Is the Chain Store a Real Menace to American Trade
Federal Government surveys chain store competition and offers independent retailers guidance to compete. It finds only 15 percent of US retail is chain stores and 77 percent is independent merchants, with government urging local firms to adopt expert merchandising, stock, and advertising methods.
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Caleb Johnson
The
Democrat
Federal Trade, Commission
Department of Commerce
Federal Trade’ Commission
Washington
Julius Klein
Dr. Klein
Chambe
United States
Kowledge
Theso
Washington, D. C
Pilot Mountain Man Selected Master Farmer of Surry County
Surry County honors 8 S. C. Carson of Pilot Mountain as Master Farmer in Mount Airy Times judged contest.
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S. C. Carson
Pilot Mountain
Surry County
The
Mount Airy Times
Eastern Carolina tobacco crops show insect damage after rains
Recent rains in Eastern Carolina ease fears of a tobacco plant shortage. Growers report considerable damage from flea beetles and other insects affecting the crop.
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Carolina
Sargon Soft Mass Pills Transform Rebecca Walker’s Health
Mrs Rebecca Walker of Elwood Kans weighed 85 pounds at start and gained 15 pounds after six bottles. She credits Sargon Soft Mass Pills with curing constipation and restoring strength, noting the medicine saved her life. Boone Drug Company advertised as agents.
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Rebecca Walker
Elwood
Kans
Live-at-Home Contests Near State Prize Decisions
State officials receive essays posters and booklets for the live-at-home contests with May 15 filing deadlines for counties and cities. Superintendent A T Allen notes strong posters from Iredell Cabarrus Lenoir and Statesville and expects space to exhibit winning work while highlighting the program's value in building good habits for youth. The article also mentions a dinner funded by garden and poultry projects and includes a light domestic humor quote about cosmopolitan roots.
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction
A. T Allen
Allen
Iredell
Cabarrus
Lenoir
Statesville
Remarkable 122 Year Old Aunt Ella Mayo in New Bern
Census workers report Aunt Ella Mayo a Black woman born October 1808 in Virginia as a slave. She remains active sewing quilting washing reading and keeping a strict 4 AM start to each day saying she is never sick and attributes health to divine supervision.
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New Bern
Ella Mayo
Virginia
Pera
Consolidated Schools in North Carolina Rise Across State
North Carolina reports 986 consolidated schools in 1928 833 for whites 153 for colored students. Seven-plus teacher schools climb from 150 to 621, showing a shift toward larger rural schools as overall counts grow from 1921 22 to 1928 29. Local farmland notes: Catawba County plantings exceed prior years by five percent.
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North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction
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Boone, North Carolina
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