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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1929
Page
7
Tennessee Education Commissioner refutes myths about mountain residents and argues that they share equally in state progress. He notes widespread schools, teachers, and funding, and stresses no regional bias in state government and education opportunities.
News from Wall Street notes call money quoted at 10 percent prompting questions about usury laws. Most states cap interest at 6 percent, with some allowing 8 percent and a few higher, while New York generally uses 6 percent except for call money. Loans of $5,000 or more secured by listed securities may be made at any rate in New York.
The article describes call money dynamics in stock trades, noting high rates draw global capital and the shift toward productive use after October's collapse. It outlines Hoover era pledges to boost building and development, predicting 1930 as potentially the most prosperous year if promises are kept, then transitions to reflections on parental influence and the mysteries of success and failure across generations.
The memoir notes Frank Haydon born December 12 1822 at 11:30 in the forenoon and wished him virtue and genius. A later editor’s footnote records Haydon’s role at the Public Record Office and his death by suicide on October 11 1887.
The article argues middle age men die of heart disease due to internal poisoning from improper eating. It stresses the heart’s power, the stress of exercise, and warns that heavy evening meals undermine nourishment. Mush and milk for supper is proposed as a preventative prescription.
Billie and Bobbie Rabbit plan a trip to Toyland to meet Santa Claus and see his factory. They seek gear from the Wise Old Owl after leaving their pumpkin pie filled kitchen and promise to return Monday morning. The Owl is missing when they reach the tree.
A brief set of home tips describes dusting flour on potatoes to prevent fat sputter and using warm-water washing to remove ink stains from linen. It also notes a vegetable brush as an effective tool to skim jelly scum without wasting jelly.
New York Lorenz Hagenback, advisor to leading zoos, claims heavy meat eaters can walk near lions and tigers without being eaten. He says meat makes a person smell like a predator, drawing little attention from big cats, while antelopes and zebras keep distance. Vegans, he adds, fare poorly in the wilds.
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