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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1923
Page
4
The Boone Democrat urges serious reflection on Christmas giving and warns against lavish gifts to the already well off. It highlights real poverty among a few residents and calls for public charity to fill stockings for the needy, with confidence Boone will respond.
The Democrat extends Christmas greetings to faithful supporters and subscribers for the year ending. It thanks advertisers for sticking through the year and wishes them success in 1924. It lauds Boone merchants as progressive and urges the Trade at Home motto.
The Oberammergau actors, including Christ and Judas impersonators, refused a near two million dollar screen deal. They face financial strain and lack funds to sustain their mission, relying on crafting crucibles rosaries and toys to survive while touring America.
A charitable fund plan targets the Passion Players of Oberammergau to support continuing existence and postwar relief in Bavaria. The piece honors Rev. J. A. Oertel a Bavarian artist and preacher who immigrated fifty years ago, carved church reredos, and left artworks across the United States including in North and South Carolina.
An 1860s tale recounts Noble Bloomfield Mills leaving Illinois for North Carolina after a sick spell from a stray watermelon. He journeyed back with fellow North Carolinians in a wagon train, seeking a brighter future and becoming a prominent Statesville figure.
A North Carolina man recalls how a souring Illinois watermelon caused him to return home from the West. The tale follows his Kentucky mule swap, early tanyard days, rise as a merchant, and the Bloomfield and Paola mills he helped establish, shaping Statesville's growth.
John Armstrong Chaloner, Cobham Virginia millionaire writer and philanthropist, praises North Carolina roads as models for the nation. He compares gravel roads favorably to Virginia’s and lauds the state for humane policies and graft-free administration while criticizing his home state’s road policy as backward and parsimonious.
A devotional Christmas hymn praising the newborn Jesus in a stable scene. The verse describes a holy mother near her infant in a manger and heavenly angels filling the air with wings to honor the Lord and King of all the earth.
In Watauga County North Carolina a mortgage sale is set for January 7 1924 at Boone courthouse door between 11 am and 2 pm to satisfy a 150 debt plus interest and costs. The property covers 40 acres more or less and includes boundaries described by compass courses and landmarks near Hamp and Min ton with a conditional line to Enoch Min ton and Thomas Miller.
Sealed proposals due noon January 7 1924 in Boone North Carolina for purchase of fifteen thousand dollars of 6 percent street improvement bonds dated January 1924 maturing 1941 in thousand dollar installments. Interest paid semi annually principal and interest payable in New York. Bruce Craven supervising. Bid security equal to 2 percent of bid required. Bonds awarded to highest bidder at par if not all bids rejected. J F Moore Clerk.
The town of Boone North Carolina adopts an ordinance to issue negotiable bonds up to 19000 dollars to improve streets and sidewalks. A tax will be levied annually to cover principal and interest. Debt statement has been filed and is open for public inspection. The ordinance takes effect thirty days after first publication unless a voter submission petition is filed, in which case it takes effect when the petition outcome permits.
The ordinance was passed on the 38rd day of December 1923 and first published December 13 1923. Any action challenging its validity must be begun within thirty days after first publication.
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