Mediterranean Fruit Fly threatens South with price shocks and quarantines
The article warns of costly pests like the Mediterranean fruit fly and other invaders. It discusses how outbreaks raise fruit prices, trigger quarantines, and harm growers, with calls to report new larvae and obtain guidance from state and federal agricultural departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southland
San Jose
New England States
Florida
South
Piedmont
Congress
Carolinas
State Department of Entomology
Raleign
Florida Department of Agriculture
Notice of Public Auction of Mount Airy Lands
Under a special proceeding in the case Mrs. Neil Poore et al versus the Bank of Mount Airy a commissioner is authorized to sell on North Main Street Mount Airy described property adjoining W. W. Burke. The sale is for cash and the parcel is defined by specific boundary lines and references to deed books. Dated June 4. E C Bivens, Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Poore
Bank of Mount Airy
Will
North Main Street
Mount Airy
W. W. Burke
Army to Survey Dan River Flood Hazards From Air
The Army plans an aerial survey of Dan River from its Patrick County source to the Atlantic Ocean to map flood hazards and water power potential. Amphibian planes will base at Stuart or nearby and begin in summer, tracing through Patrick County, Stokes and Rockingham into Mayodan and the Mayo River before reaching the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Dan River
Patrick County
Virginia
Atlantic Ocean
Edmund Pendleton Jr
Army Engineering Corps
Norfolk
Stuart
South Boston
Milton
Pendleton
Chamber of Commerce
Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge Range
Stokes County
Surry
Rockingham County
Mayodan
Ocean
Sound
Army Engineers’ Corps
Army Corps
United States
Dan Valley
Notice of Sale of Real Property for Unpaid Sewer Tax
City Tax Collector of Mount Airy will sell at public auction at the courthouse door in Dobson North Carolina on June 4 1929 at 1 PM for unpaid sewer tax assessments listed including multiple properties on Durham Street South Street Welch Street Worth Street and others. Names include Ashburn Booker Forkner Poore Poore Riddle Trogden Everett Palmer Stewart and others with amounts ranging from 13.00 to 54.00 plus penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Mount Airy
Ee House
Dobson
N. C
Towit
Robert Ashburn
Durham St
H. B. Ashburn
S. South St
Belton
Welch St
Joe F. Booker
Robert Forkner, Jr
Pulton
T. G. Fawcett
Talor St
W. Labanonsen
Spring St
Gordon
Worth St
E. Marshall
Oak
E. Poplar St
Frank Poore
Sam Poore
Haymore St
R. C. Poore
N. Main St
Riddle
Broad St
S. L. Trogden
Pine St
C. Everett
Virginia
Eo Palmer
N. South
Susan Stewart
Virginia St
S. L. Wright
Little revue remark on audience reaction to costumes
A quoted stage note captures a character saying that audiences may enthuse over outfits, but the performers themselves feel unmoved by the display. The line suggests a gap between fashion appeal and emotional impact in a theatrical setting.
More Automobiles Sold in North Carolina This Year
State report shows a one third rise in car and truck licenses in five months compared with a year ago. Cash purchases rose to 42 percent, down payments larger and deferred payments smaller, with Ford and Chevrolet leading sales. State prison to install tag machinery while UNC offers aeronautical engineering this autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Sprague Silver
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Ford
Drink of Water Brings $10,000 Reward
Dr. R. M. McIver of Jonesboro recounted how Confederate James Moore of Burke County was rewarded for saving a Union officer during the Civil War. Moore gave water to a wounded enemy, refused a gold watch, and later lost a leg. The officer, a New York merchant, promised $10,000 in four installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Notice of Sale of Land by Deed of Trust
Notice of sale under a 1926 deed of trust for Haymore Memorial Church trustees. The foreclosure, due to default, will occur at the Bank of Mount Airy in Mount Airy, N C, with the property in Mt. Airy described as adjoining Welch and Bobbitt land on Rockford Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Marshall
J. A. Byrd
S. H. Warren
R. F. Clifton
Haymore Memorial Church
Surry County
N. C
Bank of Mount Airy
Mount Airy, N. C
Towit
Mt. Airy
C. Welch
E. I. Bobbitt
Rockford Street
E. L Bobbitt
Property Boundary Description for Creasy to Shelton Trust
Description runs from Rockford Street along mid street to an alley toward Church Street, then along the north side of the alley to G Welch’s corner, then with Creasy and Shelton line to E I Bobbitt’s corner, and back to Rockford Street. Sale to satisfy principal interest and costs. 1929. Bivens, Trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford Street
Mid Street
Church Street
G. Welch
E. E. Creasy
C. B. Shelton
G. C. Welch
E. I. Bobbitt
Bivens
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Walter E. Campbell
Greensboro Daily News
E. C. Bivens
E. W. Berry
Neosho
Cardui
Uae
Dan
W. E. Haymore
Loans—Insurance Johnson Building
University of North Carolina
Penanger
Peninger Funeral Home, Inc
Pine Street
T. S. Ashburn
Willow Street
Pepsi-Cola Plant
J.c.penney CO
Terry
Transportation
Chevrolet
Wil Tree
Surry Sales Co
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