Railroads slash time cuts across the West and coast
Mussolini glimpsed a five hour Naples to Rome tunnel plan and rail lines to California follow suit. Santa Fe Union Pacific and Southern Pacific push time savings with faster Pacific Coast links. Flying machines may bring Chicago nearer New York and the Pacific by thousands of miles. Also notes on Britain nationalizing coal, rail, and finance while chronicling feats of endurance and curious misuses of lightning rods.
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Mussolini
The
Orld
Naples
Rome
Chicago
California
Pacific
Great Lakes
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Souther Pacific
Ables
Seattle
Pacific Coast
New York
Real Estate Ad Headline From Fort Myers Paper
In Fort Myers area real estate ad headlines reference a room and peculation, while a quoted exchange from Stanford Chaparral contrasts tiger hunting luck in India with none sighted, illustrating eclectic collected snippets.
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Fort Myers
Florida
India
Stanford Chapparal
Confederate Reunion in Birmingham This Week
Veterans of the 36th annual Confederate reunion gathered in Birmingham Alabama Tuesday night. Old soldiers, some with bent forms and silvered hair, maintained the fighter’s spirit while accepting rides, walking, or carts as they endured a cool night under the sky and blankets of youth. The program offered flowers and creature comforts provided by a generous committee, with the event to close tomorrow.
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Lookout Mountain
Birmingham
Ala
Lee
Tomorry
Friday Afternoon Club Meeting at Mrs Wilsons in Boone
The Friday Afternoon Club gathered May 15 at Mrs H L Wilsons neat Daniel Boone Park home. Guests included Mrs Perry Mrs Joe Hardin Mrs Grady Farthing and Mrs Burgard. Business was discussed on the community house plans and a district report from Asheville was read. The May musical was postponed to June and Miss Lucille Hopkins performed readings. Visitors enjoyed a tablescape of strawberries whipped cream and angel cake as they departed for Miss Annie Stanburys May 28 meeting. Tom Tarheel notes boll weevil slow to emerge but will surge later.
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H. L. Wilson
Daniel Boone Park
Perry
Joe Hardin
Grady Farthing
Burgard
Chamber of Commerce
I. G. Greer
Asheville
Orndorff
Lucille Hopkins
Annie Stanbury
Valle Crucis Youth Stage Convocation League Effort
Eighteen representatives of the Young Peoples' Service League traveled to Hickory to organize a convocational league in the western North Carolina diocese. The meeting inspired the group and provided an enjoyable outing. Mrs Howard Mast and her son returned from Tennessee.
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Valle Crucis
Young Peoples’ Service League
Hickory
Church of the Ascension
North Carolina
Howard Mast
Little Son
Tennessee
Methodist Church
Seymour Taylor
Charles Baird
Abing
W. D. Clarke
K, Jr
Mets
Statesville Landmear Raises in All Runs and Power Issues
The writer argues insurance rate boosts by companies or combinations who can compel payment pressure the public. It questions motives behind rate hikes, suggesting insurers may seek funds and noting the public feels stripped of service when forced to pay. The piece emphasizes power dynamics and personal indignation at such actions.
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Statesville Landmear
Elf
Goddess of Liberty Dies in Philadelphia at 68
Miss Anna Williams, the model for the Goddess of Liberty on the silver dollar, dies in Philadelphia at 68 after years as a schoolteacher. Born Grecian profile and blonde, she helped shape Uncle Sam’s design in 1876 before a December illness confined her to bed.
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Goddess of Liberty
Philadelphia
Anna, Williams
Sam
Notice of Mortgage Sale by G W Adams and wife to George Greene
Mortgagee GEO C GREENE will sell at the Watauga County Courthouse on Monday June 21 between 12:00 M and 2:00 P M to the highest bidder for cash the described real estate beginning on a stake in W A Proffitt line and running through a series of bounds to a chestnut oak on Meat Camp Creek et al more or less The deed dates November 20 1925 and is recorded in Book 172 Register of Deeds Auga County North Carolina The mortgagee is George C Greene and the sale is to satisfy the note and interest
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G. W. Adams
B Adams
George C. Greene
Register of
Auga County
N. C
Watauga County
W. A. Profiti
W. A. Proffitt
Southern Baptists End 71st Session In Houston
The Southern Baptists closed their 71st annual session in Houston on May 15 after expanding evolution stand to educators and leaders and endorsing an afternoon Galveston outing. The social vice commission urged tougher liquor enforcement, noted rising divorces and falling marriages, and supported wiser legislation. The layman's missionary movement urged two regional conventions next year and the legal status committee sought to bring all agencies under convention control. Dairy standards in North Carolina were noted as improving with better cows and testing.
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Houston
Tex
Southern Baptists
Galveston
Social Vice Commission
Federal Council of Churches In America
Mississippi River
Southern Baptist
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Bernard Shaw
Great Britain
Britain
America
Hammoud Ben Hadgie
New York City
Long Island City
Bakersfield
Californ
Franklin
Danton
Kingsmore
Maryland
Arthur
Brisbane
MR. Kingsmore
Tom Tarheel
S. C. Eggers
Boone, N. C
W. O. Robertson
High Land Furniture Co
Barrons English
Oak Grove
Middle Fork Church
Blowing Rock Road
A. A. Mast
W. A. Watson
Deep Gap
S. P. Tesch Realty Co
Greensboro
Big Boston
Iceberg
Hickory Seed Company
Smith Hagaman
Whitmer
H. C. Whitmer Company
Columbus
Indiana
Goddess OF
Libery
ESSO
Standard Oil Company
N. J
Dyfferent
Elizabethton
Lilly Addition
Elizabeth
First National Bank
American Bemberg Company
Maceton
W. Va
Roanoke
MacBain
Willy Land Company Cive Ofifice
Princeton, W. Va
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