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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1928
Page
7
Dr Frank Crane notes many families face a rebellious child. He says love, discipline, psychology, and environment all fail in some cases. He recalls a banker whose son threatened self harm when denied money, and the father’s blunt reply reflects fraught parental decisions.
The piece notes holiday greetings and Christmas card displays with new designs for early ordering. It highlights modernistic motifs using triangles discs or geometric shapes to portray Christmas themes. It also mentions bold bright colors in traditional designs and the appeal of colorful simplicity.
The advice urges writers to print their name and new address on the envelope flap so friends can return the card and know where to reach them. It emphasizes updating contact details to prevent misdelivery and lost greetings.
Instructions suggest soaking hot nut meats overnight to remove from shells without breaking. A method to remove ink stains from linen or cotton uses a cut tomato rubbed on the spots and then rinsed well.
Grease stains on leather may be removed by applying benzine or turpentine. Wash spots afterward with leather finish or with the well beaten white of an egg.
A home tip suggests covering the paint surface with melted paraffin to keep it soft indefinitely.
Cook corn with onion and pepper in butter. Add tomatoes cheese tapioca and spices then simmer. Serve on toast or crackers. Prepare peach and pepper salad with canned peaches and vinegar. Dissolve lemon gelatin in hot water then fold in peaches and finely shredded pimento. Mold on shredded lettuce with mayonnaise or cream dressing.
Leftover fruit juices can be turned into jelly later. Mix one to two cups syrup with two cups water and five cups sugar, bring to a rolling boil for one minute, then remove. Let stand a minute, pour into jars and seal.
This recipe uses 3 to 4 teaspoons soda with 1 cup sour milk and 1 cup molasses. Mix 2 cups prepared flour with 2 teaspoons ginger one teaspoon cinnamon and half teaspoon cloves and half teaspoon salt. Add 1/4 cup melted shortening to the milk and flour, heat well and bake in a shallow pan for about 30 to 40 minutes.
In a brief Cornell Widow item a barber asks how to cut a freshman’s hair and the student bluntly replies to cut it all off. The exchange captures a candid campus moment reported in the student publication.
H. C. Landon of North Wilkesboro NC offers planning services through C. S. C. Realty Co. He promotes landscape solutions for Boone as it expands. Contact details provided for those seeking planning and landscape work to achieve a scenic, attractive city growth.
An advertisement urges thrift and savings urging readers to start a bank account with one dollar at Bank of Blowing Rock in Blowing Rock North Carolina. It emphasizes emergency protection and future happiness from a nest egg.
Public notices announce a trustee sale on December 24 1928 at the courthouse door in Watauga County to satisfy three deeds of trust by Norman C Cordon and Bettie Cordon with Security Life & Trust Company for 2000 1000 and 2000 dollars. Also an execution sale for January 7 1929 by Sheriff L M Farthing in Boone to satisfy Mattie J Greene’s obligations on a described lot in Queen Street and adjacent lots.
Administrator of Ervin Thompson estate in Watauga County NC warns creditors to present claims by November 29 1929 and all debts are due immediately. Dr A G Jones of Johnson City Tennessee will practice in Dr Hagaman's Boone office on the first Monday in December.
Under the authority of John B. Steele and wife Lillian Steele to First National Bank of Durham Trustee the sale of lots 4 5 6 and 7 Buena Vista addition Boone N C will be held January 14 1928 at noon at the courthouse door Watauga county for cash to the highest bidder due to default on indebtedness secured by the deed of trust W.S. Lockhart attorney Durham NC announces.
Multiple foreclosure notices from Watauga County during 1928 list trustees and debtors including C T Hartley Elsie Hartley C S Prevette Ella Prevette John B Baird Liz a Baird and others. Auctions set for December 1928 at the courthouse door in Boone and Blowing Rock with parcels described by metes and bounds, sizes from 15 acres to 95 acres and subject to prior deeds of trust. The notices name trustees J H Winkler John E Brown and L M Farthing Sheriff and include dates November 1928 through December 1928 and sale times between 12 and 2 p m.
Notice that on December 31 1928 at 1 est a cash bid will be received for 17 acres in Cove Creek township Watauga County North Carolina. The land is bounded by Enoch Perry S J Price Will Greer and S J Price and originates from a 1925 deed to J S Bumgarner and wife Mrs M A Bumgarner recorded in Book 7 page 14. Jas H Bingham Trustee signs this notice dated November 28 1928.
An old health advertisement promotes Syrup Pepsin as a mild natural remedy for constipation and related ills. It urges non harsh laxatives, favors nature, and lists three rules: keep the head cool, feet warm, bowels open. A free trial bottle is available by writing to Monticello Minis.
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