Cheese Industry Expands Southward The Dixie Dairy Venture
The United States Department of Agriculture backs a new cheese factory movement in the Southern States led by North Carolina. Sugar Grove, N Y hosts the pioneer southern plant started June 5. In Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga counties up to 100 factories are envisioned with high quality milk drives and a cooperative system among 87 farmers at Cove Creek Valley.
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North Carolina
United States Department of Agriculture
Mason and Dixon Line
Sugar Grove
N. Y
South
C. R. Doane
Department of Agriculture
Watauga, Ashe
Alleghany
Pennsylvania
Southland
Cove Creek
Appalachia
Watauga County
Doane
Ashe
Watauga
Snakes Multiply as Hog Protection Spreads Across State
Observers note a bumper year for snakes, especially rattlers, tied to hogs being penned under the no-fence law. Rattlers multiply in western and eastern counties, with the Piedmont enjoying relative freedom. The piece also mentions cheese production trends, butter fat levels, and Holstein suitability, outlining regional shifts in dairy and market prospects.
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Bladen
Piedmont
Red tape in prisoner transfers prompts outrage
The Raleigh News and Observer cites anger over formalities delaying Walls the Watauga man’s transfer to the State prison. The Landmark argues strict rules prevent fraud by a substitute entering Raleigh with proper papers, warning loopholes endanger inmate custody and public safety.
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Raleigh News and Observer
Walls
Watauga
Raleigh
Statesville
Electric Power Will Be Cheap For Mills In Carolina
James B. Duke of the Southern Power Company told cotton mill men in Anderson that new rate schedules starting next January will be so low as to force mills to accept the contract. He said the cheaper secondary power will rival primary power for three years and plans include outfit of every plant and rapid expansion across the Carolina transmission field.
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Piedmont Carolina
James B. Duke
Southern Power Company
Anderson
Carolina
Charlotte Observer
Tom Thumb and earlier dwarfs in royal courts cited
In a Charlotte Observer feature the rise and decline of dwarf entertainers is traced, noting Tom Thumb Charles Stratton as the era’s pinnacle and recounting Richard Gibson born 1615 and his wife Ann Shepherd who bore nine children. The article links Gibson’s painting to a royal drama ending in Vandervoort’s death and reflects on snake bite antidote scarcity.
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Charles Stratton
Tom Thumb
Europe
America
Richard Gibson
Gibson
Charles I
England
Ann Shepherd
Henrietta Marie
Vandervoort
Charlotte’ Observer
Stefansson Safe After Arctic Quest and New Land Found
Stefansson the Arctic explorer returns safe from a 1914 expedition that began in Victoria and Alaska. He reportedly faced only short rations hardships, while delivering scientific results and omitting peril details in dispatches to the Canadian government. The expedition reports a death toll of thirteen among crew, including Engineer Daniel Blue, with further fatalities and incidents in Wrangell Island and Mackenzie Delta.
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Vilhjalinur Stefansson
Victoria
B.C
Alaska
Ruby
Herschel Island
Stefansson
Stelansson
Banks Land
North Pole
Anderson
Mackenzie Delta
Daniel Blue
Wrangell Island
Mackenzie Country
Nome
Dispatch
Eat Dogs Cats and Horse Flesh Quote From Missionary Letter
A private letter from Dr Neill E Pressly written from Tampico Mexico describes famine conditions with dogs and cats not to be seen and any that appeared were killed and eaten A rich man reportedly prized ponies but faced the need to abandon them due to the crisis
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Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Neill E. Pressly
Tampico
Mexico
Mexico City
Brevity of stature noted in Indianapolis News
The passage remarks that a man and his wife, though short in height individually, together form a combined height of about seven feet, a remark on their united stature reported by the Indianapolis News.
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Indianapolis ‘ News
World museums on safety and hygiene study sites
A report notes 26 museums and institutes dedicated to safety and industrial hygiene globally. The distribution includes 22 in Europe, three in the United States, and one in Canada. A Swiss waterworks project uses water power turbines with electric motors to pump water to a town 1500 feet higher.
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Museums of Safety and Institutes For the Study of Industrial Hygiene
Europe
United States
Canada
Veterinary Surgeon Promoted in Vilas County
HAYES Veterinary Surgeon announces completion of studies and diploma and offers services in all branches of veterinary surgery. Claims to be the only practitioner in the county and invites inquiries at Vilas, N.R. F. D.
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Vilas
H. Hayes
Boone
N. C
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Wisconsin
North
Washington
Philadelphi Records
Stefson
R. H. Hardin
Stollem
G. M. Peavler
Bristol, Tenn
T. E. Bingham
Lawyer
Boone, N.C
F. A. Linney
Ly. Pd
Silas M. Greene
Mabel
N.C
Warc Arairina
Coffey
Attorney al Law
Nat. T. Dulaney
Fourth Street
Bristol
Tenn
Edmund Jones
T. A. Love
Pineola
N. O. Ove
Avery
18Th Judicial
E. F. Lovill
Lovill
Lovill & Lovill
Boone, N. C
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