State Education Progress Leads NC in 14-Year Span
North Carolina moved ahead of seven states in educational progress from 1910 to 1924, rising from 26.06 to 42.81 percent of maximum. By 1924 NC ranked eighth in the South and 41st nationally, with notable gains from 1920 to 1922 and since 1918, the state posted a 51.1 percent improvement per the State School Facts publication.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
Department of Public Instruction
South
American School Board Journal
California
Maryland
Delaware
Nevada
Des Moines sought as 1928 Democratic convention site
Iowa party leader Clyde L. Herring backs Des Moines for the 1928 national convention. Chicago Daily News cites favorable responses from Georgia and Tennessee with Omaha Denver and Louisville also discussed. Des Moines supporters call it a strategic center for the agricultural unrest movement and oppose New York and Chicago due to political ties.
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Chicago
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Chicago Daily News Today
Des Moines
Mr. Herring
Georgia
Tennessee
Omaha
Denver
Louisville
New York
George E. Brennan
al Smith
Poultry Prices Steady in Chicago Market
Market report from Chicago shows poultry alive steady with six car receipts. Fowls sell 19 to 25 cents, springs 21 to 24 1/4 cents, turkeys 34, roosters 18, ducks 24 to 26, geese 18 per dozen.
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Chicago
Poultry Alive
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans
New Orleans on September 18 saw cotton futures open steady with October at 1630, December 1645, January 1650, March 1663, and May 1677, reflecting stable early trading.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures open steady with various month figures
New York stock market report shows cotton futures opening steady on September 18 with values for October 16.20, December 16.40, January 16.51, March 16.72 and May at 18.69.
Cottonseed oil futures edge steady in early trade
New Orleans September 158 AP Cottonseed oil opened steady with September at 10.00 cents per lb and October at 9.10, with November and December at 9.00 and January through March at 9.10.
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New Orleans
Cotton seed oil prices ease across futures curve
The market shows cotton seed oil closing easy with futures trading lower. Prices listed include prime summer yellow at 10.50 and crude around 8.00 to 8.62 with placements for September through March ranging from 8.88 to 9.05.
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New Orleans
Cotton seed oil prices ease in New York trade
In New York on September 18, cotton seed oil closed easier with prime summer yellow at 10.70 and prime crude at 8.62. September and October quotes ranged 10.70 to 10.20, with later months from 9.77 to 9.93 and sales totaling 12,100 units.
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New York
Cotton market opens steady as rumors lift prices
The New Orleans cotton market opened steady with first trades 4 points higher but eased on rumors a large national spot house would issue a crop estimate of 15,300,000 bales. October 16.12, December 16.30, January 16.385. Prices rallied later as word spread that a tropical hurricane reached Miami with 100 mph winds.
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New Orleans
Miami
Fla
New York
Foreign Influence Boosts Hollywood Pictures Count Tolstoy Joins Resurrection Advisory
Hollywood takes a European slant with Edwin Carewe hiring Count Ilya Tolstoy son of Leo Tolstoy as an advisor on Resurrection. Tolstoy’s duties are unclear but his presence is promoted as adding authenticity while raising questions about experts' real impact on filmmaking.
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Hollywood
Eigner
Edwin Carewe
Ilya Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Carewe
Tolstoy
Count Illy
Count Tolstoy
Count
Countess Tolstoy
Film Capital
Mrs. Smith
America
Foreign exchange rates steady in New York trading
The market showed steady quotations for major currencies. Great Britain demand set at 4.85 with cables at 4.85 1 2, 60 day bills on banks at 4.80 15 16, France demand 280, cables 281, Italy demand 262, cables 363.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Liberty and Treasury Bond Closing Prices Report
The UC S government bond closings show Liberty 3s at 100.13, 4s 5s at 101.26, second 4s at 100.19, third 4s at 101.2, fourth 4s at 102.6, Treasury 3s at 1201.13, Treasury 4s at 103.15, and Treasury 4s at 107.18.
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New York
UC. S
New York Dairy Prices Hold Steady on Key Items
Butter remains steady with receipts at 3,180. Creamery products rise above extras by about 45 to 46 percent, with first quality around 40 to 45 percent. Eggs firm with receipts totaling 14,878. Pacific coast whites show extras around 54 to 46 percent. Cheese remains firm with 185,866 pounds received.
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NEW York Dairy
New York
Weekly Financial Review shows top heavy market and downward drift
New York reports a sharp weekly stock price readjustment amid favorable trade news and credit unease. Investors fear higher rediscount rates while bears hammer many stocks. only occasional strength in Bethlehem Steel and a brief lift in United States Steel hover amid a broad slowdown across autos, rails, oils, and amusement stocks. August earnings are expected to set records with Nickel Plate hitting new highs.
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Chesapeake
Ohio
Cnem
Coast Line
Baldwin Loco
Isheee Cheepest
ONIO
Couhot
Bethlehem
California
Neaian
Mil
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Northwestern
Rulena Pac
Colorado
Consolidated Gas
Crucible Steel
I.sess Vee Ee Davison Chemical
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du Pont de Nem
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Fisk Mapper
Peres 18
Pounddation Co
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Freeaport-Texas
General Asphalt
General Electric, New
General Motors
Gt. Nor
Teorthern
Gulf States Steel
Pcoaston Goh
Ccs
Puan Mtoe
Kekas
Ety iHinois Central
Rexee Nee Int
Combustion Eng
Ossyae
Kansas City Southern
High Valley
Ovens Bae Louisville and Nash
SOG
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
Coolidge
Bethlehem Steel
United States
Pullman
Howe, Sound
Granby
Oil
Hudson
Mack
Fragmentary OCR gag order hints out of context
Readable fragments show numeric codes and scattered letters without clear events. No identifiable people places or organizations emerge to form a coherent news item or action.
Poiret gown with mauve chiffon velvet and metallic bands
A Paris design by Poiret features mauve chiffon velvet evening wear with gold and silver bands at the bodice top middle and hem. The velvet drape showcases a deep plum color for a period fashion note.
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Poiret
Paris
Varina Town Status Debate Stalls Over Road Row
Residents of Varina insist they are a town while the state highway commission contends otherwise. The dispute emerged from the Varina Fuquay Springs road controversy as officials await a final ruling.
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State Highway Commission
Varina-Fuquay Springs Road
Highway Commission
Fleetwood Hotel to Resume Rising at Jump Off Mountain
In Hendersonville on September 18, the Fleetwood Hotel project will restart within 15 days after creditors sell the property to Gulf Coast Land for 1.25 million dollars. The hotel began under Commodore J Perry Stoltz and faced repeated delays and a 2 million court dispute with Thomas Floyd and the Standard Mortgage Co.
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Hendersonville
Fleetwood
Gulf Coast Land Company
Commodore J. Perry Stoltz
Commodore Stoltz
Fleetwood Hotel Corporation
Thomas Floyd
Standard Mortgage Company
Weighing Machine Perfected for Wide Shop Use
A shop weighing device has been perfected to weigh objects ranging from a human hair to items up to 40 units in size. The invention promises precise readings across a vast scale for retail use.
Varina Fights to Stay On the Map Amid Highway Plan
Varina residents insist their town exists and belongs on the map despite being described as merged with Fuquay Springs. They pledge to stand firm as highway planners map a proposed road, arguing Varina will remain a separate community.
Ten Mile Hole in Earth One of Dreams of Science
The article discusses long considered plans to bore ten miles into the earth to study its interior. It notes deeper borings reveal temperature rises, with regional variation, and suggests such exploration could unlock vast internal heat for power, while highlighting oil geology and the ongoing pursuit of minerals and metals.
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Earth
West Virginia
New Jersey
Colorado
California
Wyoming
Lems
Rocky Mountain
Appalachians
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