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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
7
The Wiatauga Democrat announces editor and owner R C Rivers at its helm. The paper notes it is entered at Boone North Carolina post office as second class mail matter.
A year after its last meeting the Boone Commercial Club, formed by leading local businessmen, is urged to reorganize and plan for spring and summer 1923. The writer calls for a meeting by year’s end to renew its usefulness and solicit officer views for publication.
The New York Sun prints a beloved editorial addressing Virginia O’Hanlon’s question. It affirms Santa Claus exists beyond visible proof, calling belief essential to imagination, love, and childhood joy, and asserts Santa’s enduring presence across ages.
A narrator recalls youth in a dull town and city life in New York before seeking solitude in North Carolina mountains and Morehead City. The silent forests, ocean horizons, and waves evoke deep awe, shifting loneliness to reverence for nature and a sense of connection to the universe.
A Wall Street Journal reminiscence contrasts early rail travel waits with today’s real time train data. It tells of John B. Turner’s atop a tower using a marine telescope to spot trains far away, in a world before telegraph, telephone, and radio.
A casual scene from Cleveland's first term shows a farmer-like admirer greeting the president with gusto and declaring him a whopper. Uncle Joe Cannon, at a Washington reception, chats with a young woman about astronomy as she muses on distant worlds possibly inhabited by others.
A woman asks about thinking of distant people, Uncle Joe cites voting as a reason. An attorney recalls a crowded auto and a stout man asking if it is full inside after a peach pie resolves the matter. A regular questions a prisoner about drunkenness with a slave responding that two constables were drunk.
Dentistry notice lists two office locations Boone and Newland with scheduling windows Boone first 15 days each month Newland last 10 days each month and instructions to write or call for appointments.
Tax notices list collection sites and dates for 1922 taxes with times of day at each location. Locations include North Fork, Meat Camp, Cove Creek, Watauga, Blue Ridge, Beaverdams, Stony Fork, Laurel Creek, Shawnecaw, and nearby stores in Todd, Boone, Blowing Rock, and Stony Fork.
A long list of various county fees, aids, taxes, and services recorded on May 6 1922. Names include J E Young A G Wilson W L Holfhouser N L Mast and many others with payments for aides, county home, jail, listing taxes, and election duties. Multiple agents and trustees appear alongside public aid and service charges.
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