North Carolina’s Shift to Industry Across the Mountains
Melville Cho ter reports on North Carolina’s industrial renaissance from a National Geographic tour. He describes Cape Hatteras ponies, Gaston and Asheville textile centers, mountain crafts, road bonds, and Winston-Salem cigarette machinery shaping the state’s economic transformation.
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Washington
North Carolina
Melville
Choter
National Geographic Society
Cape Hatteras Banks
Walter Raleigh
Raleigh
Catawba
Yadkin
Charlotte
Gastonia
United States
Ashevile
Asheville
Biltmore Estate
Cormen
Winston-Salem
Carmen
Inspectora
Uncle Sam
North Caroling
High Living Kills Horton Farm Buck
A Horton New York buck deer on the Baxter farm died after a month's diet of rich foods and visitors feeding him. The deer, rescued from a snow bank four weeks earlier, improved then declined after a heavy intake of sweets and hot foods, dying at daybreak after a fancy meal and restless night.
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Hancock
N. Y
Baxter Farm
Horton
Baxter
Baxter Barn
Unclaimed Heroism Medals From Thames Rescue
Gold medals awarded by the British government for gallantry and humanity go unclaimed in December 1424. The ceremony honored the Springfields crew for rescuing the British brigantine Thames. The photograph features BD. B. Carson, commissioner of navigation, presenting to John Madison, J. Maxim, and A. A. Vanderlip.
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BD. B. Carson
Navigaton
John Madison
J. Maxim
A. A. Vanderlip
Emilie Gourd: Prominent Swiss Woman in Suffrage Era
Geneva born in 1879, Emilie Gourd led Swiss and international suffrage efforts. She directed social investigations, chaired unions, and championed women’s rights while editing feminist publications and serving in multiple advocacy roles.
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Nits Gourd
Geneva
Prac
Oa Hsaistang Police
Ottielala US
Nation Alliance of
Bwies Women
Bosclades
Geneval Association For
Mybe
Chen
T He International All Nee Foe
Cheelgith International
Givi
League of Nationa
Gouri Haa
Viscount Willingdon Named New Governor General of Canada
Viscount Willingdon will be the next governor general of Canada succeeding Lord Byng. He has served as governor in Bombay and Madras and returned to England two years ago from the latter post. He was created baron in 1910 and viscount in 1924.
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Viscount Willingdon
Canada
Lord Byng
Bombay
Madras
England
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New Industries
Emilie Gourd
Little Republic
Thesnost Envienne
Mile Goal
Miss Gould
Athelut
Women of
Switzerland
Mish Gould
Switsechyy
Miss Goned
J. Z. Gould
University of Geneva
Livk Schowls
Union of Walnda
Tedeve
White Plains
Battle of
Regular Army
National Guard
Citizens Military Training Corps
Sons of the Revolution
Coolidge Dam
Arizona
Coolidge
San Carlos
Apple King
William Robert Tyson
Florydale
Gettynburg
Adams County
Pyaon
Tyson Orchards
Pageant of Red Cross
Tlus
Athussted Gross
Byng
Benes Mari Marveo
Meadon
Galveston
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