Watauga Democrat December 20 1934 Observes Mixed Town News
The Watauga Democrat notes brisk holiday trading despite lower potato and cabbage prices. It cites $60,000 released from Watauga County Bank and Burley tobacco gains as offsetting factors, and mentions Governor Myers urging farmers to avoid foreclosure with maintained property and repairs. It also previews Paul’s Acts journey, the Jerusalem imprisonment, and the coming start of the Book of Acts.
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Watauga County Bank
Burley Tobacco
W. S. Myers
Farm Credit Administration
Mr. Myers
Blessed is the Tobacco Grower in Modern Beatitudes
A satirical set of eight lines urging tobacco growers to cut overproduction and accept acreage reduction to gain better prices. Joe Culver of Butler, Tennessee signs the piece as an editor in a Democrat column.
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Democrat
Blessed
Joe Culver
Reading Fun for Boys cuts price to one dollar a year
The American Boy magazine lowers its annual rate from two dollars to one and three-year subscriptions from three fifty to two dollars. Editor Griffith Ogden Ellis says savings make the cut possible and aims to keep top fiction, articles, and departments. Upcoming issues will feature Douglas Renfrew of the Royal Canadian Mounted, Bonehead Jim Tierney, and new stories by William Heyliger with sports and travel topics.
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Boys of America
Griffith Ogden Ellis
Ments
Douglas Renfrew
the Royal
Canadian Mounted
Jim Tierney
William Heyliger
Detroit
Michigan
Anger and Healing From a Western Clinic Tale
The Family Doctor recounts a farmer overwhelmed by constant anger. After a neurologist asks how often he gets angry at home, the man realizes anger is the cause of his illness. He is advised to quit anger for two weeks and recovers.
Paul in Irons and the Letter to the Romans
The narrative follows Paul on his journey bound by the Pillars of Hercules and the request from Phebe for a letter to the Romans. Phebe arranges a stenographer, Tertius, enabling Paul’s teachings to take a fuller form than in his other writings.
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Paul
Irons
Spain
Straits of Gibraltar
Cenchrea
Phebe
Rome
Tertius
Open Forum Calls Men to Sunday School in Boone
Readers are urged to send letters and attend a reorganized Sunday School class at the old Baptist Church annex in Boone North Carolina 9 45 a m. The ad lists many occupations and invites workers of all kinds to join, promising spiritual rewards and a motto of equality and mutual respect. The class is led by Professor W WM Hunt from Appalachian State Teachers College with assistant teacher W M Gruggs.
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Old Baptist Church
Boone
N. C
Jesus Christ
Appalachian State Teachers College
W. M. Gruggs
W. M. Cook
Navigable U S Canals Span About 2500 Miles
A historical note states that the United States has roughly 2,500 miles of navigable canals. The figure emphasizes the extent of inland waterway infrastructure and its potential impact on transport and commerce.
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U. S
United States
Christmas Picture by Percy Crosby frontis in American Weekly
Reproduction titled Their Christmas Eve by Percy Crosby, noted artist, will grace the frontispiece of the American Weekly in the Baltimore American issue dated December 23. Readers are urged to tell their news dealer to reserve a copy.
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Percy Crosby
American Weekly
Baltimore American
Newsboy
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Watauga Democrat
the Rivers Printing Company
Robert C. Rivers
Boone, N. C
Jerusalem
Agabus
Judea
Caesarea
Luke
Lord Jesus
Caesar
Nero
Butler, Tenn
John Joseph Gaines
By Bruce Barton
Open Forum
Frank M. Payne
General Agent Security Life and Trust Company
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Cheney
Madeira
Maderia
Spainhours Inc
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