Wolf Dog as Timber Wolf Terrorizes Carolina Triangle
In the Rutherfordton Shelby Gaffney triangle fears rise over a supposed giant timber wolf. Charlotte resident J M Jones claims the beast is his German police dog, seen nightly near the Shelby dam area and at his Charlotte home windows. He urges farmers to stop shooting until the dog is reclaimed.
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Rutherfordton
Shelby
Gaffney
S. C
Anow
Lone Ranger
Mr. Jones
J. McL. Jones
Beevard Street
Charlotte
Minnesota
Hans Christian Anderson
Shely
Step Ladder Used To Reach Extra Tall Columbus County Corn
A six foot man beside a garden fire helps explain corn reaching extraordinary heights in Columbus County. Guy L. Bailey’s field near the Lumber River yields stalks up to 13 feet 9 inches, with ears still developing. Bailey installed a step ladder to harvest the second and third ears, noting no fertilizer has been applied.
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Air Bluff
Guy L. Bailey
Lumber
Bailey
Coolidge Quiet on Politics During Vacation Says White House
President Coolidge has put aside political duties during his vacation as no plan exists for him to engage in any Republican primary campaign. He expects fewer visitors at White Lake than at Swampscott, Massachusetts, last summer, with only urgent government business allowed to intrude.
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Paul Smith
N. Y
Coolidge
White House
Coolidg
White Lake
Swamp Scott
Mass
Old 1876 Blue Ridge Blade reveals Vance Settle race
Morganton News-Herald highlights a preserved 1876 issue with deaths, a Vance Settle gubernatorial contest, an Asheville debate anecdote, a Statesville excursion ad, and a German emperor letter to the U S president reflecting early wartime sentiment and long standing Franco American friendship.
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Morganton
Statesville
Asheville
Vance
Settle
Thomas
Eighteen S-51 Sailors Recovered After Submarine Disaster
In Brooklyn Navy Yard the bodies of eighteen U S Submarine S-51 crewmen were removed nine months after the vessel sank when City of Rome collided with it. Navy officials said most died instantly, many were found in undershirts, and a private burial plan was favored by relatives. Investigators will continue to check for any missing crew as a photo believed to be a radio man's mother was found among personal items.
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New York
U. S
City of
Rome
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
Plunkett
Lightning Kills Young Man on Yonahlossee Road
Edgemont North Carolina dispatch reports Gra Gragg of Carys Flats was struck dead by lightning while sheltering under a rock cliff along Yonahlossee Road. His companion, Jacob Gragg's son, was seriously shocked but improving later.
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Gra
Carys Flats
Democrat
Edgemont
N. C
Gragg
Jim Gragg
Jacob Gragg
Yonahlossee
Local B and L Association Shows Healthy Growth
From North Carolina building and loan associations annual statements for the year ending December 21 1925 the Watauga Building and Loan Association ranks 22nd in interest paid among 231 state associations 145 have smaller assets The eleventh series of the Watauga Association is now open Secretary W H Gragg says sales of installment and prepaid stock exceed prior years and the series likely to be the best yet Citizens of the region increasingly favor home ownership through the association
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North Carolina Building and Loan Associations
Insurance Department
Watauga Building and Loan Association
W. H. Gragg
Meeting of Woman's Missionary Society in Wilkesboro
The district meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society will be held at the Wilkesboro Methodist church on Wednesday July 21. Ladies from all sections of the North Wilkesboro district are expected to attend this meeting and a very interesting program has been arranged.
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Woman’s Missionary Society
Wilkesboro Methodist Church
North Wilkesboro
Watauga County Sunday School Convention Opens at Blowing Rock
The Watauga County Sunday School Convention continues Friday at the Blowing Rock Baptist Church. Invited are superintendents teachers and officers from all county Sunday schools. The program features devotions lectures discussions and a Friday attendance pennant prize for the largest representation based on distance traveled.
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Watauga County
Baptist Church
North Carolina Sunday School Association
George A. Joplin
Flora Davis
Ed Rob
C. G. Me
Karaher
One Auto for Every Seventy One Persons Worldwide
The global car ownership ratio rises to one vehicle for every 71 people from a 1925 world population of 1 748 000 000, totaling over 24 000 000 automobile owners. The United States leads with one car per six people, while Hawaii has one per eleven and Canada one per thirteen.
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William
Germany
Prussia
United States
Frederick II
America
Globe
No Commerce Department
Hawaii
Canada
Pageant idea draws great interest in regional history
Promoters say a Watagua county pageant depicting social moral and educational life since the Indian transfer a century and a half ago could crown Northwest North Carolina events. Plans envision school scenes costumes weddings church services and local produce displays with prizes and professional help.
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Democrat
Watauga County
Mountain County
North Carolina
Valle Crucis Notes on Shoun Visit and Local Events
Valle Crucis notes Mary Dougher Shoun and Eva Shoun visiting Mount. Miss Boyd Caudill marries Ira Thompson Shull at St Marys Chapel. The town hosts visitors from Foscoe Sewanee Fayetteville and Jefferson. A two week religious education session at Valle Crucis School features notable clergy and courses. The session ends Friday night July 16.
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Wheeler
J. Norton Atkins
Foscoe
Sewanee
Ira T. Johnson
Jefferson
J. M. Shull
S. Blount
Fayetteville
Valle Crucis
D. F. Mast
Carolinas
Valle Crucis School
K. G. Finlay
Columbia
S. C
G. L. Tucker
Houma
W. H. Starr
Charleston
C. E. McAllister
New York
Fuller-Horton Engagement Announced for Pearle Fuller
Mr and Mrs William Madison Fuller of Wake Forest announce the engagement of their daughter Pearle to Samuel Fred Horton of Boone The wedding is planned for August located in North Carolina happenings with families and forthcoming ceremony details
Drove Home His Answer
Plaintiff describes a reply to arrest threats as mechanical and cites that the prisoner struck him with a hammer during the incident, prompting the judge to seek clarification.
Eight Months School Term Proposal Stirs Ashe County Meeting
Dr. B B Dougherty of Appalachian State Normal addresses Ashe County Commercial Club in Lansing proposing an eight months school term. He argues a central authority in schooling while preserving local self-government and cites regional figures and anecdotes to support the plan.
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B. B. Dougherty
Appalachian State Normal
Ashe County Commercial Club
Lansing
Dougherty
Jefferson
Winston-Salem Journal
Landon Haynes
Jackson
Tennessee
East Tennessee
Landon C. Haynes
Landon
Mr. Haynes Srose
East Tennesee
Watauga
Old
P. S. Henson
Chicago
North Carolina
Ashe
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Blue Ridge Blade
Vance-Settle
Gov. Vance
John
Judge Settle
Supreme Court
Porough
Leach
Kaiser
Cadwalader
Schulzer
B. & L. Association
Meeting OF Woman’s Missionary Society
von Bismarck
Philadelphia
S. S
Owing Rock Baptist Church
F. M. Hug
I. G. Greer
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