Plan to Equip Planes With Sleeping Berths
New York engineers study sleeping berths on air planes. The report, presented at the forty-fourth annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, predicts air competition with railroads and a headway of 50 planes daily between New York and Chicago within 10 to 20 years. It notes a packet service could begin in 2–5 years and that night air service may supplant night-letter telegraph for long distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Archibald Black
Donald R. Black
Aeronautical Engineers
Garden City
L. L
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
West Thirty-ninth Street
Chicago
Railroads
Ghostly Noises Reveal Lost Carrier Pigeon
A lost carrier pigeon that fell down a chimney for four days mimicked a ghost in the home of Abram Wosnitzer a hat manufacturer at 743 Clinton Avenue. The bird identified by leg bands belonged to William Holver a Jersey City fireman and racing club member from 316 Old Bergen Street Jersey City. The pigeon was one of twenty racing from Washington to Jersey City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Abram Wosnitzer
Clinton Avenue
Wosnitzers
William Holver
Old Bergen Street
Jersey City
Holver
Washington
Physiologist A V Hill Wins Nobel Medicine Prize
London reports Professor A V Hill of Manchester University England has been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for his work in physiology. He is a renowned authority on the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. V. Hill
Manchester University
England
First Soldier Sent to Jail by Air Patrol
Columbus Ohio private Stanley Miller of the Army Air Service at Wilbur Wright Field is the first prisoner moved to jail by an airplane patrol. He was escorted by Master Sergeant Peter Biessoit and flown from Dayton to Columbia Field then to Fort Hayes guard house to face a military court martial on charges of being absent without leave and making false statements about his enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Stanley Miller
Army Air Service
Wilbur Wright Field
Dayton
Norton Field
Miller
Peter Biessoit
Columbia Field
Fort Hayes
Woman Swallows Pins Laughing at Joke
Lorain Ohio report describes Mrs Albert Buell laughing at a joke and swallowing two pins. Doctors removed one pin but fear the second remains stuck in her throat and may require surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Albert Buell
Hand Reading of a Soldier Reveals Character Traits
The article explains palmistry for soldiers and officers, detailing how thumb lines indicate will and tact. It notes ambition, bravery, government appointments, and endurance with mounts and lines such as Jupiter and Mars, plus a star sign for distinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Romance of Words Sybarite Explores Luxury Origin
The word sybarite denotes a person devoted to luxury and pleasure. It traces to ancient Sybaris in southern Italy, a once powerful city famed for excess and sensitivity, later overthrown around 500 B C, with its name living on in modern usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sybaris
Italy
Gulf of
Taranto
B. C
Seneca
Sybarite
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Tax sale notices for Watauga County real estate 1923
Notice to multiple property owners in Boone and Blowing Rock Township about tax delinquency sales held May 7 1923 and redemption deadlines May 7 1924. Purchasers include J E Young sheriff and tax collector actions and redemption rights for parcels in Cove Creek and Green Park areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone Watauga County
Blowing Rock
Green Park
Watauga County
Pinnacle Avenue
D. R. Blair
H. Hill
Sam Melbadden
J. E. Young, Sherif
Aid County
Aid Real Estate
Tax Notice To Meet And Pay Your Tax
Tax notice lists multiple locations and dates in February 1924 for residents to meet at Cove Creek Sherwood Mabel Watauga Shawneehaw Beaver Dam and Boone Court House to pay taxes. Sessions occur in forenoon and afternoon across several sites including Hodges store Shulls Mills post office and J M Sherwood's store with dates Feb 13 to Feb 20 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cove Creek
Sherwood
Watauga, L. M. Hodges
Watauga, Shulls Mills
Shawneehaw, Matney
Notice of Administration for H. K. Greene Estate
Having qualified as administrator of the estate of H. K. Greene the administrator notifies all claimants to present claims within twelve months from January 10 1924 or be barred. Also all debts should be paid promptly. R. W. Greene administrator. Brown and Bingham attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Greene
R. W. Greene
Brown & Bingham
Notice of Resale Under Mortgage in Watauga County
Mortgage resale in Watauga County North Carolina under two deeds dated 1922 and 1929 to secure notes. Florence E Norris and J G Norris Jr defaulted. Sale at Boone courthouse on February 4 1924 with bid starting at 1575 dollars. assignee Z A Robertson posts notice.
Notice of Sale Under Trust Deed in Watauga and Surrounding Areas
Two notices announce sales under trust deeds in North Carolina counties. The first, by John E. Brown as trustee, states A S Adams Jr and Polly Adams defaulted on a $500 loan to T E Bingham et al and will sell February 23, 1924, at 1 pm for cash the described one third acre parcel beginning at the old Hodges corner. The second, by William F. Scholl as trustee, covers G F Bingham and M A Bingham default with sale February 16, 1924 at noon at the Boone courthouse for land in Cove Creek township containing about 21.5 acres, per deed of trust dated July 5, 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence E. Norris
J. G. Norris, Jr
Conley G. Brown
D. J. Cottrell
J. W. McGhee
W. Hardin Brown
Office of the Register of Deeds
Watauga County
North Carolina
Boone
Watauga
Boone Township
J. H. Hardin
Sampson Road
New River
Hartley-Councill
Doncherty
Hartley and Councill
H. J. Hardin
Register of Deeds
Superior Court
N. C
Court House
W. O. Robertson
Z. A. Robertson
A. S. Adams, Jr
Polly Adams
T. E. Bingham
P. H. Hodges
B. F. Hodges
Jno. Hodges
J. G. Hodges
G. F. Bingham
M. A. Bingham
William F. Scholl
Walnut County
Cove Creek
J. M. Stokes
Stokes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Martha Brown
J. E. Young
M. L. Davis
T. L. Nelson
Blowing Rock, N. C
J. I. Ragan
J. E. Youngwerff
Pdr
Alfred W. Dule
Bula
Martin Block
Lenoir
N. G
DULA
North Fork
Thomas & Sutherland
Tamarack
Potter
Hodgson
W. H. Norris
Bald Mountain
Stony Fork
Cook’s
Stony Fork, Watson Store
Privette’s
Shawneehaw
Valle Crucis
W. W. Mast
Laurel Creek
Ward
Voting Place
Windy Gap
Beaver Dam
J. M. Sherwood
Don Hagaman
Boone, Court House
C. M. Critcher
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
John E. Brown
Rivers Printing Company
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