Prominent Burke County Citizen Accused in Wife's Murder
Sidney A. Kincaid, a Morganton area board of county commissioners member and local merchant, is jailed for the stabbing death of his wife Lillie at their Chesterfield home. The incident followed reports of renewed drinking, with neighbors hearing a dispute on the porch before tragedy. Kincaid awaits a preliminary hearing as Mrs Kincaid’s funeral is planned for Mount Pleasant Church Chesterfield.
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Morganton
Board of County Commissioners
Burke County
Sidney A. Kincaid
Chesterfield
Kincaid
Huffman
Lincolnton
Rockefeller Downgrades Standard Oil Holdings
John D Rockefeller has disposed of most holdings in Standard Oil of New Jersey leaving 1000 common shares valued at 106275. Rockefeller Jr now owns 452080 common and 88970 preferred shares while the Rockefeller General Education Board and Rockefeller Foundation hold substantial common and preferred blocks. No details exist on other Rockefeller holdings transfers.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
New York World Today
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller General Education Board
Rockefeller Foundation
Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memorial Fund
Rockefeller
Woman Sues Over Extracts Sold To Husband
Mrs. Melissa J. Woodington of Salisbury sues grocer W. A. Roseman for 10000 in alienation of affection claiming potent flavoring extracts, intensified by prohibition, caused her husband to neglect and beat her. The suit names the vendor, not a wife rival, and does not specify the flavor.
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Salisbury
Melissa J. Woodington
Chinese minister's daughter speaks two languages at 18 months
A London report notes the baby daughter of the Chinese minister spoke both Chinese and English by eighteen months, illustrating early bilingual development in diplomatic circles.
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London
Poor showing at tobacco openings in Raleigh and eastern NC
Dispatch from Raleigh reports weak opening prices on tobacco markets in the Palmetto belt. Farmers fear ruin and possible revolts as buyers refuse to pay profitable prices. bankers and businessmen warn of dire economic strain across eastern North Carolina.
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Raleigh
Palmetto Belt
Martin County
Martin
Bertie
Northampton
Dumberton
Dillon
Mullins
Fairmount
South Carolina
Palmetto
Kinston
Wilson
North Carolina
World cereal crop prospects across nations
The International Agricultural Institute in Rome projects 1921 yields for wheat rye barley oats across Belgium Bulgaria Greece USA Algeria and Tunis totaling 118 million quarters for wheat 109 percent of last year and 102 percent of five year average rye 12.535 million quarters 109 percent of last year 129 percent of average barley 33.176 million quarters 119 percent of last year 108 percent of average oats 148.184 million quarters 94 percent of last year 99 percent of average. Overall cereals are average in Italy Switzerland and Czechoslovakia, good in some regions and poor in Japan.
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Rome
Italy
International Agricultural Institute At
Belgium
Bulgaria
Greece
United States of America
Algeria
Tunis
Germany
Austria
Denmark
Finland
France
Luxemburg
Sweden
Canada
Egypt
Morocco
Switzerland
Czech-Slovakia
Japan
Hudson Found Under Fifty Feet Of Water In Raleigh Quarry
A Hudson super six emerges from a Raleigh quarry at fifty feet depth with license plate 84 showing it belonged to Wilton Muse. Divers, led by L Francis, recover the car as investigators suspect a larger 缘 of submerged machines and possible human wreckage. Continued search is planned as police link the find to a rising auto theft ring.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Capitol
Wilton Muse
Hubert Horton
Young Muse
L. Francis
Kelly
Glenn
Francis
Texans Harvesting Big Wheat Crop
Amarillo reports the Texas Panhandle is under a large wheat harvest with modern combines. Officials expect at least 2,500,000 acres harvested with yields from 14 to 26 bushels per acre and an average around 18 to 20 bushels.
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Amarillo
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Coast Survey Team Plans Grand Canyon Survey
Six members of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey will attempt a months long survey of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. Specially constructed boats with ample supplies will be used to endure the voyage never before attempted.
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United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Civilization
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Women as relay staff cross busy Wheeling rail lines
In Wheeling West Virginia women act as reltresh crossing flagmen at a busy rail junction coordinating safe passage for trains and pedestrians amid limited staffing.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Southern Republican faulted over Johnson DC appointment
A Western North Carolina Republican vents to President Harding about Henry Lincoln Johnson being named DC Register of Deeds. He argues the move destroys Southern Republican votes, prompts backlash over racial integration, and predicts political ruin for the party if Johnson is confirmed.
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North Carolina
Harding
Henry Lincoln Johnson
District of Columbia
H. E. C. Bryant
Washington
Charlotte Observer
South
Georgia
Republican Party
Recorder’s Office
Senate
Mob Punishes White Preacher In South
In Miami the Rev. Phillip S. Irwin, an English Episcopal archdeacon, was ambushed after services by eight men who whipped him, tarred and feathered him, and placed him in a sack before leaving him near downtown. He said the attackers warned of lynching unless he left within 48 hours, for preaching social equality and intermarriage.
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Miami
Fla
Phillips
Irwin White
English Episcopal Church
South Florida
Irwin
South
How The German Debt Is To Be Paid
Analyzes Allied reparations and Germanys plan to issue bonds totaling about 132 billion marks with annual 2 billion gold mark payments and a 26 percent export tax. Discusses bond distribution via the Reparation Commission, expected market demand in France and Belgium, impact on French credit in the U S, and long term tax implications for Germany.
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Germany
France
America
United States
English explorer critiques women’s dress in desert trek
A prominent English woman explorer denounces cutting off the hair and wearing mannish garb by women. She argues women should be more like men in manners yet remain properly concealed and would wear Paris gowns in the desert if appropriate.
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England
Sahara Desert
Paris
Desert
British fleet commissions several small ships in three-year span
Several vessels about the size of large motor launches have been commissioned into the British fleet over the past three years. The entries discuss their propulsion wheels and controversial pros and cons of their design and use.
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Wieweee
Britis
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