Hydrophobia Cases Rise Sharply in North Carolina
Dr A C Bulla head of Wake County Health reports rabies cases in North Carolina rising from 157 in 1909 to 1288 in 1924. He urges stricter dog control and mandatory killing or capture of roamers. A Raleigh child, nine, contracted rabies after a stray dog bite, despite prompt treatment.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
A. C. Bulla
Wake County
Department of Health
Who
Bulla
W. H. Wyne, Jr
W. H. Wynne
Rex Hospital
Russia
Germany
Woman Hanged by Her Slayers in Guilford County
In Sumner township Guilford County North Carolina Mrs Eunice Stevenson 84 was found dead hanging from a rope of sacks in her home. Coroners jury rules death by murder and hanging to mislead as suicide. No arrests made with few clues. she lived alone a hermit life and had some money in store purchased recently.
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Greensboro
Eunice Stevenson
Sumner Township
Guilford” County
Here
Mvm
Baptist Association Meets Near Dobson for 23rd Session
The Surry Baptist Association held its 23rd session at a church six miles NW of Dobson from Friday to Sunday. Delegates from 39 of 42 churches attended as officers were re elected: W L Reece moderator E H Wrenn assistant moderator J E Cockerham clerk and F T Lewellyn treasurer. Visitors included M A Huggins Raleigh M L Kesler Thomasville W R Beach Wake Forest Prof Mec Millan Wake Forest College and Rev J Abner Snow and Rev F E Moton Winston Salem.
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Surry Baptist Association
Baptist Church
Dobson
Cross Road
Yadkin Association
Surry
Yadkin
J. M. Hayes
First Baptist Church of
Elkin
Mountain Park Institute
W. L. Reece
E. H. Wrenn
Mount Airy
J. E. Cockerham
Low Gap
F. T. Lewellyn
M. A. Huggins
Raleigh
State Baptist Board of Education
M. L. Kesler
Baptist
Thomasville
W. R. Beach
the Biblical Recorder
MecMillan
Wake Forest
Wake Forest College
J. Abner Snow
FE. K. Moton
Winston-Salem
Ford Not to Shut Down And no Six Model
Detroit July 14. Ford officials in Dearborn denied any shutdown or major reduction plans. The only changes mention planned are in car line variations with a temporary workforce reduction starting tomorrow. Workers leaving will return by August 1 or after a two week break, keeping production uninterrupted.
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Ford
Detroit
Ford Company
Dearborn
Stokes County Halts New Road Building Indefinitely
Danbury July 18 A unanimous ruling by the Stokes county board of road commissioners suspends all new road construction for an indefinite period. Existing projects will be completed and ongoing maintenance funded, with a 10 percent pay cut for all employees to save costs. The board aims to maintain current roads efficiently with a North Carolina style maintenance system, amid financial audit of 1924 25.
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Danbury
Stokes County Board of Road Commissioners
Board of Road Commissioners
North Carolina
Dempsey Signs to Fight Wills for Heavyweight Crown
New York July 16 George L. Rickard announced that Jack Dempsey the heavyweight champion had signed to fight Harry Wills the negro challenger for the heavyweight title. Rickard said a formal contract was signed with the date left open and that the bout could not occur this year but is hoped for by September next year. Dempsey said he would meet Wills at any time and the promoter noted Wills absence from the country and Dempsey’s layoff delay the bout.
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New York
George L
Tex
Richard
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
Dempsey
Rickard
Gem market slump blamed on postwar buying shift
Birmingham jewelers say postwar spending patterns explain the gem market downturn as consumers favour automobiles wireless sets and phonographs over jewelry.
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Birmingham
England
Sheriff Harris Quiet Amid Dayton Trial Crowd
Dayton Tennessee July 19 The bored Rhea county sheriff Blutcher Harris recalls when bullets were the diskut. During the Scopes era he notes the town is calmer with zero arrests among visitors as he guards a small jail and reflects on Prohibition changing the town’s police needs.
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Dayton, Tenn
Rhea County
Sherif “Blutch” Harris
Scopes
Dayton
Hove
Marshall
Bryan On Stand Stoutly Defends Bible in Scopes Case
A July day in Dayton Tennessee featured Clarence Darrow grilling William Jennings Bryan on the witness stand as the Scopes evolution case neared the heart of religious belief. Bryan defended biblical literalism against Darrow's questions about Jonah, the sun, and the earth’s movement, asserting miracles and divine inspiration while acknowledging historical language limits.
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Bryan On
Stand
Dayton
Tenn
Clarence Darrow
Scopes
William Jennings Bryan
Associate Prosecution Council
Arthur Garfield Hays
Bryan
Mr. Darrw
Darrow
A. T. Stewart
Malone
Hays
Jonah
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