End of the world predicted not in near future
Professor Eric Doolittle of the University of Pennsylvania told Presbyterian ministers that life on earth will end in about 15 million years as the sun cools. He said no supernatural interference or contact with another heavenly body is expected to prevent this.
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Philadelphia
Weekly of
Presbyterian Ministers Today
Eric Doolittle
University of Pennsylvania
Astronomical Observatory
Doolittle
Boy Produces 190 Bushels of Corn On One Acre
Kinston December 17 17 year old Cameron of Lenoir County is guest of the Department of Agriculture in Washington after growing 190 bushels of corn per acre on his farm. He earned a cash prize and his trip expenses are covered by the department. His father J E Cameron recently served as deputy revenue sector and now farms near Grainger.
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Kinston
Ron
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Cameron
Lenoir County
Corn Club
Agricultural Department
J. E. Cameron
Grainger
Inston
Doan's Kidney Pills Featured in Monroe Ad
Local testimonial from J. I. Rallings of Monroe, N C, praising Doan's Kidney Pills for weak kidneys and backaches. He bought them at English Drug Co and says they relieved pain and regulated kidney action. Sold by all dealers price 56 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY agents in US. Remember the name Doan's.
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Doan
Monroe
J. 1
Rallings, Merchant
N.C
English Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
First Car Load of Eggs Shipped to New York
Hickory reports the Catawba Creamery sending the first solid car of eggs to New York City valued at 81 800.00. The company ships about two cars weekly and plans expansion, with six months of business equaling the previous year. New cream routes and an automobile route to Lincolnton are discussed. The firm leads rural credit efforts in the state.
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Metropolis
Hickory
New York City
Catawba Creamery
Iredell
Newton
Maiden
Lincolnton
North Carolina
Special Commission
Europe
Catawba County
Rural Credit Association
Catawba County Rural Credit Association
Metten stable sale and regional church notes
Mr D J Metten sold his Henry street stables to Rufus Armfield and W H Porter. Armfield to manage. sale excludes stock and vehicles which will be auctioned. Armfield from Monroe and Porter from Old Store township. Porter now Chesterfield resident. Baptist churches of Taxahaw Jefferson Macedonia name Rev F B Halford as pastor for 1914. parsonage planned at Jefferson. W Townley Redfearn killed a negro at Keyser NC. inquest finds justifiable homicide. Redfearn freed without bond. he runs Dr J D Sngram’s shingle mills. son of Mrs M B Redfearn of Pageland.
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Paglana Gourn
D. J. Metten
Henry
Rufus Armfeld
W. H. Porter
Armfield
Monroe
Porter
Old Store Township
Chesterfield
Melton
Keyser
N. C
Redfearn
J. D. Sngram
Two Negroes Lynched in Blanchard Louisiana After Confession
Ernest and Frank Williams were hanged by a mob in Blanchard Louisiana after confessing to killing Calvin Ballard a white man. Ballard's body was found hacked in his store on Saturday morning. Ballard had recently gained release from the state penitentiary after killing three black prisoners during an escape attempt and was serving ten years for killing his brother.
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Louisiana
Shreveport
Dee
Jegroes
Ernest
Frank Willams
Blanchard
Calvin Ballard
Ballard
Louisiana Penitentiary
Williams Brothers
Nurse Miss Flossie Barnes Dies in Maxton Hospital Fire
Miss Flossie Barnes a 23 year old nurse at Maxton Hospital died after her clothes ignited as the fire raged she ran through the halls trying to escape and smother the flames before fellow nurses could help The article notes she earned her nursing diploma last year.
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Flossie Barnes
Maxton Hospital
Miss Barnes
Mi una Tablets Promoted for Stomach and Nerve Relief
An advertisement claims faulty digestion causes nervous exhaustion and offers Mi una tablets from English Drug Co as a quick remedy. It describes indigestion symptoms like irritable mood, headaches, sour stomach, and colon pains and promises restoration of vital force and spirits.
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English Drug Co
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Henderson Roller Mills Co
Monroe, N.C
Creavy
Standard Oil Company
Sharleston
Charleston
8. C
Boy
Molloway ‘den St
T.C. Lee & CO
Mr. Armfield
Pageland
Kirschbaum
Schloss Bros
Kirschbaum Or
Flow & Phifer
Monroe, N. C
Turner & Cornwell's
Restwell
Turner & Cornwell
S. College St. Charlotte
M. K. Lee
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Capital
B. Adams
Bank of Union Building
Monfo8 Insurance & Investment Company
G. B. Caldwell
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