Village Notes and Local Gazetteer Highlights
J B Blackburn Mew and three children visit the area for two weeks en route to Lenoir and EStateeville. The Parson's Mission House grounds are being improved in memory of the late W G Randall. Aunt Lou Clarke recovers from an arm injury and offers welcome hospitality to visitors. Several residents and visitors arrive or are noted at cottages, plays, and social events. The mayor plans improvements, and local figures like Mr Millard Hodges and Mrs Booker of St. Louis prepare cottages. A religious meeting by Brothers Davis and Rudh Bill fosters peace, with references to Brother Sengle and Rev. an Epis rople. Kitchen of the second North Carolina district gives a tariff speech praising protection for domestic industries. Cox of Ohio criticizes tariffs as robbery by law. The Commercial Club of Johnson City hosts a banquet April 14 at Hotel Carnegie celebrating railroad links with the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio, with Charlotte guests invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Blackburn
Lenoir
Estateeville
Mission House
God Work Shop
W. G. Ranall
North Carolina
J. B. Clarke
Lou
Joe
Mrs. Patterson
Watauga Inn
Toppings
Mother
Colonel
Mrs. Edwards
Stringfellows
Frank Robbins
Greensboro
Lindsay Patterson
Bald Mountain
Todd
Alex Edminton
Blowing Rock
William Baldwin
Tom Simmons
Skyland
Linville
Millard Hodges
Main St
Baptist Church
Brother Sengle
Reother Davis
Tutte
Clit ‘Kitchen
Congress
Caid
Kitchen
Principe
Herety
Cox
Ohio
Ways and Means
Commercial Club
Johnson City
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio
Carnegie
Charlotte
Charlotte Observer
Admiral Cervera Passes After Naval War Service
Vice Admiral Pascual Cervera, who commanded the Spanish fleet at Santiago de Cuba, died this afternoon at Puerto Real Spain. Born February 18, 1859, he retired from active service in December 1897 due to heart illness. He led four cruisers and three torpedo boats from the Cape Verde Islands in 1898 toward Santiago, entering the harbor May 10 and losing his fleet July 8 in defiance of Admiral Sampson’s blockade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cervera
Puerto Real
Spain
Charlotte Observer
Pascual Cervera
Santiago
Cuba
Admiral Cervera
United States
Cape Verd Islands
Santiago de Cuba
Sampson
Dancan to Resume Greensboro Industrial News
Mr E C Dancan has taken over the defunct Industrial News of Greensboro and will resume publication according to remor. Greensboro is able to support another daily paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Dancan
Industrial News of
Greensboro
Remor
Railroads Rises After Panic and Legislation
The railroads recover from prior panic and hostile laws. Seaboard plans improvements this year. Southern doubles tracks Washington to Atlanta in sections over about eighteen months. Danville to Lynchburg double-tracking advances with over thirty miles in use. Lynchburg cut-off contract alone costs about five hundred thousand dollars, promising faster service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard
Southern
Washington
Atlanta
Danville
Lynchburg
CAL ORTA Bears the The Kind You Have
A fragmented OCR reading notes a phrase about a bear and a kind you have. The legible parts suggest a catalog or ad style line. No clear persons, places, dates, or organizations are readable enough to identify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal
Orta
Watauga County land sale ordered in 1909 case
In Watauga County Superior Court an 1909 sale of two tracts of land belonging to J H Latham is ordered after repeated appointment changes for a commissioner. The parcels in Meat Camp township total about 7 acres, part of a 410 acre and 355 acre holdings, with sale to satisfy a 2911 dollar judgment plus costs. The sale date is set for May 3 1979 at the court house door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Caroll
Wong
Horton
B. R. Brown
M. Wagner
Latham
Superior Court
Watauga County
J. R. Reese
J. J. Reese
Aind
Watang County
Jin
L D. Lowe
Sid Reese
Watauga
N. C
Meat Camp Township
Meat Camp Creek
J. H. Latham
Jonathan Miller
Harmon's Knob
L. D. Miller
Profit
L. A. Green
Norris’ Park
Winebarger
Register of Deeds
J. E. Miller
Adams
John W. Hodges
Sherif
Superior Court of
Watauga Co
J H. Latham
L. D. Lown
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Hell
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl St
New York
Noitce
Wei
Mas Clothing
Taleo
Craddock
Terry Brand
Miller
Boone
John B. Stetson
H. B. Blackburn
Tennessee Farms
Eat Tennessee Real Estate Co
Morristown
Tonn
East Tennessee
Addreer
East Tenn, Real Estate Company
Tennessee
A. P. Brinkley
W. H. Stapp
Citizens Bank
Elk Park
N. L. Mast, Pres
W.c.correy
W. P. G. P. Hagaman
Cash
THE
Watauga County Bank
Boone, N.C
Uss
Boone, N C
J. M. Hodges
M. D
Blackiern Hotel
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