Local Happenings In Boone And Surrounding Areas
Local news highlights visits by Miss Winnie Moretz and others, school activity with Miss Mary Smith, drought impact, various trips and gatherings, and community notices. The Hardin lot sale nets high bids. deaths include Mrs. Stephen Brown and Rev. J. F. Davis. Community figures, camp reports, and upcoming Lutheran events are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Morgan
Salisbury
Clark’s Creek Mountain
Woosley
Rev
Browning
Miss Jeffcoat
Jeffcoat
Lawyer Brown
Don’t Mean Anything Phrase From a Quiet Exchange
A fragment shows a brief exchange where an older man urges calm and offers help with an object described as original label stuff. The other man resists drinking from labeled containers, insisting he never drinks labels.
Charge It Washed in Laughter Neighborhood Exchange
A brisk street vignette shows a grocer offering a small bag of candy to a boy. The boy’s mother prompts etiquette, and the child responds with a simple “Charge it,” capturing a playful family moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Jimmy
Comic Exchange Highlights Triplet Arm Humor
A light dialogue captures a punchline as one character jokes about having only two working arms after triplets, sparking a wry request for gratitude with a playful twist. The exchange showcases humor from a domestic scene with two speakers.
Aspironal Promises Quick Cold Relief and Croup Aid
The ad touts Aspironal as a guaranteed two minute relief for colds and coughs. It claims safety for catarrhal croup and nighttime choking in children and offers a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
Draft fragment hints at water flow system in business district
A partial OCR item mentions running spring water available by gravity in the business district and a pick. The scant text implies a municipal or public works note about water access and a near term selection or action referenced by the fragment.
Insomnia Cure Joke Spares Sheep in Market Banter
In a humorous kitchen exchange a bride asks the butcher the price of mutton. He quotes 35 cents a pound. She quips that a scientist’s insomnia cure means many sheep are out of work.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winnie Moretz
L. W. Green
Mt. Pleasant Settlement
Vilas Moretz
Burlington
Mary Smith
Konnarock School
County
Marvin Blackburn
Abingdon, Va
Nannie Rivers
Sampson
Johnson City
R. Z. Linney
F. A. Linney
Boone
P. C. Jurney
Turnersburg
Norris Steele
Stony Point
L. E. Farthing
John Watts
Wilmington
J. W. Farthing
Margaret Hahn
Lenoir
Una Corpening
L. A. Thomas
St. James Lutheran Church
Concord
N. C
Reba Jeffcoat
Cora Elizabeth
Trundie
Rev. Jeffcoat
Cora Jeffcoat
Hickory
Margie Penny
Lee Gross
Watauga Hospital
R. T. Troutman
Charlotte
Episcopal Chapel
Alice Watkins
Lockport
N Y
Watkins
Hardin
Albert Hodges
George Sheok
M. L. Hoyle
Virginia
Lincolnton
W. M. Yoder
Robert Ross
Rutherford College
J. L. Goodnight
Finley Coffey
John MecNeeley
Mooresville
Dabney
Byron
Cary
L. N. Perkins
Lula Frieze
Winston-Salem
Stephen Brown
Adams
Brown
Miss Moody
George Moody
Eunice
Essie Goodnight
Walter Wilson
Darrell Lewis
Ben Shidal
Lincoln County
Mary Joy
Louise Coon
Beautrice DePriest
State Normal School
M. B. Woosley
J. E. Woosley
Olive Woosley
Greensboro
John B. Woosley
Chapel Hill
O. V. Wosley
Lexington
Kelsey Atkins
Campbell County
Tenn
Atkins
Tenn. Stave and Lumber Co
George C. Abraham
Lena Rivers Swigg
Southern Pines
B. J
Abrahams
Mary
Norris Hodgins
Ruth Haire
Cleveland, N.C
Rivers
Board of Education
Depot Street
W. . Moody
T. J. Coffey
Blowing Rock
The
Peoples Bank & Trust Co
R. L. Gwaltney
West
Texas Plains
L. V. Gwaltney
Banner Elk
Wilkes
J. F. Davis
Ocn
Hilda
S. C
Davis
Grace
Ethel
H. W. Horton
J. N. Davidson
WM. Farnum
the Conqueror
AL Wilson
AIR Hawk
Jack Hoxie
Watauga County Bank
Boone Drug CO
Wae
Renal Save
S. C. Eggers & Company
Boone Hardware CO
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