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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1926
Page
3
Arthur Brisbane writes on color perception questions and social notes. He discusses color blindness, bee color preferences, and kitchen color effects, then shifts to finance with Standard Oil stock buyback and money values. Other items mention Florence Ziegfeld, time day campaigns, and a murder and funeral note.
An Associated Press dispatch reports July 30 that Damascus and its Gardens, once a historic emerald oasis, lie under heavy fighting between French mandate forces and Druse dissidents. About 500 lives reportedly lost as troops pull back to fortified lines. the city remains largely under siege and deteriorating.
William Jenkins aged near eighty, a Confederate drummer boy, works as a street cleaner in Kinston North Carolina. He joined the gray armies as a drummer boy after initially lacking permission to enlist as rifleman. He served as a courier to a brigadier and keeps a picture of General Robert E Lee as his prized possession.
The 24th annual state farmers convention concluded at State College after a weeklong gathering ending July 29. About 1,700 farmers and their wives registered while hundreds more attended sessions. Discussions covered rural schools home building crop and live stock issues with lectures each forenoon and talks each afternoon. Mrs J S Turner of Rockingham county was elected president of the State Federation of Home Demonstration clubs.
The U S civil service commission announces an exam in Lenoir to fill rural carrier posts at Boone and vacancies on rural routes from the focal post office. Salaries range from 1800 yearly on standard 24 mile routes to higher for longer routes, with motor routes offering 2450 to 2600 yearly. Separate motor and wagon route exams are no longer held. appointments will come from the same register.
Aug 1 reports Vesuvius renewed its activity with deep rumblings inside the crater while officials say there is no danger of a major eruption. The cone showed increasing intensity as observers monitored the situation.
A quip from Capper's Weekly notes the Federal Reserve Bank of New York dusts and cleans its gold bullion twice a year. The joke implies even vast fortunes require upkeep as a proverb of money management.
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