Negro musical heritage of the South and Dr. Boyd's work
The piece argues the South owes credit to Negro contributions beyond labor, highlighting spirituals and plantation songs as a distinct American heritage. It notes R H Boyd and his book preserving these tunes, praising Southern white and Black communities for sustaining the music and its sacred memory.
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Hickory Daily Record
South
America
Southland
Europe
United States
R. H. Boyd
Mississippi
Nashville
Tennessee
Dr. Boyd
Boyd
Charit
Dunbar
Malinda
Richmond
Virginia
Beads and Calico No Lure for Polynesians
Captain Francis Drake, a 60 year old South Seas trader with 45 years at sea, declares beads and calico no longer attract Polynesians. He plans to sail the Pilgrim from Seattle for world travel in a small schooner, praising a life at sea with no bills, no traffic, and no ships in sight. He notes natives prefer silver and gold, and describes catching flying fish at sea.
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Seattle
Wash
Francis Drake
Calvin Coolidge
Coconut Isles
X Ray Drunk Meter Aims to Prove Intoxication
A San Francisco project proposes an X ray based drunk meter to reveal intoxication for jury trials. The research seeks an objective measure to support or challenge eyewitness testimony and police reports in alcohol related cases.
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San Francisco
Mother's Story Endorses Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription
A reviewer from Charlotte touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for young mothers, praising its nervine effects and bodily strengthening. A later note discusses new medical tech, the metabular, measuring oxygen use to gauge intoxication via a pure oxygen feed and output reading.
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Charlotte
N. Car
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Chemists Reveal Corn Rain Prophecies And Leather Shrinkage
The American Chemical Society sessions discuss varied chemistry education in colleges and high schools, heat transfer, and production issues for dye, rubber, leather, and gelatin. Milwaukee researchers note foot discomfort from weather shifts tied to leather shrinkage, especially chrome versus vegetable tanned hides, while a U S Army Air Service study on helium and heat causation is reviewed.
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Washington
American Chemical Society
John Arthur Wilson
Albert F. Gallum, Jr
Milwaukee
R. F. Kohr
L. Butler
United States Army Air Service
Norway Plans Extended Cod Shoal Hunt This Summer
The Norwegian fishery department will continue its search for great cod shoals this summer. Additional Spitzbergen areas will be examined and multiple expeditions may be launched by official and private groups. Landmore plans an expedition to western Greenland, while returns from sealers indicate large banks nearby.
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Christiania
Norwegian Fishery Department
Spitzbergen
Landmore
Greenland
Widow Uses Old Slave Law To Gain Custody Of Children
A Washington widow invokes a 1860 amended fugitive slave law to claim possession of her two minor daughters Evelyn Harriett Breeden nine and Ruth Elizabeth Breeden six now said to be in Virginia. She asks the District Supreme Court to produce a transcript of record for submission to the Old Dominion tribunal to recover the children. The petition notes the father is dead and that under District of Columbia law the mother may claim their service during minority. The law allows a master from whom a minor escaped to sue in court to reclaim the apprentice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
District Supreme Court
Old Dominion
Ada M. Trapponier
District of Columbia
Evelyn Harriett Breeden
Ruth Eisabeth Breeden
Jitney Service Resumes Between Boone and Mountain City
On May 1, 1924 a daily jitney will operate from Mountain City to Boone. The car leaves Mountain City at 7:00 a.m. and arrives in Boone at 10:30 a.m. Return trips depart Boone at 2:00 p.m. and reach Mountain City at 5:30 p.m. A comfortable car with a careful and polite driver will be used.
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Boone
Mountain City
Tenn
Mtn. City
Electric Shock Fatality At Martinsburg Quarry
Shepherdstown resident Walter Hoff man, 34, was electrocuted while operating an electric shovel at a Martinsburg area quarry. He died before medical staff arrived. A separate exchange quotes men discussing wives and drinking, concluding with a sharp moral remark about hitting a downed man.
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
Walter Hoffman
Martinsburg
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George Phillips
Globe Realty & Auction Co
Johnson City
Jordan
Jesus
Telands
Waatlrgen
Mrs. A. , R. Weaver
O. W. Ginsburg
Norway
Rivers Printing Company
Boone Trail Transfer CO
Madron Bros. Jr
John
Jim
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