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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1926
Page
6
A recipe article highlights Tamalpais potatoes as a favorite with De Graf in San Francisco. It lists 3 cups cold boiled potatoes 4 cups cream salt pepper and buttered molds baked in a hot oven for 30 minutes until a golden crust forms.
Baked potatoes benefit from a slow oven and careful handling says Mrs. Sarah T. Rorer while Miss Margaret Allen Hall promotes stuffed potatoes with milk or cream and butter. Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughn offers a layered potato dish with cheese peppers and a white sauce baked to a brown top.
Article highlights a modern oil stove model featuring a reversible glass reservoir that keeps kerosene away from hands. Practical tip suggests sprinkling baking soda inside gloves to whiten hands before use and notes salt should not be added when boiling certain underground vegetables.
Governor McLean releases figures for the General Fund showing 1925 tax revenues of 12,951,074 and expenditures of 11,824,676, yielding a credit balance of 1,126,598. He notes a five percent reduction in appropriations and unexpended emergency funds contributed to the surplus. He predicts a balanced budget for 1927 if cooperation continues.
The passage argues that education is essential for progress in commerce science and public welfare. It cites Pasteur List er and aviation breakthroughs and warns that the uneducated overlook the benefits of study to their own and society's detriment.
A Courier Journal reflection argues scorn for beauty and art stems from envy and regret. True success lies in self formation and the view one holds of oneself, beyond money or power, aided by education.
The public must adopt enlightened policy to sustain education. Calvin Coolidge argues schools require moral and financial backing, and teachers must be exalted, not treated as unfit trades. The adage warns against undermining this vital profession.
A humorous verse by Eddie Guest laments memory lapses from missing names to engagements. The speaker recalls banquets that occur the night before and humorously notes forgetting a simple two foot putt despite reading the line.
A major farmers and farm women convention is set for July 27 28 and 29 at State College of Georgia with Secretary M leading advance planning. Dr A M Soule and Dr A J Glover will deliver keynote talks on community building and dairying as a cash crop supplement. Exhibits by the School of Agriculture and rail fare discounts are noted, with free lodging and meals at 25 cents in the dining hall alongside entertainment offerings.
Smith of the American Limestone Company offers a $50 prize fund in three awards for the best hog caller. First prize $25, second $15, third $10. Contest on the porch of Pullen Hall at 12:30 on closing day.
A reflective piece notes that a wife's suggestions point toward spring while a man hides evil, often becoming active in reform. It wryly observes that children keep parents young and occasionally broke, yet youth matters less than financial strain.
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