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Friday, October 9, 2015

2,100 Women Registered in Richmond County, But Not a Single Black Person, 1920

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“2,100 Women Registered…..Big Registration of Women in Richmond County. Full Vote Expected Next Tuesday,” from the October 29, 1920, issue...
Thursday, October 8, 2015

Homer S. Cummings Tells New Women Voters Why They Should Join Democratic Party, 1920

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“ What the Democratic Party Offers the Woman Voter” by Homer S. Cummings, from the Rockingham Post-Dispatch , Oct. 21, 1920 Speaking ...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Sharecropper Waits Turn at Smithfield Cotton Gin, 1936

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Smithfield, Johnston County, N.C.   An unidentified sharecropper and his son wait their turn at the cotton gin in Smithfield, October...

Robert Everett Family Restores Boddie-Bunn Plantation in Nash County, 1944

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“Our Home Must Be in the Country” from the October 1944 issue of The Southern Planter The Robert Everetts of Nash County, North Car...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

34,000 illegitimate children born in U.S. annually; Experts say 30,000 of these are killed either suddenly or by slow starvation, 1920

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From the Elizabeth City Independent , Oct. 8, 1920. "There are 34,000 illegitimate children born in the United States annually and expe...
Sunday, October 4, 2015

Dog Brings Home Chicken, Bag of Nails, and Then a Dead Baby Girl, 1920

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“Solicitor Ehringhaus Got Rid ‘O That Dog….Didn’t know What That Yellow Hound Pup Would Bring Home Next” from the Oct. 8, 1920 issue of the ...
Saturday, October 3, 2015

Follow the Gunter Girls' Example; Join Tomato Club to Grow and Can Your Own Tomatoes, 1911

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“The Gunter Girls of Aiken,” from the French Broad Hustler , Oct. 12, 1911 “The Gunter girls of Aiken” are winning laurels for themsel...