How Counties In This Section Were Named
The Wilson Mirror cites Wheeler 1851 to explain Nash Edgecombe and Johnston counties origins. Nash named for General Nash of Orange after 1777. Edgecombe formed 1738 from Craven. Johnston formed 1746 from Craven in honor of Gabriel Johnston. The article extols North Carolina history and early colonial figures.
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Wilson
N. C
Wilson Mirror
Nash
Nash County
Edgecombe County
Gener
Edgecombe
Craven
Barrington
Edenton
Earl of Mannt
Zecoimbe
Bynt
England
Johnston County
Gabriel Johnson
Ss. W. Worthington
Worthington
Fee
North
Carolina
Baron de Grafereid
Teneh
King Blout
Car
Encouraging Agricultural Outlook Reported to Congress
The War Finance Corporation’s annual summary to Congress presents an encouraging view of U S crop conditions. It notes tobacco hurt by old carry overs but still satisfactory, and cotton output about three million bales higher than 1923. Prices have eased yet overall farm income likely improves with greater production.
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Washington
Congress
War Finance Corporation
Duke's Noted Silver Treasure Exhibited
Hundreds of pieces of solid silver plate from the Austrian castle in Gmunden once belonging to the late Duke of Cumberland are on display in a London showroom. The collection reportedly could serve 1,000 guests with no duplicate pieces, includes 9,000 solid silver dinner plates, weighs about 10 tons, and is largely English made. Many pieces mirror items in Windsor Castle.
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London
Gmunden
Austria
Duke of Cumberland
Windsor Castle
Laundry bundles come alive in Kansas City laundry
Two bundles of laundry reportedly walked around the Woolf Laundry house causing sheets to fall as bystanders observed the odd scene. Two men present in the facility were involved in the incident or inquiry surrounding the event.
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Kansas
City
Woolf
Unknown theft report from cryptic survivor notes
A fractured transcript describes assailants seizing a night watchman G. EB. Green binding him and forcing two safes open to steal unknown contents. The fragment ends with disjointed lines about desire and a giggling girl, revealing confusion and implausible chatter.
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G. EB. Green
Green
Teapot Dome May Be Discontinued in Trial Plea
In Cheyenne Wyoming Judge T Blake Kennedy paused the case as he considers the government petition for a continuance of the trial date in the suit to annul Mammoth Oil Company's lease on the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve.
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Cheyenne
Wivo
T. Blake Kennedy
Toglay
Mammoth Oil Company
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Fifty seems old only to those who are younger
A reflective snippet contrasts age perceptions with the passage of time in 1924, noting expectations and the unchanging nature of aging. The fragment hints at social viewpoints and personal musings typical of a newspaper column or feature from the era.
Women Don't Give Up Special Despatch Describing Vinol Restore
A persuasive ad touts Vinol as a cure for weakness to restore strength and health. It emphasizes the product as a natural, delicious tonic and warns readers to obtain the original Vinol from the advertiser.
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al Francis Nash
Orange
German Town
Olina
Apie
Pete
N.C
Goldsboro Street
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