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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1926
Page
2
The piece blends Amundsen and Norge polar bravado with fashion talk on Paris knee displays. It recalls Peary’s North Pole ascent, notes a 1926 death, and muses on church taxation in Colorado while warning Americans about foreign bonds.
The Western District of North Carolina directs E. M. Presnell to appear before Special Master Isaac T. Avery on June 11 1926 at Elk Park Avery County NC to show cause why he should not be declared bankrupt. The order notes he is a non resident who left the state after disposing of property to defraud creditors and avoid service of process. Publication in a district newspaper is deemed sufficient notice.
The article notes hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash are stolen from misaddressed mail annually in the United States. The Post Office reports $125,000 in cash seized from such letters, with $55,000 returned to senders. Many letters lacked return addresses, and one year saw 100,000 blank envelopes with letters inside deposited in the mails.
In Vienna on June 1 Professor Moszicki, chosen by Marshal Pilsudski as his presidential candidate, won election on the third ballot by the sejm today.
An old magazine remark compares a tiny circus performer to a giant in stature of impact. The writer recalls the paradox of a five foot man billed as a dwarf and highlights the human fascination with outsized labels and appearances.
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