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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1932
Page
5
Several local figures and visitors are noted around Boone. L. S. Isaacs shows slight improvement after illness. Ruth Kelly and Eula Lennon attend Appalachian Summer School in Boone. Many residents visit Greensboro and Wake Forest events. families from Charlotte Lincolnton and Atlanta visit Boone for summer stays and family events.
High Point North Carolina police identification bureau clerk J W McMahon was fined a week’s salary for using the department mimeograph to print circulars listing an approved slate of candidates in the Saturday primary. He claimed the work was at the insistence of an organized group and said he now knows police rules forbid participation in elections beyond voting.
Wiley Swift opens Linville school while Cove Creek yields a large eight and three quarter pound fish. I N Corpening rents Blowing Rock Hotel for summer as Mrs. Wike remains gravely ill. Miss Stella Shull and Virgil Calloway wed in Cove Creek. Turnpike project organized in Boone with plans to begin June 20. Tennessee to build a $10 000 courthouse. Area colleges report 17 24 and 23 graduates respectively.
Temperance exercises at Pleasant Grove Saturday night were well received. Sabbath School last Sunday was unusually interesting. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Carl Wingbarger. A son was born to Mr and Mrs H P Cook on the 6th inst. Mr Will Eggers returned home Sunday with Miss Morefield and appears interested in Mountain City. Silverstone residents attended the county singing at Boone.
State College home demonstration workers share a liquid yeast method using eight Irish potatoes sugar salt water and a cake of yeast to supply bread and rolls. Mrs Edmond Jarvis kept a fresh supply for about two years after a 1929 demonstration and stored it in glass jars for future use.
Farm women across the state increasingly use liquid yeast claiming it saves time and money. The adaptable method fits varying schedules as households report economical results and easier preparation in home bakeries.
Armonk New York motorists blocked Kensico reservoir inlet on a road when sportives carp leaped in thousands attracting crowds. Police fired shots at the fish while pedestrians tossed stones. Edward Davis stood by with a spear to help anglers who asked. A milk price war in Oklahoma pushed wholesale milk to one cent a quart and retail to five to seven cents with farmers at the short end.
Washington. A Capitol clash over convention planks pits Republicans against a prohibition resubmission and Democrats over organizational control. Senator Borah attacks the GOP plank while James R. Garfield discusses limits to resubmission. Garfield plans to confer with President Hoover as platform details near finalization.
A miner's grudge sparked a coal mine blaze in Coal City Alabama thirty years ago. The underground fire has torched about 1,000,000 tons of coal and shows no sign of stopping. With roughly a million tons remaining, officials expect the fire to burn for another thirty years.
Smoke and steam rise from a coal seam six to seven feet thick as a blaze consumes ore below. Miners dispute the cause with theories of a mine fire started by a disgruntled worker or a mysterious explosion. Officials fear widespread destruction if seams connect to other deposits in North Alabama.
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