North Carolina Faces Postwar Rebuilding and Auto Boom
The piece recalls North Carolina's devastation after the Civil War, noting high federal taxes and scarce wealth, yet highlights per capita wealth, tobacco and cotton economy, and rising automobile purchases. It cites state universities and compares funding with Maryland as context for educational investment.
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North Carolina
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Texas
Georgia
South
Tennessee
Baltimore
Washington
New Orleans
Atlanta
Dallas
Richmond
Norfolk
Savannah
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Wilmington
Raleigh
Asheville
America
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Baltimo. Sun
For Sale Twelve Jersey cows in ages two to nine
Jersey cows for sale at reasonable prices ages two to nine years. Interested buyers should contact A. C. Moody at Blowing Rock North Carolina on Mrs M H Cone's property at 31 Ate.
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A. C. Moody
Blowing Rock
N. C
Mra. M
Local News From Silver Stone and Surrounding Area
Silver Stone Waws improves. Wady Mast Dosson Fletcher travel to Cleveland. Troy Fletcher weds Miss Robinson of Heaver Dam. Conley Fletcher visited Amandah Fletcher. Mast couple welcomes baby boy. Funeral for Mrs Walter Ward held. Mast family outings at Tater Hill and Tater Hill Spring. Local crops thrive. community notes and social updates.
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Messrs. Wady
C Peay Mast
Dosson Fletcher
Cleveland
Ohio
Troy Fletcher
Robinson
Heaver Dama
Conley Fletcher
Amandah Fletcher
A. N. Mast
Silver Stone
Walter Ward
John Mast
Nora
Little Pearl Mast
Tater Hill
Nettie Greer
Scot Swift
Blanche Stokes
Dean Swift
May Mast
Hattie Swift Johnson
Ta‘ter Hill
Where Are The Girls in the Magazine Lens
Leon Cauley notes years of effort to perfect motion pictures in natural color tones. Viola achieves a shimmering color tracery resembling the butterfly wing and varied powers. The piece discusses persistent public fascination with feminine beauty in media and a shift toward other inspirations like landscapes or produce.
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America
Gaumont
New York
Portland
Oregonian
Leon ‘Cauley
Viola
Pardon Record Highlights Bickett Compared to Predecessors
Governor Bickett has pardoned 634 prisoners in three years and seven months, more than Locke Craig and W W Kitchin in their four-year terms. The record, provided to an Apex inquirer, excludes paroles but includes pardons sought without outside requests. Early in his administration the Governor expanded clemency.
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T. W. Bickett
Locke Craig
W. W. Kitchin
Apex
Locker Craig
Biclitt
Bickatt
US production share cited in Merchant's Association report
A report from the Merchant's Association of Greater New York highlights the United States as a global supplier across multiple resources and industries. It notes leader shares in copper lead zinc oil corn cotton silver coal iron steel gold automobiles and wheat, and mentions state actions on pardons and parole alongside two Bingham sisters leaving Amantha for teaching posts in Tennessee.
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Huerygraph
Lenoir
Trouble
Merchant's Association
Greater New York
United States
Central Ohio farms offer free catalogue to buyers in NC
The Strout Farm Agency advertises sold several Ohio farms to North Carolina buyers and offers a free illustrated catalogue with farm bargains. It praises fertile limestone and clay soils, bluegrass, clover, abundant water, strong hay and corn crops, silos, and easy market access, claiming low risk of crop failure and high profit potential.
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North Carolina
United States
E. A. Strout Farm Agency
Blake V. Mizer
Mgr
Shelby Building
Coshocton
Ohlo
Public Speaking by Hon R L Coughton in Boone
Hon R L Coughton M C and Democratic challenger for Congress will speak at the carthouse in Boone on Tuesday September 7 1920 to rally voters ahead of the election.
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R. L. Coughton
M. C
Congress
Boone
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News and Observer
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The NEW_EDISON
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