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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1926
Page
7
A young woman guides gardeners at the large stucco building, placing trees and shrubs for the 150th anniversary celebration of the Declaration of Independence. Her skilled effort adds a delightful aspect to the Administration’s SesquiCentennial preparations.
A light exchange unfolds with an optimist bragging about discovering a big roll of forgotten bills in a last summer's suit. The pessimist counters by joking that none of the bills were received.
A Berlin dispatch reports an airplane was struck by lightning today and four of its occupants were killed in a crash that followed. A fifth passenger was seriously injured as the plane fell blazing into the North Sea near the Island of Juist. Col Ned Green suspended as prohibition administrator for northern California and Nevada and his confiscated liquor supply seized in San Francisco.
Farmers report alfalfa as a good hay and grazing crop and plan broader planting in North Carolina this autumn. The exchange hints at neighborhood relocation but centers on agricultural prospects.
Qualified as administrator of W. D. Clarke estate, Mrs. W. D. Clarke seeks settlements by July 22, 1927 and urges claims by that date. Public sale by commissioners in Caldwell and Watauga counties includes Green Park and Mayview Park plots with staged payments and water contract terms. sale reported July 1, 1926. Special Commissioners Thad A. Adams Frank H. Kennedy Mark Squires.
Multiple legal notices describe mortgage and execution sales in Watauga County North Carolina. The Bank of Blowing Rock and the Federal Land Bank of Columbia announce sales of real estate in Boone and Laurel Creek townships, with dates in August 1926 and terms requiring cash bids and deposits.
In Watauga County North Carolina the Superior Court sells on August 2 at 1 PM to the highest bidder for cash all right title and interest of John R Hagaman in three tracts totaling 266 acres described by metes and bounds with homestead allotment carved out. property located along Raven Rock Ridge road and adjacent lines in Hagaman Councill Myer and related bounds. Sheriff L M Farthing authorized.
Public sale to satisfy a 1924 mortgage on two tracts in Cove Creek and Meat Camp townships. Tract One 88 acres on Silverstone road near Boone. Tract Two 106 3 4 acres along Meat Camp Road. Sale by Federal Land Bank of Columbia under June 28 1926 court order.
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