Tennessee Road Plans and North Carolina Connection
A letter from Henry Roberts, Tennessee Road Commission chair, outlines ongoing and planned upgrades on two Bristol to Boone routes via Elizabethton Elk Park and via Mountain City Trade. It notes bridges, grading, and surface work funded by counties and the state, with targets of completion within two to three years, plus interest in a NC connection from Trade to Jefferson Wilkesboro and Winston-Salem. Also mentions Boone Way in Virginia Kentucky status and a Caldwell County road program including Blowing Rock and district changes.
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H. W. Horton
Boone Commercial Club
Henry Roberts
Road Commission
State of Tennessee
Tennessee
Bristol
Boone
N. C
Elizabethton
Elk Park
Mountain City and Trade
Jefferson
Winston-Salem
Tennessee Line
State Highway Commission
Holston River
Forest Service
Mountain City
Trade
North Carolina
Wilkesboro
Virginia
Boone Way
Kentucky
Trade and Elk Park
Wind shifts in 1920 grocery prices provoke debate
The report notes fluctuating costs in May 1920 with a grocer’s ambassador priced out of reach and small purchases like sugar and flour showing timeworn value shifts. It cites May 1821 slips showing $80 bought 100 pounds sugar 24 pounds flour and 8 pounds other staples.
Turnpike Project eyed as Boone extension eyed
The Charlotte Observer reports on Caldwell County moving from the eighth to Coughton’s district and the planned transfer of the Lenoir to Blowing Rock turnpike with a new Boone extension. Officials Wilkerson and Coughton tour the route, with a potential state take over and free gift proposal by the pike owners. The 24 mile mountain road rises to 5000 feet and serves the Appalachian Training School at Boone, promising regional development of Caldwell County’s agricultural and mineral wealth.
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Lenoir
Caldwell County
Catawba Line
Blowing Rock
State Highway Commission
Raleigh
Caldwell County Road Commission
J.L. Nelson
McBee
Coughton
Nelson
Yonahlassee
Linville
Newland
Banner Ellitte Boone
Morrison
Hickory
Lincoln
Charlotte
Charlotte Observer
Boone
Highway Commission
Wilkinson
State University
Appalachian Training School
America
Thrift Campaign Gains Spark in School Rooms
Teachers and children eagerly embrace thrift spirit with school savings efforts. The district reports 11,000 savings cited and last year’s Stamps and Certificates sales exceeded 2.3 million dollars in the fifth district.
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Treasury Savings
North Carolina Orthopaedic Hospital Opens for Disabled Children
The North Carolina Orthopaedic Hospital plans to open in June to aid crippled and deformed children under 14. The managing committee seeks to help every sound‑m minded child in the state, especially the poor and orphaned, and asks readers to contact R. B. Babington, president, Gastonia, N C for an application blank.
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North Carolina
Thrift, savings clubs, and church go to June 26 Go to Church Day
The article discusses school savings clubs teaching thrift through pennies saved in Thrift and Savings Stamps, with youths earning money in summer jobs and contributing to civic virtue. It also presents Theodore Roosevelt's reasons to attend church, urging communal responsibility, sermons, hymns, and social contact as vital, announcing June 26 as Go to Church Day with a call for all to attend.
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School Savings Club
Theodore Roosevelt
Boone Churches
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Highway Commission of the
State of
Lowa Cook
J. B. Taylor
Hickory Record
Watkins Medicine Business
J. G. Norris, Jr
Boone, N. C
Echool Savers
ER. H. Mortimer
Elk Park, N. C
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