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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1923
Page
1
President Harding spent an eight hour visit in Hutchinson Kansas. He bound sheaves of wheat chatted with farmers and spoke to thousands of school children. He rode a tractor toured Reno county farms and later played golf before departing for Denver.
Weather reports show Philadelphia reaching 100 degrees and Flagstaff 28 degrees as the nation endures extreme June heat. Washington Harrisburg New York and Boston logged high temps with cooler trends in New England and interior New York. Forecast calls for lower lake region temps and scattered thunderstorms from the south Atlantic to the east gulf states. No fatal prostrations were reported despite the heat.
John D. Rockefeller Jr announced a 150000 gift to be shared among 15 hospitals in the United States and Canada to promote insulin treatment for diabetes. The funds aim to increase free ward patients treated with insulin and educate general practitioners in proper insulin use.
A historical note states that nine tenths of the ocean lie beyond a mile in depth and two-thirds exceed two miles in depth, illustrating the vast and largely unexplored underwater realm.
Winnipeg reports show Manitoba voters adopt a government liquor sell system via a three member commission with government stores and annual permits. Provisions include permits at 1 dollar for annual use and 50 cents per purchase, with delivery from stores and home keeping allowed only for permit holders. July 11 referendum planned on hotel and brewer sales with meals and home delivery.
Dr Sherman groups foods into five: breads and grains provide energy but little minerals or vitamins. sugars and fats supply extra energy and heat. meats supply building material but few minerals and vitamins. fruits and vegetables add modest body building and energy and supply minerals. milk is the key food for balanced nutrition providing energy building material minerals and vitamins. Emphasizes varied intake and eating to build up rather than merely fill up.
Aboard the steamship Leviathan on June 20 a celebrity gathering of up to 450 guests begins a five day trial cruise toward West Indian waters at 19 knots. Albert D. Lasker and other shipping officials attend as the giant liner tests cuisine, machinery, speed and stability before its first Atlantic passenger voyage.
Raleigh June 21 Governor Morrison refuses to intervene in Milton Nobles Columbus county murderer who killed his cousin Henry Nobles before his eight year old niece. Despite pleas by religious workers Nobles faces execution Tuesday after decades of appeals and prayers. Nobles wife remains devoted and the workers vow to continue until the prison doctor pronounces him dead.
In Richmond suburb Longdale a tent housing a revival meeting collapsed during a windstorm. About 1,200 people were present and four were slightly injured. Evangelist Rev. W. G. Edward had just announced a hymn when the canvas fell as rain and wind lashed the area. The storm caused structural damage, lightning hits, and uprooted trees.
Wild song birds are trapped in England by bird-lime and nets and sold in major urban streets. The captive birds suffer heavy losses, with many killed or maimed in the process.
The Italian town of Linguaglossa endures Move Fina eruption with lava diverted by a spur near the crater The locals credit St Egidio while researchers note the lava’s diversion is geological The crowd fears theft of the statue and minor clashes occur amid safety reassurances from observers
Abe Gentry, a Surry County farmer, was fatally injured in Elkin when a string of freight cars backed into a siding on the Southern Railroad. His son, nearby on a steam derrick, shouted a warning, but the elder man did not hear. The body was cut almost in two and died about 20 minutes later.
Minnie Crawford, a 133 year old Black woman, died yesterday at Uncle Charlie Jaggers Old Folks home in Columbia. She claimed to have worked on the 1830 South Carolina railway project and had long been blind and living in the home.
An Antwerp carpenter purchased an old painting from a second hand dealer for a few francs. The work shows the subject Jesus baptized in the River Jordan. An Antwerp art expert found the date 1640 and Rembrandt’s signature, with an estimated value of 2,000,000 francs.
President Harding departs Washington with a party of 70 for Alaska to study territorial development firsthand. The journey, undertaken with Mrs. Harding after health improvements and political considerations, shifts from an overland plan to a sea route via the Panama Canal and Puerto Rico.
While President Harding rested, a car carrying Sumner Curtis and other reporters plunged 100 feet into Bear Creek canyon near Evergreen, 25 miles from Denver. Killed were Curtis and Thomas French. Donald Craig and Thomas Dawson were injured with severe trauma.
Spokane June 24 United States Senator William E Borah Idaho says he will not be a presidential candidate and will not head a third party He predicts the Republican convention will renominate the President and names Ford as a serious potential third party head if such a movement develops He notes public ownership of utilities could spark third party issues and says he remains loyal to the Republican Party while pursuing reform from within.
The U S cruiser Pittsburgh carrying Ambassador Richard Washburn Child and his party arrived in Catania to view Mt Etna. Scientists Ponti Gaetano Platania and Malladra report data suggesting danger from the eruption will end by next week.
L. L. Smith a Charlottesville carpenter says Tanlac revived his health after indigestion fatigue and insomnia nearly ended his work. He credits improved digestion and sleep to Tanlac and urges others to try it. Tanlac is sold by druggists with over 37 million bottles sold.
Swine extension worker W W Shay states that summer heat ruins fertile eggs by causing a quick bloodying, spoiling them for market. He adds that without skim milk or buttermilk either fish meal or tankage is essential to pig growth, just as nitrogen is needed for corn or cotton.
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