Influenza closes Blowing Rock school for holidays
Blowing Rock residents report a milder influenza outbreak than elsewhere, prompting school authorities to close the Blowing Rock school for the holidays after today. A large birthday party honors Miss De Estie Collins with music, dancing, and gifts as families gather for celebrations and a Christmas program preparation.
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Mrs. Collins
Boone Fork
de Estie Collins
Miss Collins
Spencer Collins
Clayton Hayes
Clida Dula
Norma Collins
Staple Collins
Ruby Dula
Estha Dula
Joseph J. Teague
Mattie Richards
Ruby Richards
Maude Powell
Troy Sims
Carroll Hollifield
Earle Gragg
O. J. Coffey
Murray Coffey
Lloyd Gragg
Wrights Honored By Nation At Kitty Hawk
Orville Wright, Dayton manufacturer and aviation pioneer, was the focus of an international Kitty Hawk ceremony. A cornerstone was laid atop Kill Devil Hill for a memorial to him and Wilbur, who proved man could fly. Governor McLean, Secretary of War Davis, and Senator Bingam praised him as the twentieth century genius. Col Lindbergh did not attend amid travel and coast patrol pressures, and no flight occurred.
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Orville Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Kill Devil Hill
Wilbur
Mr. Wright
A. W. McLean
D. W. Davis
Hiram Bingham
Col. Lindbergh
Arrest City Officials In Leadville Prohibition Rift
Ten Leadville city officials including the mayor were arrested on bench warrants issued by a federal judge. They face conspiracy charges tied to lax enforcement of prohibition laws in Leadville Colorado.
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Leadville
Colo
Appalachian State Normal Suspends Work Over Influenza
The school suspended activities at noon Friday to protect students health during the influenza outbreak. About 100 dormitory cases were reported. students may go home once doctors permit. Dorms stay open until all patients leave. The article notes the institution 25 years after its 20th year aviation coverage.
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Appalachian State Normal
Friends
The
Wright and Lindbergh Honored at Aviation Conference
Orville Wright escorted Charles A. Lindbergh to the speakers platform at the International Civil Aeronautics conference in Washington to receive the Harmon Trophy for his New York to Paris flight. William P. MacCracken presided as Wright helped hail Lindbergh amid applause from representatives of forty nations.
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Washington
Orville Wright
Chas. A. Lindbergh
International Civil Aeronautics Conference
Harmon
New York
Paris
William P. MacCracken
Commerce For Aeronautics
Wright
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Cove Creek News Items of Cove Creek High School
Sixteen pupils entered the preliminary declamation and reading contest with winners Ruth Curtis and Oscar Brown advancing to Mars Hill College events on December 14 and 15. Miss Curtis won second place in prelims and earned a spot in the finals. Also noted are influenza cases, Henson's Chapel church heating installation, Boy Scouts defeating Brushy Fork in basketball, and social by Home Economics club. Thelma Perry and James M. Horton are home for holidays.
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Cove Creek
Sugar Grove
Cove Creek High School
North Carolina
Mars Hill College
Ruth Curtis
Oscar Brown
Grace Blalock
Curtis
Howard Simpson
Henson’s Chapel
Brushy Fork
George Taylor
Dan Perry
Thelma Perry
Carson-Newman College
James M. Horton
Wake Forest College
Nitrate of Soda Fatal to Fine Herd of Cattle
Five dairy cows owned by Clyde Perry of Beaver Dam died after consuming nitrate of soda stored for farming. The herd was valued at up to a thousand dollars. A Perry daughter fell ill but officials doubt milk caused poisoning. she was treated at Watauga Hospital. A separate note advises treating scuffed brown shoes with brown iodine before polishing.
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Clyde Perry
Beaver Dam
Perry
Watauga
Let Jesus Be Named Jesus This Christmas Morning
A Christmas meditation on the name Jesus as God’s plan to save people from sin. The piece extols Bethlehem’s manger, Magi gifts, and shepherds, arguing the world’s practical heart is the soul’s salvation and eternity at stake. Jesus’ mission is presented as humanity’s enduring hope beyond material pursuits.
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Bethlehem
Heaven
David
Jesus
Christ Child
John Smith
Abraham Lincoln
God
Jerusalem
David’s
Jesus Christ
Herod
Nero
de Midici
Tamerlane
Paul
Luther
Wesley
Shaftesbury
Calvary
Africa
Stonehenge
Ganges
St. Peter’s
Rome
Christ
Watauga Building and Loan to Mail Interest Checks
W H Gragg secretary of the Watauga Building and Loan Association mails about 300 prepaid stockholders checks totaling $13 000 for 6 percent earnings the state insurance department orders a 5 percent rate and semi annual payments. Entrance fee lowered to 25 cents and new 5 percent certificates urged. Sixteenth series opens January 1 with bright prospects.
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W. H. Gragg
Watauga Building and Loan Association
State Insurance Department
Gragg
Army Planes Refuel In Flight Aims For Weeks Aloft
Two army airplanes completed a midair refueling over the Virginia hills near Washington. The test precedes an endurance run set for January in California using a Fokker monoplane. Fifty gallons of gas were transferred in under a minute from a 75 foot hose at 1500 feet altitude and 80 miles per hour.
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Army
Virginia Hills
Washington
California
Fokker
Submarine Sinks Again on Its First Anniversary
On the first anniversary of the 40 man submarine 8 4 sinking, divers tested new safeguards in 55 feet of Long Island Sound. They attached lift hooks, planned pontoon anchors, and aimed to lift the hull by expelling water from the chambers.
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Long Island Sound
Automobile Deaths Set Record in November in North Carolina
North Carolina set a new record for automobile fatalities with 77 deaths in November, rising from 74 in October and continuing a trend of rising yearly deaths. The motor vehicle bureau of the department of revenue notes reckless driving caused most deaths, with 655 people killed in the year ending December 1 and many more maimed for life.
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North Carolina
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Department of Revenue
Influenza Deaths Rise in Week to 379 in 55 Cities
Washington reports from the census bureau show 379 influenza deaths in the week ending December 15 across 55 cities, up from 284 the prior week. Public health service estimates exceed 403,185 new cases as the death rate climbs to 15.2 per 100,000.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Department of Commerce
Public Health Service
Commerce Department
Public
Guard Against Flu Complication Advice From Dr. Fishbein
The article reports Dr. Morris Fishbein of Chicago outlining influenza patterns, incubation, and non-immunity, stressing prevention by limiting contact, home isolation, and careful care. It notes that closing institutions rarely slows spread and provides practical at home treatment guidance and warning signs for pneumonia.
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Morris Fishbein
Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Lishbein
Fishbein
Man buys trunk at station sale finds dismembered body
Vancouver December story details J E Butts purchasing a $14 trunk at an unclaimed baggage sale. Inside lay a hermetically sealed trunk with a miniature casket containing a dismembered body of a Japanese man. An imperial passport addressed to Hisamata Zaa of Okinawa Ken was found atop the casket. The trunk had been held by Canadian Pacific for a year.
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Vancouver
B. C
J. E. Butts
Hisamata Zaa
Okinawa
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D. P. Coffey
Dr. Long
Mr. Coffey
Lou Williams
Maiden
Horace Williams
Harry Klutz
Charlotte
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Hugh Hampton
Aho
Dr. Perry
Boone
Blowing Rock High School
Wright and Lindbergh
Will. D. Gordon
Cove Creek, Willowdale and
Bethel Baptist Churches
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