Carolina News Briefs Highlights From Several North Carolina Communities
In New York Mildred Holler, 26, of Greensboro is rescued from a hotel roof after declaring she drank too many cocktails. In Newton three prisoners escape from Catawba county jail by sawing a one inch bar. sixteen remain jailed. In Ranton junior college classes begin with enrollment up from last year. In Concord an extinct volcano is suspected near the Mecklenburg line. Citizens from surrounding cities discuss promoting tourist travel on federal highway No. 1. In Crisches, teens report unclear details.
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YORK
Mildred Holler
Greensboro
N. C
Hotel America
Packing and storage plant planned in Asheville area
Beet cattle raisers in western North Carolina and Buncombe milk producers will establish a packing and storage plant in Asheville. The report spans multiple scattered items from AP wires across North Carolina, including indictments and local incidents.
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Sheville
N. C
North Carolina
Buncombe County
Asheville
Hathaway Exonerated in Self Defense Shooting
In Lymouth North Carolina Mrs Maude Hathaway was acquitted after a court found she fired at her husband in tent to kill in self defense.
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Lymouth
N. C
Maude Hathaway
First Lady Lou Henry Wins Silk Parasol in Skating Race
Waterloo item from May 28 1884 notes Miss Lou Henry won a silk parasol by skating twice around a hall and blowing out 19 candles in 38 seconds. Her address then was Waterloo Iowa, now listed as Washington DC.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Courier
Lou Henry
Washington, D.C
Miss Elliott O'Brien Climbs Finsteraarhorn in Alps
Geneva reports that GENEVA Miss Elliott O'Brien the honorary guide and sole woman to lead major climbing parties has summited the Finsteraarhorn 14026 feet high accompanied by two other guides. In SAN REMO Italy Dr Bono Zuculin a newspaper writer plans to curb remarks on feminine beauty after being hired to praise Miss Italy but a dispute over dyes leads to a lawsuit. In NEW YORK Clara Kimball Young faces suit for 22675 dollars with a clothing firm claiming 2500 for a mink coat 425 for a gold brocade coat and more.
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Elliott O’brien
Finsteraarhorn
Swiss Alps
San Remoqo
Italy
Bono Zuculin
Awwriter
New York
Clara Kimball
Young
Paris lure versus thrill of exploration
A fragment prompts a compare between Paris attraction and the excitement of travel. It invites reflection on what draws visitors to the city and how its charm contrasts with other adventures. The readable text hints at cultural, architectural, and experiential draws without detailing specifics.
Burns Escaped Chain Gang Framer Returns to Prison
Robert Elliott Burns, once a Georgia chain gang fugitive who built a Chicago publishing career, fled again after a year at large and was recaptured. He had been living free until his estranged wife revealed his identity to authorities.
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Robert Elliott Burns
Georgia
Chicago
German rocket plane ace aims for Channel crossing record
Berlin based Fritz von Open plans a fall English Channel flight in a special rocket plane. He expects to cover the distance in under 15 minutes, pursuing a new speed record.
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Berlin
Fritz von Open
New Orleans Customs House Still Unfinished After Eight Decades
The federal customs house in New Orleans begun eighty years ago remains incomplete. Construction started eighty years past and has never reached completion, leaving a long standing project in limbo.
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Federal Customs House
New Orleans
Illiterate rate in Spain falls from fifty to forty percent
Illiterate people now comprise 40 percent of Spain's population, down from 50 percent fifteen years ago, signaling progress in literacy.
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Spain
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