33 Years to Find Tut’s Tomb in Valley of the Kings
In Luxor, Egypt, April 4, archaeologist Howard Carter and associates endured 33 years of digging to uncover Tutankhamen's tomb. The piece details Carter’s lifelong effort, funding by Lord Carnarvon, and the harsh, isolated conditions facing Western excavators in Thebes.
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NERS MEET WILL DAZZLE CAPITAL AT SHRINER WEEK
Washington prepares for a nationwide Shriner event on June 4 to 7 led by President Harding. Public grounds open for tents and police funding. estimates place visitors at 500000 with 60000 hotel rooms booked in DC. The highlight is a 48-state dancing floor along Pennsylvania Avenue with 200000 dancers, plus a Knavian pageant and naval spectacle.
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May 1 Declared Bundle Day for Near East Relief
North Carolina governor Cameron Morrison proclaims May 1 as Bundle Day urging residents to send cast-off winter clothing to Near East Relief. State Superintendent Dr. E C Brooks chairs the drive while parcels go to the Raleigh warehouse or local county chairs.
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Railroads eye lost provinces railroad plan in North Carolina
Four large railroad systems show interest in constructing or leasing the lost provinces railroad authorized by the 1923 General Assembly. A Supreme Court ruling on constitutionality is expected within months. Four routes are to be surveyed. a single route will be chosen before spending the 10 million dollars. The line would connect Alleghany Ashe and Watauga with the rest of the state and link with a coal corridor to the ocean. Interested railroads include Southern Railway Louisville and Nashville Norfolk and Western and Carolina Clinchfield Ohio.
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Boone
Tennee
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Nasheville
Norton
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Louisvile
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Norfolk and Western
Carolina Clinchfield
Ohio
Cape Fear and Yadkin
Wilmington
Mount Airy
A Disunited Church in America Calls for Unity
Charles M. Sheldon writes in the Christian Herald that American Christians remain divided by sectarianism and theological disputes. He argues only common ground is Prayer, urging the church to unite to wield influence with Congress and public bodies.
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Modern Visitors Glimpse Ancient Pharaohs In Tombs
American visitors to chasms of death glimpse immortality as they enter tombs 3000 years after burial. An electric light reveals the emaciated features of a Pharaoh while archaeologists continue their patient work. They find broken statues, tombs of priests, skeletal remains, and tokens of a civilization that shaped culture and art.
Bowie Out for North Carolina Speakership in 1925
Raleigh April 5 Representative Tom C Bowie, Ashe County reformer of the lost province roads, declares he will seek the speakership of the North Carolina House in 1925. He faces Edgar W Pharr Cox and possibly W W Neal as rivals, with Bowies backing likely to secure the western seat. The outcome could influence railroad policy and the repeal of the railroad act.
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Rober M. Cox
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Death of Earl of Carnarvon Fulfills Ancient Egypt Curse
Cairo April 5 The Earl of Carnarvon died at 2 AM from blood poisoning after an insect bite, following the discovery of Pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb. The death sparks superstition about curses, with some suggesting poisoned objects in the tomb or mystical incantations. Marie Corelli is noted for proposing such theories.
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Crystallizing Road Legislation Shapes 1916 Era Power
The passage notes a wary 1916 election climate and the expectation that a rising leader will seek the speakership. It highlights the leader's confidence, Republican projections of long dominance, and a focus on road construction as a keystone political program, with Ashe's side wary of legal interference.
1922 Suicide Toll Includes 79 Millionaires
New York report shows 12 000 people died by suicide in 1922 with 79 millionaires among them. Women accounted for about one third. oldest victim was 100, youngest five. In New York City 839 deaths, many by subway or falls from buildings. Notable figures across professions were affected.
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Dr Cook Surrenders to Federal Authorities in Oil Indictments
Fort Worth April 4 Dr Fredrick A Cook Arctic explorer and oil promoter surrendered to federal authorities bringing the total oil men in custody or arraigned before United States Commissioner George Parker to 21 on indictments charging fraudulent use of the mail. Cook posted a 25000 bond. Also released on bonds were A R Elkman 5000 and O S Ray 25000 H E Robertson 20000 F K Smith 5000 and L A Makercher 5000. Bond totals reach 265000 with 19 of 20 arrested having posted bonds.
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O. S. Ray
H. E. Robertson
Fred K. Smith
L. A. Makercher
Bernard Hatfield
Tombstone Warns Speeding Drivers on Pottsville Pike
Reading resident Edward Eisenbrown set a tombstone on Hughes Hill near Hamburg to deter reckless driving. The stone bears Dangerous at the top with a skull and crossbones and the message fourteen miles to the nearest hospital warning drivers of a dangerous curve.
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Edward Eisenbrown
Hats off to the country church
An Raleigh laymen meeting highlights strong country church participation. The University News Letter notes high shares of missionaries, preachers, Sunday school workers, and business leaders originating from rural churches, urging appreciation of their impact on the broader church.
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