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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1924
Page
5
A Surry County Republican letter from Siloam urging un instructed delegates to pick the best level headed candidate at Dobson convention. He argues for party unity, warns against rings and Democratic opportunism, and predicts a 1500 vote majority if Republicans rally.
An early copy of The News becomes available at Creed's Book Store each week. Copies go on sale immediately after printing, offering readers first access to the latest edition.
State of North Carolina Surry W D Taylor claimant files a land entry for a vacant parcel on Stoney Creek in Westfield Township Surry County described north by John Mills east and south by Henry Marsh and west by heirs of Alvie Mille and others. The tract size is acres more or less. Entry made May 19 1924. Lillian Harkrader Entry Taker.
The 68th Congress ended June 7 after a long session marked by the Tax Bill and Senate investigations. About 300 laws were enacted with nine major appropriation bills and two deficiency measures. Presidential vetoes on soldiers bonus and pensions drew overrides and clashes between Republicans, Democrats, and insurgents shaped the year.
An airplane beat 35 carrier pigeons in a race from New York to Washington yesterday. The plane stopped in Philadelphia and Baltimore for gas, covering three and a half hours of flight. The fastest pigeon finished about one hour and 11 minutes later.
Reidsville aviator Robert Woolen maneuvered a damaged plane after its landing gear failed near Yanceyville. The craft glided back to earth with minimal force, hitting nose first and breaking parts, but Woolen and Bruce Bradner escaped injury while onlookers feared tragedy.
Harvard University president emeritus Charles W. Eliot offers a long life formula: maintain a clean heart and mind, exercise regularly, eat in moderation, sleep adequately, avoid alcohol and drugs, including tobacco and tea or coffee. He recalls witnessing steamships, radios, and other modern advances during a career that spanned eras from the German Empire’s founding to the present.
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