High Point Seeks Rail Route Rerouting Through Higher Officials
Citizens meeting last night urged passing the proposal to reroute railroad tracks that cut through High Point. They rejected compromise and pressed for a decisive shift in the right of way or at least a favorable agreement on grade crossing elimination with cost sharing. The group seeks a prompt decision, hoping higher company officials will approve a radical plan after earlier talks in smaller offices failed.
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Southern Railway Company
Frontal Assault on Whiskey Syndicate in New York
Prohibition news reports the breakup of a well organized whiskey distribution syndicate centered in New York. The operation was run with shrewd supervision and direction, highlighting the scope of the illegal network across the northeast.
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New York
Fine Praise and Rum Running Debate Across States
The article assesses a New York whiskey distribution network and federal enforcement, noting state complicity and the danger of bootlegging continuing. It praises a Greensboro state employee who died after service, then criticizes prison work programs and rising criminal admissions as a societal and fiscal burden.
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Greensboro News
State Prison Faces Deficit and Economic Crisis
The State Prison expects a deficit this year estimated at 150000 to 175000 dollars. Causes include boll weevil damage to State Farms, floods, and a large idle prison population with limited work. Officials cite reduced work, rising inmate numbers, and slackening production as core factors.
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Raleigh
Forgotten Hero at Fort Jefferson
Bruce Catton recounts Dr Samuel A Mudd who treated Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth after a broken leg. Despite innocence he faced life imprisonment at Fort Jefferson, where yellow fever raged and he worked 18 hours daily to treat the sick, earning a pardon and lasting memory for selfless bravery.
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England
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Writer claims raw onions as health eating instead of apples
A British writer says he eats raw onions like apples to keep doctors away and benefit everyone’s health, presenting a bold, quirky health stance.
Quiet Practice Rules Highlight Golf Etiquette
Many girls play golf in their bare legs these days. One of the first rules of golf is to keep your eye on the ball.
Boys take up housekeeping studies says bulletin
A statistical bulletin notes many boys now study housekeeping sciences. The quip adds a light line that somebody has to open the cans.
Winston Weed Mart Has Biggest Week
Winston-Salem reports the third tobacco marketing week with 3,435,678 pounds sold for 612,030.86 dollars and an average of 17.83 dollars. Friday sale totaled 669,776 pounds bringing 123,176.64 dollars at 18.39 per hundredweight.
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Winston-Salem
Old Belt
City statue honors aristocratic beggar in Hunedoara
A Hunedoara statue commemorates Hohog Nandra, last of the Nandras who held the boler title, for refusing to sell his vote in a Transylvania plebiscite. He chose honor over Hungarian money, preserving his family’s honor as the fate of the vote turned on a single ballot.
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Pigeons of London Saved by Sentiment
London officials plan to spare pigeons around St Pauls Cathedral the officer of health notes in his annual report while about 2000 birds were killed last year for health and sanitary reasons. The sentiment urges keeping small numbers due to the historic ties to St Pauls Guildhall Mansion House and the Royal Exchange.
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Wiggins Inquest Postponed Again In Gastonia
The inquest into Ella May Wiggins death was postponed to Monday afternoon because Solicitor John G. Carpenter needed to attend the Concord trial of four Gastonia mill workers accused of flogging Ben Wells. Seven men remain under arrest from prior testimony as the mob killed Wiggins on September 14 during a textile workers chase from Gastonia.
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John G. Carpenter
Concord
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Ella May Wiggins
Gas Main Break Ties Up New Orleans Industries
A natural gas main break at Lutcher La interrupted fuel to New Orleans, suspending virtually all industrial plants relying on gas. Repairs were underway with domestic supply aided by reserve tanks. officials aimed to restore the main by noon.
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English Paper Backs Offense Against Talkie Movies
London newspaper criticizes American talkies for corrupting youth and shaping slang among children and adults with terms like boob ginks simps saps and dumbbells, signaling concern over changing conversation patterns.
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London
Ginks
Gardner Says Fair Best In History
North Carolina Governor Max Gardner called the state fair the best ever and a true state fair after visiting yesterday. He praised Cleveland County wins, homecoming week, and pride in the state while noting livestock, poultry, and departmental exhibits and a large Saturday crowd despite UNC vs Georgia Tech.
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Monument to Liar in Bodenwerder Honors Baron Munchausen
In Bodenwerder a monument honors Baron Munchausen as the world's greatest liar. The tale cites his snowstorm ride where he tethered a horse to a pole and slept, waking to find he had hitched the horse to a church steeple.
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Even The Mortgage Dobson-What is your son taking at college
Hobson-All I've got. Answers.
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Boston Pioneer Woman Jeweler Encourages Women in Business
Boston's Anna L. Callahan reflects on 15 years as a wholesale and retail jeweler after leaving a 17 year bookkeeper career in 1914. She recalls skepticism she faced yet asserts women can succeed in commerce with courage, common sense, and solid fundamentals.
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Anna Ll. Callahan
Miss Callahan
Puzzlers Horizontal Clues Solve Crossword From Fragments
A scrambled list of crossword clues across horizontal entries including Stares, Musical composition, Inherent, At no time, War flyers, Not bright, To sell, Direction, Napoleon birthplace, Toward, Obstruction, Queer, Chum, Raven author, Intention, To secure, Fruit, Nothing, Sun god, Ireland stones, To fare, Mississippi river, Doctor, Scale note, Conjunction, Company, Bird, Noise, Vegetable, Blue grass, Eagle, Middle, Composer Peer Gynt Suite, Polished, Opposite of credit, Appears, Small nail, Christmas, Measure golf device Nay Half an em Postscript Above.
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