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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
4
Local gang breaks a window at Barnett’s store and steals a small amount of coins and cigarettes. The note urges drastic action, including inside guards, harsh measures, and police-business cooperation to end the petty vandalism.
The piece denounces high costs for printing the Teapot Dome and Daugherty investigations hearings with 19 475 pages printed in records and journal. It notes 25 000 000 free distributed copies over ten years, costing $600 000 yearly, plus post office clutter. It argues waste should fund education aimed at young and prospective mothers to reduce death rates.
A visitor asks if a portrait is an old master while a guide reveals it is a photo of the "old missus." The text then notes mineral elements in food and highlights calcium, phosphorus, and iron as commonly lacking yet vital for body processes.
In a courtroom exchange a judge asks a witness if he is the machinist in the case. The witness corrects with a name assertion stating his identity as Mac Carthy rather than the machinist. The moment highlights confusion over who is being referenced in the proceedings.
The General Assembly debate centers on a 35 million dollar bond issue to finish the state highway system. The Raleigh News and Observer and Raleigh Times urge funding diversity, while The Charlotte Observer and Winston-Salem Journal praise the plan and warn against delaying the program.
S Glenn Young famed as stormy petrel of Williamson county rose to notoriety as a gunman and lawman. He fought moonshiners in Georgia and Tennessee then led raids in Williamson county and Herrin. Indicted on 55 counts, he survived an assassination attempt in 1924 before dying in Herrin while facing charges.
A cheeky office remark frames Blonde Bess as saying she never lies, while acknowledging the moment a stated truth proved false. The quip captures a sly legal or internal office exchange with playful tone.
Grocer promotes fine alligator pears while a young bride jokes about missing a goldfish. An adjacent note offers a for sale or trade deal for a Ford truck, a team of heavy horses, harness and wagon by W. L. Holfhouser of Blowing Rock North Carolina dated 1-29-2p.
Prof Nicola Durso of Lecce university is believed to have set miniature writing records with a postcard greeting to Queen Elena. He penned Montenegro’s history, Montenegrin love songs, anecdotes, poems, and biographical notes on the Petrovich family and rulers, totaling 260 lines, 11000 words and 54280 letters without magnification.
The Cologne Cathedral plans a bell weighing more than 25 tons, destined for shipment from Apolda after a year of readiness. Delays followed the wartime occupation which postponed installation.
An appeal from February 1 to 22 urges churches Sunday Schools and organizations to donate to aid seven Armenian orphans facing death. The plan targets a $450 raise with funds sent to G P Hagaman Boone NC and names county organizers including Carrie Coffey R C Rivers and Grace Sherwood among others.
H G Wells frets about public school bias toward women as educators but argues women have shaped men through mothers. The piece cites Nurmi the runner and criticizes clock watching in work, linking labor reform to business ownership and anti fraud actions. It mentions Attorney General Stone and harvester firms, ending with a claim that clock watching cannot be abolished by platitudes.
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