Bigger and Better State Fair Racing Program Announced
North Carolina State Fair unveils a dual circuit racing plan under General Manager E V Walborn and Mrs Edith Vanderbilt with purses exceeding 87 290. The grand circuit offers eight members and 51 200 total across four 1 000 events and six 400 classes attracting entries from 22 states and Canada. The fair joins the short ship circuit with eight 400 purses per member except the State Fair, ensuring horses from numerous stables and cities converge in Raleigh during fair week.
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North Carolina
E. V. Walborn
Edith Vanderbilt
Mount Airy
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Wilson
Tarboro
Greenville
Williamston
Rocky Mount
Kinston
Fayetteville
Goldsboro
Clinton
Raleigh
United States
Canada
Directory Watauga Pasto Rate Mt Pleasant Services
Mt Pleasant services listed with Sunday School at 9:30 a m P P Moretz superintendent Luther League at 2 p m H C Moretz president Women Missionary Society meets Wednesday Sept 5 at J F Moretz home Mt Zion services at 11 a m Sunday School 920 a m Wm Winebarger superintendent Holy Communion Sunday School 10 a m Bert Townsend superintendent
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Mt. Pleasant
P. Moretz
Luther League
H. C. Moretz
Womans’ Missionary Society
J. F. Moretz
Mt. Zion
Local Progress Report and Social Notes From Sands
Community updates feature school leadership under Mr Wade Byers and recovery notes for Mrs D W Cook. Social items include a wedding at the bride’s parents home Ola wed Simon Wheeler, road work from Highway to Harrison Baker farm overseen by Mr George Green, and family visits to Hickory and Boone with Hodges and related households.
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Wade Byers
D. W. Cook
G. E. Haye
Ola
Simon Wheeler
Harrison Baker Farm
George Green
GC. G. Hodes
Edward
Finley
Maude Coffey
Edward Hodges
Hickory
Martha Hodges
Ister
Naomi Tugmans
Carrie Waters
Annie Sedenburg
C. G. Hodges
Entre
Auspicious Cove Creek High School Opens Week
Cove Creek High School opened Monday August 27 with 232 present 88 in the High School Department and more expected. It has met state requirements to be an accredited high school and sits in a premier Watauga County area backed by loyal citizens. A strong faculty aims to match the strong patronage already received.
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Cove Creek High School
Watauga County
North Carolina
The Cash Account and Your Wealth
The article extols a well kept cash account as insurance against a misspent life. It urges tracking every penny to prevent waste and build wealth, arguing thrift leads to financial security and a large bank balance.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Something to Think About by F. F. Walker
A reflective meditation on wealth and values. The author argues true riches lie in character and deeds, not money or possessions. Humankind benefits from kindness, joy, and helping the needy, enduring beyond material wealth.
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F. 4
Walker
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
You Cannot Bring It Back Poem By Grace E Hall
A lament poem condemns a lover for destroying a cherished inner spirit once nourished with care and devotion. The speaker contrasts imagined nurture with the lover’s ruthless actions, ending with memory keeping vigil over a vanished beauty.
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Dodd, Mead & Company
The China Lady in the Toy Shop
A china lady on a toy shop shelf held flowers and curtsied as others teased her pride. A French Doll argues she was made in France, Teddy Bear and Rocking Horse dispute origins, a mishap toppled the china lady, but she forgives and befriends the floor toys.
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France
Teddy Bear
Rocking Horse
China Lady
McClure
Love and Longing Across a Cold World
A nostalgic poem laments separation and deep longing for a loved one, with a romantic refrain about breaking through a distant world to reunite in warm arms. A second excerpt describes traditional food preparations blending cheese, olives, and herbs into a mold and a yeast-based bread recipe, noting Zweiback as a cherished but often unavailable item.
Olive Garnish and Shrimp Canape Recipe Tips
A period piece describes using olives as appetizers with a queen olive carved from the stone and spiral trimming. It gives steps to prepare eight red olive rounds spread with butter, and a paste of six chopped shrimp with mayonnaise, plus a chopped stuffed olive and capers garnish for canapes.
Ver te Way wetl 1923 note from Western Newspaper Union
A clipped item from 1923 mentions Verte Way wetl with attribution to Western Newspaper Union and includes a playful exchange from Der Brummer in Berlin. The fragmentary text hints at a humorous or light note without a clear event or outcome.
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Verte Way Wetl
Western Newspaper Union
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Berlin
Mountain City
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