Howards Creek and Tater Hill Road Project Drives Boone Growth
Letter writer L C Wilson urges funding and volunteer support to finish a scenic highway from Sands up to Howards Creek passing Falls and linking Silverstone to Meat Camp. He highlights clean water, mills, a potential summer resort on Rich Mountain, local amenities, and the civic value for Boone and Watauga County. He notes community members already laboring free of charge.
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Sands
Howards Creek
Silverstone
Meat Camp
Boone
Taterhill
Tennessee Line
Zionville
Wilkes County
J. A. Beach
Moses H. Cone
Watauga
R. P. Robertson
T. C. Winkler
H. C. Miller
E. J. Norris
W. H. Hardin
B. R. Brown
R. A. Brown
L. C. Wilson
Will Take Doomed Man's Place in Chair for $200
Sandusky Ohio Elmer Williams offered to substitute for James Brady in the electric chair for 200 dollars and time to spend it before execution. He claims Brady approved the plan after discussing it with him. No official decision has been reported.
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Sandusky
Elmer Williams
James Brady
Williams
Brady
Wei-hai-wei to Return to China Under British Pact
Washington reports from the National Geographic Society that Wei-hai-wei, a strategic Chinese naval base, will be returned to China under a British Chinese agreement in Peking. The 25 year lease ends with Britain restoring control as Port Arthur remains contested, affecting regional access to Peking and Tientsin. Oysters change sex multiple times yearly, likely due to water temperature shifts, Danish scientist Sparck says.
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Washington
China
National Geographic Society
Peking
Great Britain
Bulletin
Russia
Germany
Kiaochow Bay
Japan
Port Artur
Manchuria
Wei-hai-wei
Port Arthur
Great
Britain
Port Edward
Shantung
Gulf of Chihli
Yellow Sea
Tientsin
Bay of Wei-hai-wei
Tsingtau
Shantung Hills
Hongkong
Hamburg
Sparck
Urn Found Containing Abraham Knowles Ashes
In Ingleby England a dealer opening a brass box from a year ago uncovered an urn with an inscription stating it held the ashes of Abraham Knowles cremated in Philadelphia in 1898.
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Ingleby
England
Abraham Knowles
Philadelphia
Broadway Gambler Dies Poor in New York
Charles Mahoney once one of the wealthiest betting commissioners, died in poverty and without funds for burial in New York.
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Broadway
New York
Charles Mahoney
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Firth Avenue
Dezzo
Italy
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Blowing Rock, N. C
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Rolet
Chevrolet
Watauga County
Boone Garage
Walter Johnson
Mgr
Alfred W. Dula
Bula
Martin Block
Lenoir
W. Oy
Dula
Allah
Sgelaa
Ford Weekly
J.B. Taylor
N. C
Cardus
Nannie Brown
Black Rock
Ark
A. Y. Howell
the Peoples Bank& Trust Company
Boone, N. C
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