Mountain Boy Dead From Milk Poison In Caldwell
In Caldwell County near Lenoir, 10 year old Robert Edmiston died from suspected milk sickness linked to white snake root. His father John, two sisters and a brother remain ill as doctors warn the disease is poorly understood and often fatal. The family lives on the Blowing Rock highway eight miles north of Lenoir.
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Lenoir
Robert Edmiston
John Edmiston
Edmistons
Blowing Rock
Edmiston
Strange ore deposits blamed for lost air crosses over Atlantic
Lt Col Charles Kingsford Smith says magnetic anomalies over the North Atlantic near Nova Scotia explain multiple compass failures by transatlantic fliers. He cites Bremen, Lindbergh, Brock, and Graf Zeppelin crews, notes radio aided him, and says he filed a report with the U.S. hydrographic office. He plans a solo England to Australia flight next.
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North Atlantic
Charles Kingsford-Smith
England
North America
J. D. Tew
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Kingsford-Smith
Nova Scotia
Smith
Bremen
Lindbergh
W. S. Brock
Detroit
Australia
No Vacation for the August Home Garden
State College extension horticulturist E B Morrow urges timely fall plantings in August for a late frost harvest. Crops include snap beans beets cabbage carrots cowpeas corn lettuce and turnips with advice on timing nitrogen dressings and frost tolerance. Burke County farmers order ground limestone for demos on improving soil and legume forage this winter.
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E. B. Morrow
State College
Copenhagen Market
Jersey
Wakefield
Mr. Morrow
Burke County
The Sad Duped Self Made Saints of Jassack Hypocrites
A bitter poem denounces self made men who worship fame and public smiles. The speaker calls a deceased rival a jackass critiquing fame and fortune while urging undertakers to bury the hypocrites quietly with no flowers.
Simmons Back Home Until Next Winter
Senator Simmons has returned to the State and will likely stay home until Congress reconvenes in December unless official business requires his presence. Mrs. Simmons, ill for some time at Tacoma Park Sanitarium, is expected to return to New Bern in about two weeks as his health improves.
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Washington
Senator Simmons
Congress
Saul a man of great abilities who failed
Sunday School lesson surveys Saul in I Samuel to show how gifts and potential can be wasted by jealousy and disobedience. Saul’s impatience and desire for praise lead to disobedience in two key battles, ending in a downfall reflected in his later life and rule.
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Saul
I Samuel ix
Samuel
Kish
God
Gilgal
Goliath
David
Saul David
Michmash
Ford Unveils Closed Cab Model AA Trucks and Light Deliveries
Ford Motor Company announced a redesigned front end and cab for the new closed cab Model AA trucks. Enclosed cabs are all steel with stock four speed transmission, higher radiator, larger brakes, and optional dual rear wheels. The open cab uses black rubber top material and removable panels with Triplex glass windshields. The Model A line adds a light delivery truck, deluxe delivery, small panel truck and station wagon with smaller wheels but larger tires.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
Saul’s End at Gilboa A Lesson on Obedience and Pride
The piece recounts Saul sparing Agag for a feast and failing to heed Samuel’s warning that obedience matters more than sacrifice. It notes the Mt Gilboa defeat by the Philistines, Saul’s armor bearer refusal to kill him, and Saul’s suicide. It closes with a moral from the Golden Text urging humility.
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Samuel
Mt. Gilboa
Saul
Negro School Teachers Show Much Improvement
Raleigh reports that the best trained Negro teachers in North Carolina are in the Winston-Salem city system with 157 teachers averaging 3.5 years of college. Statewide colored teachers average 1.25 years in college, rural teachers about 0.75 year, and city teachers over 2.5 years. Counties with top rural training include Dare, New Hanover, Transylvania, Currituck, Johnston, Milford, Avery, Swain and Brunswick, with notable gains from 1924-25 to 1929-30 in Avery, Cherokee, and Swain.
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Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Department of Public Instruction
Dare County
New Hanover County
Madison
Yancey
Clay
Watauga
Dare
New Hanover
Transylvania
Currituck
Johnston
Milford
Avery
Swain
Brunswick
Avery County
Cherokee
Lees-McRae College Sees Record Enrolment Surge
Lees-McRae College Banner Elk Avery County reports 248 applications for admission as the school adds a second junior college year. Enrollment soars to a record high with boarding students 88 percent of total, two thirds female, and 25 percent college grade. Students mainly hail from North Carolina Tennessee Virginia and nearby states. The college aims to train mountain youth as Christian citizens with a mix of vocational and cultural studies. Plans include woodworking agriculture dairying and poultry projects to boost mountain economies.
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Lees-McRae College
Banner Elk
Avery County
Lees-McRae
Appalachia
North Carolina
Tenessee
Virginia
Georgia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Q-6283 Relief Pill Promises Pain Cure for Rheumatism
A noted prescription hailed by Boone Drug Company offers relief for rheumatism sciatica and lumbago. The ad claims the remedy by a famous specialist has helped thousands where others failed and guarantees results with a few doses often stopping pain.
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Boone Drug Company
Client Contends Alibi With Four Supporting Witnesses
The client claims strong alibi evidence for the questioned night. Two witnesses will testify the defendant was at home in bed and two others can confirm bridge games at their homes, challenging the prosecution’s timeline.
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