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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1923
Page
2
A historic argument urges building permanent hard surface roads suited to motor vehicles and condemns roads planned for horse drawn travel. It stresses the unity of roads and vehicles and the need to adapt infrastructure to swift and powerful motor transportation. ROSS BYNUM WILSON.
The piece argues that hard roads support underground rural power lines and highway lighting. It cites Governor Pinchot on Niagara power being extended to farms in Ontario and notes farmers seek affordable electricity for domestic and farm uses. It portrays electrified farms as essential to rural progress and family prosperity.
A fragment notes Mrs A D Wilson referencing Mark Antony's funeral speech from Julius Caesar. The quote about evil benefiting after death and the good often interred with bones is linked to lingering sympathy for those involved. The text hints at early sympathies continuing today.
A death notice honors Mr. Lowe with a mantle vase request and laments the passing, noting he studied law under the late Harvey Bingham. The tribute recalls Bingham’s lingering spirit in Watauga hills and invites him to join in the land of echoes. Mrs. H is named as Lowe’s spouse in the notice.
A tribute recalling H Stinson of Wilkesboro who mentored three stepsons and managed family affairs after his first wife’s passing. The piece notes his second marriage to Maggie Patrick of Skulls Mills, his hospitable home, wit, and love of gardening and fruit trees. It ends with a condolence from Shepherd M. Dugger.
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