Dark Pall Over London Seen Through Aunts Letter
Ms Josie Person shares an aunt’s London letter describing the Blackwall Tunnel scene under the Thames and a crowded East End street sale. She notes wartime gloom, court visits, wigs on lawyers, and American Memorials in Westminster, with references to Captain John Smith and George Peabody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Person
London
Hornditch
Prince Henry
James I
Charles
Law Courts
John Smith
Virginia
New England
Westminster
Dean Stanley
Longfellow
George Peabody
Peabody
Massachusett
Elizabeth
Catawba Items and Local Notices
Reports from Catawba and Oxford Ford recount social visitations, farming progress, road improvements, and church matters. Mrs. Avery Lowrance died after Bright’s disease. her funeral plans and survivor details are noted. Community items include theater notes, a college gift, and a brief medical remedy advertisement.
Ivey Mill's Record Month Boosts Textile Output
West Hickory reports 10,000 yards more cloth produced in one month at the Ivey Mill under Capt. C BE Cole, with 77 bales shipped in ten days. Local moves include deaths, relocations, and new construction as community life continues amid science and industry reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
West Hickory
Ivey
Capt. C. BE. Cole
Henry Lewis
Mountain Grove Church
Boundaries of Avery County Declare New Territory Line
The Boundaries of Avery County trace a historic claim by Col. Waighstill Avery tying to Grandfather Mountain Watauga Caldwell and Mitchell counties. The article describes a chain of lines from Hanging Rock Mountain to Buckeye spring and Buckeye Creek to Beech Creek and the Tennessee line then along Grassy Ridge and Yellow Mountain to Pine Knob and Gouge's Creek near Toe River. It notes March Farm Journal coverage and includes agricultural notes about incubator chicks feeding broody hens and insomnia remedies. It mentions J A Conover of the State Department of Agriculture visiting Marshall for a farmers institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
Hoor
Waighstill
Grandfather Mountain
Watauga, Caldwell
Mitchell Counties
Hanging Rock Mt
Bower's Mt
Beach Mt
Buckeye Spring
Buckeye Creek
Beech Ek
Beech Creek
Watauga River
Tennessee Line
Grassy Ridge
Spear
Gouge’s Creek
Toe River
Bald Grand
Humpback Mt
McDowell County
McDowell
Burke
Caldwell
Burke and
Chestnut Mt
Anthony Jereek
Spelling Bee at Graded School Sparks School Pride
The Graded School hosts a large spelling bee with fifty students from eighth and ninth grades. The eight graders and nine graders tied with six correct spellings each after over five hundred words, with named pupils Ra mona Rien Frances Geitner Janie Lyerley Catherine Stevenson Antha Lytle Sadie Salvo Elen Abernethy Sadie Seabach Hal Little Annie Reinhardt Leon Gilbert Jennie Reinhardt excelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramona Rien
Frances Geitner
Janie Lyerley
Catherine Stevenson
Antha Lytle
Sadie Salvo
Elen Abernethy
Sadie Seabach
Hal Little
Annie Reinhardt
Leon Gilbert
Jennie Reinhardt
Pills Said To Fight Appendicitis Murderer
An advertisement claims Dr Kit New Life Pills kill a merciless murderer described as appendicitis with many victims. The patent pill allegedly stimulates stomachs and bowels to prevent blockage causing constipation headaches billiousness and chills. Sold by C M Shuford Moser Lutz and Grimes Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kit New
Monday Evening Entertainment at Claremont
A review notes an enjoyable event despite poor weather as Signor D'Anna’s pupils delivered strong performances. The program included Rope Dance, Moonlight with Miss Murphy and Miss Ingold, readings by Miss Campbell and Miss Henderlite, Polish Dance by Miss Bradshaw, Les Muscadins, a Faust number by Miss Bostfed, Van Gad, Thomas, Wachs, Anon, Gounod, and a final piece The Last Mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremont
Altho
Signor D’anna
Olive Ingold
Papa
The
Ruth Campbell
Bertha Bradshaw
Louise Jones
Aileen Henderlite
Elizabeth Bost
Three New Professors at Lenoir College Trustees Meeting
Three new professors elected at Lenoir College trustees meeting mark consolidation progress. Karl S. Patterson to mathematics and astronomy, William A. Rudisill to physics and chemistry, and A C Lineberger to English. Old staff retained with raises. slate roof planned. P C Setzer named trustee of Lipe bequest. Fritz remains president with pay raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenoir College
Karl S. Patterson
China Grove
University of Penn
Wm. A. Rudisill
State University
H.C. Whitmore
Harvard
A. C. Lineberger
University of North Carolina
Lineberger
J. M. Rhodes
Fritz
P. C. Setzer
J. S. Lipe
Messrs
R.A. Yoder
Lincolnton
W. J. Boger
Mount Holly
J. S. Mauney
Wm. Plank
King’s Mountain
John J. George
Bessemer City
D. J. Sox
Little Mountain
S. C
J.S. Dealington
S.S. Mauney
Cherryville
C. E. Smyre
Newton
J. S. Propst
S. E. Killian
P. 0. Setzer
W. A. Deaton
R. L. Fritz
Hickory
Cardui Credited With Saving Life By Mrs Epperson
Mrs Eliza Epperson of Tecumsen Ukia says Cardui saved her life and relieved chronic pains in head shoulders back and limbs. She recommends Cardui as the best tonic for women and urges others to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ins
Mary A. Varlyke
Deskins
Cardui
Draggist
Hines
Eula Mae Bradley
Tecumsen
Ukia
Eliza Epperson
Cardus Claims Relief for Exhaustion in Women
Mrs. C. J. Rentz recounts years of female troubles and near fainting before using Cardus. She credits Cardus with restored energy, eased breathing, and ability to work again, claiming it cured backaches and nervousness by addressing the cause of misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Rentz
Cardus
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Is. Beard
Charlotte Chronicle
Nichols
Lenoir News
Boone
Jen-Ir
Rock
Linville
Edgemont
Cmeot Thewe
J. H. Pitts
Dromright
Eufola
R. R. Boggs
Novella Leonard
Johnsie Lowrance
Lola Barringer
L. M. Brower
Connelly Springs
John Lowrance
Avery Lowrance
Bright
Lowrance
Mr. Lowrance
New Sterling
Wsscapendence
Oxford Ford
Catawba County
Ory
Catawba Springs
White's Ferry
Q. M. Smith
Noah Deal
M. L. Houston
Catfish
J. E. Isenhour
W. T. Hedrick
Sidney Hefner
St. Peters Church
P. C. Henry
Mall
Latawba College
Roger H. DuBose
Salisbury
Weizer
East Greenville
Co. Zwinent
Reformed Church
Idahian Literary Society
J. F. Buchharl
Jon
Ivey Mills New Weave Room Man
W. A. Bumgarner
Wilkes County
Frank Mitchell
Brookford
J.F. Lundy
Stroup
Mr. Flagler
Pat She
A.Q. Cody
G. T. Barger
Henry Price
Sanedian
Texas
Henry Starnes
J. Bradley
Oscar Jones
W. E. Jones
Tara
Collier's
French Academy
Caruso
Fifth Avenue
Paris Notre-Dame
Madrid
J. Beethoven
Avery County
Rom March Farm Journal
Chamberlain
J. A. Conover
State Department of Agriculture
Nthe City
Marshall
Farmers Institute
Presbyterian Church Notes
G. W. Hall
H. M. Doll
Concord
Union
Gameron Johnson
Probaly
J. H.C. Huntt
Moonlight
Miss Mary Murphy
van Gad
Thomas
Wachs
Anon
Gounod
Markell
Jungman
Constance Bost Godard
le Cavalier
Fantasique
Estelle Payne Wachs
Lora. Bolick
Shakespere Warren
E. L. Shuford
Grace Patrick
S Greene Wallenhaupt
Wewee
Greta’ Wezen
Hilda Field
Effie
Johnson
Mothers Club of
Travellers’ Club
Essie Seagle
Karnak
Egypt
Thebes
Luxor
C. M. Shuford
N. W. Clark
Nathan Burke
Mary Watts
J. M. Shuford
G. H. Geitner
W. Shuford
Arkansas
Ramsour
C. M
H. Shuford
Charles J. Geitner
St. F. Stevenson
Embroidery Club
Deborah Coe
New York
Mesdames Setzer
Munro
Fene Johnson
Mathieson
Cooper
Messrs. Geo. F. Harper
Mr. Shell
Lenoir
Mportant
Adrian Shuford
Charles Milton Whitener
Mary Esther Stevenson
A. A. Shuford, Jr
Clarissa Abernethy
A. A. Shuford II
Bill
H. D. Abernethy
O'Flynn
Merald Isle
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