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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1941
Page
4
Fragmented text presents The Optimist's Creed by Poesten eel and John Russon offering guidance on health prosperity pleasant thoughts and fearless living. It extols thinking positively, generosity, patience, and resilience while contrasting practical self improvement with kindness toward others.
Miss Willie Hunter Extension clothing specialist at State College urges careful winter wardrobe storage to prevent moth and beetle damage. She recommends napthalene or chlorobenzene crystals in tight boxes, thorough cleaning, airing, and sunning, plus regular rug cleaning and crack filling to deter pests. The message links cost savings to defense program needs in both rural and urban homes. W. J. Overman of Elizabeth City reports feeding 25 grade dairy cattle, part grown at home.
A collage of local blurbs from Kings Mountain items includes a sign reading Drive Carefully Blind Man Driving this Car, church changes at Central Methodist with Rev H C Sprinkle Sr replacing Jr, and humorous personal vignettes. Jim Willig laughs at a self portrait wallet photo while others recount bingo wins and local anecdotes.
Three labor runners were arrested for recruiting pickers without licenses to work outside the state. The case highlights how out of state recruitment and licensing laws affect strawberry farms in Wallace and Chadburn, where labor shortages push growers to seek workers across borders, with Virginia and other states tightening controls.
On a foggy New York dock the life of a famed reporter and actress intertwines with a runaway yacht arc. Fredric Kane and Virginia Bruce battle crash of careers, creaking boats, and a rising crowd as a reporter pursues a scoop and a daring escape to Butterfeld department store.
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