New High Point to Greensboro Road Survey Completed
Survey work for a new highway between Greensboro and High Point is finished and plans may be developed soon. The present county road, once deemed modern, now handles rising traffic and will be replaced with a 30 foot paved boulevard with shoulders. The project is the second super width highway by the state highway commission following the Salisbury Spencer boulevard.
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Greensboro
High Point
State Highway Commission
Salisbury- Spencer
Purification Calotabs Health Advertisement
A drug store advertisement promotes Calotabs as a system purifier for health. It claims purifying the entire system restores vitality and notes a family package with directions for 35 cents and a trial package for 10 cents. The copy urges a thorough course taken once or twice weekly for several weeks.
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Nature
George S. Hunter
Columbus, Ga
Cardus
Oldest Ford on display sparks local pride and history
Albemarle Herald reports Mr. C. B. Crook owns a 1908 six cylinder Ford with brass trim and carbide lights. The car, once owned by Bob Lowder of West Albemarle, sold for 3200 at Detroit in 1908 and now rests in a barn near New London awaiting restoration.
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Ford
Crook
Detroit
Bob Lowder
West Albemaine
New London
Photographs Trace Bullet Speed And Sound Waves
Washington reports the Bureau of Standards has developed electrically timed photography to capture rifle bullets in flight. Phillip P. Quayle describes images showing bullets leaving the muzzle at 2700 feet per second, with gas and sound waves recorded on plates. The results challenge theories of post muzzle acceleration and silencing revolvers by muzzle devices.
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Washington
Bureau of Standards
Phillip P. Quayle
Quayle
Hints and Things on Training Children to Eat Right
Practical advice on forming healthy eating habits in children. Encourages family meals with vegetables like greens and spinach, suggests appealing salad dressings, and stresses thorough chewing and proper hydration. Warns that parental attitudes influence children's tastes and long term health.
Administrator's Notice for L G Waugh Estate in North Carolina
Qualified as Administrator of the estate of L G Waugh of Surry County North Carolina this notice calls all claimants to present them by August 1 1926 or be barred. Wachovia Bank & Trust Co as Administrator is directed to enforce payments from indebted parties. Dated August 1 1925.
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L. G. Waugh
Surry County
North Carolina
Wachovia Bank & Tract Co, Adm
Waugh
Know Your State Tour to Cover Western NC in September
Winston-Salem plans its annual Know Your State Tour for September 9 and 10, tracing a 350 mile route through north western North Carolina and Virginia borders. The caravan will start at 6 30 A M in Winston-Salem with stops including Mount Airy and Mount Airy night, then resume morning rides through Dobson Elkin Sparta Jefferson and more before returning to Winston-Salem. Represented groups include the Chamber of Commerce Rotary Kiwanis Retail Merchants Real Estate Civitan and Lions clubs with about 170 participants last year and an expected 200 this year. A scouting party led by Chamber secretary Ritter is testing arrangements for comfort and entertainment.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Virginia
Martinsville
Jefferson
Mount Airy
Winaton-Salem
Walnut Cove
Madison
Mayo
Senator Simmons visits Statesville talks future goals
United States Senator F M Simmons spent hours in Statesville and said he does not plan to retire at the end of his term. He expects debate on the evolution question in the next Congress and favors cutting federal taxes for next year from 250 to 300 million dollars, depending on year end surplus and reduced appropriations.
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Statesville
United States
F. M. Simmons
New
Amundsen Seeks Buyer for Maude After Arctic Imprisonment
Roald Amundsen offers his ship Maude for sale to meet creditors after a year freed from Arctic ice. The vessel, trapped near Bear Island 800 miles west of Behring Strait and 250 miles north of Siberia, is now headed toward Nome, Alaska.
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Copenhagen
Roald Amundsen
Bear Island
Behring Strait
Siberia
Nome
Alaska
Green River Tang Taste Ad Sells Fresh Flavor
An old advertisement touts Green River soda claiming the drink has the right tang and freshness to please customers. The snippet emphasizes flavor appeal and product quality in a compact promotional line.
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Green River
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Cara
Hollingsworth Drug Co
Rexall
Albemarle
C. B. Crook
Stanly County
The
First National Bank
Mount Airy, N. C
T. G Fawcett
W. W. Burke
E. G. Smith
Western Newsoner Union
Simmons
Senate
Amundsen Ship For Sale
Willard
J. C. Vogler
M. F. Patterson
W. M. Beasley
Pool of South Main Street
Gulf
Charlotte Observer
Associated Press
Consolidated Press
North American Newspaper Alliance
Carolinas
Observer
Sabia
Pace
Circulation Department
Charlotte, North Carolina
Tredor Sedan
Bordog Sedan
F. O. B. Detross
Ptease
Weel
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