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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1933
Page
6
Pauline faces a family crisis as her mother and father need her in New York while Barbara confesses a love for Dennis. Dennis distracts himself with Barbara, a volatile mix of passion and guilt threatens Pauline's marriage and the distance between truth and desire grows.
Italian commentary spreads on ten wife commandments and seven for husbands proposed by Monsignor Giovanni Varischi. The list urges wives to listen, manage home life, and refrain from gossip while husbands should show courtesy, consult wives, and avoid heated arguments.
Governor Ibra C. Blackwood commuted Beatrice Ferguson Snipes 29 year old expectant mother to life in the South Carolina penitentiary for the slaying of Elliott Harris York County deputy. She was to be electrocuted and is the first woman sentenced to electrocution in the state. She awaits the birth of a second child around January 20 and her attorneys plan an appeal to the state supreme court.
Local ad notes a sale at Watauga Drug Company offering Nylotis Baby Powder priced at two tins for 25 cents. The small display highlights Bargain prices for household essentials at the drugstore.
Senator Reynolds of North Carolina on the Senate banking and currency committee expressed doubt that Ivan Kreuger committed suicide in Paris on March 2 1932. He alleged a prior unloading of millions of Kreuger securities, while official reports confirm Kreuger’s death by own action and police records. A Stockholm letter claim adds to persistent rumors.
Schedule effective Sept 30 1932 lists departures from Boone and major routes to Valle Crucis Banner Elk Elk Park Elizabethton Johnson City Greeneville Morristown Knoxville Chattanooga and beyond with times 11 50 a m 8 10 p m and 9 15 a m 5 30 p m and 9 15 a m 11 50 a m 5 30 p m Fares from Valle Crucis 50 to Johnson City 2 25 to Greeneville 3 25 to Morristown 4 15 to Knoxville 6 25 to Jacksonville 13 90 Lowest fares, best highways, no dust. Inquire for fares and schedules.
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