Anti-Prohibition Leader Calls Wet Campaign Political Fraud
F Scott McBride of the Anti Saloon League accuses wet campaigners of political fraud for proposing resubmission planks to amend the 18th Amendment. He says referendums would bypass senators and congressmen and misrepresent party and state will in the liquor issue.
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Washington
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
National Party
United States
McBride
Hoover
Republican Party
Craven County farmers embrace pay-as-you-go plan
Craven County farmers move to cash farming amid bank failures and losses. The Craven Farmers Mutual Exchange guides the shift, with $18,203.92 in new money from seasonal crops and livestock. Gaskins community near Vanceboro leads the effort, with 300 acres of beans and vegetables already paying for themselves. Mae McIlveen reports $50 weekly from New Bern curb market sales.
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Craven County
Craven
Craven County Farmers’ Mutual Exchange
North Carolina
New Saving and Loan Association
C. B. Faris
Gaskins
Vanceboro
Rudolph Gaskins
Mae McIlwean
Bellair
New Bern
Mrs Widenhouse Declared Not Guilty At Trial
Coverage details the trial where Mrs. Widenhouse faced accusations of threats against her husband before a fatal shooting. Testimony and cross examination focused on repeated threats and an alleged pistol incident in Midland. Defense and prosecution presented conflicting accounts of motives tied to Donald Widenhouse's alleged escapades.
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Ida Mae Widenhouse
Bessie Furr
Donalds
Norris McManus
Doughton Lauded as Century Pioneer in Congress
North Carolina representative Robert L. Doughton of the Eighth District rises to national prominence as a key leader in the House revolt against the sales tax. The Colllier’s portrait highlights his mountaineer roots, integrity, farm life in Laurel Springs, and bipartisan credit for shaping tax policy and Prohibition era debates.
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Robert L. Doughton
North Carolina
Congo
Ways and Means Committee
House
Doughton
Wall Street
Bob Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Zeb Vance
North State
Zeb
Virginia
Laurel Springs
Smith
Edwin Markham birthday remarks and stenography career discussion
The piece recalls Edwin Markham at Carnegie Hall for his eightieth birthday and critiques The Man With the Hoe. It then highlights George Cortelyou’s rise from stenographer to cabinet member and businessman, illustrating the value of starting in clerical roles. It also notes efforts by the War Against low mood campaign to boost employment and observes shifts in the leisure class. A memory of the 1902 New York to Chicago train ride closes the excerpt.
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Smith
Doughton
Markham
Carnegie Hall
Edwin Markham
Lincoln
New York
al Smith
Jimmy Walker
George B. Cortelyou
Union Square
George Cortelyou
Cleveland
White House
Cortelyou
McKinley
Roosevelt
Department of Commerce and Labor
the Treasury
Republican National Committee
Consolidated Gas Companies of
American Legion
Federation of Labor
Association of National Advertisers
America
Taxpayers Question Cost of Congress This Year
Voters note the rising expense of Congress and vow to demand value for their taxes. They emphasize scrutinizing spending and seeking accountability in government.
20 Per Cent Reduction On May And June Baby Chicks
Prices cut on baby chicks for May and June delivery from state blood tested flocks. Oak Grove Poultry Farm Hatchery at Granite Falls North Carolina advertises reduced prices and invites inquiries. D R Moore proprietor. April 28 publication.
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Wilkes Hatchery
C. C. Gambill
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Oak Grove Poultry Farm Hatchery
D. R. Moore
Granite Falls
New York to Chicago Train Schedules and Dairy Blues
A reporter recalls 20 hour trains between New York and Pittsburgh and the return of 18 hour runs. Vision: later 15 hour service possible with better tracks and power. Also notes dairy farmers earning about three cents a quart as costs rise.
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Thal
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Pennsylvania Terminal
New York
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Atlantic
Concord Heiress Married at Blowing Rock
Mrs Anne Cannon Reynolds former wife of Smith Reynolds and Frank Brandon Smith Jr a Charlotte real estate broker wed at Blowing Rock last week The ceremony took place at the summer home of J F Cannon and the couple departed for a motor honeymoon Reynolds later divorced from Mrs Reynolds in Reno Nevada two years after their York South Carolina marriage and he set up a million dollar trust for her and their daughter
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Smith Reynolds
Charlotte
J. F. Cannon
Anne Cannon Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds
Frank Brandon Smith Jr
Blowing Rock
Concord
Smith
Reno
Nevada
York
S. C
Reynolds
Coolidge Oversees Home Repairs in Plymouth Vermont
Former President Calvin Coolidge returns to Plymouth Vermont to supervise remodeling of the homestead birthplace. He plans to stay in his boyhood town amid national party conventions in Chicago next month as the old frame dwelling is updated with electric fixtures and other improvements.
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Coolidge
Plymouth
Vermont
Calvin Coolidge
Chicago
Diversified farming best defense against price swings
The speaker argues profits in dairy and single-crop farming tempt many into trouble. He notes success comes to those who mix crops and livestock. Farmers should first secure their own living, then sell surplus for cash, avoiding debt-heavy operations.
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Widenhouse
Willie
Mary
Cecilia Lawrence
Atlanta
Georgia
Collier’s
Clinton W. Gilbert
Colliers Weekly
Congress
Senate
Siam
Webster
Clay
Benton
Frank P. Stockbridge
Singer
J. A. Idol
Boone
Don Win
East Boone
A. L. Gross
Adams, N. C
C. B. Baughman
Elizabethton
Tenn
J. B. Hagaman
John S. Cohen
The
Atlanta Journal
Harris
Rock
Auto Body Service
Duco
Auto Renewal Co
Johnson City, Tennessee
Watauga County Bank
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