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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1923
Page
6
A veteran reflects on valor while recounting a tale from M W Hillton-Simpson about French soldiers in Algeria discovering a rock bearing an ancient inscription. The inscription revealed a road built by the Sixth Legion under Antoninus Pius over sixteen centuries ago.
A new national park in Montezuma county Colorado near Cortez extends into Utah and contains ruins of towers from a prehistoric race. Experts believe the towers were used in religious ceremonies and note most are little visited and off the beaten path. Unlike Mesa Verde ruins these towers are found in canyons and lie in a sparsely visited region.
Palm sap from Nipa palms in eastern tropics yields about 15 percent sugar. Juice collected from flowering shoots can be fermented to alcohol, with potential annual yields of 28 hundredweight sugar or 200 gallons of 9 percent alcohol per acre of swamp land. British North Borneo authorities consider Nipa as a sugar and alcohol source.
The late Guy Barham, a Los Angeles public figure, sat beside a strikingly beautiful woman in a dinner party. Her low gowns often required a spray of orchids to stay in place, which dropped to the floor as he assisted. He quipped, Your fig leaf, madam.
Edgar Selwyn protests high prices on the newest liners with open-air pools and restaurants. He notes the scene of a plump woman scolding her daughter at a liner pool as an example of passenger reactions to luxury amenities.
A detailed report covers the wedding of Mixa Lilian Kate Boyer to William Peid Garrison at Central Methodist Church. The ceremony featured ornate decor with rhododendron, a full bridal party, music by Nell Folger and the Lohen rin's Bridal Chorus, and a luncheon at the Boyers home. The couple departed for a mountain tour and will reside near Charlotte, with both families and guests from Derita, Marshville, Charlotte, and other towns in attendance.
Miss Lillian Boyer, soon to wed William Reid Garrison, was honored at a Wednesday party hosted by Mrs. Nannie Fulton last week. Pink roses adorned the home, seven tables hosted rock and a guessing contest won by Mrs. S S Lawrence of Oklahoma, who received a satin satchel. The honoree wore a pink afternoon dress as a pair of silver candlesticks was presented.
The article notes Georgette wearing a picture hat and a corsage of sweetpeas and valley fil lies. An elaborate course of refreshments was served with favors described as rose banketa filled with mints.
A wedding week event honored Miss Boyer with a midweek portico party at the Graves home where Miss Mary Franklin Graves hosted on Thursday. Mrs Harry Nelms won the high score prize and presented a sterling silver gift to the honoree. A three course luncheon followed with pressed chicken stuffed tomatoes asparagus on toast hot rolls iced tea and desserts.
The bridal party and guests were entertained at the bride's parents home Dr and Mrs H K Boyer. The lower floor glowed with sweet peas and a pink white motif featuring the bride's cake as centerpiece. Guests enjoyed cream and cake amid pink candles and streamers.
The article recalls the ancient belief that seven days before the winter solstice saw kingfishers building nests and seven after it for hatching. It attributes calm seas to halcyon days caused by Aeolus granting peace for Alcyone and Oyex who were transformed into kingfishers. It notes the bird’s steep dives and head first swallow of prey from great heights.
J. D. Minick advertises a Mt Airy foundry and machine shop offering castings in iron and brass including gears pulleys boxes mandrels ventilators and sash with ongoing stock and reasonable machine work rates Old cast iron purchased based on quality
The article argues city life offers health advantages over country living despite rural air and natural hours. It cites pure country air and exercise in the countryside against urban benefits like clean water sanitation food inspection and available public baths. It notes modern cities now show lower death rates than villages due to planning and industry changes.
A steeplejack in Rosemead California felled a 140 foot tree by cutting from the top. He lowered each section by rope after severing it, with the entire process taking nearly a week. The tree stood close to buildings and posed potential damage if the fall went wrong.
Health Bulletin explains that a long loaded stomach adapts to excess food and feels hungry on modest meals. A three day liquid or fruit plan at very low calories can shrink the stomach, reduce appetite, and allow rapid initial weight loss of five to ten pounds, followed by a safer pace of about two pounds weekly.
A youth with football prowess but poor grades is expelled from one prep school and invited to another. After a few days he meets a faculty member and remarks the campus is rough in spots, prompting the professor to ask about his experience.
In Boston a young lawyer, who tried to appear busy and prosperous, found his door card reading We be back In an hour. An rival added What fer, deflating the practiced air of success with a sharp jab at his pretensions.
Dr H B Rowe of Mount Airy North Carolina advertises an office practice limited to eye ear nose and throat with an address over a local store.
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