Cooperative Tobacco Growers Start New Campaign
Raleigh reports Virginia growers push a second sign up for the 1927 1991 contract under Sapiro guidance to form a stronger cooperative marketing system. A 75 percent sign up by November 1 1926 is pledged with new federation plans to include Virginia and Carolinas belts and limit tenant tobacco.
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Raleigh
N. C
Virginia
Aaron Sapiro
San Francisco
Tri- State
Tri-State Association
Carolinas
Lynchburg
Farmville
Blackstone
Tri-State Tobacco Grower
Virginia-Carolina
New tomb for Lenin to be world wonder
Moscow reports plans for a marble mausoleum replacing the wooden casket site where Lenin rests. A central hall will hold the casket with museum aisles and a 200 person room. The tomb will feature a tribune for revolutionary speeches on Bolshevik fete days.
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Moscow
Nikolai Lenin
Red Square
Lunacharsky
New England
Theatre Square
Karl Marx
Lenin
Gypsy Confidence Worker Netted $600 in Asheville
In Asheville on October 13 a clever gypsy swindler duped a ill woman named Massey by taking $200 from her bank and pinning a fake cash roll to her shoulder. The ruse involved a supposed cure and left the patient with a blank paper decoy. another victim, a elderly Black man, lost $400 in a similar scam.
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Asheville
Massey
Tobacco crop exceeds last year in North Carolina
Raleigh reports a forecast of 316 963 000 pounds of tobacco from 602 000 cultivated acres in NC, up over 38 million pounds from last year but eight million below earlier expectations. September warehouse prices averaged 7.40 per hundredweight as marketing delays shifted opens to October. In Guilford County a bank cashier was held up, $1,000 stolen, and three suspects Bailey Meade and Sullivan arrested after a rapid pursuit.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Middle Belt
Greensboro
Bank of Summerfield
Guilford County
Here
Howard Simpson
John Sullivan
C. W. Bailey
Rockingham County
J. C. Meade
Guilford
Summerfield
Meade
Sullivan
Bailey
Ben Calhoun
Calhoun
W. W. Wagoner
D. B. Stafford
Child Drowns In Deep Well Near Monroe
A three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Terry drowned after falling into a 50-foot well with six feet of water while playing with other children. Neighbors retrieved him with a well rope. he gasped twice but died despite first aid attempts.
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Monroe
John Terry
Charlie Helms
Young Man Charles Cater Dies on Elkin Street
Charles Cater aged 31 collapsed and died on Bridge Street opposite Hotel Elkin. He had worked with D. Turner in the local drug business before illness prompted him to sell his share. Survived by his mother Mrs R P Crater a sister Effie a brother Rufus Jr a wife and two young children.
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Elkin
Charles Cater
Hotel Elkin
Young Cater
Bridge Street
Reichs Undertaking Establishment
American Toys Of Czar's Heir On Display In Russia
In Tsarskoe-Selo a museum exhibit shows heir Alexis Romanov era toys including American soldiers teddy bear and rocking horse. Officials frame the display to illustrate royal life to Soviet visitors and note such toys are scarcely known in current Russia.
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Tsarskoe-Selo
Russia
Alexis
Nicholas 1
Ekaterinburg
Imperial Palace
Soviet
Huckleberry Expert to Visit North Carolina
New Bern reports Senator E M Simmons secured Dr F W Coville from the Bureau of Plant Industries to visit North Carolina on November 19. The goal is to confer with Governor A W McLean on developing huckleberry cultivation, with Simmons optimistic about eastern state prospects.
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New Bern
E. M. Simmons
W. M. Jardine
F. W. Coville
Bureau of Plant Industries
North Carolina
A. W. McLean
Simmons
Man Who Killed Two Goes Free in Durham
Robert Wiles of Columbia South Carolina acquitted of the August 15 crime in a West Chapel Hill street rooming house killing Ralph Gordon and the death of his wife. After a lengthy jury deliberation the eleventh juror held out until 10 18 pm when acquittal was declared. Wiles walked free and returned to Columbia with his father to be with his mother. Durham residents had expected the verdict.
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Greensboro
W. B. Cole
W. W
Ormond
Little Rock
Arkansas
Rockingham
Mr. Cole
Mra. Cole
W. F. Cole
Coles
W. I. Cole
Wilkesboro
Cole
Criminal Insane Department
T. B. Finley
A. L. Brooks
Union County
North Carolina
Durham
Durham County
Robert Wiles
Columbia
S. C
Ralph B. Gordon
Alamance County
Wiles
Grady
Henry
Crom Wiles
Gordon
Case Nolle
L. P. McLendon
Rich Reward for a Drink of Water
In 1860 Fred Clough shared his water with Henry Ferguson during the Hornet disaster after drifting 43 days at sea. Ferguson later became wealthy and left Clough a $100 monthly pension from his New York estate, recalling the sailor’s life saving act.
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San Francisco
Henry Ferguson
Fred Clough
Ferguson
New York
Hornet
Clough
Stolen Plaza Jewels Returned After Anonymous Offer
New York on October 14 police expected an arrest after jewels valued at 721600 were returned by a private detective. The thiefs claimed inability to sell the gems due to high value and sought immunity and a 75000 reward. One beaded bag valued at 400 was missing. The yield included two pearl necklaces 450000 and 250000 each. Mrs Donahue, daughter of F W Woolworth, was at the Plaza when the theft occurred September 30.
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New York
James P. Donahue
F. W. Woolworth
Donahue
Plaza Hotel
Washington Players Receive $3736 Each After World Series
Washington October 16 Checks for 3736 each will be given to 24 regulars of the Washington hall club as the loser's share of the world series jackpot. The fund was set at the last meeting before winter pursuits. Names mentioned include Claudes Schacht Altrock and trainer Mertin. eight other players and attendants received partial shares.
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Washington
Washington Hall Club
Clahes Schacht
Altrock
Mertin
Rlaye
e'Lt
Seras
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Elizabeth Cole
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Chadbourn
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Goldsboro
Greenville
Jacksonville
Kinston
Lumberton
Pinetops
Robesonville
Rocky Mount
Smithville
Tabor
Tarboro
Wallace
Warsaw
Wendell
Whiteville
Williamston
Wilson
Zebulon
U. S
Czar
Russian Museum
Palace
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