Lindbergh Returns to America as Nation Welcomes Hero
Charles A. Lindbergh is greeted by hundreds of thousands in Washington and receives the Distinguished Flying Cross from President Coolidge. The aviator, returning from Europe, displays calm amid crowds, pins, and media attention, then reunites with his mother aboard a Navy ship before cabinet events.
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America
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Air Service
New World
Pennsylvania Avenue
Colonel Lindbergh
Washington Monument
Dupon Circle
White House
Mr. Coolidge
Cabinet Dinner
Minnesota Society
National Press Club
France
Col. Lindbergh
Navy Yard
Burrage
King George
Buckingham Palace
Message of Peace from Lindbergh at Washington Monument
Colonel Lindbergh delivered a simple speech on the Washington monument grounds presenting a friendship message from France and Europe to the United States. He recounted his May 21 arrival at Le Bourget and urged Americans to hear the affection shown by European peoples.
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Lindburgh
France
Washington Monument
le Bourget
Paris
Belgium
London
England
Europe
America
Vance
Unitedites of America
Local blast from 1877 Blue Ridge Blade issue noted
Fifty years ago Mr. G P Detter introduced Blue Ridge Blade No 48 published in Morganton North Carolina dated January 20 1877 The four page seven column weekly priced two dollars per year editor H B Crowson reports on the Hayes Tilden presidential contest A Grant letter appears Ads include Dr Laxton and Dr Happoldt Lawyers B S Gaither C W Tate A C Avery C F McKesson hotels in several towns pianos sewing machines and medicines listed Local market prices venison hams eight cents bacon ten cents rail time tables Western N and A T and C C railroads mail routes from Wilkesboro Bakersville Elizabethton Tenn. and more
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G. P. Detter
Blue Ridge Blade
Morganton
N. C
H. B. Crowson
Hayes-Tilden
Grant
Laxton
Burke County
Happoldt
C. C
Western
Southern
Henry’s
Old Fort
Wilkesboro
Bakersville
Elizabethton
Tenn
Sun and Morning Star Promote Circulation and Page Counts
The Sun New York reports four page editions on weekdays and eight pages on Sundays while the Morning Star of Wilmington touts the largest daily circulation in North Carolina. A Maiden News item notes Wyoming Territory’s population has doubled in six years.
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the Sun
New York
Morning Star
Wilmington
North Carolina
Wyoming Territory
A Few Reasons Why School Teachers Fail
Dr. Charles Coon superintendent of public instruction for Wilson county lists factors causing teaching failures. These include lack of subject knowledge or classroom management as well as personal distractions such as social activities and inappropriate associations.
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Charles Coon
Wilson County
Late-night visits disrupt school and church duties
Report notes entertaining company kept someone out late hindering homework and causing neglect of church and community activities the following Sunday. It highlights a pattern of disengagement from school work and local religious obligations.
Telling the Truth and the Press Parley
A preacher accuses editors of falsity while the editor counters that truth from pulpit to press fades under praise and grave stones. The exchange ends with the editor returning to work as the minister contemplates a beauty misrepresented, a muddy scene in Calhoun.
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Mery
Calhoun
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Atlantic
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Boone Hardware Company
Buick
Fisher
Duco
General Motors
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Cadillac
Pillac
Fisher and
Fleetwood
F.O.B
Dept. A
Detroit, Mich
Oldsmobile
Oakland
Lasalle
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