Sailor Pidgeon Near End of World Tour
Los Angeles sailor Harry Pidgeon reports nearing home on the Islander after circumnavigating the globe. He recounts three chance meetings with A J Easter during stops in Tahiti Suva and Port of Spain as he heads toward Balboa and Los Angeles this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Seven Seas
Harry Pidgeon
Pidgeon
Los Angeles Harbor
Walter Pidgeon
Colon
Panama Canal Zone
Tahiti
South Sea Islands
A. J. Easter
Suva
Fiji Islands
Easter
Australia
South Africa
Atlantic
British West Indies
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Panama Canal
Balboa
Pacific
California High School Girl Wins Meat Contest
Frances Erdman of Turlock California has been named national champion in the second national meat story contest run by the National Live Stock and Meat board with high school home economics instructors. The winner receives a $300 car award. Approximately 18 500 contestants from U S high schools entered with meat related stories and three original recipes.
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Chicago
United States
Frances Erdman
Turlock
Cal
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Erdman
100 Lightning Flashes for Each Second of Time
London report from the meteorological office states that about 100 lightning flashes occur each second worldwide. It notes 16,000,000 thunderstorms per year and an average of 44,000 per day, with energy from flashes vastly exceeding half-year world water power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Meteorological Office
Smallest Wire Delights in Microscopic Manufacture
The Department of Agriculture reports a physicist has produced the finest wire yet, so slim it is invisible to the naked eye and requires a microscope to view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Floods Leave Thousands Homeless in Galicia Poland
Heavy floods in central and western Galicia force thousands from their homes. Dispatches from Cracow report widespread damage and displacement across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Galicia
Cracow
Malaria Treatment Helps 30 Paresis Patients Return to Work
New York reports 30 patients once deemed hopelessly insane have returned to work after artificial malaria inoculation followed by drug therapy. The program, led by Long Island College Hospital, showed notable improvement in many, with some still benefiting without full recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Long Island College Hospital
Austria
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Washington, D. C
State Hospital For
Ward's Island
Brooklyn State Hospital For
Wagner von Jauregg
Psychiatric Institute of Vienna
J. Kyle
University of Vienna
Ward’s Island
George H. Kirby
Rockefeller Institute
Rockefeller
Notice of Sale Under Execution in Watauga County
Sheriff L M Farthing will auction 60 acres more or less in Watauga County at the courthouse door on September 7, 1925 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to satisfy an execution against A C Brinkley and others, described land tied to Ellis Moody and J M Matheson lines, deed Book 32 page 66.
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Old Road
W. R. Johnson
Johnson
Ellis Moody
J. M. Campbell
Campbell
Moody
H. P. Dougherty
Orner
Dougherty
A. C. Brinkley
Mary Brinkley
E. N. Norris
W. H. Shuil
Office of the Register of Deeds
Watauga County
L. M. Farthing
Watauga Co
F. A. Linney
Clyde Reese
Brown's Corner
Little’s Corner
Little
Brown
J. C. Hodges
O. G. Mitchell
Laura Mitchell
Mortgage Re-Sale Notice and Execution Sale Listed
Notice outlines two separate real estate actions in Watauga County North Carolina. A mortgage re sale by trustee F C Ward seeks sale August 22 1925 of 21 acres and 70 rods described land in Boone township with starting bid 32 00. A separate execution sale by Sheriff L M Farthing on September 7 1925 aims to satisfy a court judgment against Boone Fork Institute on an 87 acre parcel described along Boone Fork Creek.
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Boone Fork Institute
Superior Court
Watauga County
Thebove
Court House
Boone Fork Creek
Mile Post
Stephen Coffey
Sourwood
Coffey
L. M. Farthing
Notice to stockholders meeting on August eight at court house
Notice to stockholders of the Three Forks Co operative Cheese Co states a meeting at 2 p m on Saturday August 8 at Boone courthouse to decide on putting the factory in operation or disposing of it. H J Hardin manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Forks Cooperative Cheese Co
Three Forks Co-Operative Cheese Company
Court House
Boone
H. J. Hardin
Public sale of real estate in Watauga County 1925
By virtue of executions from the Superior Court of Watauga County assets of N G Wheeler and John C Hodges will be sold at the courthouse door in Boone for cash. Tract details cover 55 acres near Elk Road and adjacent parcels in Cove Creek and Meat Camp townships with multiple boundary descriptions and recorded deeds. Also includes homestead exception areas and referenced deeds dated 1919 to 1922.
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N. G. Wheeler
Superior Court
Watauga County
Court House
Towit
Elk Road
Boone
Elk Town
Ship
County of Watauga
State of North Carolina
John Johnson
H. C. Hodges
Millard Watson
W. A. Triplett
Tom Wheeler
D. M. Wheeler
McKinley Wheeler
L. M. Farthing
Notice of Mortgage Sale on 52 Acre Boone Trail Property
The Peoples Bank and Trust Company will sell on August 31 1925 between 11 am and 2 pm the 52 acre parcel on Boone Trail near Boone to satisfy a 2800 debt secured by a mortgage. The sale excludes a prior Federal Land Bank trust and is conducted by Avery Y. Howell cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Bank and Trust Company
Boone Trail
Town of
Boone
L. M. Trivett
Linney Barnes
Mattie J. Greene
M. B. Blackburn
Wade McGhee
Old Road
Bryan
W. R. Lovill Jr
John E. Brown
T. F. Lovill
Federal Land Bank of Columbia
Peoples Bank & Trust
Avery Y. Howell
Notice of Sale in Watauga County North Carolina
T C Bowie as trustee will sell at Boone court house on August 18 1925 at 1 pm to the highest cash bidder a lot described as lot 3 in Jennie D Lovill estate partition proceedings containing about 33 3 4 acres. The sale is to satisfy bonds totaling 2700 with interest and costs. deed reference for full description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine A. Jenkins
John A. Jenkins
E. F. Lovill
John Graybeal
I. T. C. Bowie
Court House
Boone
Watauga County
North Carolina
T. F. Lovill
Jennie D. Lovill
Superior Court
T. C. Bowie
Boone county house and six lots for sale
A complete six room house with bath water and lights plus six adjacent lots above the courthouse in Boone offered for sale. The package includes the entire house and lot at 100 by 100 feet with easy terms offered by F A Linney Or 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Boone
F. A. Linney
Sale of Boone Trail Café Interests Authorized to Clint Thomas
The author transfers all interests in Boone Trail Cafe to Clint Thomas and directs all accounts payable and due accounts to be paid by him. Date noted August 6, 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone Trail
Clint Thomas
Said Thomas
Boone North Carolina to Sell One Hundred Thousand Dollar Water Bonds
The town of Boone North Carolina invites sealed bids for 100000 in water supply system bonds to be dated July 1 1925. Bonds pay 6 percent interest semi annually and mature 1928 1957 and 1958 1965. Bids due August 11 1925 at 9 00 am. Hanover National Bank New York acts as payoff. A certified check or equivalent security equal to 2 percent of bid price required. Right to reject any bid reserved.
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Boon
Boone
N.C
North Carolina
Hanover National Bank
New York
A. Y. Howell
N. C
Boone Trail Cafe to A F Arnold Auction Notice
All accounts payable to buyers and all accounts due by said case to be paid by them. Thhs July 30, 1925. AUSTIN E. SOUTH. 77-30-4.
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A. F. Arnold
Austin E. South
Notice of Administration in Watauga County North Carolina
Having qualified as administrator of Frank South, deceased, this notice informs all claimants to present demands to Tamarack, N. C. by July 2, 1926, or be barred from recovery. Debts to the estate should be paid promptly. Nannie South, Administrator, 2 July 1925. Brown & Bingham, Attys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Watauga County
Frank South
Tamarack
N. C
Nannie South
Admr
D. Brown & Bingham
Attys
Auction Notice on 1920 Mortgage Foreclosure in Watauga County
On August 17 1925 at 1 pm at the Watauga county courthouse the mortgagee T E Bingham will sell to the highest cash bidder the 17 acre 131 rod tract tied to a 1920 deed from Wm Hix and Elizabeth Hix to E W Cannon via deeds dated March 15 and 16 1920 to satisfy a default of 445.06 on a 580 loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Hix
Elizabeth Hix
Watauga County
EW. Cannon
E. W. Cannon
T. E. Bingham
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Trip
California
North Carolina Watauga Co
R. F. Billings
W. P. Moody
E. M. Cornett
Boone Township
M. E. Moody
A. P. Moody
Meda Moody
F. C. Ward
Preas Company
Alfred W. Dula
Bula
Lenoi
Dula
Rivers Printing CO
Henry Miller Shoe Company
Peoples Bank & Trust Company
John C. Hodges
Cove Creek Township
State of
Rufus Brown
Little Heirs
Roe Miller
Charles Lewis
Silverstone Road
Vertie Ward
Office of Register of Deeds
Meat Camp Lands
Meat Camp Road
Meat Camp Township
County of
Waterac
Will Moretz
Frank Proffit
Joe Miller
Jake Winebarger
Henry Proffit
Wright
D. Appleton & Company, Publishers
West 52Nd Street
J. R. Gragg
Boone, N. C
Presbyterian Hospital
Grace Hospital
Banner Elk N. C
North Carolina Water Supply System
Bank of
Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock, N. C
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