Railroad over desert for President Harding visit described
A 40 mile railroad segment from Lund to Cedar City was rushed in 87 days at a cost of 1 049 000 dollars to welcome President Harding to Zion National Park. The siding faced delays when the trip was canceled and then reinstated, with crews working nonstop to finish before his arrival. The Cedar City site powered by ballast trains completed 119 car days, and 500 000 tons of gravel moved over about 100 miles.
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Lund
Cedar City
E of
Utah
Harding
Union Pacific
Vlroad
Salt Lake
Zion National Park
United States
Zion Park
Lalest
Epot
Sta
Salt Lake Route
How Did You Die Poem Echoes Courage and Resolve
A quoted wartime motto poem by Edmond Vance Cooke urges facing trouble with grit. It compares different reactions to adversity, praising resilience, effort, and cheerful defiance over fear or retreat. The piece ends by stressing that the manner of dying is less important than how one lived and fought.
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Edumond Vance Cooke
Watauga County Sunday School Convention Planned
A North Carolina Sunday School Association drive urges all valley churches to organize stronger Sunday Schools. The Valle Crucis event on August 11–12, 1923 features sessions led by Flora Davis and D. W. Sims, with township meetings across Beaver Dam Laurel Creek Shanehan Meat Camp Boone Stony Fork Blue Ridge Cove Creek and others.
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North Sunday School Association
Boone
Caro School Association
Ion
Valle Crucis
Beaver Dam
Bethel
Laurel Creek
Antioch
Shanehan
Northern Methodist Church
Vata
Meat Camp
Boone Township
Boone Baptist Church
Stony Fork
Elk Townships
Blue Ridge
Blowing Rock
Cove Creek
Hensons Chapel
Orga Jury Township
Shulls Mills Baptist Church
Watauga County
Valle Crucis Church
N. C
Rankin
Flora Davis
G. W. Robbins
W. L. Winkler
D. W. Sims
North Carolina
Rowan and
Cabarrus
Randolph
Guilford
Wayne
From Fireplace to Electric Fan at Blowing Rock
The Charlotte Observer notes Blowing Rock’s cool summer climate where nights feel like November. Despite Charlotte heat, Blowing Rock sits 100 miles away at the topography’s edge, offering a consistent chill and early morning fires.
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Independence Square
Charlotte
Blowing Rock
Charlotte Observer
Wakefield Rediscovered by Virginia Tourists
An article praises Virginia landmarks, focusing on Wakefield the birthplace of George Washington. It notes decades of isolation due to poor access, credits the state highway department for a new connecting road, and urges further roadwork to boost tourism and state pride.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia
the Republic
Wakefield
George Washington
State Highway Department
Potomac River
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Charlotte News
New York
Herbert Hoover
Prescent
President Wan
American Cotton Association
America
Middle West
South
Berton Braley
Logy
Sonny
Father
Earth
Chamberlain
W. Robbins
W. N. Perry
Flora Dastant
North Carolina Sunday School Association
D. F. Mast
D. D. Daugherty
J. D. Rankin
Globe Realty & Auction CO
Johnson City, Tenn
F. M. Richards
Banner Elk
W. H. Gragg
Fire, Life and Casualty
George F. Blair
Blowing Rock, N. C
Postoffice
Wrigleys
Boone Garage
Walter Johnson, Messer
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