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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1929
Page
4
The paper details subscription rates and notice policies for cards of thanks resolutions and obituaries, listing R Rivers as publishers and indicating Boone North Carolina postal registration as second class mail matter.
The Methodist Baptist Advent Christian and Lutheran churches provided sandwich es and hot coffee to children at the state tonsil clinic held at Boone High School. Women from the churches cared for patients and offered other comforts, eliciting praise from parents and the community.
Alleghany county shows greater prosperity with one milk cow per 2.3 people versus Watauga’s one cow per four people. In effect Alleghany has nearly twice as many dairy cows as Watauga, reflecting stronger dairy farming.
George Henry Howell once a Jefferson Davis relative and scout returns to Natchez after a life shaped by Civil War service. Born 1839 on Davis Island, he endured loss of family, flood ruin in Eye Bend, and later wandered Texas before seeking his final days in his ancestral home.
Practical maintenance tips for motorists cover oil changes on level ground to avoid false readings, protecting battery terminals with vaseline to prevent corrosion, lubricating leaf springs to prevent breakage, using a stuck wheel by blocking the other to gain traction, and replacing oil filters every 10 000 miles to maintain filtration.
The piece argues advertising cannot end the bare leg craze and mocks reliance on government money. It cites Calvin Coolidge optimism, rising profits from an investing firm, wheat and crop values, and a prison outbreak linked to hopeless prisoners, urging restraint and realism.
Commissioner W A Graham and State Botanist J L Burgess visited, joined by Mr Woodside, assisting botanist, to review and test the potato crop and discuss department affairs. Graham left for Asheville to speak at Buncombe county field day. Burgess planned trips to Avery and Mitchell counties and to return to Raleigh.
The Vatican state, population about 450 and 108 acres, mirrors historic Rome with walls and Papal leadership. It plans a unique sovereignty with pope as ruler and cardinal interim powers, issuing coins, stamps, postal service, a wireless station, Vatican railroad, and papal aviation field.
Announcement for the Three Forks Baptist Association to meet with Shulls Mills Baptist Church on Tuesday and Wednesday August 27 and 28 1929 in Zionville North Carolina. Delegates urged to bring minute money at 20 cents per copy and to have reports ready. R C Eggers.
A young woman weeps as she tells a traffic cop at a busy intersection that she has lost her new flivver. The officer, a family man, scolds gently and says next time buy a bigger car as a lesson.
William M. Stewart, director of the United States census, notes the rapidity of counting 120 million people in one month. He compares ancient and modern methods, describes districting, punched cards, sorting and tabulating machines, and shows population growth projections to 1930 with urbanization trends and city sizes.
A reflective essay argues that progress is real but friendship wanes, and rural extravagance mirrors urban excess. It critiques farmers and workers, notes unequal pay, and warns that prosperity cannot be universal due to heredity and individual choice. The piece ends with a vice tale of a alcoholic relative who can access whiskey anywhere despite lacking funds.
The speaker argues that mothers should inform young daughters about the risks and roles in marriage. They warn that wives may face agony and danger, while husbands may be less thoughtful as spouses.
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