Reminiscences of Watauga County and its People
The writer recalls July 1877 walks from Blowing Rock to Skull’s Mills on the Watauga River, trout fishing, maple sugar, and long tramps with friends. He notes aging veterans, local churches, and Confederate tales, plus county education gains, libraries, and school maps. Lumber threats loom as Whiting Timber plans vast clearcuts, risking mountain forests and local heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga County
Blowing Rock
Skull’s Mille
Watauga River
Joe Shull
Boone
87Th Regiment
Charles C. Lee
Charlotte
Newbern
Skull “Grove
Watauga
Rivers
Steven
BE. F. Lovill
Rock
Ashe
Shuil’s Mills
Poplar Grove
Steerialtt
Whiting Lumber Company
Asheville
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railway
North Carolina
Uncle Sam
Great
Appalachian National Forest
Ness
Watangare
Why Men Are So Real?ty A Richmond Times-Dispatch Comment
A Richmond Times Dispatch excerpt argues that both sexes shape each other, claiming men grow worse or better by women’s approval. It contends women dictates male behavior, praising or hindering moral progress as they prefer certain traits, and urges reform of women’s ideas to raise male character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Times-Dispatch
White House orders national defense review by Daniels and Garrison
The White House announced that President Wilson directed Secretaries Daniels and Garrison to report to him a programme of national defense. The purpose is to form a sane, reasonable and practical plan as a precaution, not an alarm or preparation for hostilities. The editor notes no cause for alarm and sees the move as prudent amid ongoing war and Germany relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Wilson
Garrison
Daniels
America
Germany
Statesville
Decline in Native American Population by 1910
Census figures show the Indigenous population shrinking from Maine to San Diego and from the Great Lakes to the Rio Grande, with about 265000 remaining in 1910. The long trend notes a continued decline across centuries, challenging the notion that the noble redskin is vanishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
San Diego Bay
Great Lakes
Rio Grande
America
Americans praised for Serbia relief work in Typhus fight
Sir Thomas Lipton reports from near east hospital ship Brin and observes Americans excel in organization and prevention in Serbia. He notes sanitation reforms reducing typhus and praise for Red Cross efforts. historic hospital data show a dramatic drop from 1,400 patients at Ghevhgeli to three typhus cases.
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Serbia
Saya
Thomas Lipton
Near East
Sir Thomas
Red Cross
Sir ‘Thoman
Europe
Ghevgheli
Jan, F. Donnelly
Aerial Torpedo Boat and Indian Population Notes
The Navy seeks an aerial torpedo boat using a monster plane and a White head torpedo with radio guidance to attack harbors. Admiral Fiske patented control methods in 1900, while the Indian Bureau notes 1910 census changes with Oklahoma and Arizona leading in Native populations among states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Bradley Allen Fiske
Navy War College
Daniels
Admir Fiske
Indian Bureau
United States
Census Bureau
New York State
North Carolina
Nevada
Oregon
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arizona
Baltimore Sun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Col
Olds
Char
Observer
B.A. Romgharty
B. B. Dougherty
Joyner
Cove Creek
Beaver Dam
Meat Camp
Dougherty
Charles B. Aycock
Elijah Norris
Heart
Ward
Jai Guilford County
Lige
Adately
Lamb Brothers
Jamestown
Vance
Charlotte Observer
Programme of National Defense
Musas
H- Hardin
M.D
Boone, N. C
G. M. Peavier
T. E. Bingham
N.C
Silas M. Greene
Manat
Aga Theoly
Vilas
Hayes
AIT Law
Nat. T. Dulaney
Fourth
Bristol
Tenn
Edmund Jones
Wateuga
L. D. Lowe
Love
Enner Elk
F. A. Linney
N. C
B. F. Lovill
W. B. Lovill
Lovill & Lovill
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