Frank Graham Urges Straight Play and Balance at UNC Freshman Address
UNC president Frank Graham delivers a plain spoken talk to freshmen stressing honesty in conduct, priority of studies, and the value of physical and leadership development through extracurriculars. He, a trusted leader since 1914, is praised for loyalty to Carolina and for guiding one of the South’s great educational centers.
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Health Board Divided Sparks Call for Lay Members
The Greensboro Daily News discusses proposals to alter North Carolina’s State Board of Health. Editors debate adding lay members versus keeping a physician majority as tensions over leadership and policy persist across the health system.
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Greensboro Daily News
North Carolina State Board of Health
James Northington
Southern Medicine and Surgery
Charlotte
North Carolina Supreme Court
FADDISTS Cited As Possible Cause Of Rising Appendicitis Deaths
Dr. G. M. Cooper of the state health board warns food and diet faddists as key factors in a surge of appendicitis deaths despite better surgical care. He notes half the population adopts self prescribed diets and urges health education to lower mortality.
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G. M. Cooper
Bureau of Health Education
State Board of Health
Teaching youth to see dangers in modern practices
The passage urges instructing people especially children and young adolescents to recognize dangers behind certain practices that Dr. Cooper condemns. It frames education as a shield against harmful conduct targeted at the young.
Brussels and Waterloo Celebrating Belgiums Independence Century
The article describes Belgiums 100th anniversary celebrations across Brussels with decorated buildings and nightlife. It notes crowded sidewalks, international visitors, and a strong presence of American goods and commerce in the capital while contrasting European travel from London to Ostend.
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Scanning New Books by Richard Maslock
Memoirs styled like Hamlin Garland present figures of a past era such as Edwin Booth Mark Twain Walt Whitman Roosevelt and Howells in a portrait of cultural growth from a Dakota farm boy to a Boston arrival in 1884 with $140.
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Richard Maslock
New York
Hamlin
Garland
Edwin Booth
Mark Twain
Walt Whitman
Riley
Roosevelt
William Dean Howells
Boston
Portraits and Anecdotes of a Genteel Era in Boston Cultural Life
The piece reviews works by Garland and Harold Nicolson. It highlights Garland's vivid portraits of Boston’s cultural figures from Whitman to Henry James and Nicolson's Portrait of a Diplomatist detailing Sir Arthur Nicolson’s diplomatic letters. It notes Sir Arthur’s fifty years in the British foreign service and glimpses of monarchs and czars through his family lenses.
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Henry James
Harold Nicolson
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Nicholas
Titanic Lovers and virile heroes in two new novels
A review contrasts The Great Jasper by Fulton Oursler and The Big Barn by Walter D Edmonds. It notes Jasper Horn as a roving ladies man who abandons his wife for pleasure, and Ralph Wilder as a rigid canal valley patriarch who disfavors one son yet overlooks another misdeed.
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Fulton Oursler
Jasper Horn
Ralph Wilder
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Walter D. Edmonds
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Canal Valleys
New York State
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Man loses eye after horse kick reveals cancer
Carl Gorsegner of Withee Wisconsin was kicked in the eye by a horse. Surgeons removed the eye after discovering a cancerous growth on the eyeball. Doctors said the operation saved his life by preventing cancer spread.
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Bull-Headedness Builds Noted 1824 Bridge
In Hendrysburg Ohio on September 19 a tale of pride and skill tells of an Irish stonemason John Mc Cartney who vowed to replicate any English design. He and an English engineer collaborated on a remarkable bridge begun in 1824 and still stands, praised for its audacious architecture.
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Hendrysburg
John McCartney
Prophecies for the Fall Forecast Odd Events and Bets
A list of predictions ranges from Otto Wood’s penitentiary return and Hearst rebuke to Harvard teaching Schmeling and a Boston ban on the Friend's Hymnal. It also foresees a large trout photo, hard times for locals, a non snowfall, a fishing trip with many cameramen, and a stadium collapse with casualties.
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Otto Wood
Book League Monthly
Max Schmeling
Harvard University
South Carolina
Boston
William Randolph Hearst
Uruguay
Herbert Hoover
Paris Decrees Long Skirts Stir Fashion Debates
Paris fashion artists issue another ultimatum on women's dresses prompting widespread column discussion. The measure reshapes styles and provokes playful puns about skirts and rules, illustrating ongoing wardrobe controversy in the capital.
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Paris Faces Fashion Shift Angering City Workers
The remark argues that difficult times and scarce jobs make Paris blameworthy for long dresses, suggesting their adoption could cost street sweepers work and livelihoods. The quote implies social tension between fashion trends and employment stability.
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Paris
Short Skirts and Eyes Highlight Style Advantage
The vogue of short skirts is advantageous in more ways than one. Short dresses may not have any hooks on them, but they al ways have plenty of eyes.
Women Lose Character in Dresses Says Commentator
A commentator laments that increasing sameness in women's fashions will erase distinct character once conveyed by attire, noting trends reducing individuality and style.
Evolution Fans Claim Proof Via Tree Sitting Youths
Proponents of evolution cite new evidence as youngsters engage in tree sitting actions to support the theory, signaling a potential shift in public attention toward scientific ideas.
Tree-sitting youths miss timing for fall departure
The article notes that the tree-sitters should have begun earlier to set a time record, as most trees are expected to depart in the fall.
Poemetteur Finds Speed With Linotype Craft
A speaker notes a poet’s rapid verse work on a linotype, claiming a brief three minute composition of a Summer eulogy demonstrates how machine typesetting can sharpen style and tempo.
Summer Time Whistles Beside Flowing Streams
In summer the shrdlu sings and andetaoin whistles as the curfew rings beside streams where bjkays flow. The playful verse notes the night sounds and rhythms of the season in a concise, rhythmic image.
Summer Bloom Echoes in Odd Verse
A whimsical fragment notes summer as the world grows gay with bright flowers arising from the earth. Nonsense phrases appear amid the lines like Shrdlu and gabberwock bjkay, creating a playful, impressionistic mood.
Poemwriter Reflects on Slumping Creative Verse
A writer laments waning poetry form and compares recent work to doggerel. The piece uses personal reflection to describe creative drought and hints at seeking renewed inspiration.
New German Air Rules Set for Safe Flight Operations
Berlin issues aviation rules requiring planes to fly over cities at landing-friendly altitudes for emergencies. Aircraft must pass others on the right and keep clear of left approach paths. Red landing lights to indicate imminent touchdown.
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Waitress Earns Pilot's License With Tips
Beulah Unruh, a 23 year old New York waitress, saved every tip to pay for flying lessons. She collected 138,000 dimes and earned over 50 hours in the air, obtaining a limited commercial pilot's license.
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New York
Beulah Unruh
Just a Little Trip Around the World
Motorcyclist Gill of Yorkshire recaps a 21 800 mile 14 month journey across 18 countries. He calls Jugoslavia and Bulgaria the world’s worst roads and praises England as the best.
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Colored Sand Stone Quarry Promotes Skyscraper Color
An experimental quarry near Orleans Indiana tests colored sand stone. Promoters aim to persuade architects of skyscrapers to use the stone for color effects.
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Letters Back Mr. Douglas
A parent urges restoring a full lunch hour at noon for high school students, arguing two daughters cannot eat a square meal in thirty minutes and suggesting changes to the schedule.
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Upholsterers Local Union Denounces Foreign Agitators
The union claims its members at the Tomlinson plant are right in their complaint but wrong in analysis. It names Mr Bedaux and Mr Voorhees as the foreign agitators behind the trouble and asserts ninety five percent of upholsterers belong to the Tomlinson plant Local Union No 27.
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Mr Welch argues for post office north of Southern railroad
A letter from Mr Welch details why the post office should be relocated north of the Southern railroad to serve box renters and merchants, arguing that growth, dust avoidance, and advertising value favor the north side. He claims nearly all manufacturers, merchants, and post office renters live north of the line and estimates large losses under current placement.
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Southern Railroad
J. A. Hart
Southern Railway
High Point boosters praise Steve Clark amid local growth
In a lively reminiscence, a writer applauds Steve Clark for transforming Emerywood with paved streets and a Gen era l revival. Mentions High Point bank credit, local civic pride, and the 1930s scene, ending with gratitude to Prof. Lave M. Weatherly.
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