Rabbits and hats across nations and frontier opportunities
The piece notes Kansas may restock rabbits as they become scarce while Australia seeks feral rabbit control with bounties. It links fur demand for hats to rabbits and imagines global trade, then shifts to pioneers in Australia, urging Americans to consider overseas prospects. It ends with reflections on romance, work, and human nature without dramatic action.
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Kansas
State Fish and Game Commission
Australia
Commonwealth
Danbury
Mongolia
Great Northern Territory
Antipodes
America
Democrat Abridged Forces Holiday Edition
The Democrat issue drops in condensed form due to a brief Christmas respite. Next week the paper will resume full size. The editors wish readers a joyful season and an upcoming year of happiness and prosperity.
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the Democrat
Christmas Business Improves Amid 1933-34 Recovery Signs
New York reports a brighter festive season with freight car loadings and industrial indices higher than late 1933 and 1932. Moody’s index rises to 59.5, steel production up, and retail sales near record levels helped by liquor sales and cotton loan benefits. Automobile output lags but shows a minor weekly gain. overall December figures revised downward as hopes rise for 1934.
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New York
Dun and
Bradstreet
Cram’s
Ford
Chevrolet
Charles Farmer
State Highway Patrol
Farmer
Midnight Show Promises New Year Screening
Pastime Theatre announces a New Year midnight screening of Girl Without a Room starring Charles Farrell and Marguerite Churchill. Manager Mr Hamby expects a large crowd for the 12 01 a m show to usher in the year with a popular production.
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Pastime Theatre
Charles Farrell
Marguerite Churchill
Students' Night at Boone Baptist Church
Boone Baptist Church hosts College Students' Night with a four playlet titled The Jericho Road. The program invites all local youth to participate and enjoy the event, emphasizing personal responsibility and self-help.
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Boone Baptist Church
Jericho Road
Roosevelt Christmas Greeting and War-Era Pardons
Washington reports President Roosevelt spent Christmas with his family at the White House. He issued a proclamation restoring full civil rights to about 1,000 people convicted under wartime espionage and selective service acts, and delivered a nationwide Christmas broadcast from Sherman Square. The President read Dickens and emphasized love thy neighbor as part of a broader message of reconciliation and renewal.
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Washington
Roose Monday
White House
Washington Monument
Roosevelt
Sissie
Buzzie” Dall
Mr. Roosevelt
Sherman Square
Grestes
Selective Service
Mrs. Sarah Thomas Dies at Black Mountain
Mrs. Sarah Thomas aged 64 died at her Black Mountain home after months of illness. A native of Mountain City Tennessee, she had lived in western North Carolina since 1900. Surviving are her husband John Thomas a brother and a sister. Funeral services were held Friday at Tabernacle Church Black Mountain with Rev Herman F Duncan in charge and interment in Tabernacle cemetery. Mr and Mrs Horton of Boone attended the rites.
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Sarah Thomas
John Horton
Boone
Black Mountain
Thomas
Mountain City
Tenn
North Carolina
John Thomas
Tabernacle Church
Herman F. Duncan
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Tabernacle Cemetery
Christmas Tree Event Delights Cool Springs District
A neighborhood Christmas tree gathering last Saturday in the Cool Springs district featured a program led by teacher Dewey Mitchell. Local talent presented The Prodigal Son to a large, appreciative audience.
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Cool Springs
Dewey Mitchell
Governor Joins Movement To Close Burley Markets In Raleigh
Governor Ehringhaus joined Kentucky and Tennessee leaders in urging a halt to marketing holidays in the Burley tobacco region until price solutions are agreed. The piece covers liquor law opinions, highway projects, licensee news, and anti counterfeiting cases in North Carolina.
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Burley
Raleigh
Ehringhaus
Kentucky
Tennessee
Asheville
Watauga County
Ion
Holiday Trade Best in Years in Boone Retailers Say
Merchants report near double digit rises in holiday trade with some claiming best since 1928. Shoppers travelled from near and far and many shops sold out on Saturday as Christmas preparations continued. The American Legion Christmas tree event drew crowds and kiddies received toys and fruit. Police arrested a dozen for liquor lingerings but overall conditions were peaceful amid mild weekend weather.
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Boone
American Legion
Sale of Christmas Seals Is Successful
The sale of Christmas Seals has been very successful, says Mrs. Mary Harris of Amantha who leads the campaign. Incomplete returns show a total of 56.61 dollars with several large communities still unreported.
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Mary Harris
Amantha
Honor Roll for Fall Quarter at Appalachian State Teachers College
The fall quarter honor roll lists 116 students from 37 North Carolina counties and five states. Watauga County leads with 21 honorees including Clint Adams and Madison Miller among others from Boone and surrounding areas. Forsyth County follows with 10 honorees.
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Appalachian State Teachers College
North Carolina
Watauga County
Forsyth
Clint Adams
Vilas
Mary Laura
Carender
Matney
Toy Farthing
Beulah Lyerly
Banner Miller
Madison Miller
Mary Moretz
Paul Perkins
Winton Rankin
Karl Sawyer
Ray Stikes
Fawn Watson
Mary Williams
J. T. C. Wright
Boone
Fire destroys homes of two residents and damages new structure
A fire thought to start from a defective flue Friday afternoon leveled the home of Coote Haigler and the house of George Goines, both Black residents, and heavily damaged a nearby frame building under construction by Frank Grimes. Smokehouse meat and a crib were lost. gospel aid followed as residents contributed to the destitute.
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Coote Haigler
George Goines
Frank Grimes
Haigler
Family Visits Ill Sister in Tennessee
Mr. Johns Winebarger of Piney Flats, Tennessee, spends the holidays with his 83 year old sister Mrs. Martha Miller of Meat Camp. He notes her serious illness and the family’s anxious concern about her condition amid winter travel.
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Johns Winebarger
Piney Flats
Tenn
Martha Miller
Winebarger
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Herald
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