Ban Billboards From Highways
Petersburg Virginia reports that an anti billboard law now removes most roadside signs. Ashby W Hardy of the city built and placed eerie warnings along roads, but health and legal changes ended the project after decades of activity in multiple states.
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Petersburg
Virginia
Ashby W. Hardy
State Highway Department
Hardy
North Carolina
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Massacre of 2700 Chinese in Manchuria Reported
Shanghai reports a Chinese foreign office communique alleging 2700 villagers were massacred by Japanese troops in northern Manchuria near Fu shun. The volley used machine guns to force captives to kneel and, when they fled, soldiers killed with bayonets.
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Shanghai
Foreign Office
Manchuria
Ping- Ting-San
Chienchingpao
Lutsekou
Fushun
Ping-Ting-San
Violet Sharpe Is Guilty Informant In Lindbergh Case
Jersey City police inspector Harry W. Walsh, in a Jersey Journal series, declares he is convinced Violet Sharpe, maid at the Morrows, was the kidnappers informant. He says she died under the strain of guilt and notes her night of March 1 actions and conflicting statements.
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Inspector Walsh
Violet Sharpe
Lindbergh
Jersey City
N. J
Harry W. Walsh
Jersey Journal
United States Department of Justice
Newark
Hearing on Mount Airy Drug Co. sale confirmation
Notice to creditors of Mount Airy Drug Co. that a hearing will be held before Judge J. H. Clement in Mocksville NC to confirm a merchandise and fixtures sale for 2000 dollars. Receiver will file an account and list eligible creditors by January 17 1933 with exceptions due by January 27 1933.
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Mount Airy Drug Co
J. H. Clement
Mocksville
N. C
Superior Court
Surry County
North Carolina
A. G. Webb
Cardus Helped Mrs. Dunaway in McComb Mississippi
In her own words Mrs. H. E. Dunaway of McComb Mississippi describes illness and weakness. A neighbor advised Cardus and after one bottle she felt better and grew stronger, able to rest better at night.
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Cardui
Agents Describe Paying Voters in Wilmington Delaware
Two witnesses told the House elections committee they observed payments to voters in Wilmington. D. J. Williams and Joseph A. Callahan testified that marked ballots favored Republicans and that paying and envelopes were seen at multiple polling places.
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Washington
Special House Elections Committee
Wilmington
Delaware
D. J. Williams
Joseph A. Callahan
Callahan
W. K. McWilliams
Leo Dugan
C. Colburn
McWilliams
Williams
Dugan
Henry Davis
Giant ship Normandie launched by tallow grease on Loire
Forty six tons of tallow were used to grease the wooden chute launching the Normandie the world’s largest ship into the Loire River. Diamonds at Columbia University cost about five dollars per carat. Florida’s Silver Spring could supply New York City with pure water. Lawrence Kreher of Cleveland aged 87 walks 20 miles several times weekly then strolls three to four miles each evening.
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Loire River
Florida
New York City
Lawrence Kreher
Cleveland
Memory returns to Hoover era prospector in North Carolina
Colonel Raymond Robins once fled memory loss by wandering the Smoky Mountains as a self styled Hoover era prospector under the alias Reynolds Rogers. He lived in Whitier North Carolina in 1930s disguise, built a wooden altar, attended a Republican convention, and aided the community before memory returned in a sanatorium.
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Alaska
Raymond Robins
Great Smoky Mountains
North Carolina
Klondike
Colonel Robins
Little Mountain
Whittier
N. C
New York City
Washington
Hoover
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Hoover Prospector
Carl Fisher
Rogers
Robins
Littl
Good Gain Shown In Rutherford Farming
A Rutherford county study by Ellenboro high school vocational agriculture students finds sweet potato acreage up 25 percent since 1926 and cotton down about 1000 acres though fiber output rises. Hay is now self supplied. pasture improves with Lespedera. poultry flocks rise from 7865 to 10489 laying hens. corn and wheat acres grow. brood sows increase from 3 to 19. Also notes national fire costs and a hexylresorcinol antiseptic as a hookworm treatment.
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Forest City
Colfax Township
Rutherford County
Ellenboro High School
Colfax
Ellenboro Sweet Potato Storage Company
Notice of Land Sale by Mortgagee in North Carolina Territory
Public auction scheduled for December 13, 1932 at 12 o'clock noon at the courthouse door in Dobson North Carolina to satisfy a mortgage on 263.50 acres in Surrey County tied to J B Wall J E Armstrong A D Key and R W Simmons among others. The description details long survey lines and roads Ararat road and Hutchins line with boundaries and stake markers cited. Mortgagee Greener Joint Stock Land Bank through J S Duncan Attorney directs sale for cash to the highest bidder.
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Morty J. Cc. Wall
Caretta
Dobson
N.C
J. M. Simmons
M. H. Wall
J. C. Wall
J. E. Armstrong
J. C
Wall
A. D. Key
D. Key
J. G. Key
Ararat Road
Wall's
J. S. Wall
R. W. Simmons
Ararat
R. W. Simpson
J. H. Chandler
J.H. Chandler
Duncan
Iowa man divorces wife then hires her as cook and housekeeper
A man sued for divorce and won, then employed his ex wife as cook and housekeeper. She quipped about lunch with the punch line Fried, while the husband grows weary of the arrangement. The odd case echoes a long history of personal disputes. Gaudius Ptolemy, noted for early astronomy, authored a textbook used for about fifteen centuries.
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Iowa
1927 Deed of Trust Foreclosure at Granite Mercantile Co
Public auction to sell a 1.42 acre tract in Granite Mercantile Company, Surry County, North Carolina, under a 1927 deed of trust by James Gilmer Wood and Ona Wood for Granite Mercantile Company. Sale set for December 17 1932 at 2 PM in front of the Granite Mercantile Company to satisfy principal interest and costs.
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James Gilmer Wood
Ona Wood
Granite Mercantile Company
Surry County
Therin
Sale Notice of Cafe Furnishings in Norvale Craigs
An execution from Granite Mercantile Co. vs DaCosta Waltz directs a public auction at the Dobson courthouse door on December 5, 1932, at 2 PM. The sale covers cafe furnishings in Norvale Craigs Surry County including chairs tables counters show cases stoves kitchenware and silverware and bedroom furniture in Poplar Manor Red Oak Cabin Hickory Inn Maple Lodge Ash Cottage and Club House.
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Superior Court of
Lurry
Granite Mercantile Co
DaCosta Waltz
Court House
Dobson
N. C
Norvale Craigs
Surry County
Poplar Manor
Red Oak Cabin
Hickory Inn
Maple Lodge
Ash Cottage
John D. Thompson
Reaves Sanitary Lotion Advertises Quick Itch Relief
An old style advertisement claims Reaves Sanitary Lotion stops itching within minutes by penetrating to germs under the skin. Sold by Mt. Airy Drug Company in Mount Airy North Carolina or mailed for 50 cents with relief guaranteed or money refunded. Reaves Laboratories of Asheboro NC also listed.
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Reaves
Mt. Airy Drug Company
Mount Airy
N. C
Reaves Laboratories
Asheboro
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Cardus
Columbia University
America
Gaudius Ptolemy
Franklin School House
Paney Gap Road
Fancy Gap
Webb
Calef
Charlie A
Rhe
KDKA
Marx Brothers
Standard Oil Company OF
New Jersey
Mrs. King
Marion
Pilot Mountain, N. C
Goodyear
Goodyear Pathfinder
R.ci
John H. Midkiff Hardware
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