered company names and price figures, reflecting a busy trading day.
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Chicago
Butter prices rise as creamery extras lead gains
Chicago buyers note butter prices up with receipts of 5,469 tubs and creamery extras at 48 percent, standards 45 percent, extra firsts 45 47 percent, firsts 40 44 percent, seconds 36 39 percent. Eggs hold steady with 6,392 cases received.
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Chicago
Commodity Prices Quiet As Metals Hold Ground
New York copper steady at 137 percent, tin at 7050 spot and 6775 January, iron listed 2250 to 2300 No 2 Eastern Pennsylvania and 2050 to 2100 No 2 Alabama, lead at 800 spot, zinc firm at East St. Louis 725 spot and TZ72 futures, antimony at 1236.
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New York
Eastern
Pennsylvania
Alabama
East St. Louis
Cotton futures close higher on late session strength
New York cotton futures posted gains with most active contracts up about 8 points. Prices finished Dec at 1256 58, Jan 1261 63, March 1280 82, May 1301 02, and July 1321 22 with opening quotes shown for Dec 1245 and later months.
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New York
Argentina crop reports lift Chicago wheat market
Unfavorable NW Argentina crop conditions due to frost and drought sparked early wheat gains in Chicago. Prices moved from 14 to 8 4 cents for futures with moderate advances across corn, oats, and provisions as the market firmed.
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Chicago
Argentina
Foreign exchange rates compile in New York market
Foreign exchanges show irregular quotes with major currencies cited. Notable values include Great Britain at 484% and 60 day bills on banks at 40849, as markets record fluctuating rates across Europe and beyond.
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Foreign Exchange
New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
Austria
Rumania
Argentina
Brazil
Tokyo
Shanghai
Montreal
New Orleans Cotton Opens Easy Amid Lower Cables
The New Orleans cotton market opened easy due to weaker Liverpool cables with early losses of 5 to 9 points. December traded to 1248, January 1254, and March 1269 or 9 to 12 points below Saturday's close before rains and a tropical disturbance induced short covering and a rally of four to five points.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Yucatan Channel
Preacher Lindley Leads Two Services at First Methodist
Professor P. E. Lindley dean of High Point college preached at both morning and night services at First Methodist Protestant Church yesterday drawing large crowds. His sermon theme was Casting Shadows and special musical programs featured both sessions. The church plans Lindley to preach indefinitely with no interim appointment for a successor to retiring pastor Dr. George Rowland Brown. Associate pastor Rev. E. Lester Ballard was named and will arrive next week to oversee church school, office work and pastoral duties. The Christian Endeavor society meets at 7:30 tonight to discuss How to Make War Against War led by R. H. Shaw. The regular monthly church conference is set for next Wednesday at 7:30.
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P. E. Lindley
High Point College
Hamblen
Shelley
Berceuse
Denice
Angelus
Lieurance
Lindley
George Rowland Brown
Greensboro
E. Lester Ballard
West End
Christian Endeavor Society of the Church
R. H. Shaw
Nebraska stars arrested in campus poker raid
Roy Mandery and John Brown both NU football stars were taken into custody in Lincoln early today along with six other students in a police raid on a poker game. Mandery serves as a special police officer enforcing the city curfew.
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Lincoln
Neb
Roy Mandery
John
Brown
University of Nebraska
Mandery
Possibilities Of City Entering In Politics Are Discussed
Political observers doubt High Point city government will enter statewide politics within two years. After talks in November and the recent city sweep by Democrats, leaders say the move would require legislature action and may hinder progress, with mixed views on party benefits and risks.
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High Point
Former Sheriff Conklin Deposition Under Oath Refusal
Mills argues that Sheriff Conklin testified under oath to police, but refused to sign the transcript. McKeever acted as stenographer and supreme court examiner, noting Conklin’s original statements and pencil changes. Senator Case revealed oaths given before witnesses, and that Conklin did not sign the deposition. Police and Jersey City officers attended the hearing led by Captain Walsho.
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Conklin
McKeever
Supreme Court
Sheriff Conklin
Case
State Police
Jersey City Force
Captain Walsho
Jersy City
Nixon testifies in Hall Mills case about Soper confession
Ira B. Nixon, oil company proprietor, testified that four years earlier Elijah Soper told him he recognized Mrs. Hall and her two brothers in a car near Crussy's Lane the night of the Hall Mills slayings. Soper had said he saw an auto with two men and four women but could not identify them.
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Soper
Nixon
Incgane
Popular titles draw crowds at High Point Library
The High Point public library reports Angel by DuBose Heyward and The Silver Spoon by J Galsworthy as the two most requested books in the first two days after opening. Patrons may reserve titles by filling a card, with two cents charged to cover mailing costs.
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High Point Public Library
DuBose Heywood
Joan Galsworthy
Galsworthy
Marianne Martin
Elm Street School Art Exhibit Planned for November 17 19
Arrangements are under way for an Elm Street school art exhibit to run November 17 to 19 with programs in the afternoon and evening. Officials praise the outlook and promise strong local talent. A turkey dinner Friday night will be served by the Parent Teachers Association. Proceeds will fund purchases of new pictures for school rooms.
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Elm Street
Parent-Teachers Association
Political Contribution Figures In This Suit In Indiana
An Indianapolis suit claims a 19000 contribution funded the 1924 state campaign for Samuel and Martin Insull and Harley L. Clark. Contributors include D C Stephenson, Harry Read, and Robert I. Todd, with funds allegedly paid to Governor Jackson and John W. DeeCardle as head of the public service commission.
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Indianapolis
Samuel and
Martin Insull
Harley L. Clark
Chicago
Public Service Commission
Alva J. Rucker
D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Harry Read
Interstate Public Service Company
Robert I. Todd
Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
Jackson
John W. DeeCardle
Local Boy Joins Carolina Glee Club on Tour
Jack Crowson of Roland Park, a member of the University Glee Club under John Paul Weaver, visited his parents yesterday. The group left Chapel Hill for a Raleigh concert at St Mary's College and will tour the eastern region and into South Carolina after tonight.
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Jack Crowson
University Glee Club
M. C. Crowson
Roland Park
Crowson
Glee Club
John Paul Weaver
Chapel Hill
Raleigh
St. Mary’s College
South Carolina
Memphis News Scimitar Sold to Scripps Howard Interests
Memphis newspaper changes hands as the News Scimitar is sold to the Memphis Press, Scripps Howard Daily. Paul Block of New York owned the Scimitar. transfer expected within days with G. V. Sanders to edit the consolidated daily.
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis News Scimitar
Scripps-Howard Publishing
Barnard Cohn
News Scimitar
Associated Press
Memphis Press
Scripps-Howard Daily
Memphis Scimitar
C. P. M. Turner
Memphis Morning News
J. R. Pound
Scimitar
Scripps-Howard
G. V. Sanders
Press
Sanders
Consolidated Daily
George Morris
Local Court Docket Highlights Larceny Drunkenness and Violations
Judge Niachae Cornelius Rouse presides over larceny cases involving John Dorsett with 90 days and Carl Steel plus Rountree Steel for prohibition violations with fines and appeals noted. Joe Covington charged with drunken disorderly conduct 30 days jail. A M Martin cited for operating under liquor influence with costs. press Stone Assault with court costs. Jessie Hayes and Raymond Harris affray with 5 dollars each and costs. Rufus Saunders vagrancy 39 days suspended if employed. Rob Moore assault with prayer for judgment continued 30 days suspended. Theodore Saunders drunkenness case incomplete.
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Cornelius Rouse
John Dorsett
Carl Steel
Rountree Steel
Joe Covington
A. M. Martin
Press Stone
Jessie Hayes
Raymond Harris
Rufus Saunders
Rob Moore
Ed Stack
Theodore Saunders
Ministers Hold Meet At Wesley Memorial Church
The Ministerial association of High Point met at 11 am in the Sunday school room of Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal church. The Rev. J W Moore the church's new pastor was welcomed into the association.
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High Point
Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
J. W. Moore
Bank Robbery Shocks Reardan With Masked Hold Up
Four masked men robbed Farmers State Bank in Reardan Washington today injuring no one and escaping with loot estimated between 15,000 and 290,000. A sheriff's posse was believed to have them surrounded in a field.
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Reardan
Wash
Farmers State Bank
How to Gain 5 Pounds in 30 Days
Advertisement claims McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets help thin individuals gain 5 pounds in 30 days. Promotes sugar coated pills sold by Ask Mann Drug Co and other druggists with a money back guarantee if the goal isn’t met. Includes a testimonial of a woman who gained 15 pounds in six weeks.
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Mann Drug Co
McCoy
Machinery to build Deep River dam to employ many locals
Grier Lawrence Construction announces the first shipment of dam construction machinery to Deep River. The project will begin immediately with many High Point laborers to be hired for dam, pipe line work, and related tasks. Officials pledge fast progress and local employment under a yearlong contract.
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Grier Lawrence Construction Company
High Point
Deep River
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Hee Crucible Steel
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Hudson Motors
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Keen Int. Combustion Eng
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Texas Co
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Liggett and Myers
Western
Chicago Dairy
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Haywood
the Silver Spoon
Carolina Glee Club
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Leopold
Astride
Scripps-Howard Chain
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Clyde Lineberry
Roy Allen
Grady Allen
Tom Curtis
Henry Grady
E. H. Canon
Claude Lewis
E. Perry Walters
Viola Whitaker
Charles McIntyre
James Anderson
Robert Gayle
Niachae
Nat Walker
Hart Drug Co
J.L. Darr
Cement Contractor
North State Insurance & Loan Co
Commercial Bank
High
Star Self Rising
W. A. Davis
Hamilton ST
Philadelphia
Southern Railway System
Southern Railway
Washington
Baltimore
R. H. Graham
D. PB. A. Charlottie
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