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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1929
Page
4
The Watauga Democrat a 1929 Boone North Carolina weekly paper outlines subscription rates and advertising policy. It notes monthly and quarterly terms and lists services like cards of thanks resolutions obituaries at standard rates.
The article recounts a nine week period of distress as two hospital patients near St. Luke's in New York recover after united prayers by clergy and visitors. It cites Newton and Longfellow on prayer and urges turning to God for healing and health through faith and persistent supplication.
Mrs. Stewart Brown of Perkinsville remains ill with pneumonia. Mr. Robert Moretz returns to UNC after Christmas leave. Oak Grove wedding December 22 between Miss Mary Lillian Greene and Mr. Conrad Hodges. R. M. Greene to add magazines to Music Store. Mrs. Pearl Hartley becomes fifth grade teacher in Wilkesboro. Mr. Charles Farthing and sister Elsie back to Carson-Newman College after holidays. Dean Bingham returns to Pulaski after holidays. Boone Civitan Club lunch at Daniel Boone Hotel at 2 45 today. Pastime Theatre silent due to influenza. opening date uncertain. Mr. Ricardo Johnson improving after operation in Caldwell hospital. James H. Bryan returns home from Edmonton for his father's death. estate to be settled next summer. Merchants endorse old year’s success and promote prosperity in 1929. Local editor thanks G R Long of Orlando for fruit gift and updates Mrs Long’s illness. Avery and Orville Greene say turkeys best money crop for Watauga farmers.
The text asks for forgiveness and healing through Christ, seeking bodily health and spiritual joy. It prays for the church to receive the gift of healing and for study to uncover health laws, while blessing physicians and nurses with faith, skill, and tenderness. It asks for sanctification, comfort in suffering, and strength in life and death through Jesus Christ.
Coast to Coast Flyer reports 700 turkeys shipped to northern markets for the holidays netting local farmers 2300 dollars. The group says every farm can raise a few turkeys with little extra cost and significant revenue could enter the county from this venture.
Miss Ruth Lane became the bride of J. Paul Winkler of Boone at the Lane home on Christmas Day with Rev. W. R. Bradshaw officiating. Attendants included sister Lanette Bridgers as bridesmaid and Archie Qualls as best man. The couple plans a trip through eastern Carolina before settling in Boone where Winkler works with his brother.
Cove Creek high school announces perfect attendance for December across grades from first to eleventh. The list names numerous students by grade with many Ellers, Mast, and Woodring family members among the honored. A closing two-person dialogue follows about breach of promise between two individuals.
A listing of services for CHUPC oe Et OUN Cue Anis ADVENT CuiRistTi Rev S E Grac and Boone Baptist Church Rev P A Hicks with Sunday school times and morning and evening worship. Also notices for St Mark s Bailey s Camp Grace Lutheran Boone Episcopal Church New Year s Day service and a 20 minute prayer for the sick followed by a sermon titled The One God Blest Spot in Every Man s Life The Home with B Y P U at 6 30 Sunday evening.
Reverend C H Moser leads Sunday school at 9 45 with J D Rankin as superintendent and A M Norton teaching. Bible classes for Comrades Men and Women are listed with teachers and leaders. Preaching at 11 am and 7 30 pm, mid week prayer at 7 30. Visitors welcomed at the door.
A witty exchange unfolds in a seaside market when a shopper complains about haddock. The fishmonger retorts with a jab about goldfish, delivering a humorous if sharp banter moment in the stalls.
Mr and Mrs W L Trivette announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Anne to Mr Guy H West on Friday evening November sixteenth nineteen twenty eight in Mountain City Tennessee.
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