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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1929
Page
4
The Watauga Democrat published weekly by Rivers Printing Company Boone North Carolina. Subscriptions run six months or twelve months with payment in advance. Cards of thanks resolutions of respect obituaries are charged at regular advertising rates. Second class mail matter.
Winston-Salem's M L Tremain extols Boone as a radiant gem among North Carolina cities. He touts Boone as the coolest and healthiest place in the state, with a humorous note about funerals and local livelihoods.
A Democrat excerpt from Article V Section 28 defends weigh station action for trucks. Peace officers may weigh loads and require unloading to meet licensed capacity, within two miles to the scales if needed. The policy ties capacity to actual load rather than manufacturer rating, noting passenger car horsepower uses the N A C C formula.
H. Deal invites the Deal family to a reunion at Oak Hill High School in Lenoir on Thursday August 15 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of William Deal’s settlement with a program by his descendants and planned entertainment throughout the day.
Reno, Nev. airplane travel boosts the divorce industry by letting residents of the state spend under 24 hours away. Boeing Air Transport reports most Reno passengers use the S F to shop and return same day via an 18 passenger plane leaving around 2 a.m. arriving in San Francisco early morning then returning by 8 p.m. and back in Reno before midnight.
The Table of the Marshals, a Napoleonic era hard porcelain work ordered by Napoleon in 1806 from Sevres, features Napoleon at center flanked by 13 marshal portraits. It sold for 400000 francs about 11000 dollars at a Paris auction of Prince de la Moscona's collection.
Dale Johnson and Forest O'Brien extended the St Louis Robin flight beyond previous limits for 11 nights at Lambert-St. Louis Field. They set a new world endurance mark at 247 hours 43 minutes 32 seconds and reached 253 hours aloft by 8:17 p.m. The record was achieved while the ship remained airborne.
In Boone N C July 12 an editorial correspondent visits the Watauga Democrat print shop and defends the old Washington hand press. Bob Rivers recalls turning 200 impressions per hour in youth and celebrates the paper’s fortieth anniversary while praising Daniel Boone and regional patriotism.
A reflective meditation on nature's beauty and the divine, praising the earth and heavens as eloquent proof of a Creator. The piece extols the calm of a summer day and the moonlit night as witnesses to universal truth and fidelity to the Infinite.
The Watauga Democrat speaks of Bob Rivers as a long serving editor in Boone. the piece praises his dedication to liberty and democracy, notes his influence in North Carolina journalism, and contrasts his simple office with heraldry, joking that a printing press is his coat of arms.
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