Lavras Brazil Mission School Letter From Ora Glenn
Ora M Glenn writes from Lavras Minas Brazil on March 8 1920 about starting the new school year at Instituto Evangelico amid bustling activity. She outlines teachers Miss Catherine Bookwalter Miss Belle Kolb and others and notes dormitory life and language learning in Portuguese. She shares travel to Lavras from Campobello and asks for prayers for teachers and students while sending news of friends and supporters in Carolina and Charlotte.
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Lavras
Minas
Brazil
Charlotte Kemper
Miss Marchant
Campobello
Marias
Maria
Christ
Kemper
Catherine Bookwalter
Villa Americana
United States
Catherine
York
D. C
Drakeford
Instituto Evangelico
Belle Kolb
Northern Presbyterian Church
B. H. Honeycutt
Christian Endeavor
Sarah Hansell
Japan
Eloise Gay
Atlanta
Agness Scott
Ann Mary
Guarapara
Panama
Lauras
Amelia
Maris Rosa
Irse
Miss Merchant
Abbesville
Chester
South Carolina
Columbia
Legion
Mission
Knights House
Portugese
New York
Sam
Oram
Glenn
Ora M. Glenn
Estado de Minas Geraes
Wanted men or women to take orders for stockings
Advertises positions for men or women to take orders from friends and neighbors for a genuine guaranteed full line of stockings. Pay 50 cents an hour for spare time or 24 dollars a week for full time. Experience unnecessary. Write International Stocking Mills Norristown Pam6.
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International Stocking Mills
Norristown
Mecklenburgh race dominates Observer political notes
The Charlotte Observer surveys the state primary results with Overman leading Brooks by 70 987 of 107 702 votes cast. It notes expected battles for State Auditor and gubernatorial contest while Boone Fork Lumber Co worker Brewer dies after a log crush on a hillside near Johnson City leaving a wife and children.
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Overman
Brooks
Morrison
Gardner
B. F. Long
W. B. Stacy
Supreme Court
J. P. Cook
Baxter Durham
Cook
Cooper
Lacy
Labor and
Shipman
Wade
Observer
Mecklenburg
Charlotte Observer
Brewer
Boone Fork Lumber Co
Johnson City
Poultry Prescription Promises Healthier Chicks Early Laying
Oklahoma poultry raiser Mr. Williams praises Dr. LeGear Poultry Prescription for reducing chick mortality and accelerating pullet layage by one to two months. The ad claims quick chick development with a small feeding cost and offers a money back satisfaction guarantee from Dr. L. D. LeGear Medical Co. St. Louis.
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Mr. Williams
Oklahoma
Dr. LeGear
Dr. L. D. LeGear Med. Co
St. Louis
Notice of Administratrix Claims for Horton and Maine Estates
Qualified administratrix Carrs R Horton and administrator in Maine estate publish that all claims against J C Horton deceased and John W Maine deceased must be presented within 12 months from the date of notice or be barred. Creditors urged to settle their accounts promptly. May 15 1920 and May 22 1920 respectively.
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J. C. Horton
Carrs R. Horton
John W. Maine
For Sale or Trade Horses and Cattle in North Carolina
Notice offers sale or trade of one pair of fit match horses weighing 1150 pounds each a ten year old bay mare at 1860 pounds and some young cows. Address W C Baird Alle Crucis North Carolina. Trade public opportunity for buyers and sellers.
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W. C. Baird
N.C
Remarkable Wagers From Old Times And Traditions
The Detroit Press recalls curious wagers once popular in early days. Lord Digby walked barefoot and naked for five miles at Newmarket Heath to win a purse but lost by half a minute. A Liverpool scientist read a newspaper by farthing-dip lantern light using a mirrored box. A cotton broker wore wooden shoes to the Cotton Exchange, and a Canadian man propelled a green pen eighty yards with a toothpick in half an hour.
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Lord Digby
Newmarket Heath
Liverpool
Cotton Exchange
Detroit Press
Sharks Prey On Steers Aboard Havana Steamer
An Associated Press dispatch from Havana reports hundreds of fine steers stampeded from the American steamer St Charles outside Havana harbor. The panic drove about 800 cattle into the sea where sharks fed as sanitary officers found 130 dead steers in the hold. The captain was ordered to dump carcasses overboard to avert danger to residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
St. Charles
Moro Castle
Information Free Insurance Cheap Mystery Vexes Harbor Crew
A fragment describes a sudden disaster at sea with crew dragged under and a blood trail. Tugs found the terrified crew near St Charles and Lapa areas as a vessel drifted toward rocks. The scene points to a harbor incident near Blowing Rock North Carolina with a bank building office noted.
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St. Charles
Ree Bear
Bank
Blowing Rock
N.C
Sugar Allocation For Canners And Preservers
About 34 million pounds of sugar will be allocated for commercial canners and preservers from June 1 to October 31. A W Riley, assistant to Attorney General Palmer, said refiners assured supply at a reasonable price. Industry reps cited transportation as the main obstacle, with the total split evenly between canners and preservers.
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A. W. Riley
Palmer
Riley
Canning and Preserving
Entry Notice Describes 50 Acre Land Entry in Watauga County
State of North Carolina Watauga County records detail location of 50 acres along Watauga River in Laurel Creek township. Beginning at Polly Edmiston corner, the survey runs north, west, and east along Hockaday and Kamisten lines to Rufus Hockaday, with river bounds, entered May 24, 1820, by H J Hardin as entry taker.
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State of
North Carolina
Watauga County
Epters
Watauga River
Laurel Creek
Polly Edmiston
P. H H. Farthing
Rufus Hockaday
Hockaday
G. A. Kamisten
H. J. Hardin
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Wiss Ora ML
Glorin
Ema
The
Joseph Warden
Charlotte
Watauga
James H. Taylor
E. F. Levita, Atty
Usenet
Edison
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Anna Case
Greene & Bingham
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