National Advertising Tires and Balkan War Echoes
A 1872 newspaper snippet notes National Advertising inches, Frost Landis and Kohn in New York and Chicago offices, while the piece surveys world events from Bulgarian demotion of zeal to calls for Greece relief. It mentions naval aeronautical plans on radio and a Chicago blackmail ring targeting bootleggers. It also covers General Bowley’s criticism of Colonel Mitchell at Greenville court martial debates.
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North Carolina
A. J. Bowley
Mitchell
Bowley
Greenville
American Legion
Air Service
Tragic End of Mrs Lillian Duke Follows Divorce Fallout
The death of Mrs Lillian B Duke after her former husband J B Duke died without referencing her in his will highlights a long troubled life. Once married to a man regarded among America's wealthiest, she had fallen to poverty while his successor enjoyed a vast estate worth hundreds of millions.
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Lillian B. Duke
President Coolidge urges home discipline to fortify America
President Calvin Coolidge addressed the YMCA urging parents to restore old fashioned home discipline. Dr. P P Claxton stresses the home as the core of education and the source of national life, shaping children’s physical mental and moral development for society and state.
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Calvin Coolidge
Parents of America
P. P. Claxton
Federal Commissioner of Education
America
Expert counsel backs High Point 43 acre school site
Dr. N. L. Engelhardt of Columbia University endorses the chosen 43 acre site for the local high school and urges against selling any portion. He notes the need to preserve ground for future expansion and the school system's long range planning, while warning against wasteful, ill considered actions as the town grows.
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N. L. Engelhardt
Columbia University
Board of Education
High Point
Central High School
Cross Roads
Angelo Patri
Patri
A Helpful Study of the Crime Tide
The piece argues Americans doubt the ability to keep order amid rising crime. It critiques overregulation and calls for stronger popular will to enforce laws protecting life and property. The Saturday Evening Post essays by Richard Washburn Child are urged for thoughtful citizen reading.
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Richard Washburn Child
Saturday Evening Post
North Carolina
Better Homes Section Highlights Local Home Improvement
The paper features a special section on Better Homes created with input from many local interests. It argues High Point's builders focus on aesthetic value and comfort, aiming to blend beauty with practicality in home making.
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High Point
This Morning
Careful reading may reveal broadly helpful ideas
The passage suggests that careful consideration uncovers ideas with general usefulness. It implies reflection can yield guidance applicable beyond the immediate context, encouraging readers to extract transferable lessons. The tone remains exploratory and pragmatic.
Opening of Sedgefield Club Signals Regional Growth
The formal inauguration of the Sedgefield golf club marks a significant addition to the Triangle region’s recreation. It aims to unite constructive citizens from Greensboro and High Point, fostering wholesome relationships beyond business aims and expanding intercommunity contact through golf and club life.
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Sedgefield
Triangle Cities
Navy Lives On Despite Accidents Say Officials
Secretary Wilbur asserts a navy without accidents would be dead, claiming the fleet remains fully alive with incidents acknowledged yet managed. The remark frames safety as a sign of vigor and readiness.
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Wilbur
Moving Picture Face as a Pursuit of Truth
The speaker mocks the Moving Picture Face seen in cinema and argues that art’s quest for truth cannot tolerate such performers. He notes the oddity of the expression in film and urges steadfast commitment to honesty over sentiment.
Reaching a Consideration of Religion and Society
A 1925 Bell Syndicate column questions dogmatic religion and the role of education and work in society. It argues against belief in a god, critiques court and political systems, and notes taxation and poverty issues while reflecting on modern morals and progress.
Teaching as a Faulted Path in a Vast World
A reflective piece arguing that teaching has failings at scale. The author contends that even when teaching yields success, it signals deeper flaws in the system and approach. They frame education as limited by broader societal failures and personal doubt.
Idlers Claim Credit for Building Projects
A speaker argues that practical workers built cities like New York and Chicago, while artists and writers merely offer ideas. He notes idlers gather to watch new construction and will boast they built the hotel, seeking shade and chairs to view the progress. He lists cities and suggests workers made towns comfortable before others arrived.
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Whitman
Poe
Wilde
Dante
Goethe
la Follette
Homer
New York City
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Boston
Portland
Los Angeles
Philosophy and the education of experience in danger
A writer blames philosophy for being confined to the cultured few but argues philosophy is education of experience. The foxes on a hillside scatter at the sight of a man with a gun and dog, showing instinctive danger as a form of philosophy. The speaker notes several unsolvedtechnical difficulties in submarine, airplane, and wireless realms and invokes God’s jealousy of men.
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Ernest Baker
England
Bell Syndicate Inc
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Critics Accuse Men Of Failure Beyond Respect
A sharp remark reflecting on those who fail in most regards yet excel as harsh critics. The quote contrasts criticism with practical achievement and hints at broader social dynamics without naming individuals or events.
AE WITH BOLSHEVISTS AND DUKE FOREIGN STUDENTS
A two-part piece notes violence in Missouri reflecting social tensions and profiles Duke University foreign students including Lopato from Harbin China and classmates from China Japan Russia Italy Germany Brazil and Japan detailing their backgrounds and studies at Duke amid immigration and education themes.
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Durham
Michael Lopato
Duke University
Harbin
Manchuria
China
Lopato
Chester Lui
N. C. State College
Fung Hui So
Zein
Wang
Josue Cardoso d’Alfonseca
Brazil
Eiko Yonemura
Japan
Resolutions Back Referendum on School Term Amendment
At the South Piedmont District annual meeting in Charlotte over 1500 teachers adopted resolutions urging the 1927 legislature to submit the proposed constitutional amendment for a one year minimum school term to a public referendum. The current term is six months.
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Charlotte
N. C
South Piedmont
North Carolina Teachers’ Association
Water relief trains to Asheboro continue from High Point
Thirteen tank cars on a special train plus a prior nine cars from High Point delivered water to Asheboro to ease the town’s shortage. City Manager R L Pickett says a daily relief train will run until permanent help arrives, with hydrant water pumped into tanks by fire hose. Mayor H A Moffitt welcomed the aid.
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High Point
Asheboro
Randolph County
R. L. Pickett
Wrenn
H. A. Moffitt
Water shortage threatens Asheboro region
There has been almost no rain in five months, leaving Asheboro's watershed with only about half the water needed. The situation is described as serious, with the town facing a critical supply shortage.
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Asheboro
Radio to Tell Navy Exploits on Navy Day Broadcast
On Navy Day the Navy will present first hand aero naval exploits via a nationwide radio network. Commander Rodgers, Lt Commander Rosendahl, and Lt Commander Byrd Jr. will describe experiences introduced by Secretary Wilbur. Stations WEAF WEEI WGR WWJ WSAI and WOC will carry the addresses with more stations added.
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Washington
East
Middlewest
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Rodgers
E. E. Rosendahl
Shenandoah
Richard BE. Byrd, Jr
Navy
Wilbur
WEAF
New York
WEEI
Boston
WGR
Buffalo
WWJ
Detroit
WSAI
Cincinnati
WOC
Davenport
Iowa
THAT BODY OF YOURS AND ITS INTERNAL FOES
Dr Barton discusses Sir Arbuthnot Lane and Lord Dawson asking readers to reduce constipation and overloading of the large intestine. He warns about bands forming inside the gut from overeat ing and underexercising, urges proper diet, and notes internal health as key to resilience against illness.
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Great Britain
Sir Arbuthnot Lane
Britain
World
Fen
Lord Dawson
North America
Flue
Gladstone
How Youth Finds Taste Opposed to Certain Food
New York reports suggest adults escape dislike of certain foods by avoiding coercive feeding. A Metropolitan Life pamphlet advises gentle encouragement and clean table manners, with feeding schedules from birth to six years and supervision by a physician to reduce infant intestinal diseases and deaths.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insance Company
Distributi
Milli
Americas
Brokers Plea for Saturday Stock Exchange Closure
In New York 35 000 Wall Street workers pressed the New York Stock Exchange to close Saturday after days of 14 to 18 hour shifts. Brokers seek a pause to reconcile accounts as unprecedented buying pressure floods the market. The petition cites strain on employees and the need for rest and orderly handling of immense daily activity.
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New York
Newstock Exchange Today
Ava
Altraday
Machi
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