Byerly Champions Mt Airy Road To Virginia Line
W J Byerly president of the Bank of Mount Airy spoke to Winston Salem Rotary on building the Fancy Gap road to the Virginia line. He urged four and a half miles of hard surface highway from Mount Airy to the line, connecting with Virginia roads to boost trade through Winston Salem and the Piedmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Rotary Club
Winston- Salem
Fancy Gap
Winston-Salem
W. J. Byerly
State Line
Mr. Byerly
Twin- City Sentinel
Bank of
Piedmont
Mt. Airy
Virginia Line
Byerly
Mountains of
Virginia
Middle West
North Carolina
Northwest
Here
Carroll County
Wythe County
Gap
North Carolina Line
Bluefield
Virginia Highway Commission
Wythe
Pilot Mount
Stokes County Highway Commission
Stokes-Forsyth
Pilot Mountain
Stokes Line
Stokes-Forsyth Line
Altho
Miss Harrison Fails In Fourth English Channel Attempt
Miss Lillian Harrison of Argentina withdraws eight miles from Gris Nez after eight hours in rough seas with strong currents and a rain hail storm. Egyptian swimmer Ishak Helmy saves her from drowning before she is hauled to Boulogne. she declares this her last attempt.
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Boulogne
France
Cape Gris- Nez
Lillian Harrison
Argentina
Harrison
Gris-Nez
English Channel
Ishak Helmy
Helmy
Bad Crop Conditions Reported Across Western North Carolina
E S Millsaps reports unprecedented drought across western North Carolina and adjacent regions. Cabbage and corn suffer, pastures bare, hay stacks deteriorating, and timber dying in Watauga and Avery counties, though valley crops stay green after occasional showers.
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North Carolina
Statesville
E.S. Millsaps
East Tennessee
Virginia
Blowing Rock
Boone
Linville
Newland
N. C
Mountain City
Tenn
Damascus
Mr. Millsaps
Watauga
Avery
Death of Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan due to sleeping sickness
Mrs. J Pierpont Morgan died at Glen Cove after a two month illness described as lethargic encephalitis or sleeping sickness. Doctors note the disease is not African sleeping sickness and discuss its uncertain origin and link to prior illnesses like influenza.
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J. P. Morgan
New York
New York City
Morgan
Charles L. Dana
New York Academy of Medicine
Hippocrates
Madison Avenue
1400 Acres Blue Ridge Resort Secured Near Longap
Promoters Woltz and Rudy secure 1400 acres atop the Blue Ridge above Longap for a resort with a 300 guest hotel, a scenic highway, and a 100 acre lake dam. The project, backed by Gastonia, Winston-Salem, Mount Airy, and Galax interests, aims to attract summer visitors from nearby towns. Locals report rising interest and secretive land purchases as word spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Blue Ridge
Longap
da Costa Waltz
Gastonia
Winston-Salem
J. H. Rudy
Mount Airy
Galax
Fancy Gap
Roaring Gap
Chestnut Creek
Asheville
Blowing Rock
Southland
J. B. Sparger
J. P. Carico
Winston- Salem
Greensboro
Mr. Woltz
Mr. Rudy
Woltz
High Point
Coal Row Shows No Sign of Adjustment
Philadelphia August 16 Only two weeks remain before the nation faces a possible coal supply interruption as 158000 miners in northeastern Pennsylvania and coal operators fail to renew a contract due August 31. Negotiations stalled since August 4 show no signs of early agreement with labor refusing to work without a contract and operators warning of a public boycott if prices rise. Ahead, emergency precautions unfold as mine work continues at top speed to stockpile coal and anthracite rail lines report heavier shipments while retail coal trucks flood eastern cities.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Atlantic City
United Mine Workers
Five Times Sentenced to Hang Must Stay Crazy or Go to the Gallows
Russell Scott, held since April 7, 1924, has been incarcerated in Cook County Jail and repeatedly spared execution by legal rulings. A verdict of insanity on Thursday allows transfer to Chester State Hospital for the criminal insane, with the death sentence suspended but still possible if he regains sanity. Two deputy sheriffs will guard him as Sheriff Hoffman relinquishes jurisdiction at midnight.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Chester State Hospital
Hoffman
Cook County
America
Scott
Chester
Drove 30 Miles With Dead Body
Everett Adams drove more than 80 miles with the dead body of A. R. Clawson propped beside him. He dumped the body in a ditch near Lamonte Missouri after shooting the Lodi New York teacher near Otterville. Autopsy impossible. coroner cites lack of clear weapon marks.
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Seradia
Lamonte
Clawson
Adams
Boy Shot in Melon Patch on Farmer's Field
Jim Herndon, a Durham county farmer, must post $500 bail as William Lansford, 16, East Durham, lies seriously wounded from a backshot in a watermelon patch on the Herndon farm. The incident happened Thursday night. details emerged after two days as hospital officials warned of possible complications.
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Durham
Jim Herndon
Durham County
William Lansford
East Durham
Herndon
Lunsford
Sitting Bull Outfit Sold to Wyoming Historical Society
The Sitting Bull outfit including headress saddle and coat sold in Danville Pennsylvania for 600 dollars to the Wyoming Historical Society of Wilkes-Barre. The items were given by Sitting Bull to Gen. Harry Thomas before his 1890 death. Mrs Heller who sold them inherited them via her daughter who married Thomas’s son.
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Danville
Sitting Bull
Emma Heller
Wyoming Historical Society of
Wilkes-Barre
Harry Thomas
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