Pilgrimages to Homes of Presidents Polk and Jackson
Charlotte May 19. A congressional Commission visiting Mecklenburg esquirecentennial made pilgrimages to the birthplaces of Presidents James K Polk and Andrew Jackson near Charlotte. Speakers included Senator Overman and Representatives Fa Faust Bulwinkle. Regimental bands from Fort Bragg provided music and a pageant on colonial history was planned for the night. The party also visited Pineville and Waxhaw before touring the Jackson birthplace stone slab in Union County.
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Charlotte
N.C
Congressional Commission
Mecklenburg
Jackson
Overman
Palen
Caroline
Missouri
Bulwinkle
North Carolina
Fort Bragg
Tennessee
Faust
Representative O'Connell
Rhode Island
Pineville
President Polk
Waxhaw
Union County
Andrew Jackson
Minneapolis Banker Confesses Embezzlement Covering Losses
Edward Walinski surrendered in New Orleans after admitting to embezzling 4000 dollars from Midland National Bank in Minneapolis where he worked as a currency teller. Shortages from 50 to 100 dollars occurred since September 1923 and were concealed until his May 7 vacation. The bond company has made the amount good.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Associated Press
Edward Walinski
New Orleans
Midland National Bank
Walinski
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From An Old Page
A historical puzzle page lists numerous clues across horizontal and vertical sets. Items include common words and phrases like sorrow warmth exclamation stand still wild duck couple dormant to vouch meadow to come pastry tear lineage to curse reputation plural pronouns diminishes also and mesh of aurora moist part of electrical circuit printer's measure velvet fit to plug by examination before nothing celestial a honey provider melodic character, swimming, unrestrained dark tardy puts on net ice entry way reach golf term to change implement like shovel to roost autopsy saw brain ridicule conjunction dried atmospheric term in math crowd cry frozen dessert powerful quarrel prolonged s of plant out of sight onion makes me do ribbon belt compass point baldhead lack upheaval epoch biped civil observed confession of faith coal places large tack employ one horse carriage to produce lines on metal through corrosion metal in rock separate frames in shipbuilding
Air Mail Route Needs Feasible Plan Before Expansion
Henry Reiser, Mobile postmaster, says a practical plan for gulf port air mail delivery must be created before benefits justify a route. The New Orleans to Chicago flight carried mail well, but offered no advantage except at touch points as it required a layover in Chicago for westward connections.
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Henry Reiser
Mobile
Gulf Ports
New Orleans-Mobile
Chicago
New York
West Coast
Mobile Masons Attend Pythian Grand Lodge Meeting
Mobile Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters depart for Montgomery to attend the Alabama Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias convention. Henry Simon will receive a grand veterans jewel for 25 consecutive annual meetings, with A. G. Patterson and B. A. Taylor also to be recognized.
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Alabama Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Grand Temple of Alabama
Mobile Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Montgomery
Henry Simon
Mobile Lodge
A. G. Patterson
B. A. Taylor
Community Players Set to Stage The Mouse Trap and The Red Lamp
The Old Shell Road School auditorium hosts two plays Thursday night The Mouse Trap and The Red Lamp presented by community players Casts list includes Aline Lindsey Minnie Lee Avent Celia Finch May Gill Sylvia Wiseman Elsie Kellett Joseph Edgar with Bingham Cook directing The Red Lamp features Abbie Meaher Dod Schock Greer Nedra Toulmin Matt Lawler Jack Greer Harold Kearley and Ruth Nelson with a separate director.
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Shell Road School
Aline Lindsey
Minnie Lee Avent
Celia Finch
May Gill
Sylvia Wiseman
Elsie Kellett
Joseph Edgar
Bingham Cook
Abbie Meaher
Dod Schock Greer
Nedra Toulmin
Matt Lawler
Jack Greer
Harold Kearley
Ruth Nelson
Boat Owners to Discuss Plans for New Houses
A Mobile meeting of small boat owners is set for Thursday at 7 45 p m at the Chamber of Commerce with R C English presiding The session follows a state docks commission notice to vacate boat houses on One mile Creek by September 15 Suitable locations include the Industrial canal on Three mile Creek but the docks board opposes the site near the Louisville and Nashville railroad bridge If built the canal boats will need a railroad watchman at the bridge and an agreement may remove that need
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Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
R. Co. English
State Docks Commission
William L. Sibert
Docks Commission
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Docks Board
Louise M. Riley
Mobile County Home Demonstration
Wilmer
McCormick Money Squabble Moves Through Supreme Court
In New York on May 19 the case over $7.6 million in Standard Oil of Indiana stock dividends tied to John D. Rockefeller's 1917 trust was argued. Harold McCormick seeks to add dividends to the trust principal, while Edith Rockefeller McCormick's heirs dispute the move. Justice Lydon denied a stay. wider Indiana suit actions continue.
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New York
Associated Press
Harold McCormick
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard of
John D. Rockefeller
Supreme Court
McCormick
Anita Qser
Equitable Trust Company
Doctor Pierce and His Favorite Prescription Gains Fame
A historical note recalls Dr. Pierce from Pennsylvania whose medical success led to nationwide demand for his Favorite Prescription. He moved to Buffalo and began selling the remedy through druggists, claiming it tonifies and aids nervous and weak conditions. The piece invites readers to write for a free trial and medical advice.
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Pennsylvania
Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Piere
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Madison, Wis
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C. Y. Younts
National Retail Credit Men’s Association
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Ponca City
Okla
Dorothy McBierney
Tulsa
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