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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1927
Page
8
A grocer died from acute septicemia after a scratched hand. The writer urges immediate antiseptic treatment for small wounds and shares a personal anecdote of using a flame to sterilize a finger cut when no antiseptic was available. Time is critical in wound care.
A compact mix of aphorisms on virtue and folly appears alongside a 1920s political briefing. President Coolidge cautions that tax cuts depend on tight federal spending, noting a current 19 million surplus and an anticipated 338 million next year, while warning against counting extraordinary receipts as permanent.
Classic classified note from a Hattiesburg Mississippi paper seeks a neatly furnished single room. The ad promises a genial gentleman and convenient eight minute walk to downtown.
The Buncombe County Board of Education rules that Anderson Cove descendants with mixed blood must attend a separate school in a rented building owned by Tom Jenkins. The dispute traces back to the union of William Anderson and Jane Russell and stirs old tensions between Paint Fork residents and the Anderson line.
A Washington Star quote questions Greek studies in school while noting a U S per capita savings bank figure of 211 dollars and Michigan at 324 dollars. The dialogue features Senator Sorghum contrasting language usefulness with political life. The text mixes speculative education views and financial statistics from savings banks.
The Boone town board passes an ordinance regulating motor vehicle parking. It designates north side of street from Boone Park to Main Street, south side of Main on Main Street in a one hour limit 8 am to 7 pm, and right angle parking on Main west of Depot with hydrant distance rules. Violators face fines from one to ten dollars.
The Cove Creek Baptist church Woman's Missionary Society records four resolutions mourning the death of Mrs John McBride of Sherwood North Carolina. Her faith and service touched church home and community and she is described as kind affectionate and a true Christian woman. The group expresses condolences to her family and notes plans to send a copy and place a minute entry in the W M A record.
Reverend John W Wellens known as the grandest old man in North Carolina died at his Masonic home in Greensboro on Friday aged 101 years five months and ten days. He served as a Christian church minister and preached his last sermon at Elon College on January 1, celebrating his 100th birthday.
Superior Court of Avery County issues summons in City Bank of Bristol v H Von Cannon et al. for $2 and attachment warrant. Defendants must appear or demur. returnable at the Avery County court on June 7, 1941. Clerk Eugene? Aimed to inform all named defendants of the action and required appearance.
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