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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1921
Page
4
A narrator reports showing photographs to a gang of amateur artists and professional critics who discuss the images as friends. Remarks question naturalness and resemblance while the photographer directs attention and holds up an item for viewing.
A Washington analysis notes Fordney aims to cut half a billion dollars from next year’s tax bill, but fellow committee members are less optimistic. The piece discusses transportation taxes, government expenses, and possible savings from budget reforms versus inevitable growth in outlays.
Monroe Michigan and Marion Ohio report Dr. George T. Harding 75 or 76 wed his office nurse Miss Alice Severns 52 at the Monroe Presbyterian Church home of Rev Frank Knowles. The ceremony followed a trip in their car and a license obtained in Monroe.
The Retired Ministers Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church has completed negotiations to buy a hotel in Eustis Florida to serve as a home for retired clergymen.
Leon Trotzky, war minister of the Bolshevik government, told Rosta in Moscow that reports of mobilization near Russia are false and not being pursued by the Bolshevik state.
Washington notes an expected influx of royalty for an upcoming Far East conference in November. The smart set anticipates visits from British and Japanese princes, with past royal arrivals shaping current social lore.
Washington President Harding asked Congress to extend the War Finance Corporation’s authority to buy securities held by the Railway Administration, likely up to 100 million dollars, to finance settlements with railways. He said this would aid early railroad adjustment and relief without new spending. Senate debate included postponing Allied debt refunding until after the disarmament conference.
Berlin reports revised German casualties from 1914 to 1918 show 1,792,868 killed and 4,246,874 wounded. In Santiago, Chile the cabinet resigned after Senate disapproved a decree for rate increases and concessions to a British nitrate railway in Tarapaca province.
The Ways and Means Committee rejects adding a 4 sales tax in revenue law revisions as announced by Chairman Fordney. In London the Allied Supreme Council plans a brief Paris meeting August 4 to address the Silesian question. In Raleigh Dr Rankin of the North Carolina State Board of Health says pellegra is not rising. Annette Abbott Adams resigns as assistant attorney general to return to private practice.
Mrs T F Parks of Jackson County urges neighbors to trust Thedford's Black-Draught as a long tried liver remedy. She cites relief from indigestion constipation sour stomach and headaches and highlights the product as a dependable standard with over seventy years of use. The genuine Black-Draught is sold by all druggists.
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