Yadkin Union Holds Its Annual Picnic
Yadkinville September 1. The Farmers' Union of Yadkin County held its second annual picnic at Center three miles west of Yadkinville. Joyner State Superintendent spoke on Co operation in Education to about 3000 to 4000 attendees. He highlighted education's role in legislation and child development and urged household economics for women. Dinner followed with long table offerings. The Yadkin County Sunday School Convention met, with Joseph A. Brown and Rev J Walter Long present, ending with a closing address by Mr. Trown.
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Yadkinville
Farmers’ Union of
Yadkin County
Joyner
Yadkin
Farmers’ Union
Joseph A. Brown
State Sunday School Association
State Association
J. Walter Long
Spring Street Methodist Church
Greensboro
Trown
Lynching Attempt in Stanley County Case Recalls Old Poison Plot
The article recounts a Stanley County incident where Ella Knotts admitted lacing Doctor Love’s dinner with strychnine. A mob seized John Knotts from a jail, fled with him, then he escaped. later both were sentenced to prison with doubt about their guilt. The case mirrors a prior 10 year old poisoning by a cook and a subsequent mob action.
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Joe McNeely
Stanley County
Love
Locust
Ella Knotts
Doctor Love
Albermarle
Knotts
John Knotts
Fay
Monroe
Rocky River
Union County
Salisbury
Sheff McCain
Stanley
Raleiph
Dr. Love
Liv
Last barrier at the canal blown out at Panama
The last barrier at the Pacific end of the Panama Canal was dynamited this morning. Spectators from the United States and a British cruiser watched as 44,800 pounds of 45 percent dynamite created a 400 foot wide opening. Dredges will remove the barrier by September 2 and allow ships to reach the Miraflores locks.
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Panama
Pacific
Panama Canal
United States
New Zealand
Gamboadike
Miraflores
Atlantic Channel
Slit Skirts Stir North Carolina Town
A Raleigh report narrates a chaotic scene in Ayden where a crowd formed over a slit skirt incident. Policeman Jordan escorted a girl who triggered the disturbance toward a milliner's shop as onlookers swelled and tensions rose.
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Jordan
Ayden Tintas
Ayden
Newry
Earp Shows Large Pictures To Frame For Screens
Earp offers several large pictures and copies of art suitable for framing without glass to use as fireplace screens.
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Earp
Ty Cobb to Join the New York Yankees
Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers will move to the New York Yankees next season after the Georgia Beach sale for 40 100, the largest sum for a baseball player. News leaked by Detroit stockholders, with CirK Griffith of the Washington Americans bidding up to 100 000 before being told to stay silent by Ban Johnson.
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Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Georgia Beach
Detriit
Detroit
Cirk Griffith
Washington Americans
Tie
Griffith
Ban Johnson
American League
Gebb
Do You Know This Man
A misread reminiscence describes an awkward proposal and marriage sequence. The speaker questions familial ties after marrying the girl's mother, creating a tangled family relation chain and puzzling paternity.
Wave of Patriotism Sweeps Mexico in 1911
Mexico City August 1 reports a rising wave of patriotism across states and classes as assurances of allegiance pour in to President Huerta and the war ministry. Plans for a September 16 Independence Day parade in Mexico City involve about 20,000 troops, with military instructors to be sent to several cities.
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Mexico
Huerta
War Department
Gamboa
Urrutia
Foreign Affairs and the Interior
Interior
Manual of Arms
Tax Department
Diane Pho
France
Germany
Great Britain
Felix Diaz
Senor Gamboa
Japan
Diaz
Wilson
Vera Cruz
Shanklin
Uncle Joe Cannon Again in Race for Congress
Chicago reports that Uncle Joe Cannon of Danville will run again for representative in Congress next year. William B McKinley, a Taft supporter, is expected to enter the Champion district race amid Republican talks of uniting behind favored candidates.
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Chicago
Joe” Cannon
Danville
William B.cKinley
Tilinow
Yas Reece
Pigttan
Cannon
McKinkey, Rodenberg
Sterling
Rollin Prinses
Fuller
Washington Cranks Flood Capital Inquiries
A Washington Herald recounts frequent visits by deranged individuals to the capital, detailing episodes at the White House and Treasury. Tales include a North Carolina man claiming wireless messages from Wilson and other bizarre encounters with guards, hotel clerks, and officials.
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Congress
Washington Asylum Hospital
Washington Herald
White House
Senate
House
Allemiania
Washington Asylum For the
North Carolina
Wilson
ae _ anne
Weerthead
Alabama
State Farm in Halifax County Praised by Prison Board Chairman
H B Warner chairman of the State prison board toured the State farm in Halifax County and praised its size 7300 acres with 6400 cultivated. Nine miles of dikes protect crops along the Roanoke river while crops face flood risk. Farm leaders Capt Christiam and Chap Kneamn report record prospects with 400 acres of corn 1500 acres of cotton 330 acres of peanuts and other staples. Livestock and convict labor totals include 900 hogs 2400 cattle 900 hens 1000 turkeys and about 2000 pigs with 450 convicts employed on the farm.
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State Prison Board
Halifax County
The
Lexington Dispatch
North Carolina
Roanoke River
C. N. Chriatiam
Stokes County
Chapt. Kneamn
Castern
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Fakite Peary
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Bam
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Kelly
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