Motor Vehicles Boom in North Carolina Six Year Span
Frank Page discusses a six year surge in motor vehicle activity in North Carolina. He cites a 400 percent increase in licensed vehicles to over 221000, with 511 million invested in automobiles and trucks and a rise in total value to about 178 million. Page argues road-building costs rise with traffic and warns maintenance and destruction costs will outpace road funding.
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Flyne
Auaky
Fleurlox
Gaveline
Sawyers
Frank Page
Ridge
Port Commission to Meet on Oct 10 and 11
The North Carolina state ship and water transportation commission will meet on October 10 and 11 to discuss development of a new port on the seaboard. Edwin J Clapp of New York, an authority on ports and harbors, will confer with commission members. Clapp supervised surveys of Charleston and Baltimore harbors and other ports. his expertise is valued. The first day is reserved for the Clapp conference.
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North Carolina
Ally and Water Transportation Commission
Mem
Meg Clapp
Mountain Seed Potatoes Prove Successful North Carolina Seed
Seed potatoes grown in the mountains of North Carolina have proven unusually successful on the Coastal Plain for the early crop this year. The yield equals Maine and home grown seed plants produce a crop about two weeks earlier.
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Mounains
North Carolina
Coastal Plain
Maine
Insurance Profits Fade as 1923 Fire Premiums Rise
The North Carolina Inspection and Rating Bureau reports up to July 1, 1923 fire insurance premiums totaling 5 million dollars in the state. The year earlier saw about 9 million dollars in total premiums, indicating that 1923 may not reach previous records. Much of the current volume reflects new construction rather than just renewals.
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North Carolina
State Department of Insurance Sas
Pear
North Carolina Inspection and Rating Bureau
New Corporations Formed in Durham and Ellerbe
Dur ham hosts Dickey Bobbitt Foster Co with 50000 authorized capital and 300 subscribed by D T Dickey D Bobbitt and S M Foster all of Durham. Ellerbe sees R Bennett Cotton Co with 60000 authorized capital and 10000 subscribed by J R Bennett. Ellerba also Sir? Ellerba Motor Company with 50000 authorized capital and 98000 subscribed by J R Bennett W O Webb and J M Manone all of Bilarbe.
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North Carolina
Ambeboro Hardware Company
Asheboro
H. I. Bawards
J. M. Tippatt
Hugh Parks
Franklisville
Adams Millie Corporation
High Pig
J. K. Adams
J.B. Millie
BF. Ryding
Bian Peret
Dickey-Bobbitt-Foster Co
Durham
D. T. Dickey
3. D. Bobbitt
S. M. Foster
R. Bennett Cotton Co
Ellerbe
J. R. Bennett
Ellerbe Motor Company
Ellerba
Ith
W. O. Webb
J. M. Manone
Bilarbe
German and Allied Trouble as Revolts Rise in Europe
A chaotic week sees alarmed reports of German states grappling with Bavaria’s dictatorship under Walther von Kahr and war minister Otto Gessler, while in Oklahoma and Bulgaria further uprisings threaten stability. The Ruhr crisis deepens as Germany presses to preserve order and alliance unity, with European powers cautious of a broader collapse.
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Germany
Ruhr
Bavaria
Gessier
Crisia
Berlin
Tuvan
Mhonaecesti
Kalling
Stresetonph
Gustave
Kalin
Tavarkit Premien
Tetosor Aid
PH Og
Mate Techema
Herr von Kahr
Pris Ps
Ministerial Council
Wise
de Sipecemann
Weald
Ebert
Prig
Otto Gessler
Vong Kahr
Huprecht
Ludendorf
Adolph Hittler
Ppt
President Coolidge Proclaims National Education Week Start
Beginning November 18, President Calvin Coolidge urges national education week to emphasize public learning. The proclamation, issued to all states and local authorities, stresses broadening access to schools, colleges, and technical training as essential for self government and lasting liberty.
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Washington
Constitte
Eitigen
Uta
Tore
Despottom
Knowleig
Freedom
Hitler Tie Jolt
Uni ‘Anal Education Association
Watts 4
Harem
Laverican Legion
Igton
Clelay
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Author honored by natives in Samoa tale of Stevenson tribute
Detroit News reports a tale linking James Chalmers and Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa. The piece notes Stevenson’s alliance with missionaries, his stance on native treatment, and a Samoan regulation to preserve R. L. S. grave, forbidding gunfire within earshot and delaying any funeral reverie.
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California
Eat. Wateon
Tony
Paint Argiello
James Chalmers
Gouribari
Robert Louis Stevenson
Pacific
Samoa
Chalmers
Foreign Missions
Stevenfim
Father Damien
Arthur Porritt
Stevenson
Vallima
Porritt
Detroit News
Same Amount of Material Across Different Stars
Despite differences in size brightness density and temperature stars contain nearly the same amount of material. The statement notes the uniformity of stellar mass across disparate celestial bodies.
Four Killed Four Hurt In Baltimore Auto Trolley Crash
A trolley car struck an automobile on the city outskirts, killing four people and injuring four others. John Papa was seriously injured, his wife and her two sisters died, and three children were hospitalized with broken bones and injuries. Earlier, Clement Carson, 42, was killed in a separate crash near the Curtis Street bridge when his car collided with another vehicle.
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Baltimore
John Papa
Clement Carson
Curtis Streek Bridge
President Coolidge Seeks Farmer Relief Remedy
President Coolidge invites nationwide suggestions to relieve the stricken farming sector of wheat growers. A wide range of plans from farmers bankers and government officials have been submitted as potential remedies to put agriculture on a sound economic footing.
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Wallace
Bie
Coolidge
Agricultural Export Commission
Wallice
Washington
Doings in the Tar Heel State items from scattered North Carolina towns
A roundup of local notes reports Guilford Superior Court with 112 years of sentences and Judge Shaw presiding. Fayetteville hosts Fort Bragg officers for a Lakewood gathering. Albemarle hosts a meeting of the Westerworth Carolina Press group at Hotel Albemarle on October 7. Greensboro notes a high profile case involving Arthur Shipton and perjury. Chapel Hill reports 89 year old Jamien Wills in critical condition after a collision. Durham covers a fatal work accident and a court-ordered action resulting in death. Lumberton records a shooting and hospital transfer. New Bern reports a raid capturing a bartender and a still equipment seizure two miles from town.
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Guilford Superior Court
Judy TJ. Shaw
Fayetteville
William J. Snow
Field Artillery
United State Army
Fort Bragg
Albemarle
L. Holding
Hotel Albemarle
Greensboro
Arthur Shipton
Evearohl
High Point
Guilford County
Laster Pell
Guilford
Fourth and Chestnut
A. E. White
Lumberton
Megin Seiewatre
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University of North Carolina
F. M. Register
Bureau of Vital Atatistics
State Board of Heart
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Mekory
MHA
Dcember
Br BF. Kaupp
Oliver
State College
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Tndustry Division
de Partmone of Agriculture
Goldst Annd
Wilmington
North Carolina Jersey
Hickory
Jersey
Trin
Leo Dolt
Baker
St Laws
Boris
Bulgaria
Walton
Oklahoma
Soiereoel
Rosiwele
Niserase
Mart Price
Intergeritie
Wal Pen
Supreme Court
Okiahossa
Eitieens
Sturray
Tate
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Jgnatien
Campbell Russell
Cus Acs
Ermany
Stiesemann
Rube
Rhineland
Algarin
Zankoff
Sofia
War Office
Ferdinand
Berkowitz
Ules
Ava
Kies
Javiay
Jenin Af Mussal
Amtaxidors
Crowe
Nanbass
Meanes
Longton
Cibealtar
Conta
DD Santhe
Gorton Mennert
Troy
Fran Mrossels
Wetgiant
Uh Aeronaire
Dehli
Waltan
Touts
Olmstead Ant Dw
Sngtan Ot Bie TS. Arms
Loan
Holand
DeMuster
Belgium
Anky Ford
South
Musele Shoals
Alay
Gorgas
Aluama Light and Power Company
Fon
Earahot
Robert Louie Grave
Tar Heel
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