Red Harman Demonstrates Need for Watauga Airfield
Lieutenant Harman and his swift biplane visit Watauga County highlighting the demand for modern flying facilities. With support from Mack Hollers at Pond Bottom Farm, an improvised field proves air travel is practical, urging Boone to provide a 2000 foot runway to connect the region and attract air stopovers.
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Harmon
Watauga County
Mack Hollers
Pond Bottom
Red” Harman
Watauga
Red
Boone
Harman
Way of Life: Carle Conway Sees Global Pressures Grow
Carle Conway of Continental Can recalls a Massachusetts cranberry sauce producer who faced sugar costs during the war. He notes global markets brush against US business, with depression talk replacing prohibition in conversation. The cranberry maker chose to let customers decide, focusing on his own business and daily problem solving amid a tightly linked world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carle Conway
Continental Can Company
Massachusetts
Wall Street
Carle
Carl
United States
Brazil
Timbuctoo
From Our Father: June 16 1892 Democrat items
D. D. Dougherty visits Tennessee relatives and returns with a sheep skin from Wake Forest College. A new post office will open at Mr Winkler’s store. Various locals build and improve homes, grow fruit, or plan trips to Green Park and Chicago. Colonel Polk, president of the National Farmers Alliance, dies at Garfield Hospital Washington after bladder illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
D. D. Dougherty
Tennessee
Winkler
W. G. Todd
Brother Scott
Chicago
Harrison
Tom Gragg
Methodist Church
Mr. Parker
D. D
B. B. Dougherty
Wake Forest College
Safe and Sound
L. W. Estes
Ida Hardin
Kan
B. J. Councill
Green Park
Ben
L. P. Hodges
Colonel Polk
Ntional Farmers Alliance
Garfield Hospital
Washington
Silent majority faith and Christian joy quotes
A collage of quotes urges the silent majority to hold with world conditions, wanderings of the Holy Spirit, and personal salvation. It also extols the joy of laughter in children and laments diminished shining faces among contemporary Christians, contrasting past faith with present burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Emily Bull
Simple Laryngitis and Diphtheria Notes for Caregivers
The article explains simple laryngitis caused by heat, overuse of voice, or respiratory issues and outlines home care like rest, gargling with boric acid solution, and gradual return to outdoor play. It also notes that diphtheria, once named membranous croup, has declined due to anti-toxin and highlights management of hoarseness in children and use of Lobelia under medical supervision.
Helps Along the Road Thou Life Within My Life
Poem lines express seeking inner divine presence amid doubt and burden. Speaker invites a spiritual partner to resist self and sin and find rest in a felt mercy and light within earthly bounds.
Power and Obedience in Christian Witnessing
A speaker describes obedience as surrender to God and asserts the Holy Ghost given to believers. He frames surrender as God’s ownership and readiness to be sent where needed, noting this stance as a hindrance in many lives and calling for submission to divine will.
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Holy
Prohibition and temperance in a Sunday School lesson
The Minneapolis Times noted on March 2 that prohibition had become the leading national issue. The lesson cites Paul’s guidance on personal liberty and the greater good, urging consideration of others in matters of alcohol while declaring intoxicating liquor as poison with no historical benefit.
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Minneapolis Times
Administration of Justice
Paul
Corinth
Apostle
Warden Farthing Warns on Squirrel Hunting Law
Warden Farthing cites game law violations as he notes open bass and trout seasons from June 15 to October 1 and September 1 close for squirrels. He warns only those harmed may shoot squirrels and urges residents of Watauga to obey wildlife protection rules.
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Warden Farthing
Con
Howards
Watauga
Department of Conservation and Development
H. Grady Farthing
Game ‘Varden
Banner Elk Civitan Club Meets at Hotel Dinner Honoring Miss Alice Poyner
Banner Elk Civitan Club held its regular meeting at the Banner Elk Hotel last Thursday evening. A dinner was served in honor of Miss Alice Poyner Mayock of North Carolina by Mrs. J. S. Guinard on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Van Cannon attended the annual picnic dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Bonnam of Chilhowie Virginia. Five hundred guests were invited and four hundred ninety nine attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner Elk Civitan Club
Banner Elk Hotel
Alice Poyner
Mayock
N. C
J. S. Guinard
F. W. van Cannon
Bonnam
Chilhowie
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The
Watauga Democrat
Rivers Printing Company
R. C. Rivers
ROB
Rivers
Fishers
Boone, N. C
By Bruce Barton
Boston
Africa
India
R. A. Torrey
Magazine
John Joseph Gaines
Sudder
Samuel D. Price
By Ted Brown
Tw City
Toaltime Theatre
Richard Arlen and
Fay
Wray
George Bancroft
William Haines
Dorothy Jordan
el Brendel
Fifi Dorsay
MR. Lemon OF
Orange
Buck Jones
Desert
Banner Elk News
Oper
Tomer
Square Deal Garage
Main Street Concrete, Boone, and Oper
Burrell Phillips
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