Denton Woman Remembered For Civil War Era Life
Mrs. Rinda Ann Tucker, born December 4, 1847, in Denton, is known as Grandmother Tucker. She recalls Civil War hardships and early family life, having left home at age thirteen and living through the era’s trials with notable memory and community respect.
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John
Garner Denton
Denton
Rinda Ann Tuck
Tucker
James Haltom
Elizabeth Malin Halim
Littlever
Montgomery Unty
Mraucker
Oldest Citizen Recalls Civil War Divisions in Montgomery County
Mrs. Tucker recounts her youth in postwar Montgomery county where families split over Union and Confederate loyalties. She describes camp life, guard duties at Shiloh church, a prisoner incident, and a wartime revival, ending with her long life and large family across North Carolina.
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Eker
Montgomery County
Fam
Confederacy
Tucker
Elish A. Haltom
Richmond
William Haltom
William
North Carolina
Texas
Little River
Uwharrie
Little Rivers
Couriprs
Old Shiloh Methodist Church
Shiloh Church
Shiloh
Mra. Tucker
Calvary
Avein
Gouss
Savanah Sexton
Denton
Lou Kearns
T. L. Sykes
J. Earl Warner
High Point
Julius Tucker
Erry Tucker
James Haltom
Haltom
Troy
Lundy Reynolds
Fanny Hulin
Alfred Haltom
Love Joy Church
Walter Winchell pondering odd facts and public curiosities
Walter Winchell surveys a string of curiosities from public kissing rules and Bermuda tax status to Shakespeare origins and famous stage names. He riffs on Columbus, St. Brendan, and a potential title change for a Warner gangster film, noting cadet greetings at V. M. I. and a rhyming query for chimney.
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Mussolini
Columbus
Ireland
Atlantic
St. Brendan
Bermuda
Paradise
Warners
Brother Rat
Gertrude Lawrence
Gertrude Klasen
Meandering land borders rivers and lakes with shifting shores
Meandering land describes areas along rivers or lakes where uneven shores are prone to change over time, creating shifting boundaries and uncertain property lines.
Quick riddles on history and nature
A collection of curious questions about topics from royal behavior to animal traits and historical proclamations. The piece ponders why empires limit smoking in public and whether color perception differs for fish and humans, among other topics.
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England
Asia
Africa
Calvin Coolidge
Japan
Fall burglar activity and a Chicago kiss researcher
A quirky collection of questions about how wars are portrayed in films, burglars peaking in Fall, and Bruce Kupustka of Chicago who has spent seven years traveling to kiss girls as research for his art of kissing.
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Bruce Kupustka
Chicago
Illinois
North Carolina Trucks Pay Higher Taxes Than National Average
North Carolina's roughly 70 000 registered trucks paid an average of 120.74 in 1936, about 25.41 more than the national average of 95.83. Total NC taxes reached 8,420,284 in registration and 5,857,992 in gasoline taxes, with heavy burdens on Ford-hire and contract trucks. The report notes high rates at 10,000 pounds gross weight and up, and explains per mile gasoline taxes, mileage averages, and fuel costs. Revival services at Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant church continue with Rev. Charles D. White preaching nightly at 7:30 and morning and evening services today.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
United States
Highway Conference
N. C
Naesa
District of Columbia
Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant Church
Charles D. White
White
A Book For The Week Reviews Pictorial Photography Section
The feature highlights distinguished photographers including Leonard Misonne and Frank R. Frapkie with nearly 100 full page reproductions. Mr Frapke comments on each illustration and adds insights into the making of the images. The annual lists Who's Who, amateur societies, and the American Annual Formulary for 1937-1938.
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Leonard Misonne
William Edwin Booth
H. Roasiier Snyder
Frank R. Frapkie
Paul E. Boucher
Franklin J. Jordan
William M. Ritasse
Alexander Keighley
Athol L. Shmith
Chosens
Frapke
Canadian Population Drift Near Minnesota Border
About one half of Canada's population lies south of the northernmost point of Minnesota, highlighting a sharp population split near the U S border. The fact emphasizes regional settlement patterns and geographic concentration in the vicinity of Minnesota.
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Canada
Minneacta
Pecan Featured as Native U.S. Walnut-Dearing Tree
The pecan is highlighted as the most important native wal-Dearing tree in the United States.
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United States
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Martin Dry Cleaning Co
South Main Street
Sanitone
Artin Dry Cleaning CO
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Key Pittman
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Buster Brown
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