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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1924
Page
4
The Statesville Landmark endorses a special legislative session act to protect highway property from trespassers. It condemns souvenir taking, illegal signs, and damaging natural resources, stressing that forests and fields are private property and not open for casual use or extraction.
A Statesville Landmark critique urges penalties for drivers who linger in the center of the road and refuse to yield. The writer laments head-on maneuvers at high speed and jokes about drastic measures to curb such conduct, seeking safer, more moderate driving.
Mrs Ferguson, wife of Jim Ferguson, defies the Ku Klux Klan to win a Texas primary with a large majority. The Texan vote marks a major anti Klan sentiment and features historically large turnout amid a pivotal election.
The campaign centered on vindicating the Ferguson name with strong support from Mrs Ferguson and the slogan Me for Ma. Miriam A Ferguson becomes the first woman to assume a state chief executive role in American history.
Report notes large weight gains by patients at the State Sanatorium as visitors remark on flesh. A woman recently gained 9.5 pounds in two weeks, with weekly gains of 4 to 6 pounds common. After six to eight months of treatment patients often leave the sanatorium lighter or heavier than when admitted.
An editorial note explains weight gain during the rest cure for tuberculosis, citing figures of 20, 30 or 40 pounds and a case of one woman who gained 79 pounds while under treatment. It states that while weight gain is a good recovery sign, it is not essential to recover, and warns against overfeeding or raw eggs as past practices.
Sunday School at 10 a m on religion and efficiency. Communion in the morning. Preaching at 8 p m. Epworth League 7 15. Wednesday prayer 8 p m. Choir practice after. A welcome to all. Subscribe for County Paper.
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