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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1925
Page
6
A 1926 essay urges mental watchfulness to form good habits and resist harmful ones. It argues habit shapes character, noting how attention to advice from parents and consistent practice distinguishes the competent from the incompetent and guards against decay into cynicism.
A collection of aphorisms and observations on honesty, judgment, popularity, and everyday life. The notes poke fun at pretension and promote practical wisdom, from not judging by size to the dangers of overworking praise.
A dinner scene centers on Mrs. Appleton and guests noting children Louise Harold Grace Lay y Mayme and Chauncey Devere. Mrs. Appleton says the others are their children safe with Jesus as she sobs, Lysander Johnm collapses, and Jauncey Devere reads ten minutes. A described word picture by women on Meariness of Men contrasts past courting energy with present.
Moe a i is reported as average in a personal or local context with unclear details. The fragment mentions a person or entity abbreviated as MOE and references a letter or report indicating average status. Further context is not provided.
The Yellowstone elk herd faces starvation each winter as government feeding cannot sustain all animals. C O Campbell of Billings argues elk grow dependent on hay dumped from trucks and will not range for themselves. He notes rangers struggle to balance feeding with seasonal limits and elk learn they are protected inside the park.
The United States Department of Labor reports the typical American housewife spent about 63 dollars and 55 cents on clothing in an year with items including silk undershirt silk chemise silk nightie silk kimono cotton stockings silk stockings shoes kid gloves handkerchief garter umbrella and handbag totaling 71 dollars and 38 cents.
The Cathedral of St John the Divine will use movable benches instead of pews, reflecting French Gothic design. It will seat about 7 000 with standing room for several thousand more.
England's Stornaway house, bought by Lord Beaverbrook, gains fame for its floor. The ballroom dancing surface is claimed to be the finest in the world, distinguishing the mansion in European architectural lore.
The item notes a provocative remark about Ethel's marriage and fashion choices, claiming she stopped wearing French heels at her husband’s disapproval and that some say she has lowed herself by marrying him.
A Pitt Panthers exchange portrays a claimant telling Mrs Penham she values too much, as the speaker agrees to accept five thousand dollars but questions the estimation of the amount.
Visitors in Switzerland greatly support the economy as tourist traffic revival brings prosperity to the country and benefits all sectors.
The piece outlines famines from 1005 to 1010 under King Æthelred the Unready with England and Ireland hit hard. It notes mass mortality, cannibalism rumors, waves of hunger after the Norman Conquest, and extreme destitution in the north with land left waste and peasants slaving.
Louis Millikin recalls in Adventure Magazine a gunslinger named Jack Melliah he met in Texas and New Mexico. Melliah could draw flash fast and hit a can from 19 to 20 feet with both hands, returning the gun to its scabbard before it stopped rising. The piece argues gunmen of the Wild Days honed drawing and shooting through relentless practice, likening it to musicians rehearsing their art.
A reflective fragment attributed to Emerson argues for embracing life’s questions and solutions alike. It extols inner truth over external doubt, claiming enduring greatness in all roles and that completion requires shared happiness.
King Tehrimekundan of Bhela surpasses Solomon in marriage grandeur, governing 3 000 ministers and numerous kings. He reportedly held 0 noble wives 500 richly endowed wives and 0 beautiful wives in a Tibetan mystery translated from Jacques Bacot. Plays performed in Tibetan monasteries during the sixth moon feature accurate costumes and dialogue over minimal action.
A saying contrasts character as inner substance with reputation as others' opinion. Temptation harms character, slander harms reputation, and defamation tests endurance. Reputation endures many faults but can be destroyed by a single baseless accusation.
The narrative presents Rosamond as the favored mistress of Henry II, daughter of Walter de Clifford. Henry allegedly hid her in a Woodstock labyrinth to keep her from Eleanor, leading to her forced poisoning. some writers claim she died at Somestown Nunnery near Oxford.
Washington reports a plain wooden marker marks the grave of William Jennings Bryan in Arlington National Cemetery amid white headstones of soldiers who died in France. The Bryan family gathers after the funeral as Mrs Bryan plans to return to Miami and others prepare to travel home. Former Governor Charles W Bryan heads to Omaha for lecture engagements while children stay briefly with their mother.
Forsyth County commissioners approve a courthouse rebuild on the old site with plans to seek bids by September 15 and a project cost around 200000. Tax rate set at 55 cents per $100 for 1925 26, unchanged from last year.
Durham residents report a civic drive led by the local women’s club to remove highway signs from the Durham county side of the Durham Chapel Hill corridor and extend to Orange county. About 800 signs have been torn down with property owner consent as boy scouts carry out the work under a women’s committee supervision.
Southern Public Utilities Co announced rate cuts across most customers effective with August usage, reducing industrial power to 3.1 cents per kWh and lights to 1 cent per kWh. Top lighting drops from 9 to 8 cents, power from 9.1 to 6 cents per kWh, aiming to save about $200,000 annually.
Marvin and Mann Thornton of Johnston county were bound over for Superior Court after a preliminary hearing before Recorder Ezra Parker in Smithfield. They face charges of assault with intent to kill for allegedly holding Hubert Gainey over a burning stump on March 26. Gainey, 16, suffered severe burns and remains in danger, with two months’ hospital treatment so far.
Notice of sale under deed of trust dated May 21 1924 to secure 230 dollars. In Cohen Surrey County North Carolina the land known as Granite Hill J M Fulton property lots 5 and 6 to be sold at public auction for cash on August 24 1986 at Bennett's building Mount Airy NC at 1 PM to satisfy 170 dollars and costs of sale.
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