Charlotte Blaze Destroys Trust Building. Heavy Property Damage
A Sunday morning fire destroyed the Trust Building in Charlotte and damaged offices and stores in the Piedmont and Blackmann buildings. The first alarm rang at 4 30 AM with losses estimated at 350 000 to 400 000 dollars. Temporary offices will be set up for displaced businesses. The fire likely started in the boiler room from a crude petroleum furnace, with a large storage tank of oil ignited shortly after. Cause remains undetermined pending debris clearance. the Fire Department aided but could not prevent extensive damage. The Trust Building, 18 years old, was NCs first to use electric elevators and was among the state’s tallest of its kind.
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Trust
Charlotte
Piedmont
Blackmann
Trust Building
North Carolina
Academy of Music
Watauga County history and a tale of thumb the notch origin
The piece describes Watauga County formed in 1849 with 1850 population figures and notes a separate representative after 1853. It recounts Colonel Benjamin Cleveland's capture by Tories, a brutal punishment of a Tory at Mulberry Meeting House, and the Shad Lar Oak linked to the phrase thumb the notch. It ends with a reflection on modern leniency in punishing violators.
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Watauga County
W. L. Winkler
Ashe
Caldwell
Wilkes
Yancey
Riddles Knob
Benjamin Cleveland
Cleveland
Jones
Coil
New River
Mulberry
Wilkesboro
Lenoir
John Beverly
Hernden
Beverly
Wilkes Road
Lar
Grandfather Orphanage at Banner Elk Expands and Trials Goats
The Grandfather Orphanage near Banner Elk has grown from eight children to about 52 with separate dormitories for girls and boys, a Baby Cottage, school, and a workshop. J W Holcomb and wife run the institution, teaching industry as children help with gardens and crops. They trial a 130 acre cleared land project, using 600 rods of fence and a herd of goats to clear brush and promote future pasture and potential meat and hide profits.
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Banner Elk
J. W. Holcomb
Messrs
Tufts R and
Holcomb
Canada
L. D
Lov
Christmas Progress Across Watau ga County
The county reports unusual Christmas cheer in Watauga with the winter mild and roads improving. Local work continues smoothly as the road forge makes steady progress through the county, keeping pace with the season.
Observations by County Superintendent on Beaver Dam and Cove Creek
The county superintendent notes no huge regional differences but highlights Beaver Dam as a strong home community with aging population shifts and road needs. He praises Cove Creek for a new brick school of 300 students along the Daniel Boone Trail and envisions it as a future education hub, while urging road improvements across the county.
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Beaver Dam
Cove Cresk
Bethel
Timbered Ridge
Georges Gap
Cove Creek
Colonel Olds
North Carolina
Swift
James Hor
Cove
Boone Trail
Tennes
Watauga
Acher
Mork
Sutherland
Ashe County
Smith
Twelve Thousand Quarts of Whiskey to Be Destroyed
United States Marshal R. W. Ward with a deputy left for Wilmington to destroy twelve thousand plus quarts of whiskey from the cargo of The Sage of Peace seized at Ocracoke last year. The confiscation follows the agreement ending the prosecution of Captain Arthur Coleman and co defendant Waiter Claude Graham. The investment was about $32,000, but current bootleg whiskey prices place value near $100,000 while the government holds the confiscated stock.
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United States
R. W. Ward
Wilmington
H. G. Connor
United States District Court
Ocravoke
Arther Coleman
Claude Graham
Capta. Coleman
Marshal Ward
MASTERSHIP OF JOBIN WANNAMAKER A LEGEND OF RETAIL
The article recalls Jobin Wannamaker a leading merchant known for bold ads and editorials. It highlights his early Sunday school work his charitable drive and his impact as Postmaster General shaping parcel post and public service. It contrasts his career with Stewart and notes his profit sharing hotel for employees and public spirit.
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Clay York World
Jobin Wauna
Tale Jones
Wannkey
Ir. Wanimaker
Woonamy
Hn Meels
A.T. Stewart
Tie
Gene 1
Wannamaker
Stewart
Mar
Prohibition Agent Raids Liquor Stills in Burke and Watauga
Federal officer James Bingham aided by Kennedy and Ray seized two copper stills with about 80 gallons each, 4000 gallons of beer, 65 gallons of corn sugar, and gear for high grade distilling near Hickory in Burke County. A 20 gallon outfit was captured in Lampoon county, with about 50 gallons of beer. Bingham builds a record in enforcing the Dry Laws.
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James Bingham
Kennedy
Ray
Hickory
Burke
Binetam
Bing
Training School Activities Include Game Win and Socials
The Training School hosted devotional services led by Rev F M Huggins. A Friday afternoon basketball game saw Mountain View Institute lose 4 to 14 to the Training School. Two Monday evening social gatherings by four literary societies invited faculty. President B B Dougherty spoke of his Raleigh trip and other travels.
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F. M. Huggins
Mountain View Institute
Appalachian Training School
Justice Hall
Watauga Society
Lovell
Euterpean
Appalachian Society
Eoth
B. B. Dougherty
Boone
Raleigh
Johnson City
Tenn
Langdon Cheves Hasent
Kate Calho Ymond Smith
Tornoon
South
Watauga Hospital Opens In Boone
The Watauga Hospital is now operating with at least one patient in treatment and many more seeking admission. The facility is modern and well appointed, a credit to local physicians and surgeons who made it possible.
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Boone
Watauga Hospital
Trapper's Hen-Headed Hawk Trap Nets Five Hawks
Amos Adams of Vilas devised a hawk control method using a dead hen affixed to a stump and a steel trap. The setup caught five hawks and a house cat, reducing damage to his poultry.
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Amos Adams
Vilas
Correction Notice On Death Report In Idaho Ledger
A correction clarifies a death notice printed by the paper was for William Ny Peri, not his brother L Ny Peri. The item appeared after press time, prompting the corrected obituary reference.
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Blaze
Basil
the Publishers
Otficer
Burke and
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