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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
7
Forest City Courier provides weekly editions for Forest City and Rutherford County. The paper lists subscription prices of $1.50 yearly, $1.00 for six months, and 50 cents for three months. Advertising rates are 30 cents per column inch for display, 0 cents per line for reading notices, and 1 cent per word for classified ads.
Rev O L Simpson delivered a thoughtful sermon from Psalm 17 to a large congregation on Sunday morning. He argued that total satisfaction comes only with divinity and warned that Western life breeds constant change as people discard the old for the new. The preacher linked moral dissatisfactions to prophetic progress toward the divine likeness.
An editorial in The Charlotte Observer argues that Florida capitalists target Western North Carolina for development. It cites Commodore Stoltz with a two million dollar Hendersonville hotel project and a surge in Florida investment, signaling a regional boom and new permanent settlements.
A Palm Beach man bought the Jefferson Hotel and another Palm Beach investor acquired a large Hendersonville property. A Miami man plans a $50,000 residence in town while Commodore Stoltz leads Florida capitalists toward transforming Hendersonville into a premier summer resort. Florida’s move toward western North Carolina signals a major summer resort push with Stoltz as a guiding force.
The August 20 to 26 cinema schedule lists Viola Dana in Social Code on Thursday, The Law Forbids and Idaho on Friday, Wolves of the Night on Saturday, and Two-Fisted Justice plus Baree in national news segments the week through Tuesday. Cartoon comedy reels and vaunted two reel features fill the bill along with a general sale notice and employment ads.
J H Thomas of this city was elected president of Citizens Bank and Trust Co of Rutherfordton last Monday. A native of Kentucky, he arrived in North Carolina 15 years ago and built a career as head of Farmers Bank and Trust in Forest City. He now leads industrial ventures in Forest City and holds multiple bank and lumber roles, with strong local ties and Kiwanis devotion.
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