Ford Reveals Plans for New Car Model in Detroit
Ford Motor Company announced early production of a new model in Detroit. Henry Ford and Edsel Ford described a flexible design with improved control, noting the Model T remains vital with about 10 million still in use and parts ongoing. They aim for a complete description in coming weeks and expect only partial layoffs during tooling.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
Happenings in and about Blowing Rock
Local social notices from Blowing Rock, North Carolina, highlight visits by residents and guests. Honeymoon couples stay at Mayview Manor annex. Mayview hosts F F Patterson and others. A charity chicken supper at Mrs. J W Hartley's new hotel raises 84 dollars for the Blowing Rock fire department.
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J. W. Cannon
Concord
J. L. Miller
Mayview Manor Annex
Blowing Rock
J. W. Hartley
Paul Kluttz
J. A. Panella
Thos. H. Coffey, Jr
Lula
Anne Ward
Marjorie Coffey
Mabel Coffey
Mary Robbins
Lucy Williams
Penn Robbins
Home making treated as art at Kansas college
Dr Frank Crane argues home keeping is essential to happiness and dignity. At Pittsburg State Teachers College a dedicated house trains students in menus, cooking, housekeeping, and hospitality, using a budgeted, self supporting program with rotating duties and regular guest entertaining.
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State Teachers’ College
Pittsburg
Kansas
Birthday Party for Louise Prevette at Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock hosts a seventh birthday for Louise Prevette with Miss Howell of Ashe County and guests including Margaret Miller and Kathleen Foster. The party featured a pink and white Jack Horner pie reveal, ink candles, laurel swags, and pink candles on a snowy cake.
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Blowing Rock
Jack Horner
Margaret Miller
Kathleen Foster
Corrine Greer
Evelyn Brown
Bettie Jane Robbins
Mary Louise Williams
Mary Klutz
Catherine Underdown
Gladys Tester
James Stutz
Jerry Puette
Nervy Car Swap Leads to Silent Plea for Help
In a terse exchange, an officer orders a driver to stop while the driver claims the car did not understand. The dialogue hints at confusion and hesitation during a stop. Marie faces a doubt about her acting prospects as she seeks a show.
One's Enough for Anybody Dialogue Sparks Parental Rift
A witty exchange centers on a parent disowning a son with a sharp remark about a strong will. The comeback jests that the son’s will is the reason for the parent's decision, highlighting domestic humor and family tension.
Card of Thanks for J. H. Cooke
The Cooke family thanks those who assisted during sickness and death and for the burial trip to Bluff City Tenn. May God's blessings rest on all who helped. Signed Mrs J G and J O Cooke.
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J. H. Cooke
Bluff City
Tenn
J. G
J. O. Cooke
Impressive Memorial Service and WWI Remembrances
A Sunday memorial service honors local World War I soldiers from Watauga county with a pledge of faith to country and flag. The list recalls those killed in action or died in service and notes postwar casualties and discharges.
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Watauga County
George Brown
Clyde Harmon Grady Barnes
Dan Walser Linney Coffey Millard Warren Milton Greene
Timothy Norris John Simmons
Thos. S. Mast Willie Edminston Smith Trivett
Jeoffrey Winkler
G. C. Woodring
Bennie Tivett Russell Teegue
Lloyd Hampton
Harvey Hampton Ed Holler Hill
Phillip
Carl Woodring
Luther White
Tom Moretz
James Vines
Finnis Greene
Willie Raney
Burn Miller
Will Ragan
Bob Bryan
Boone and Watauga County News From Queen Annis Parlor
June issues invite college girls to visit Sanitary Barber Shop and Queen Annis Beauty Parlor. Local items joke about language bills and hair growth, advertise bathing suits and water, promote Fourth of July Legion celebration, and promise to publish reader items. Arthur Hamby touts Pas Time Theater contracts for three months of films.
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Boone and Watauga County
Queen Annis Beauty Parlor and Sanitary Barber Shop
Sanitary
Queen Annis
Wew
Arthur Hamby
Dance floor banter highlights Mary’s backbone he remarks
A brief aside captures Mary described as a girl with backbone while Haw compliments her. The exchange hints at social dynamics and recognition at the event.
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Mary
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Thomas Gemmell
Bristol
Moonshine Cottage
F. L. Palmer
Salisbury
O. W. Spencer
Green Park Hotel
W. L. Holshouser
Abingdon
Ethel Holshouser
Stonewall Jackson College
Harry Cooper
Belah Kernodle
Wilmington
Frank Crane
A. M. Critcher
Marie
Albert T. Reid
Reiustadmmitte
Horatius
Johnny
Boone
Wilkes Creamery
N. Wilkesboro
N. C
J. W. Meadows & Sons
Dandridge Tenn
Boone and
West Jefferson
D. P. Wade Agency
Reynolds Arcade
Box 163
Virginia
Early Triumph
Nancy Hall
Japanese Reds
Southern Queen
H. F. Webb
Johnson City
the Tattler
Lloyd Isaacs
Frank Linney
American Legion
Eugene
Miss Phillips
W. W. Wilson
Sugar Grove
N. C. St
Boone Tee & Fuel Co
Elizabethton
Tennessee
American Bemberg Corporation
Glanzstoff Corporation
First National Bank
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Elibethton
Lilly Addition
Princeton
W. Va
East Gate
Roanoke
MacBain
Lilly Land Company
Princeton, W. VA
Hodges
Boone, North Carolina
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