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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1926
Page
6
This Week Paris notes waistlines start above the hip bone with backs bare at night, bold colors and clever dress. The column covers wages, living costs, public spending lore, grafting quirks, Roosevelt’s last words, Goethe’s last, French births, prosperity under Coolidge, and political musings.
A foreman scolds a worker for hammering a screw into wood. The man replies that a screwdriver is for taking screws out, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding about proper tools in hardware lore.
A garbled passage presents a rural exchange about oats and a debt, with exchange between Mose and a dealer. The wording hints at a broader scene about fairness and conversation etiquette. No clear event or outcome is shown.
Chevrolet announces updates including a reinforced cross member and redesigned cam shaft to cut vibration and noise. New Duco colors appear across models with Algerian blue Thebes gray Alpine green Dundee gray and Biscay green. All models gain rear view mirror pocket door storage and balloon tires on closed models. wood wheels get Duco finish.
Boone August 20 The Appalachian State Normal closed its summer term with a record enrollment of 1, and a cooperative student body. The Fall Term opens August 24. Graduation exercises for 26 two year college graduates featured Duke University Dean Wannamaker as commencement speaker on the theme Spiritual in Education. County Superintendent Greer of Gaston County attended on August 18.
President Coolidge, in a speech earlier this month, boasted about Colorado's climate. Florida and California papers are requested to copy the remarks.
A 1926 perspective on Boone Tennessee highlights rapid growth after the 1919 start of regular passenger service from Johnson City. The town expanded from 300 to about 2000, boosted by rail access, banking, shops, hotels, and a thriving normal college. The State Normal School expanded its summer term and regular enrollment, joined the American Association of Teachers Colleges, and locals note strong churches and a rising post office.
Fred W. Hodges announces purchase of Greene & Bingham goods on August 4 1926 and states all debts owed by the firm will be paid by Greene & Bingham and Hodges will not be responsible for further obligations.
The text opens with a devotional meditation on following ancient wisdom, praising a prime source and Holy God. It shifts to a humorous adage urging early winter fur purchases and ends with a bizarre line about choosing a tiger as a wife and needing courage like a lion.
Spencer Miller declares his candidacy for the office of County Treasurer of Watauga County subject to Republican convention. He pledges to run an active campaign and support the Republican ticket.
Opportunity to buy 100 acres timbered land in Watauga and 35 acres near Boone. Also dairy farm in Maryland on easy terms. Judson E. Wagner invites inquiries by mail or in person from Deep Gap, North Carolina, and can arrange to take a party of four to Maryland to view the property.
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