Man Defeats Nature and Markets in a Prolific Week
A fragmenting essay blends progress and paradox from wartime to commerce. It notes artificial ears surpassing human capability, rapid growth of 45 chain store firms led by Sears Roebuck, and persistent wheat price spikes under harvest pressures in Chicago, Winnipeg, London, and Buenos Aires. It also recounts a mission trip anecdote and a county agent stocking purebred dairy heifers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian
Chicago
Winnipeg
London
Buenos Aires
Notice of Sale in DeLaney vs Mayview Manor case in Blowing Rock NC
Public auction set for September 7 1929 at 11 a m on Blowing Rock premises. Terms require 50 percent deposit with balance due after court confirmation, covering Lots 60 93 B 181 104 105 1702 72 19 20 14 per the Marvin Park plat. Commissioners Thad A Adams Frank H Kennedy Mark Squires announce sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the United States
Western District of North Carolina
Charlotte
N. C
DeLaney Vs. Mayview Manor Company
Blowing Rock
Marvin Park
Office of the Register of Deed
Watauga County
Thad. A. Adams
Frank H. Kennedy
Mark Squires
Ade
Dr. A G Jones to See Patients in Boone Monthly
Dr. A G Jones, eye ear nose and throat specialist from Johnson City Tennessee, will practice in Dr. Hagaman’s Boone office on the first Monday of each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Jones
Johnson City
Tenn
Notice of Trustee Sale on Watauga County Land
Trustee will sell at the courthouse door in Watauga County on September 2, 1929 at 1 pm a tract described as Lots 6 7 and 8 in N. L. Mast development along Boone Trail Highway No 60 near Cove Creek high school. Property secured by deeds of trust recorded in Book 5 pages 348 and 362 with Watauga Building and Loan Association and Grover and Maude Atkins. Brown and Bingham, attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga Building and Loan Association
Grover Atkins
Maude Atkins
Office of the Register of Deeds
Watauga County
Moe
Watauga Building & Loan Association
Register of Deeds
N. L. Mast
Cove Creek High School
W. H. Gragg
Brown & Bingham
Land Sale Notice for Blowing Rock Taxes 1929
The Town of Blowing Rock announces an auction on September 2, 1929 to sell listed real estate for unpaid 1928 taxes. Numerous individual lots and estates are named with their tax amounts, including Abernathy estate, Dr. Abernathy, Buchanan, Lee, Burnett, Clark, Coffey, Deaton, Eskridge, Fishman, Foster, Gladstein, Gorman, Hartley, Lutz, Mangrum, Matthews, Parsons, Panella, Pitts, Reid, Salyer, Simmons, Springs, Smith, Wolfe, Wooten, and others, with totals and the official tax collector H. P. Holshouser signing August 7, 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blowing Rock
A. S. Abernathy
Dr. Abernathy
Zeb. B. Buchanan
J. Rush Lee
Geo. Burnett
Ace
Perry Eels
Rew
Glayyes
Fedona Clark
Alexander Clark
T. H. Coffey
C. . S. Prevette
Geo
E. Coffey
J. M
J. A. Deaton
M.W
Dixon
Hteters
Forest Eskridge
Pattie Fishman
J. Marshall Foster
Sam Gladstein
J. A. Gorman
Henry E. Hartley
Rose K. Horne
A. G. Jonas
Bun Knight
W. A. Lutz
Damton
Grelbandis
Pocesia
Ella W. Lee
Eibineberger
Byeong
A. G. Mangrum
D. Hy Matthews
de GoMeburds
W. L. Parsons
Thomas Parsons
Josepha A. Panella
Everett G. Pitts
Police
F. G.simmons
Meeks Smith
Smith & Kirby
Miss Lulu Springs
Edd Stagg
Alex. H. Stephens
Connard M. Story
J. D. Teague Heirs
Lis de Pesten Els Ob
Se Stir
G. S. Watts
Wiley Williams
Carl Wolfe
David W. Wooten
Henry C. Wall
H. P. Holshouser
Notice of Service by Publication in Watauga County
North Carolina Watauga County Superior Court before Clerk M J Williams suit by A E South against A C Williams and Dessie Williams and E S Williams. A C Williams must answer by August 30 1929 or relief requested will be granted. Attachment warrant issued July 29 1929 against defendant property. The notice dated July 30 1929. A E South Clerk Superior Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Watauga County
M. J. Williams
A. C. Williams
Dessie Williams
E. S. Williams
A. E. South
Superior Court
N. C
Clerk Superior Court
Execution Sale in Watauga County Court House Door
A sheriff will sell, at the Watauga county courthouse between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the real estate of A C Reese and co defendants from a July 12 1929 superior court judgment in Merchants and Traders Bank vs Reese group. The tract list spans Cove Creek Zionville Meats Camp township and Meat Camp Creek headwaters, totaling eleven named parcels from 2 to 713 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga County
Superior Court
Said County
Merchants and Traders Bank
A. C. Reese
W. B. Reese
J. C. Reese
W. H. Reese
Watauga
Cove Creek
Cove Creek Township
Enoch South
J. H. Harbin
Phillin Greer
Alfred Miller
Mary Miller
Levi Miller
Martin Davis
Sandrine Eggers
John Eggers
James Reese
J. R. Reese
Geo. Roten
Zionville
N. C
John A. Stone
Rachel Lewis
L. M. Myers
Hiram Eggers
D. W. Winebarger
R. S. Roten
J. R. Eggers
Luther Miller
J. A. Linney
J. R. Moretz
Meat Camp Creek
W. J. Coffey
Meat Camp Township
Howard’s Creek
Land Sale Details for Reese Tracts in Indiana County
The legal description covers two tracts, totaling 315 acres more or less, once owned by L. D. Miller and others and conveyed by H. H. Grubb to J. R. Reese. Second tract spans 60 acres with a complex boundary description ending at the ridge line near the J. C. Eggers and J. R. Reese line. An exception notes the homestead of W. B. Reese with 10 acres.
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L. D. Miller
W. F. Lockabill
Sparry Manufacturing Co
C. C. Adams
Manley Greene
L. A. Greene
Ephnas, Miller, Jr
H. H. Grubb
Fort Wayne
Ind
J. R. Reese
Reese land tracts listed in Watauga Deeds record
The document details four tracts associated with J. R. Reese in Watauga County North Carolina. It cites the Myers tract deed dated November 11 1918 recorded on page 564, the Shu ford Miller two acre tract bounded by Luther Miller and Mastin Davis heirs, the J R Reese home place bought September 9 1884 described on page 321, and the A Roten road lot purchased October 27 1894 described on page 257, including the Reese homestead two acres.
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Myers
Susana Myers
L. M. Myers
J. R. Reese
Office of the Register of Deeds
Watauga County
N. C
Shuford Miller
Luther Miller
A. Roten
W. H. Reese
Reese
Land deed description for 63 acres in Watauga County
The document details a 63 acre tract beginning on a sugar tree and running along ridge lines and various corner references to Reese, Miller, Eggers, Stanbury, and others. It includes directions to stake locations, birch pointers, and specific compass bearings concluding at the beginning. The August 4 1929 sheriff's deed is executed by L. M. Farthing with H. A. Hagaman as deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Reese
Harbin
Phillip Greer
H. C. Reese
Public Road
Ridge
J. C. Eggers
J. R. Reese
Jas. Reese
W. B. Reese
Greer and
Reese
Martin Davis Heirs
Luther Miller
D. I. Stanburyv
Bar
Miller and Reese
Miller
J. C. Reese
L. M. Farthing
Watauga County
H. A. Hagaman
D. S
Notice of Summons and Warrant of Attachment
Superior Court issues summons against Pres Dishman in Watauga County North Carolina. Plaintiff as administrator of R W Guy estate claims $1000 for personal property taken and converted by Dishman. Summons returnable July 20, 1929 before the clerk. defendant must appear or demur or relief will be granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Watauga County
Conley A. Greene
K. W. Guy
Pres Dishman
A. E. South
N. C
R. W. Guy
Dishman
Superior Court
Notice of Administrator for A H Johnson Estate
E B Hardin administrator announces for all indebtedness to the estate of A H Johnson to come forward for payment and all claims to be presented within 12 months from July 31 1929 or be barred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Johnson
Foreclosure suit in Watauga County NC
The Federal Land Bank of Columbia sues James R. Phillips and Amelia V. Phillips with Bower Phillips and Sugar Grove National Farm Loan Association. Bower Phillips must appear August 17, 1929 in Boone NC to answer or demur to the complaint as mortgage foreclosure proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Watauga County
Federal Land Bank of Columbia
James R. Phillips
Amelia V. Phillips
Bower Phillips
Sugar Grove National Farm Loan Association
Superior Court
N. C
Foreclosure Notice In Watauga County Lands Delinquent Taxes 1927
J R Penley and heirs face foreclosure action listed against numerous Story and Penley heirs in Watauga County North Carolina. Defendants Carson Story and Doris Story must answer or demur by August 28 1929 or relief requested in the complaint will be granted. Clerk of Superior Court A E South issued summons June 28 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Watauga County
J. R. Penley
Mary Ann Robbins
W. A. Story
E. H. Story
Lawrence Story
R. L. Story
Blanche Story
A. C. Story
Alice Penley
Bert Story
Joe Penley
Ed Penley
Wade Penley
Luther Penley
Hattie Oxentine
Carson Story
Doris Story
J. L. Penley
A. E. South
Superior Court
N. C
J. R
A. Penley
Caldwell Three Rules for Constipation Relief
Dr Caldwell promotes a natural mild vegetable compound Syrup Pepsin for constipation and related stomach issues. He warns against drastic purges and urges three health rules Keep the head cool the feet warm the bowels in and offers a free trial by writing to Dept BB Monticello Illinois.
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Caldwell
Dept. BB
Monticello Illinois
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