R Stringfellow Urges Planting for Beauty and Windbreaks
Letter from W. W. Stringfellow of Anniston Alabama discusses affordable flowering shrubs and evergreen plantings for home grounds. He advises hydrangeas, running roses, white pine, spruce, hemlock, and Carolina hemlock to beautify yards, act as windbreaks, and shield farm buildings. He notes costs per hundred plants and stresses careful digging and root protection.
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Chetola
Chetela
Express
Dorothy Perkins
Wilson Ready to Resign Over Panama Tolls in 1914
The Eagle prints a letter from Joseph P. Tumulty, former secretary to Woodrow Wilson, stating Wilson planned to resign if Congress refused to repeal Panama Canal tolls. Tumulty quotes Wilson calling repeal essential and vows to resign if the country violated a solemn treaty.
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Yn Eagle
the Brooks
Herbert F. Gunnison
Joseph P. Tumulty
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Congress
Panama Canal
Tumulty
Panama
United States
75 Million Campaign conference set for next Wednesday
A 75 Million Campaign conference will be held at the Baptist Church on Wednesday, March 5, starting at 10:00 a.m. Representatives from the Baptist churches of the Three Forks and Stony Fork Associations are invited. Rev. A. E. Hamby and other speakers will present. Do not fail to come.
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Baptist Church
Baptist Churches of the Three Forks Associations
Stony Fork Association
A. E. Hamby
Worth While Club Meets With Mrs Smith
The Worth While Club gathered at Mrs A R Smith's home on Friday February 22 with president Mrs L L Bingham presiding. Reports from committees were heard and groups were appointed to plan spring and summer activities.
Mrs Greer Hosts Friday Club Bi Monthly Meeting
The Friday Afternoon Club met at Mrs I G Greer’s home on February 22. Mrs Tracy Councill won a miniature diet contest themed The Forest Primeval. Members enjoyed Washington life notes read by several members and tributes to Wilson and Coolidge.
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Washington
J. D. Rinkin
Woodrow W
F. A. Linney
B. J. Councill
A. V. Bennett
J. L. Winkler
O. L. Hardin
Question on America's honor as a contracting nation
The quoted statement questions whether the United States should appear to the world as a country that breaks contracts for convenience and expediency, challenging its reputation for reliability in international commitments.
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America
Beautifying Boone Trail Highway Urged by Local Group
Citizens press the Chamber of Commerce to act quickly on Boone Trail Highway beautification. J M Downum urges direct talks with local stakeholders and faster implementation to show commitment before the year ends.
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Chamber of Commerce
Uuone Trail
J. M. Downum
Critcher Hostess Hosts Dinner Party At Hotel
Mrs. M P Critcher entertained a dinner for friends at the Critcher Hotel on Sunday the 24th. Guests included couples of all ages and several children. The evening featured casual conversation and music, with courses from oyster soup to ice cream and cake.
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M.P. Critcher
Critcher
Wife
E. S. Coffey
B. J. Councill
M. B. Blackburn
Henry J. Hardin
C. L. Hardin
Scotch Millionaire Dies by Own Action in Florida
A coroner's jury in Tallahassee, Florida found that Dr. Tennet Ronalds, 65, a Scottish millionaire living partly in Edinburgh and Florida, died of a self-inflicted pistol wound at his winter home near the city after months of ill health. Ronalds owned land nearby and had long split his time between Scotland and Florida, where he maintained a home and a grand estate. He was an avid sportsman and in World War I worked as a laborer in an English ammunition factory.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Tennet Ronalds
Millonaire
Edinburgh
Scotland
Ronalds
Methodist Women Begin Study of A New Book in Boone
The Boone Methodist Missionary Society selects The Woman and the Leaven in Japan by Charlotte DeForest for its study book. DeForest, daughter of a pioneer American Board missionary, spent most of her life in Japan and serves as Kobe College president, informing the work and insights behind the volume.
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Methodist Missionary Society of
Boone
Japan
Charlotte DeForest
American Board
Kobe College
M. B. Woosley
Farmers Buy Explosive From GCVT At Low Rate
Watauga and Avery counties receive a carload of a World War era explosive in sticks like dynamite. It is not affected by cold, causes no headaches, costs under ten cents per pound, and offers more work per stick than dynamite. Orders limited to 50 to 1000 pounds per person. agent John B. Steele urges prompt action as supply will not last.
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Watauga
Avery County
John B. Steele
Sound Principles for Every Citizen at the 17th International Farm Congress
The seventeenth annual International Farm Congress met in Kansas City with delegates from farm groups. The 1924 Declaration of Warm Principles urges loyalty to country, agricultural education, fair tariffs, selective immigration, cooperative buying, and limiting government, with emphasis on liberty, equal opportunity, and a broad transport and conservation policy.
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International Farm Congress
Kansas City
Tutankhamen Tomb Closed Over Dispute With Bospians
Howard, former head of the excavation, shuts Tutankhamen tomb in the Valley of the Kings. The move follows a tussle over public works conduct and the Egyptian government’s refusal to permit wives of excavators to visit the Pharaoh’s tomb.
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Tut
Bospians Public Works Department
Howard
Valley of the Kings
Pharoah
Youth's Golden Season Reveals Progressive Minds of the Orient
A classroom study highlights youths and the course that reveals the lives of the most progressive people of the Orient. The discussion notes youth as a time of folly valued more by the young than by the wise, framed as a bargain with wisdom and wealth.
Young Lady Student of A T S Dies Tuesday
A sixteen year old junior at the A T S Training School died Tuesday after appendicitis. She had been taken to Watauga Hospital from Farehess Alleghany County. Her brother Rex Cox and sister Minnie were former students. Parents Mr and Mrs J F Cox arrived before her death and interment followed at her childhood home.
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Young Studening School
Watauga Hospital
Farehess
Alleghany County
Rex Cox
Minnie
Schogi
J. F. Cox
Noah Earp Dead Near Boone After Sudden Illness
Noah Earp died unexpectedly at his home near the Gap of the Rich Mountain overlooking Boone early yesterday. Heart trouble likely caused the death, his wife unaware of illness until shortly before. Interment was in the town cemetery. He leaves a wife and four children with no steady support and may be taken to the county home. He was a quiet man who provided for his family and used his strong body and willing hands to the best of his ability.
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Noah Earp
Boone
Motorists Pledge Safety On Road in Nationwide Association
Major A A Stewart of New York City forms a nationwide Association of motorists to sign pledges for safe driving. Pledges include staying alert, signaling, keeping brakes and steering in good order, and prioritizing others' safety over speed. More than 12 000 motorists reportedly took the pledge.
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A. A. Stewart
New York City
Assciation
AVG
Entomologist Seeks Boll Weevil in Hibernation Quarters
Franklin Sherman of the State Department of Agriculture requests a boll weevil in hibernation quarters. He asks for it with a letter describing the place where found.
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Franklin Sherman
State Department of Agriculture
Boone School News Reports Snow Storms and Loss
J Greene of the Appalachian School returns to classes after illness while Boone sees recurring light snow. Enrollments at the Training School reach record levels for this term. A birthday dinner hosted by Mrs M P Critcher stands out. An associational conference for Three Forks and Stony Fork is planned for March in Boone. Maggie Cox, sixteen, a student in the Appalachian Training School, dies at Boone hospital after a brief illness. The school mourns and the Cox family plans burial, with the church community in supportive contact.
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J. Greene
Appalag School
Boone
M. P. Critcher
Three Forks
Stony Fork
Boone March Ltd
A. C Hamby
Maggie Cox
Fureches Alleghany County
Appalachian Training School
Boone Hospital
Jones
Perry
Miss Cox
J. F. Cox
Methodist Church
Contributions for the Armenian orphans appeal
County charity drive urges March contributions for Near East Relief orphans. County chairman J M Downum appoints pastors and Sunday school superintendents to organize collections in each church and ensure every person can give. Last year the county gave about 7 percent of the asked amount.
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J. M. Downum
Near East Relief
Plans Underway for Spring Farm Work Says Extension Staff
Extension workers at the States' College urge farmers to prepare seed, implements, and work stock now while weather delays plowing. They stress planning ahead for the spring rush of field activity.
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States ' College
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