Town Talk Highlights Local Visits and Deaths
Elizabeth Glover visits in Durham with the Glovers. J. R. Glover and family host guests. Barams and Joyners share Sunday. Davis family and Bryant kin spend weekend in Woodland. Hardy and Edmonds guests in Windsor. B D Johnson returns home to Greenville after visiting Edmonds parents. Helen Padgette and Dorothy Rice called home from Durham for Jesse Rice's death. Rice family from Richmond also called here. Frank Williams spends day in Norfolk. Ruth Transon Eugene Lehman and Gene Jr return from Bethania vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Padgette
Dorothy Rice
Durham
Jesse Rice
National conference backs uniform 20 mph city speed rule
A Washington meeting on street and highway safety urged nationwide uniform traffic laws. The proposal would set a 20 mph limit in business and residential areas, with 15 mph near intersections and school zones, aiming to reduce accidents and simplify traveler compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Notice of Receiver's Sale Under Court Order
Under and by virtue of an order dated June 10, 1933, by His Honor R Hunt Parker, Resident Judge, Superior Court of North Carolina, Third Judicial District, in Halifax County, North Carolina, in the action First & Mer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Hunt Parker
Superior Court of
North Carolina
Third Judicial District
Halifax County
First & Mer
Fairyland Flares at Chicago World’s Fair 1933 Lights
The Century of Progress opens May 27 with Fairgrounds lit by 15 000 incandescent lamps and 24 arc searchlights. General Electric and Westinghouse, under Walter D Arcy Ryan, will showcase elaborate fountains, neon tubes and colored lighting across three lagoon fountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Philadelphia
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing
Walter D’arcy Ryan
Illuminating Engineering Laboratory
East Shore
Twentythird Street Bridge
Halifax Paper assets to be sold at public auction
The Halifax Paper Corporation assets including mill, land, and personal property will be sold for cash at 11:00 A M on Thursday July 13 1938 at the Roanoke Rapids mill premises Halifax County North Carolina. A 10 percent cash deposit is required with bids and sale is subject to court confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cants National Bank of Richmond
Halifax Paper Corporation
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County
North Carolina
Roanoke River
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
A. M
N. C
F. M. Brown
Black-Draught Syrup for Children Promoted as Plant Laxative
A vintage ad extols Black-Draught made from garden plants as a natural laxative. It claims the active plant medicine stimulates the bowels without synthetic drugs and emphasizes independence from chemical laxatives, noting a syrup form for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thedford
Local Social News Highlights Visits and Funerals
The column lists visits among Thelma Moss, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Crews, M. R. Johnson, Johnnie Peach of Baltimore, and Lula House. Norman House spent Sunday at Bethel. Nell Robinson of Danville visits Sallie Ann House. Sallie Allen and Lula House traveled to Roanoke Rapids. Sallie K. Allen attended a funeral near Warrenton for Mrs. Sue Edgerton. Joe King and daughters from Greensboro attended Mrs. T. B. King’s funeral. Ashley Wilkins joined The Woman’s Auxiliary meeting at St Luke’s Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
M. R. Johnson
Johnnie Peach
Baltimore, Md
Mrs. Lula House
Nell Robinson
Jimmie Robinson
Danville, Va
Mrs. Sallie Ann House
Mesdames Sallie Allen
Lula House
Roanoke Rapids
Sallie K. Allen
Sue Edgerton
Warrenton
Edgerton
Joe King
Mary Emma
Annie Dee
Greensboro
T. B. King
Ashley Wilkins
Woman's Auxiliary
St. Lukes Church
Carter's Little Liver Pills Claim to Boost Bile Flow
An advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a remedy to poor digestion caused by sluggish liver bile. It warns against laxatives and salt water cures and promotes the pills as a gentle vegetable extract that stimulates bile flow. The copy notes the product is sold in stores and labeled with a red Carter’s seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Carter's
C.m.co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Elizabeth Glover
Mrs J. R. Glover
Joe Baram
J. B. Baram
J. H. Joyner
Rupert Hardy
William Payne Edmonds
Windsor
B. D. Johnson
Greenville
Mrs
J. B. Edmonds
Houstin Rice
Pretty” Rice
Richmond, Va
Jessie Rice
Frank Williams
Norfolk, Va
M Ruth Transon
Eugene Lehman
Gene, Jr
Bethonia, N. C
Lake Michigan
Travel and Transport Building
Smpire
Hamilton Street
Hailton
Fifth Streets
Fifth Street
Thelma
Miss Marie Moss
Mrs. L. L. Crews
Mr. Norman House
Bethel
B. D. Hamill
Halifax
Bayer
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