Illness at Mrs Perdue House and Local Engagements
Mrs J P Perdue is very ill at her home 1214 Shelton Street. Grace Pemberton Taylor engages Rex Stuart. wedding planned in Danbury on November 12. Wedding notice also mentions frequent visits between High Point families. The piece also notes Miss Louise Miller improving after hospital stay, and a birthday gathering for W H Setliff with 61 candles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Miller
Louise Miller
Guilford General Hospital
Knox Wilson
Parkway
James Spottswood Taylor
Grace Pemberton
Rex Stuart
Danbury
Taylor
Snow
Notable Visitors and Local Weekend Guests
Erwin Dollar stayed at the Cairo hotel in Washington D C. Mr and Mrs Alexander Rankin Jr and Miss Alberta Wineskie returned from Washington D C after several days away. Mr and Mrs L J Hill and family of Lexington were guests of Mr and Mrs O N Andrews on Sunday. Mrs George Abels left for White Bear Lake Wisconsin after a two month stay. Mr and Mrs Q N Andrews attended the Greensboro Fair on Friday. Mrs E M Goolsby, recently in Asheville, is to visit ten days with her niece Mrs John C Abels in Roland Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Abels
White Bear Lake
Minn
Alexander Rankin, Jr
Alberta Wineskie
Washington
D. C
Wisconsin
E. M. Goolsby
Asheville
John C. Abels
Roland Park
Asheville Musicians Win State Audition Winners Represent NC
Dorothy Hancock and Benjamin P Deloache Jr both of Asheville won the state audition in the Atwater Kent Radio Foundation prize contest. They will travel to Atlanta November 22 for the southeast district audition. WWNC director J Dale Stentz announced the results after last Thursday and Friday night auditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Dorothy Hancock
Benjamin P. Deloache, Jr
Atwater Kent Radio Foundation
North Carolina
Atlanta
J. Dale Stentz
WWNC
Big Lumber Merger Announced in Portland Oregon
A major lumber merger announced in Portland involves Clark and Wilson Lumber taking over Beaver and Nehalem Lumber and Portland and Southwestern Railway. The combined operation would support nearly a million feet of timber daily for twenty years with mills at Linnton and Prescott Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Clark and Wilson Lumber Company
Beaver and Nehalem Lumber Companies
Portland and Southwestern Railway Company
Linnton
Prescott
Aimee Semple McPherson Recovering After BurnsShock
Aimee Semple McPherson is reported responding satisfactorily to treatment at Mount Wilson Hospital for severe burns and shock suffered when an electrical device at Angelus Temple short circuited while treating cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Mount Wilson
Angelus Temple
Trapped in Fire Kill Four at Wateringbury Hall
Major Richard Bazley-White, a decorated British war veteran, his wife, their four year old son, and a woman nurse died in a villa fire at Wateringbury Hall. Three servants were rescued by ladder while others escaped via a back staircase. The charred bodies were found among the ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maidstone
Eng
Wateringbury Hall
Richard Bazley-White
Madame Wu Freed In Tientsin Detention
Madame CC C Wu wife of the Nanking foreign minister, arrested last week by northern authorities and held incommunicado was released today from the military police headquarters. She was escorted to the German hotel in the former German concession where police surveillance maintained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Wu
Tientsin
China
Madame CC. C. Wu
Nanking
Jump Fatality On Illinois Road Near Mt Olive
In Litchfield Illinois on October 18 a Wabash train struck a truck carrying Charles Brewer and his wife. Mrs. Brewer aged 34 leaped from the vehicle and was killed when her head struck the pavement. Brewer escaped uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield, Ill
Charles Brewer
Mt. Olive
Cyclonic Storm Skirts Cuba Edges Toward Jamaica
A cyclonic storm moved east of Cuba, about sixty miles from the island and 250 miles south of Havana. Indications say it is not of great intensity or danger and would pass along the island’s southern edge near Cape Cruz before reaching Jamaica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Havana
Caiman
Here
Cape Cruz
Oriente Province
Jamaica
Lindbergh Flies Spirit of St Louis From Bolling Field
Charles A Lindbergh departed Bolling Field at 1 02 p m in rain to begin a flight of the Spirit of St Louis to Baltimore. The field was muddy but the trans Atlantic flyer faced no difficulties as the takeoff proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bolling Field
Spirit of St. Louis
Baltimore
Treasury flags tax cuts limited by 1989 surplus
Treasury officials estimate safe tax curtailment cannot exceed 250 million dollars based on a 1989 surplus outlook. They project a 550 to 600 million dollar 1928 surplus driven by railroad loan payments and back taxes, with smaller future back-tax gains and a 3650 million surplus deemed excessive. Hearings set for October 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. P
Treasury
Board of Tax Appeals
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Coolidge
United States Chamber of Commerce
The
Eata
House
Ways and Means Committee
Final Business Session of Carolinas Circulation Managers Meet
The eighth annual Carolinas Circulation Managers Association convened in Asheville for its final business session at the George Vanderbilt hotel. Delegates and spouses planned a Lake Lure trip and a Lake Lure Inn dinner, after a morning focused on industry issues with speakers from the Asheville Citizen, Durham Herald, Times, Columbia Record, and Columbia State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Carolinas Circulation Managers Association
George Vanderbilt Hotel
Carolinas
Lake Lure
Lake Lure Inn
J. R. Marks
The
Kitchin Improves After Malaria Illness at Wake Forest
Dr. Thurman D. Kitchin dean of Wake Forest medical school showed considerable improvement after a week long malaria illness. A relapse raised fears of a worst turn before stabilizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitchin
Wake Forest
Thurman D. Kitchin
Wake Forest College Medical School
Cecil's Drug Store Fire Injures Pharmacist
A brief blaze at Cecil's drug store 119 North Main Street started in the rear at 12:20 this afternoon from a spark in an electric switch. Pharmacist E. J. Ruth was burned while fighting the blaze before firefighters arrived, suffering smallArm injuries to both arms. The fire caused mainly smoke damage but was quickly extinguished with no material loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil's Drug Store
North Main Street
E. J. Ruth
Program on broad character presented by U S chamber
Councillors of the chamber of commerce of the United States studied a broad program and worked to shape a platform of business. Lew E. Pierson urged vigorous federal tax reduction flood control of the Mississippi project and postal rate revision as priorities. The meeting will close tonight with formal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Baden
Ind
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Lew E. Pierson
New York
Chamber
Wake Forest Football Sees Return of Ober and Person
Wake Forest notes the return of Capt Monk Ober and Luke Person to varsity workouts after injuries as the Deacons prepare for a Davidson game in Greensboro. Joe Clayton will miss the clash with a collar bone injury. Weldon Wier and Fred Burroughs contend for his end position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wake Forest
Monk Ober
Luke Person
Deacons
Davidson
Greensboro
Joe Clayton
Weldon Wier
Asheville
Fred Burroughs
Clayton
Father and son lose fingers in pair of farm accidents
In Fond du Lac on October 18 a father and son suffered finger injuries within 30 minutes. Arnold Thill attempted to fix a broken corn binder and lost part of his left hand. While en route to a doctor, his father tried the repair and lost the first and second fingers in the same machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond DU Lac, Sr
Arnold Thill
Highway commissioners open bids on nine road projects
State highway commissioners in Raleigh received bids on nine road projects totaling about 75 miles of hard surface and dirt roads. The work, expected to cost around a million dollars, covers Beaufort Pitt Chadbourn Wayne Durham Montgomery Alexander and Wilkes counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Highway Commissioners
Beaufort
Pitt
Chadbourn
Wayne
Durham
Montgomery
Alexander
Wilkes Counties
Funeral services held for W. S. O. Robinson in Goldsboro
Funeral services conducted in Goldsboro for W. S. O. Robinson a former superior court judge who served eight years and was active in Republican circles. He died at his home after a three month illness of heart trouble at age 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Feneral Goldsboro
W. S. O’b. Robinson
Superior Court
Honohue Re elected President of National Boxing Association
Thomas Honohue of Hartford was unanimously reelected president as the 1928 convention was set for Toronto. The association admitted Montana Arkansas Colorado Missouri Porto Rico and Galveston Texas. Champions named include Tunney Slattery Walker Dundee Mandell Bass Taylor. LaBarba vacant due to retirement. Slattery won light heavyweight by defeating Rosenbloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Thomas Honohue
Hartford
Conn
National Boxing Association
Toronto
Montana
Arkansas
Colorado
Missouri
Porto Rico
Galveston
Texas
Association
Gene Tunney
Jim Slattery
Mickey Walker
Joe Dundee
Sammy Mandell
Benny Bass
Bud Taylor
Fide
LaBarba
Slattery
Maxie Rosenbloom
National Association
Rosenbloom
Tommy Loughran
New York
Mike McTigue
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G. W. Jr
Rainbow Order
Order of the Rainbow
Masonic Hall
Stevens
Moore
J. E. Brame
Lindsay Street
J. W. Moore
MR. Setliff
W. H. Setliff
W. E. Setliff
R.S. Setliff
Nannie Setliff
B. R. Dickson
John Scarce
E. M. Harville
Sanford and
Qosvil Bates
Maude Davis
Jesus
Grover Jones
Lee Gibson
Collier Ellis
Goolsby
Mrs. Abels
Panama
Harry Raymond
Illinois
Western States
Canada
DIAL
Cecil
EE. Erwin Dollar
Cairo Hotel
Washington, D. C
Mrs. Q. N. Andrews
Greensboro Fair
N. Main St
Petlura
Paris
Samuel Schwartzbard
Simon Petlura
Court of Assizes
Schwartzbard
Red Cross
Beavans’ Daily Store News
E. Z. Union
Fay
Beavans
Aimee
NEA
Eian
Boxing Board
Stamey
Stanback
DrScholls
Main Drug Co
N. Main
Tommy Jones
Lew Gogarty
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