Kaplan opens new store in High Point on Main Street
Harry C Kaplan, arriving from Raleigh to manage the Kaplan store, welcomed guests at the formal opening on a Friday night at 117 North Main Street. He praised High Point’s friendly people and noted the attendance was gratifying. Flowers greeted each lady guest, and the shop showcased latest fall millinery and women’s wear. The Kaplan family will reside at 618 Parkway, and Mrs Kaplan will head the ready to wear department.
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Harry C. Kaplan
Raleigh
Kaplan
North Main Street
High Point
Mr. Kaplan
Pair to Study White Ants in Central America
A bookbinder Victor von Hagen and photographer Le Roy Robbins will depart St Louis to study white ants, search for Pygmies, and photograph Yucatan ruins in Central America.
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Louis
Victor von Hagen
le Roy Robbins
Central America
Yucantan
Spread of Christianity in Asia in the Pentecost era
The lesson by WM EB Gilroy discusses the Pentecost link between old and new religion, comparing religious progress to lamp light evolving from candle to electric. It notes missionary faith succeeding against odds and highlights Peter, Stephen, Paul, Barnabas as symbols of the early church's brotherly love and service amid trials and persecutions.
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Jesus
Peter
Stephen
Paul
Barnabas
God
Pauls steadfast faith guides ministry through adversity
The speaker notes Paul refused surrender when trouble arose, driven by belief that God shapes his course through suffering as much as through success. Looking at Paul's career shows providence justified, as risking life did not thwart, but advanced, his mission. In discouraging times, remember his conviction that God directs and fulfills a sacred mission.
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Paul
God
UNC opens library science school with 35 students
The University of North Carolina launched a new library science school led by Dr. Louis Round Wilson with 35 students from eight states. The Carnegie Corporation funds five years of support. Staff includes Donald Coney, R. B. Downs, Susan Grey Akere, and Nora Boust. Quarters are being prepared above the university library.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Louis Round Wilson
Carnegie Corporation
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
Missouri
Tennessee
Rhode Island
Wilson
Donald Coney
R. B. Downs
Susan Grey Akere
University of Chicago Library School
Nora Boust
The
University
University Library
Feeble Ohio man aids crippled children at hospital
Quincy Stubbs of Cincinnati, 84, a feeble gray haired veteran of reform, toured the Children’s Hospital of Michigan praising modern devices for maimed children. He recalls starting in 1896 when his daughter Clara needed a $40 brace and funds were unavailable for the poor.
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Detroit
Ohio
Children’s Hospital of
Michigan
Quincy Stubbs
Cincinnati
United States
Stubbs
Clara
Commercial National Bank of High Point A Staple of Growth
The Commercial National Bank, founded June 1, 1891, aided High Point manufacturing by supplying payrolls for sixteen major factories and eight Randolph county mills. It paid 4 percent dividends, with a strong cash position during the 1893 panic, and grew to substantial resources by 1931. J Elwood Cox, bank president, founded Shuttle Blocks and led local industry. The bank’s 1896 resources were $198,401.72.
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High Point
Randolph County
National Bank
Commercial National Bank
J. Elwood Cox Press
Commercial Nat. Bank
Spoke and
Northampton County
Guilford College
Business College of
Baltimore
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
Bertha Snow
W. H. Snow
Cox
Farriss
Chamber of Commerce
Moore captured after filling station robbery pursuit
Lincoln Nebraska report says Eddie Moore, a Black suspect in a filling station robbery, outran pursuers until Jerome Neill hurled a brick, knocking Moore unconscious and allowing his capture.
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Lincoln
Neb
Eddie Moore
Jerome Neill
Moore
Clever Sleuthing in Fort Worth Hose Theft Case
Detectives Ed Weatherford and J W Swinney spotted Cecil Penny loading a wet garden hose into his car and driving off. They trailed him and learned the hose belonged to someone else and Penny was an escaped convict.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Ed Weatherford
J. W. Swinney
Cecil Penny
Penny
To Keep A Promise: Grandmother Travels 600 Miles for Granddaughter’s Wedding
Mrs Elizabeth Howard aged 76 sails to Vancouver to attend her granddaughter's marriage, honoring a promise made twenty five years ago to be present wherever the wedding would be. She travels over six hundred miles to keep her vow.
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London
Elizabeth Howard
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Roy C. Welborn
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la Jackson
Consomme Princesse
J. J. Farriss
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National Dry Cleaners
Moore's Book Store
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Wilson Motor Company
O’connor
Hamilton Florist
Martine’s Inc
Schwartz Shoe Shop
North Main
Bine
High Point Perpetual Buildings and Loan Association
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