Carolina & Yadkin River Railway to Keep Operating
City reads news of railroad financial troubles but an official assures the Carolina and Yadkin River Railway will keep running under current management. W. N. Coler & Company finance most bond interest, but with June 1 default the deed of trust restricts action toward cessation for six months. the line covers operating costs and yields a small surplus, reassuring shippers reliant on its service.
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Carolina & Yadkin River Railroad
W. N. Coler & Company
Carolina & Yadkin River Railway Company
Hail Storm Destroys Crops for Local Farmers
A Friday afternoon hail and wind storm caused heavy damage to farms four miles from town. A. C. Davis and neighbors Sewell and Welborn suffered especially, with wheat corn tobacco rye early vegetables and fruit all struck. Farmers vow to recover and replace damaged crops.
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A. C. Davis
Sewell
Welborn
Here
Roosevelt Praises Chautauqua as American Moral Platform
Theodore Roosevelt called Chautauqua the most American thing in America praising its nonpartisan patriotic program. He said its audiences cross class lines and its platform is moral yet unfactional, aiming at genuine uplift and broader vision.
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Theodore Roosevelt
America
Junior Chautauqua A Treat For The Boys And Girls
The Tamaqua Pennsylvania event features a Junior Chautauqua with games thrilling stories and songs. A special play Good Fairy Thrift by Mrs Nan Oppenlander Eberle frames the program alongside two extra Mother Goose fantasie pieces for the children.
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Uear Junior Chautauqua
Nan Oppenlander Eberle
Junior Chautauqua
Ding-Dong-Belt
Chimes of Normandy Cast Includes Paul Fleming as Extra
Stage scene features children and cast members from the Chimes of Normandy. Paul Fleming the magician appears as the second of these extras.
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Normandy
Paul Fleming
The Barreled Garden Potatoes Draw Attention in Marshville
Marshville residents report a new barrel method for growing potatoes. In barrels with the top removed the plants push out of the soil as dirt or straw is added, producing potatoes from bottom to top. Arthur Strawn displays two barrels with tops protruding, and one observer notes a single barrel yielding as much as two bushels.
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Marshville
Arthur Strrawn
The President and his job as seen in old commentary
This piece critiques the presidency as an institution, noting the four year term, $75 000 salary, and White House life. It jokes about reporters, cartoons, and the public gaze while asserting presidents are public property and briefly describes origins and party politics.
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United States
Washington
White House
Hall of Us
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