Dairy cows in North Carolina promote purebred breeding
North Carolina State College head of animal husbandry R H Ruffner reports about 300000 dairy cows in the state with only 8009, or 2.5 percent, purebreds across four breeds Ayrshire Guernsey Holstein and Jersey. He notes future increases depend on purebred bulls to improve grade herds.
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North Carolina State College
Ayrshire
Guernsey
Holstein
Jersey
Beef cattle decline prompts NC farmers to plan
Northwestern North Carolina farmers are urged to heed official data showing global beef cattle numbers shrinking. The piece notes U S cattle down nine percent in nine years, Argentina and Australia cutting supplies, Britain as a key market, and abundant low priced pasture available in the region, urging local herd expansion.
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North Carolina
United States
Europe
Great Britain
New Zealand
South America
Hoover
Australia
New England
Elk Park Paper Protests Legal Ad Publication Rule
The Avery Advocate laments being forced to print without news due to editor absence and Mrs. Car’s illness as legal ads must appear. The Lenoir News-Topic backs the protest against mandatory publication rules that ruin a newspaper’s vacation plans.
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Avery Advocate
Elk Park
Car
Honeymoon Couple Nearly Causes Car Crash in London
A newlywed couple driving through a busy London street nearly collide with a constable on duty. The young man frantically searches for his license as his wife recalls that the curate had given it to her. The incident appears in London Answers.
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Jack
London
Virginia and North Carolina Democrats weigh primary lessons
Raleigh dispatch argues that North Carolina Democrats should pursue harmony after Virginia’s primary, as split Smith anti Smith factions loom. Pollard won Virginia’s nomination by narrow margins, with anti Smith forces potentially helping Brown in November, pressuring NC to avoid a Senate bid upheaval.
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North Carolina
Virginia
J. C. Baskervill
Charlotte News
Raleigh
John Garland Pollard
Pollard
Byrd
Smith
Hoover
William M. Brown
Virgina
Brown
Senate
Simmons
Craven County
Senator Simmons
Stop Signs Warn at Dangerous State Crossings
The commission places stop signs at the state's most dangerous crossings and intersections to resemble railroad signals. Drivers must stop and scan for traffic, proceeding only when clear. A Brooks Cross Roads incident recalls enforcement by highway patrol. Look for the Signs serves as the warning slogan.
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Commission
Brooks’ Cross Roads
Sidewalk Observations From a Town Street Scene
A local column notes a woman and child eating bananas inside a car and praises their tidy disposal of peels. It laments a derelict car near a business, suggests a designated parking area, and observes two men repairing a car on Main Street without trouble. Several rants describe a tired street, a derelict vehicle with wheels off, a top angle, and a red balloon on a Ford. A linen suit youth honks a car by the curb, and a child recalls Boone stores with candy and bananas.
Government to furnish Confederate graves markers
The government will provide markers for all soldiers graves at no cost. An Arlington or quartermaster general office in Washington handles application blanks. A Cleveland county citizen seeks forms to mark unmarked Confederate veterans graves, supported by the Daughters of the Confederacy, to honor their memory.
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Quartermaster General
Washington, D. C
Shelby Star
Cleveland County
Daughters of the Confederacy
Statesville
Otto Wood to join chain gang for road work
Raleigh August 20 Otto Wood the state prison s most notorious convict who has escaped three times and recently left solitary after 26 months on Death Row will likely be sent with a prison gang to perform road work in Bladen county
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Raleigh
Otto Wood
State
Bladen County
Prisoner escapes from road gang at Blowing Rock
James Williams, held in Mecklenburg County for murder with a 7 to 10 year sentence, escaped from a road gang near Blowing Rock after being sent to state prison in April 1929. The item appears in dispatches dated August 20 from Raleigh.
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Blowing Rock
Raleigh
James Williams
Mecklenburg County
Murde
Notable NC Judges to Retire as 1930 Ends
Judge James L. Webb, long a NC superior court figure, will retire at term end in 1930, joining Judge T. J. Shaw in stepping down. Nearby, a fatal gunfight near Sanford left three men dead, one woman wounded, after a gas station robbery.
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James L. Webb
Gardner
Dean
North Carolina
Superior Court
T. J. Shaw
Greensboro
Webb
Aycock
W. A. Hoke
Supreme Court
Sanford
Levi Brdsong
Owen _ Birdsong
Gaither Edwards
Edwards
Bidsongs
Levi Birdsong
Theuilding
Lindbergh Movie Idea Provokes Tough-Job Vision
The Chicago Evening Post quips that bringing Charles Lindbergh into films would be a grueling task, reflecting a humorously challenging project for cinema.
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Lindbergh
Chicago Evening Post
The Sage of Botteri Reflects On Wealth And Wisdom
The essay argues heredity shapes ability and contrasts male and female candor. It questions women’s philosophical achievement, asserts brains of men and women are similar, and critiques public praise vs. truth. It weighs candid thinking for both genders and hints at life through labor and experience.
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Napoleon Boneparte
Charles Dickens
The Family Treasury Story of Dimes Saving a Rug
A modest couple, Jimmy and his wife, turn thirty five cents into a larger banked total via a dime saving plan. Over months the wife converts small change into real money and buys a new rug, furniture, and sustains debt payoff. The tale encourages thrift.
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Jimmy Brown
Jimmy
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