Linville River Railway bonds debated in Boone Township vote
Voters are shown sections of the act governing Linville River Railway bonds worth 5 percent interest. The plan links taxes to bond payments and requires completion of the railroad to Boone within 12 to 15 months. A $5,000 forfeiture deposits to the township if construction misses deadlines, ensuring the project for postwar transportation.
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Boone Township
Linville River
Watauga
Linville River Railway Company
Skull’s ‘Mills
Boone
Watauga County
Reverend W M Cannon obituary near Blow ing Rock N C
Rev W M Cannon born near Blow ing Bock North Carolina died November 27 at age 57. He moved with his father Alfred Canon to western Watauga in 1870 married Elizabeth McBride in 1877. Baptized at Beech Mountain church at nineteen and ordained about 1893. He leaves a wife eight children and many friends. He and J L Younce labored together to lead many souls to Christ in Watauga.
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Blowing Bock
N. C
Alfred Canon
Watauga County
Elizabeth
Barzilla McBride
Willam
Beech Mountain Church
Leonard Buchanan
Cannon
D. ©. Harman
A. J. Harmon
J. L. Younce
Watauga
J.L. Younce
Reverend James J. Sherwood laid to rest in Watauga NC obituary
Rev. James J. Sherwood born February 7 1843 in Smith county Virginia preached for over fifty years in Virginia North Carolina Tennessee and Caldwell County He baptized more than 3500 people and mentored his son Rev A Sherwood of Bentonville SC He endured long widowhood with his first wife Sarah Ann Young dying in 1917 His funeral was preached from Romans 8 28 by Rev M A Adame on October 30 1917 He was known as a learned Bible student and a fearless expounder of doctrine in Three Forks Association and among churches from Washington and Grayson counties to Globe and elsewhere in the region.
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Linville River Railway Company
East Tennessee
North Carolina
Cranberry
Whiting
Howards Creek
Boone Township
Corporation Commission
Boone
J. J. L. Sherwood
Smith County
Friendship Baptist Church
David Kitzmiller
Young’s Chapel Baptist Church
Grayson County Va
Reys
W. C. Parks
For
Butler
Sarah Ann Young
Grayson County
Rev
A., Sherwood
Bentonville
8. C
Brotherwood
State Hospital
Morganton
Bro
Sherwood
M. A. Adame
Watauga Co
Three Forks
Letter From Camp Sevier Seeks to Lift Morale at Greenville
A soldier writes from Camp Sevier Greenville detailing improved conditions despite slow training due to weather. Tents are sheltered and heated, coal and wood available, and soldiers outfitted with winter gear. Education and training top priorities with gun, bayonet, and gas mask instruction. Amusements flourish at Par station theatre and Y M C A. Greenville churches offer rest rooms and reading facilities, and social life thrives. He notes healthy weight gains and firm resolve to fulfill duties until the mission is accomplished.
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Camp Sevier
Paris
Greenville
DE. Swift
Sugar Price Regulation Caps Retail Sugar at Ten Cents
State Food Administrator Henry A. Page announces new rules on retail sugar prices. Maximum is ten cents per pound. Merchants may appeal if their cost allows a fair profit, but may not sell above ten cents without written permission. Purchases restricted to five pounds for city or town consumers and ten pounds for rural consumers.
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Henry A. Page
Food Administration
Faithful minister Sherwood rests in faith at Cove Creek
The obituary notes Bro Sherwood was a life long member of Cove Creek Baptist Church from 1883 until his death. It recalls his faith, storytelling, and belief he is at rest as scripture blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. Approved by Cove Creek Baptist Church January 19, 1918.
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Rev
Cove Creek Baptist Church
Bro. Sherwood
Sugar maple drive to boost wartime maple sugar production
Sugar Tree owners urged to unite for maple sugar and syrup production amid sugar shortages. W L Winkler of Shutts Mills calls a meeting on the first Monday in February at Boone North Carolina to organize trees, pots, and boilers for a northern industry seen as essential to wartime needs. Buckwheat cakes on wood fires praised as part of practical home defense.
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J. B. Horton
Elkin
N. C
Boone
N.C
W. L. Winkler
Eat for Victory Diet Message in Wartime Rhetoric
A wartime exhortation links diet to patriotism noting Napoleon’s quote on army strength and urging citizens to “eat for victory.” It frames food choices as a measure of allegiance and efficiency for the armed forces and Allies, warning that poor eating wastes national effort and dulls patriotism.
Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach troubles and biliousness
Chamberlain's Tablets are promoted for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. The text claims long term relief and complete cures for those suffering digestive issues when directions on each bottle are followed.
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Chamberlain
Chamberlin
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W. M. Cannon
Fletcher
James J. Sherwood
Shutts Mills, N.C
Napoleon
Castoria
E. Glenn Salmons
Critcker Hotel
Edmund Jones
Wateuga
L. D. Lowe Trove
Amer Elk
Averyland
F. A. Linney
Attorney AT Law
Courte O Watauga
G. H. Hayes
Vilas, N.C
T. E. Bigham
Boone, dC
Othice
FP. A. Lietey
R, D. Jennings
Exi
Koone
Offney
Blackburn Hotel
John L. Brown
Lovill & Lovill
WATCH
Cevelry
Fis
Watauge Oo. Bank
J.W. Bryan Gradista Jowelar and
Watohmak Boone, N,v
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