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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
2
One year subscription notice offers entertainment and community benefits to Kings Mountain and nearby. It exhorts readers with hopeful lines about time passing, grief fading, and future joy, urging resilience and steady progress.
A brief moral note argues training a boy to do right is fairer and cheaper than restraining or punishing. It suggests preventing crime by forming character is more businesslike than attempting later reform, emphasizing proactive guidance over punishment.
An essay declares most government revenue comes from hidden taxes on everyday purchases. It argues the public bears a heavy burden as indirect levies rise, and hopes for a time when the collector and some taxes fade away.
General Pershing speaks on a philosophy of meaningful work. Aimed at cultivating effort with heart and soul, the idea promises personal contentment, broader perspective, and the power to help others. Also brief rental ad for a front apartment with running water near the city limits at 404 W. Gold.
Snan from Grover reports an all day Fourth of July celebration in Grover with a big pot stand and a lively schedule. Contacts include Don Blanton and Charlie Thomasson for details while Evelyn Hambright and Mrs E W Griffin discuss safety aspects after a dump truck incident near the C Rhyne lawn.
In town at the Elmer Lumber Co office Mr Charlie Thomasson earns praise as an able speaker and shows off an eager practice routine. The piece notes his oratorical skill and a casual office setting. Carl Wares and the Missus mark ice cream shop milestones. Virginia Parson is highlighted as a popular local figure. Page 5.
State College Extension poultry specialist C F Parrish urges vaccinating young pullets and cockerels against forehead disease at 12 to 14 weeks, with separation from older birds for about 20 days post vaccination. Vaccination for hens not yet laying. keep young stock away from range by pigmented birds until effects take hold. Deworm when flock is healthy and six weeks before production resumes, avoid concurrent operations. Also notes rising motor vehicle fees and a 1939 mention of 20 insane white women jailed in NC county in April.
Pittsburgh, June 26. Lamont du Pont, president of B. F. du Pont de Nemours and Co., listed four program points to establish a wantree America based on restored and increased industry. They cover lowering material costs, developing new materials through research, enabling invention, and creating tools and capital to ensure full employment for current and future generations.
A fragmented reminiscence discusses democratic progress and free enterprise as a path to improvement. It references public figures and a veteran perspective on responsibility, opportunity, and earnings within a historical context.
A fragmentary report recalls a crowd at the track where touts were seen. a man, Eason, departed, leaving others to mock or question the scene. The piece hints at a tense yet playful mood amid a lively crowd seeking amusement.
The unreadable fragment mentions attackers, a horse, a jockey, and a sex insult laden confrontation. It cites Goldie Smith’s former jockey, a fired rider, and a tense scene near a Stable. Named individuals and vague events hint at a horse racing controversy.
Vivid fragmented OCR passage describes a nighttime train journey toward Pimlico with scattered names and actions. It mentions a bartender, a midnigat observer, a mason, and a performer named Mason sharing a recital. The scene ends with a tired child and a railway setting fading into darkness as the train continues.
Washington snapshots discuss word politics and investigations affecting policy, noting selfinvestigations, congressional probes, and calls to redefine terms like export balance. The piece cites liberal strategies to widen government oversight, warns against dangerous wording, and hints at upcoming inquiries impacting administration allies. Also includes farming Q and A on spider pests in cotton and notes 48 deaths in North Carolina county homes in April 1939.
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