Retail Trade Gains as Christmas Nears in 1925
New York reports show mixed retail signals with December prospects touted by F W Woolworth’s H T Parsons as favorable if weather stays normal. Wholesale toys reorders and colder weather boost heavy wear while jewelry shows pickup. November sales lag but dollar volume reflects price declines. Industry notes include steel price moves, copper upswings, oil pressures, and GM output stabilizing with elevated December plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H. T. Parson
F. W. Woolworth Company
Stonton
Royal Dutch
Chevrolet Motor Division
Genal Motors
Ford Motor Company
New North Carolina License Plates To Be Yellow On Black
North Carolina will issue new yellow on black license plates with large raised figures starting December 15. 1930 plates expire December 31. The design shifts from letter horsepower to numeric 1 2 3 4 with a small center square. "North Carolina-31" moves to the bottom. Plates are manufactured by Raleigh state inmates for prison savings. sale prices remain similar across categories with a graduated truck scale.
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North Carolina
Carolina Motor Club
Raleigh
Spider Petter Laughs At Tarantula Bite Theory
Atlanta report quotes Perry Fattig of Emory University museum describing tarantula bites as nonlethal and comparing them to a bee sting. He notes only one poisonous spider in the United States and experiments with a tarantula to illustrate his cautionary view on venom.
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Atlanta
Perry W. Fattig
Emory University Museum
Fattig
United States
New Use Found for an Old Ford Chassis
A colored man on the Statesville highway repurposed an old Ford chassis into a practical wagon by replacing the body with waxed bed material and wrapping inner tubes around the wheel areas. The Times notes the invention as noiseless and capable of heavy loads. Mecklen burg Times. P Honegeats from Johnston County yielded 15.3 bushels per acre on five acres. J B Slack reports. Burke County honors World War service with 2000 Mimosa trees planted along Highway 70 on November 11. R L Sloan chose the trees from local forests as county memorials.
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Statesville Highway
Mecklenburg
P. Honegeats
Johnston County
J. B. Slack
Morganton
Burke County
R. L. Sloan
Forced to Retire and Health Claims in 1930s Ad
A short health recovery advertisement touts the Sargon Treatment restoring vitality after years of decline. Dr. Hutchinson now in Palo Alto, California, with Boone Drug Company as seller. A separate legal notice announces a trustee sale in Watauga County on January 5, 1931 for a property described with measurements and boundaries.
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Seattle
Washington
Hutchinson
Palo Alto
California
Boone Drug Company
Boone Grimes
Roca Grimes
Watauga Building and Loan Association
Office of the Register of Deeds
Watauga County
Nine-Tenths Preventable Illness Linked to Constipation
Doctors warn that nine-tenths of diseases among Americans stem from constipation which pollutes the body and invites germs. They urge prevention and cite Herbire as a natural remedy. Dr. C. B. Baughman will be in Boone and Johnson City offices on the first Monday each month for practice.
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C. B. Baughman
Johnson City
Tenn
J. B. Hagaman
Boone
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William N. Doak
Virginia
Edior
James Davis
American Federation of Labor
Spider Petter
Tarantula
Huberts.norris
E. E. Eller Produce
East Main Street
FORD
Watauga’ County
A. E. South
J. M. Moretz
Moretz
W. H. Gragg
Bingham, Linney & Bingham, Attys
Hodges Drug Co
Dad
Gents
Elgin
Meeker
Gibson
Walker
Jewelry
Boone, North Carolina
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