Radio and Telegraph Notes From Boone N C Era
A Boone North Carolina post office notice highlights American telephone service and radio education. It praises nationwide radio to farms and families, versus a political summary praising President Coolidge's broad, inclusive message focusing on public interest and farm aid.
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Ferndale
California
Portland
Oregon
Livingstone
Montana
Des Moines
Coolidge
Grant
Muscle Shoals
Sizing Up Yourself Questions From Merchants' Journal
A long list of self inventory questions published in the Merchants Journal appears amid remarks on Billy Sunday sayings in Charlotte. The questions probe self control, temper, leadership, patience, diplomacy, and home life advice.
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Merchants’ Journal of Value
Eas
Australia fish story and Kimberley potential from Captain Alexander
Captain Charles Bertrand Alexander describes vast, unexplored northwest Australia and booming pearl fisheries centered on Broome. He cites a British plan to spend 11 million pounds for shipping and cattle trade development, notes ebony and cypress forests, wild animals, and a remarkable platybus fish.
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New York
Great Northwest
Australia
Charles Bertrand Alexander
Broome
Western Australia
San Francisco
Alexander
Derby
Kimberleys
Cape Londonderry
Exmouth Gulf
London
France Revives System of Apprentices for Workers
France revives a system of worker training with two year courses of lectures demonstrations and practical shop work for factory sons. A year in the shop completes the program. Paris theaters also create training for scene shifters in major houses.
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France
Paris
Skunk Fails to Free Head in Glass Jar
Plymouth resident Henry Knight killed a skunk after finding its head encased in a jelly tumbler. The animal apparently inserted its head to reach the jelly and could not withdraw, leading to its death.
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Skunk
Plymouth
Mass
Henry Knight
Bride Receives 50 000 On Wedding Day
Blanche Phillips of 590 West End Avenue is slated to receive 50 000 from her father Isaac L. Phillips on her wedding day. The will also provides that five years after her marriage she will get an additional 100 000.
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New York
Blanche Phillips
West End Avenue
Isaac L. Phillips
Phillips
Through the Years As a Mountain School Teacher
A veteran teacher recalls seven schools on the Blue Ridge top described as a paradise of the gods. He recalls boarding with a New York City family and a memorable evening ghost tales swap and a tense moment with a despondent New York girl who urged a jump on a vast rock.
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Parnassus
Blue Ridge Mountains
United States
Mountain Peak
Gen. R
New York City
The Dangerous Man in Every Community
Marion Star editorial warns against a type of manipulative insinuator who harms businesses and people by veiled claims. The piece cautions readers to dismiss smug, backbiting tactics and to watch social and political life for this volatile presence.
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Marion Star
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Boone Steam
Our Steam Laundry
Jebp W. Hedges
Boone Steam Laundry
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Sica
Watauga Furniture & Lbr. CO
Boone
North Caro
R. D. Jennings
Blaeburn
DR. Bell
Federal Land Bank of Columbia
Brown & Bingham
John E. Brown
Secy- Treas
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