Seven Rules for An American Happy Marriage
Dr C F Reisner of Broadway Temple New York urged Americans to abandon European customs and renew solemn marriage vows at the Methodist Southern Assembly in Lake Junaluska North Carolina He proposed seven rules for a happy marriage focusing on removing discord training for marriage morals partnership with children love culture and religion in the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Junaluska
N. C
C. F. Reisner
Broadway Temple
France
America
Reisner
Boone Before 1919 by J. M. Downum
The piece recalls Boone as a isolated mountain town of 300 people before 1919, lacking rail access, with few stores, a small bank, dusty streets, and modest hotels. It notes the Appalachian Training School founded in 1908, small student body, and a hopeful citizenry eager for state recognition and regional progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Downum
Boone
Appalachian Training School
Alcohol denaturing plan to deter bootleggers
Washington officials decided to add a substance stronger than gasoline to industrial alcohol to ruin its taste and smell while keeping it harmless. The denaturing method aims to out wit bootleggers and was presented as a government solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prohibition
Parachutist Defies Friday the 13th Myth at 8000 Feet
Corporal George W. Wehling of Post Field Oklahoma leaps from an airplane labeled No 13 at 3 13 p m lands 1300 feet from the start and quells superstition about Friday the 13th He was to fly with a black cat aboard but none was found and the lone cat remains unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Okla
George W. Wehling
Post Field
Wehling
Shakespeare on stage cited in a traveling show
A quip contrasts smart talkers and actors with a line about Hamlet from the London Passing Show. The exchange notes a five year gap in New York performances.
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Times
New York
London
Soybean Growing Spreads Across the Nation
Raleigh reports soybeans now grown in more than twenty states marking a rapid nationwide expansion. Prof. C B Williams notes 1924 seed and feed uses, low costs, and the shift toward oil crushing to absorb surplus seed as North Carolina remains the leading seed producer.
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Raleigh
Union
North Carolina
C. B. Williams
State College
Prof
Williams
Mr. Williams
United States
Red Rose Metaphor Sparks Domestic Banter
In a Tit-Bits humorous line, Mr Newlywed returns home elated from a prosperous city day and proclaims love with a garden image. His wife Bertie counters with a playful quip about burning a frying pan, framing a light domestic joke.
Local notices and farm reports from Rominger region
Community updates report Edgar Edmisten keeps school moving amid Mrs Edmisten illness. Crop conditions show good corn and apples with hay shortage and measles affecting attendance. Road improvements praised. multiple local visits noted. Optional land offers include 100 acre timber tract in Watauga and 35 acre Maryland dairy property with transport to view.
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Rominger News
Edgar Edmisten
Edmisten
Sugar Grove Church
Tenn
Sherrff Farthing
Beulah Edmiston
Sugar Grove
Beech Creek
N. C
Pollie Gilliam
Detroit
Mich
Gilliam
George Trivett
Vilas
A. J. Trivett
Bernice and the Troubled Companion Affair
Notice states that Fred W. Hodges has bought the goods of Greene & Bingham on August 4 1926 and will pay all debts owed by the firm with Hodges not responsible for further obligations. The item cites a Toronto Globe quote about a bad egg companion and fear of dropping him.
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Bernice
Mildred
Toronto Globe
Greene & Bingham
Fred W. Hodges
Notice of Partnership Interest Transfer in Watauga Transfer Co
T H Shull announces purchase of Herman Wilcox's interest in the Watauga Transfer Co and assumes half the debts due for five weeks before July 8 during the partnership. Dated July 27, 1926.
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Herman Wilcox
Watauga Transfer Co
T. H. Shull
Notice to creditors of W D Clarke estate
Having qualified as administrator of the estate of W D Clarke deceased I notify all indebted to the estate to come forward for settlement and all claims to be presented for payment on or before July 22 1927 or this notice will be pled in their recovery This July 22 1926 Mrs W D Clarke Administratrix 7 22 61
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W. D. Clarke
Thomas M. Cannon
B. C. Cannon
Adm
Executor notices settlement for estate of Eliza Shull
Having qualified as executor of the estate of Mrs Eliza Shull deceased I notify all indebted to her estate to settle at once and all claims to be presented on or before July 3 1927 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery This July 3 1926 Mrs A H Riley Executor
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Eliza Shull
A. H. Riley
Executor notices claimants in Stanbery estate in Watauga NC
North Carolina Watauga County announces W A Cowles as executor of John Stanbery deceased. Claimants must present by August 7, 1927 or be barred. Debtors urged to settle now. August 7, 1926.
Notice of Summons in Watauga County NC Superior Court
In Watauga County North Carolina Superior Court before Clerk C C Greene and wife Mary Greene and others plaintiffs versus defendants Hart B Greene and Clar Greene and others summons issued July 3 1926 for sale of 15 acre tract to partition returnable September 10 1926 at Boone NC defendants to appear and answer this 31st day of July 1926 A W Smith C S C 5 12 19 26
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North Carolina
Watauga County
C. C. Greene
Mary Greene
Richard Green
Belle Greene
Johnson Greene
Ada Greene
B. B. Greene
Bessie Greene
Nelia Poe
Wesley Greene
Epsie Greene
Wilby Greene
Dora Greene
Hart B. Greene
Clar Greene
A. W. Smith
Superior Court
N. C
Boone
Notice of Execution Sale in Watauga County 1926
The sheriff of Watauga County will sell at the courthouse door on Monday September 7 1926 between 11 a m and 2 p m the real estate of W L Broyhill and W B Rogers in the case against W C Robbins. Tract One 25 acres bounded by Elk Creek Lumber Company and Jasper Watson. Tract Two 15 acres bounded by Elk Creek Lumber Company. Tract Three two sevenths interest by W C Robbins bounded by Elk Creek Lumber Company and Jasper Watson. Sale for cash to satisfy the execution. L M Farthing Sheriff A A Perry D S dated August 7 1926.
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Watauga County
W. L. Broyhill
W. B. Rogers
W. C. Robbins
Elk Creek Lumber Company
Jasper Watson
W. S. Robbins
W. C. Robbing
Robbins
Elk and
Blue Ridge Townships
L. M. Farthing
A. A. Perry
D. S
Notice of Summons and Attachment in Williams Case
Clarence Greer sues T. H. Williams and Eliza Williams for 220 dollars. A warrant of attachment was issued July 14, 1926, returnable August 6, 1926, in Watagua County North Carolina, requiring defendants to appear and answer to the complaint. This notice is dated August 5, 1926.
Notice to creditors on estate of Thomas M Cannon
In the estate of Thomas M Cannon deceased I notify all persons to settle promptly on or before July 1 1927 or this notice will be published. This July 1 1926. B C Cannon Adm r.
Transfer sale ends Wilcox interest in Watauga Co
Herman Wilcox transfers his entire interest in the Watauga Transfer Company to T H Shull. Shull will assume all debts and collect all accounts. Wilcox states no obligation for the firm’s business after July 8, 1926.
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Watauga Transfer Company
T. H. Shull
Herman Wilcox
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Jonah
Marshall Ward
Watauga
Maryland
Judson E. Wagner
Deep Gap
Fairy View Heights
Court House
Howard's Knob
S. C. Eggers
Western North Carolina Development Company
Johnson J. Hayes
U. S. Senate
J. C. Ray
W. H. Gragg
Chief Sterling Walker
Kentucky Saddle Horse
Blowing ‘Rock, N. C
L. M. Tate
John Stanbery
W. A. Cowles
John Stanberry
Clarence Greer
T. H. Williams
Eliza Williams
Mote
Bristol, Tenn
Watauga Hospital
Bank of
Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock, N. C
BOR
Alfred W. Dla
Dula
Foley & Evans Undertakers Ambulance Service
N. Carolina
J. M. Gaither
Critcker
Boone Drug Co
J. C. Farthing
Moretz
Todd & Winkler
Ears . Sas
Bayer
Gaviria
Bayer Mamefacture
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