County road amendments urged to ease mountain travel
In a Watauga County meeting notice, RC Rivers urges the county commissioners to present petitions for amendments to the Boone to Tennessee road via Mentump and to improve the Boone to Cove Creek route. He argues a better graded highway would connect to a new John County road to the State line, easing access to Lenoir and Linville and benefiting travelers across the region. The call also highlights long surveyed improvements to the Boone to Vilas route, currently a steep and poor grade, and stresses the need for action to ease travel on this county corn crib route.
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Watauga County
Boone
Tennesare
Mentump
Watauga
Johnon County
Lenoir Linville
Bonne
Cove Creek
Vilas
Great Progress in Campaign Against Hookworm Disease
The North Carolina hookworm campaign shows steady gains. Reported treated cases rose from 3,250 to 21,000 in twelve months, doctors treating rose from 183 to 597, and people microscopically examined climbed from 500 to 23,312 at the state Hygiene Laboratory. Among those examined, 7,276 had hookworm infection and 2,548 had other intestinal parasites. Thirty-one percent of those tested had hookworm. About 1,000 were state troops, 1,000 orphans, 1,000 blind deaf and dumb school children, and the reformatory pupils. nearly 1,000 insane examined. the remaining 19,000 were mostly public school children examined at bodom.
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North Carolina
State Laboratory of Hygiene
Bodom
Dispatch to News and Observer Report on Diverse Local Highlights
The item covers August Clondeaux a Pittsburgh born glass worker who moved with his wife and two children to Belgium after 21 years in America. It notes political praise for Democratic gains, Judge E W Howard's anti high heel stance, Senator Luke Lea's successful blood transfusion operation for his wife, and a cheeky anecdote about elastic bands and propriety at a city dry goods store ending with the clerk working on a sheep ranch.
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Phia
Dispatch
News’ and Observer
August Clondeaux
America
Pittsburg
Penn
New York
Belgium
Luke Lea
Gaffney Ledger
Wheat crop poised to be greatest ever in US output
The June crop report from the Department of Agriculture predicts a harvest of about 764,291,857 bushels of wheat this summer and autumn, up 68,848,857 bushels from last year. Winter wheat up nearly 480,000 and spring wheat up 284,600,000 bushels. The piece cites related notes on regional concerns and magazine features about North Carolina.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
Women at home debate fires up commencement
Cardinal Gibbons spoke on womans place during St Josephs College Baltimore exercises urging women to influence husbands ballots rather than vote themselves. American Museum expedition by William Benton Miller funded by Saul Hoffman seeks new North Carolina bugs. several local notices cover weather damage and notable deaths.
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Cardinal Gibbons
William Benton Miller
American Museum of Natural History
Black Mountains
North Carolina
Saul Hoffman
New York Historical Society
Bank Report from Blowing Rock North Carolina 1911
A bank report from Blowing Rock North Carolina dated June 7 1911 lists assets including loans 19438 76 overdrafts 5544 banking house 1000 00 and cash items 6900 gold coin 642 50 and U S notes 1061 74 total liabilities show capital stock 10300 00 surplus 500 00 undivided profits 52 87 time deposits 7924 15 deposits subject to check 9322 06 and cashier s checks outstanding 868 0 The report sworn by cashier G M Sudderth with directors present dated June 17 1911 The Rockingham Post mentions Huck leberry over persimmon question and notes various ads and local political references
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Bank of
Blowing Rock
North Carolina
National Bank
U. S
Boundary changes proposed for Shawneehaw township in 1911
Notice reports the Board of County Commissioners considering redrawing township lines to create Shawneehaw from parts of Watonga and Laurel Creek. Boundaries begin at Hanging Rock and weave through Oak Ridge, Valle Crucis, Sawmill Ridge, Long Mountain, Blankenship Ridge, Horse-stamp, Beech Creek, and the Beech Mountain area to the county line. Names LM Farthing WM Baird Lee Carrender J L Tister George Caudill A and A Dobbin JP Choreh PM McGinnis NC Harman cited. June 5, 1911.
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Maly
Board of County Commissioners
Wall Cs
Stawneehaw Township
Watnoga
Laurel
Blankenship Ridge
Beech Creek
Smart
Beech Mountain
Avery
Watauga
JL Tister
George Caudill
A &A Dobbin
Watanga
Choreh
P M McGinnis
NC Harman
Laurel Creek
Mortgage Sale in Watauga County North Carolina
Mortgagee A J Moretz declares a sale under a power of sale due to Loyd Church default on a $270.44 note dated December 2 1910. On July Jol between 10 am and 3 pm at the courthouse door in Boone, the 50 acre tract described by bounds near J C Millers line will be sold for cash to satisfy the deed of trust recorded in Watauga County Book O Page 394.
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Loyd Church
A. J. Moretz
Booe
Atagga
Arid State
Watauga State
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Watauga County
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